Philadelphia DA drops 50 marijuana possession cases

Published: Oct 13, 2017, 7:58 am • Updated: Oct 13, 2017, 7:58 am By Lenny Bernstein, The Washington Post The Food and Drug Administration should consider banning “ultra-high-dosage” painkillers from the market, and law enforcement must step up efforts to curb the flow of heroin and fentanyl into the United States if the nation hopes…

Published: Oct 20, 2017, 7:59 am • Updated: Oct 20, 2017, 7:24 pm By Nick Perry, The Associated Press WELLINGTON, New Zealand — New Zealand is poised to slash immigration, rethink trade deals and vote on legalizing marijuana under a new government that takes office next week. After nine years of conservative rule, liberal Jacinda…

Published: Dec 28, 2017, 10:50 am • Updated: Dec 28, 2017, 5:11 pm By John Rogers, The Associated Press LOS ANGELES — When Elias Zaldivar was an 18-year-old college freshman and decided he was in the market for marijuana, he knew just how to get it, and it didn’t involve canvassing the corridors of his…

Published: Sep 20, 2017, 8:29 am • Updated: Sep 21, 2017, 7:48 am By Regina Garcia Cano, Associated Press LAS VEGAS — Officials with authority over the Las Vegas Strip on Tuesday decided to wait until the city of Denver approves the nation’s first marijuana club before they further discuss licensing and regulating pot lounges…

Frederick police officers who stopped to investigate a minivan with no visible license plates say the pungent odor of fresh marijuana led them to an illegal grow in the home of Ryan Derrick Vanwy. Vanwy, 33, is facing 138 counts of exceeding the allowable number of plants in Frederick, as well as failing to comply…

Published: Dec 12, 2017, 8:45 am • Updated: Dec 12, 2017, 8:45 am By The Associated Press SALT LAKE CITY — An entrepreneurial student who turns worm poop into organic fertilizer targeted for marijuana growers is generating buzz and earning accolades. Joseph Walker, who’s studying at Brigham Young University, began the company OmniEarth to make…