Posts by Shelby Pierce

26 Jul

Featured, International News

‘They found my weed’: Pittsburgh woman charged at Cambria County checkpoint

• July 26, 2018
• By Shelby Pierce

EBENSBURG – A DUI checkpoint netted a woman from Pittsburgh accused of transporting marijuana and painkillers, authorities said. Age...

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26 Jul

Featured, International News

Aucklander jailed for poisoning co-workers with weed-laced cake

• July 26, 2018
• By Shelby Pierce

An Auckland man has been sent to jail after unwittingly poisoning co-workers when he brought in a cake laced with marijuana he'd grown ...

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26 Jul

Featured, People

Iron & Wine Announces New EP Weed Garden, Shares New Song: Listen

• July 26, 2018
• By Shelby Pierce

Iron & Wine has announced a new EP, Weed Garden. The six-song release features material that Sam Beam worked on while writing last ...

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26 Jul

Featured, International News

Benicia man dying of cancer testifies in weed-killer suit against Monsanto

• July 26, 2018
• By Shelby Pierce

A former school groundskeeper, diagnosed with terminal cancer, told a San Francisco jury Monday that he called a Monsanto Co. hotline t...

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26 Jul

Featured, Marijuana News

N.J. won’t prosecute many weed cases until September. It’s a big step toward legalization.

• July 26, 2018
• By Shelby Pierce

In a move that will affect thousands of defendants and millions of residents, New Jersey's attorney general has announced an immediate ...

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24 Jul

Featured, Law and Politics

Tobago WPC caught with weed

• July 24, 2018
• By Shelby Pierce

A woman police constable is expected to appear before a Scarborough Magistrate after she was arrested on Friday afternoon with a quanti...

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24 Jul

Featured, People

Massachusetts Woman Fired for Sometimes Smoking Weed After Work

• July 24, 2018
• By Shelby Pierce

In Massachusetts, a 55-year old woman was just fired from her job for using cannabis after work. Bernadette Coughlin was let go from he...

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24 Jul

Featured, Law and Politics

Investigating sales tactics and condos rush to ban weed: CBC’s Marketplace consumer cheat sheet

• July 24, 2018
• By Shelby Pierce

Telecom sales tactics Have you ever felt pressured by employees selling TV, internet and wireless services? The CRTC is inviting you t...

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24 Jul

Featured, International News

As Legalization Looms, Canadian Companies Rush To Produce Weed Drinks

• July 24, 2018
• By Shelby Pierce

The first time Dooma Wendschuh tried brewing cannabis into beer, it "tasted like rotten broccoli," the co-founder of Belleville, Ont. s...

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24 Jul

Featured, People

Marijuana news links: What to read in the world of weed

• July 24, 2018
• By Shelby Pierce

SPRINGFIELD -- Twenty years later, "The Dude" still abides. "The Big Lebowski," starring Jeff Bridges as Jeffrey "The Dude" ...

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