Officials say six suspected drug smugglers and six makeshift backpacks full of marijuana were taken into custody. According to agents, the backpacks were full of 13 bundles of marijuana weighing 293 pounds.

abc15.com

The nation's drug watchdog Wednesday urged a restriction on the circulation of compound preparations containing ephedrine – a drug often used for curing the flu – as it could also be used to produce narcotics.

Police confiscated 415 kilograms of ephedrine, 955 grams of methamphetamine and 18.20 million yuan in cash, the government agencies said.

english.people.com.cn

Seltsame Blüten treibt der Verfolgungs- und Kontrollwahn, der so manche Vollstrecker der Cannabisprohibition reitet. Auch anno 2009.

X.S. wird von der Polizei eines Dorfes in Oberösterreich per Telefon zu einer Befragung zitiert, weil ein 20-jähriger Verdächtiger nach der ersten Nacht in Polizeihaft unter vielen anderen auch ihn als Abnehmer von ca 50 gr Cannabis genannt hat. X.S. gibt an, in den letzten zwei Jahren ca zwei Mal pro Monat geraucht zu haben, im vergangenen Winter etwas mehr, zuletzt vor drei Wochen. Zwei Wochen nach der Vernehmung flattert eine „Ladung“ der Bezirkshauptmannschaft ins Haus, in der es heißt, X.S. solle wegen der Anzeige der Polizeiinspektion Z. „persönlich in unser Amt“ kommen. Keine Angabe des Grundes in der Ladung, auch keinerlei Androhung von Konsequenzen, wenn die Ladung nicht befolgt wird.

legalisieren.at

These days, medical marijuana clinics are popping up like weeds in California. Los Angeles alone has nearly 1,000 places where, with a doctor's note, you can legally buy pot.

But the illegal side of marijuana is also thriving. Authorities say it's partly because all those pot clinics have boosted the demand. That means the state spends millions of dollars trying to wipe out a plant that's already sanctioned.

The slow decriminalization of pot has created a whole mess of confusion over what's legal and what's not. But when it comes to the bizarre side-effects of conflicting medical marijuana laws, there may be no weirder scenario than what's happening in Kent, Wa.

seattleweekly.com

Customs officials at the Los Angeles Harbor received a shipment from China listed as Christmas ornaments.

But when they opened the "presents" Tuesday, they found 316,000 bongs and pipes.

“They’re very colorful and big,” said Cristina Gamez, a spokeswoman for U.S. Customs and Border Protection. “Some of them are like 2 feet tall.”

latimesblogs.latimes.com

Der Anytrade-Geschäftsführer geriet in Verdacht, in seinem Laden Hanf zu horten. Doch die Polizei suchte vergebens Drogen.

bernerzeitung.ch