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SUNDAY, NOVEMBER 22, 2009
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NEWS ABOUT: marijuana distribution

marijuana distribution stories: 5 news summaries

 Hard-Up  
 Calif. Town 
 Out of Joint 
 Over Pot Influx 

Green gold rattles community

Nov 3, 09 1:50 AM CST
(Newser) - A hard-scrabble northern California town has been turned topsy-turvy since the folks with tokes moved in. Thousands of pungent marijuana plants pack fields and yards in tiny Hayfork, population 1,900, where a quarter of the residents are poor. The local Timberjacks football team recently moved its halftime huddle to... More »

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California • medical marijuana • marijuana • marijuana legalization • marijuana distribution • pot • Hayfork

 US-Grown 
 Mom n' Pop Pot 
 Burns Mexican Cartels 

Economic forces more potent than law enforcement

Oct 7, 09 10:20 AM CDT
(Newser) - Mexican drug cartels are facing an opponent more formidable than law enforcement: competition. The long-growing illicit US pot industry has gotten a shot in the arm from the new rules surrounding medical marijuana, the Washington Post reports. Whereas once Mexican and Colombian groups produced nearly all the pot consumed... More »

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War on Drugs • medical marijuana • marijuana • drug cartel • marijuana distribution • Mexican drug cartel

 Calif. Stoked About Pot Profits 

Some call for legalization; others say it makes no difference

Jul 19, 09 12:07 PM CDT
(Newser) - Even if they’re not legal without a doctor’s recommendation, marijuana sales are far from clandestine in California, and some say the state should finish what it started and just legalize pot for everyone, the AP reports. “The culture has gone so far beyond the law,” says... More »

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California • medical marijuana • marijuana • marijuana legalization • marijuana distribution

 Border Crackdown Can't 
 Weed Out Mexican Cartels 

Marijuana smugglers get creative, or turn to growing dope inside US

Feb 2, 09 9:35 AM CST
(Newser) - The Mexican marijuana trade is flourishing, and border-protection efforts do little to deter powerful cartels from working in the US, the New York Times reports. Smugglers drop ramps over border fences and drive across, or use a new tactic: planting the pot in the US. Cartels now function in 195... More »

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drugs • Mexico • marijuana • Mexican drug war • drug cartel • border security • border • marijuana distribution

 NFL Star Seeks Prez Pardon for Pot-Seller Brother

Lawrence Tynes' sibling serving 27-year sentence in federal slammer

Nov 27, 08 3:12 AM CST
(Newser) - New York Giants kicker Lawrence Tynes is pleading with President Bush for a pardon for his pot-selling brother, who is serving a 27-year federal prison sentence in Arkansas, reports Newsday. Tynes' brother Mark, 31, was sentenced two years ago and has exhausted his appeals seeking a lighter sentence. Presidents leaving... More »

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presidential pardon • New York Giants • Lawrence Tynes • Mark Tynes • marijuana distribution

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