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.

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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.

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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.

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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.

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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.

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Die in Mexiko am Montag beschlagnahmte Drogenmenge ist noch um einiges größer als ursprünglich angenommen und damit Landesrekord. Statt wie zunächst angegeben 105 Tonnen beschlagnahmten Soldaten und Polizisten in Tijuana an der Grenze zu den USA 134 Tonnen Marihuana, wie der Polizeichef von Tijuana, Gustavo Huerta, gestern sagte. Das habe sich bei neuerlichem Wiegen herausgestellt.

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Some 105 tonnes of marijuana has been seized in Mexico, in what is expected to become the country’s biggest ever drug bust.

Eleven people were arrested yesterday in the city of Tijuana after a pre-dawn gun battle between members of the drug cartel and police and soldiers - two people were injured.

The marijuana was found in six cargo containers in a warehouse, wrapped in 10,000 packages and has a street value of £215million.

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Mexico says 105-tonne marijuana haul taken from Sinaloa drug gang
Mexico's Largest Pot Bust Likely Hit Sinaloa Gang
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Border Patrol agents have seized nearly 2,000 pounds of marijuana, in a bust valued at more than $1.5 million.

Monday, agents from the Casa Grande station observed a suspicious vehicle driving off-road in the west desert.

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