MI: Rise and fall: Legal muddle of marijuana dispensaries weakens market - Lansing State Journal - lansingstatejournal.com
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lansingstatejournal - (US) That the sector is about to post some real gains. "Landlords were just drooling over (dispensaries') interest because there was actually competition for like spaces. (Fri Feb 03 22:28:36 2012 PST)

Law and Order
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timesdaily - (US) Are each charged with first-degree manufacturing a controlled substance and tracking methamphetamine. (Fri Feb 03 22:19:25 2012 PST)

State senators push bills to prevent bending rules on synthetic pot
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tuscaloosanews - (US) A problem other states are grappling with. S opening of the Legislature that would ban the possession of any substance that is capable of having the same psychoactive effects as marijuana. Were marketed as incense or potpourri. (Fri Feb 03 22:19:25 2012 PST)

Rangers' Hamilton confirms alcohol relapse
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kentucky - (US) "For everybody who I have hurt, for everybody - fans, kids, people who have addictions and look up to me - I apologize to you," he said. ... (Fri Feb 03 22:19:25 2012 PST)

Feds raid Russell Center over alleged pot production
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detroitnews - (US) The raid was at least the second high-profile probe in the past year targeting alleged illegal activity lurking behind the state's medical marijuana industry. (Fri Feb 03 22:19:25 2012 PST)

Carroll County Jail Log
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carrollconews - (US) Joshua Darell Conner, 20, Berryville, was booked in for theft by receiving, obstructing governmental operation and on a probation violation. Leslye Denae Allred, 26, Green Forest, was booked in for failure to pay, possession of drug paraphernalia with intent to manufacture, endangering the welfare of a minor, and possession of drug parapher... (Fri Feb 03 22:19:25 2012 PST)

Group's traffic stops net 2 on drug counts
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theadvocate - (US) Was booked with possession with intent to distribute marijuana. (Fri Feb 03 22:19:25 2012 PST)

Crime beat (Feb. 4)
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timesrecordnews - (US) A Wichita Falls man and woman were arrested Thursday following a drug raid on a city home. (Fri Feb 03 22:19:25 2012 PST)

NorthEscambia.com
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northescambia - (US) Age 39 of Duxbury Avenue was sentenced last year to 20 years in federal prison for conspiring to obtain pseudoephedrine in order to manufacture methamphetamine. (Fri Feb 03 22:19:25 2012 PST)

Class A drug gang jailed for 22 years
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yorkshirepost - (UK) A DRUGS gang who brought quantities of heroin and crack cocaine with a street value of #15000 into Scarborough was sentenced to a total of nearly 22 years yesterday for conspiracy to supply Class A drugs following a three-year police investigation. (Fri Feb 03 22:19:25 2012 PST)