Snow melting prematurely on a roof could be a clue that the house is being used as a cannabis factory, police say.

Officers in Leicestershire are asking residents to look out for homes where roof-top snow has melted more quickly than on neighbouring buildings.

2010/007 - 01/07 11 :50 UTC Snow across Great Britain

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As the state Assembly and Senate prepare for a possible vote Monday on the New Jersey Compassionate Use Marijuana Act, two pro-legalization organizations will be at the borough’s public library Wednesday night to talk all things cannabis.

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As Colorado's medical-marijuana industry grows, marijuana dispensaries of all types and sizes are proliferating around the state. Some resemble swanky bars or sterile dentist offices; others feel like a dope dealer's college dorm room. To help keep them all straight, Westword will be offering a no-holds-barred look at what goes on behind these unusual operations' locked doors in "Mile Highs and Lows," a regular online review of dispensaries around the metro area and beyond. (You can also search Westword's directory of dispensaries for one near you.)

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Marijuana is called many names, across different cultures, largely due to the fact that it’s been around for over five thousand years. An estimated 162 million people in the world use cannabis every year, so it shouldn’t be surprising that so many big names touch the green stuff too. Some celebrities are more forthcoming with their love of weed than others — ahem, Willie Nelson — but you might be surprised at a few that fight for the drug’s legalization. Here are 15 of the greatest proponents of marijuana legalization.

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Five members of the government's official drugs advisory panel are to join a new independent group set up by sacked drugs adviser, David Nutt.

Prof Nutt said the new group would be "very powerful" and would take over the role of the official Advisory Council on the Misuse of Drugs (ACMD)

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The National Police have smashed a drugs gang which smuggled regular consignments of cannabis onto the Algeciras ferry at Tangiers and which used a rented garage in Algeciras as a warehouse to store the drugs they brought over from Morocco. A quarter of a ton of cannabis was impounded as part of the police operation.

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Im Verlauf der folgenden Ermittlungen erhielten die Beamten Kenntnis von einem weiteren Drogengeschäft, das über denselben Vermittler mit dem unbekannten Anbieter am Abend des 05. Januar auf einem Firmenparkplatz in Winnenden abgewickelt werden sollte.

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Eine „Einnahmequelle von einigem Umfang“ habe er sich erschlossen, meinte die Staatsanwältin. Gleich kiloweise hat ein 47-jähriger Mann aus dem Raum Marktheidenfeld zusammen mit seinem 42-jährigen Freund aus Schweinfurt in vier Fällen seit 2007 Drogen nach Deutschland eingeführt und zum Teil verkauft. Fünf Jahre und sechs Monate Freiheitsstrafe, darin enthalten eine Entzugstherapie, lautete das Urteil am Montag beim Prozess vor dem Landgericht in Würzburg.

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ein verhältnismäßig glimpfliches Urteil ??