Aus Versehen hat eine 74-Jährige in Weiden Marihuana gezüchtet. Die Polizei fand im Garten der überraschten Seniorin eine drei Meter hohe Cannabispflanze. Die Frau habe offenbar keine Ahnung gehabt, worum es sich bei dem stattlichen Gewächs gehandelt habe, sagte ein Sprecher der Polizei. Die Beamten waren demnach rein zufällig auf die Pflanze gestoßen.

derstandard.at

Beim Thema Drogenpolitik hat sich der Freistaat anscheinend endgültig von rechtsstaatlichen Prinzipien verabschiedet:
In Neuhaus wurde ein 21-Jähriger zu Freizeitarresten
verurteilt, weil er zusammen mit einem Freund zwei Gramm einens legalen Aufputschmittels erworben hatte, das dieser für Speed hielt.
'Schon die Absicht zum illegalen Drogenerwerb reiche aus', begründete der Richter sein Urteil.

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The mainstream media was in a frenzy last week over statement’s issued by the Justice Department alleging that the office will “vigorously enforce” federal anti-marijuana laws in California, regardless of whether voters enact Proposition 19 this November. Prop. 19, which will appear as a statewide ballot measure this November 2, seeks to legalize the adult possession of limited quantities of marijuana in private, and allow local governments to regulate its commercial production.

whyprohibition.ca

California's Proposition 19 tax and regulate marijuana legalization initiative is in a statistical dead heat, according to a Fox News Poll released Tuesday. The poll, taken last Friday, had the electorate split 47-46 against the measure, well within the poll's three-point margin of error.

cannabisculture.com
laweekly.com
Pot Legalization Backers Say Prop. 19 Is Winning In Their Own 'Internal Poll'

A growing number of celebrities are coming out in support of Prop 19, the ballot initiative that would legalize marijuana in California if approved by voters on Nov. 2.

celebstoner.com

Al Qaeda and the Taliban haven't been able to bring down the CIA's Predator drones -- but a new lawsuit alleging parts of their targeting software are pirated (and faulty) could... A small Boston software firm alleges that their software was pirated by Massachusetts-based Netezza for use by a government client. Subsequent evidence and court proceedings revealed that the "government client" seeking assistance with Predator drones was none other than the Central Intelligence Agency.

fastcompany.com
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Billowing clouds of marijuana smoke drifted over the hills as a pair of Mexican army soldiers pondered the consequences of the biggest dope seizure in Mexican history: About 134 tons of cannabis, or 334 million joints by military estimates, were going up in smoke.

"Think of all the people who won't be able to smoke this dope," Noe Lenin Rubio Torres said at the military's formal burning ceremony Wednesday. "Only the little angels in heaven are going to get stoned tonight," said fellow soldier Lucio Rangel.

latimes.com