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<br />38 Police seize 10 pounds of Marijuana Yukon Police Dept. /December 15, 2009 YUKON, OK --Three California drug dealers were transferred from the Yukon jail to the Canadian County jail
<br />yesterday……The suspects were parked in the lot of a business, when a concerned employee called the Yukon Police Department because the suspects were approaching store employees. When
<br />Yukon Police arrived at the scene to question the suspects, officers could smell an extremely strong and distinct marijuana-like odor when the suspect opened the driver's side door.
<br />The suspects were traveling together as Yukon Police recovered 10.29 pounds of marijuana in the vehicle they were using to transport their product…..Wilma and Tipton told officers they
<br />grow marijuana at their California home and Cooper was assisting them in selling their drugs out of state. The suspects said they expected to make $3,600 from selling their marijuana.
<br />The seized marijuana was field tested positive for THC. http://www.kfor.com/news/kfor-news-yukon-marijuana-seize-story,0,6715083.story 2 Injured In Medical Marijuana Dispensary Robbery
<br />Written by Alan Gathright, Content Producer /December 16, 2009 DENVER --Two armed would-be robbers were bloodied by irate family members Wednesday morning in what police say was the
<br />first shooting at a medical marijuana dispensary in Denver…..a pair of 20-something Hispanic men with guns burst through the door. "Everybody down on the floor! Where's the money?"…..Rafael
<br />Hernandez said he and other medical-marijuana entrepreneurs suspect the two robbers were the same men who have recently robbed two nearby dispensaries, including a Tuesday night stickup
<br />at a place called "Mr. Stinky’s" at Third Avenue and Federal Boulevard. "They match the descriptions of the guys who've been robbing dispensaries up and down Federal," Rafael Hernandez
<br />said. Wednesday morning's shooting was the first at a medical marijuana dispensary in Denver. It follows of rash of 25 medical marijuana-related robberies in Denver since July, said
<br />Denver police spokesman Sonny Jackson. The crimes include 13 dispensary stickups and 12 other pot-related robberies, with targets ranging from medical marijuana growing operations to
<br />home invasion robberies of medical marijuana patients. The Denver City Council and state lawmakers are considering legislation to tighten regulation of the booming medical marijuana
<br />dispensaries, whose large amounts of cash and drugs have made them magnets for violent crime. "I think this whole new wave that these medicinal marijuana dispensaries are operating ...
<br />is a draw for individuals that are looking at coming and taking advantage of the marijuana," Denver police Detective John White said. "It makes it an attractive target for individuals
<br />looking to get marijuana for free." In California, Los Angeles has seen an explosion of dispensaries --from less than 186 pot shops to an estimated 1,000 in two years. With them has
<br />come a "Wild West" wave of violent crime as organized gangs are robbing dispensaries, triggering shootouts with armed dispensary workers and the murder of an unarmed pot-shop guard……
<br />http://www.thedenverchannel.com/news/21983704/detail.html State: 15 Colo. doctors writing most medical marijuana prescriptions KDVR Denver /December 17, 2009 DENVER, Colo. -Just a handful
<br />of licensed physicians are writing the vast majority of medical marijuana prescriptions in Colorado, state health officials said Thursday. According to the Colorado Department of Public
<br />Health and Environment, a total of 820 licensed physicians had authorized marijuana use for roughly 15,800 patients. However, of those physicians, just 15 accounted for 73 percent of
<br />total patients, and five have accounted for about half. "These figures are representative of the concerns we have about whether some physicians really have a bonafide physician-patient
<br />relationship, as required in the constitution, with those for whom they are authorizing the use of marijuana," said Chief Medical Officer Ned Calonge…..Approximately 70 marijuana dispensaries
<br />are current open for business in the City and County of Denver. http://www.kdvr.com/news/kdvr-marijuana-prescriptions-121709,0,2467562.story
<br />39 Your Medical Marijuana Card Won't Work In Arizona December 17, 2009 /24-7PressRelease/--Your Medical Marijuana Card Won't Work In Arizona Many out-of-state drivers have found themselves
<br />facing felony charges in Arizona for drug possession, even though it is legal in their home state. A new Arizona bill could change the state's stance. A California medical marijuana
<br />card does not guarantee you safe passage in any state other than California. So, if you're crossing the border into Arizona -leave the pot at home. Some Californians, at least, have
<br />learned this the hard way. Since 1996, when California legalized medical marijuana use, Arizona police officers have cited an increasing number of out-of-state visitors for drug possession.
<br />In the years between 1999 and 2002, marijuana seizures in the state jumped by nearly 69 percent. Under Arizona law, possession of marijuana is a criminal offense and can result in felony
<br />charges. Even if the marijuana is just for your own use, possession can net you a fine between $750.00 and $150,000.00, plus a mandatory drug treatment, and a permanent criminal record.
<br />Many visitors to the state, traveling with medical cards from other states, have found themselves facing felony charges, large fines and probation, thus the saying, "came on vacation,
<br />left on probation."…… http://www.24-7pressrelease.com/press-release/your-medical-marijuana-card-wont-work-in-arizona-129185.php Search of car turns up gift-wrapped marijuana The Associated
<br />Press /Posted on Thu, Dec. 24, 2009 JOPLIN, Mo. | Somebody won't be getting the Christmas presents that Missouri troopers seized from a car they stopped for speeding on Interstate 44
<br />near Joplin this week. The Highway Patrol says troopers found about 20 pounds of marijuana in the car — some of it in luggage, and some in boxes wrapped as Christmas gifts. Two California
<br />women in the eastbound car gave troopers permission to search the vehicle. Both were charged Tuesday with one marijuana-related count and released on $1,000 bond. http://www.kansascity.com/116/story/
<br />1649930.html?storylink=omni_popular Car on closed road leads to marijuana arrest JOAN BARRON Casper Star-Tribune | Posted: Monday, December 28, 2009 CHEYENNE — A drug smuggler who ignored
<br />a road closure on Interstate 80 failed to deliver his Christmas presents. On Christmas Day, the eastbound and westbound lanes of Interstate 80 were closed between Cheyenne and Laramie
<br />because of blowing and drifting now, said a release from the Wyoming Department of Transportation…..The driver, Jared L. Frisinger, 28, of Fortuna, Calif., “offered up a rolled joint
<br />of marijuana,” the release said. Troopers then searched the vehicle and found two boxes in the back seat wrapped as Christmas presents. The boxes contained slightly more than 5 pounds
<br />of high-grade marijuana with a street value of about $13,500, the release said. It appeared Frisinger was coming from Eureka, Calif., with a final delivery of the marijuana load in Lincoln,
<br />Neb….. http://billingsgazette.com/news/state-and-regional/wyoming/article_6e7c8d34-f43d-11de-868a-001cc4c002e0.html
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