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• n  a strong-smelling plant from whose dried leaves a number of euphoriant and hallucinogenic drugs are prepared
• n  the most commonly used illicit drug; considered a soft drug, it consists of the dried leaves of the hemp plant; smoked or chewed for euphoric effect

• marijuana
• ganja
• Cannabis sativa
• cannabis

News & Articles

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• North Branch Tobacco Shop Raided, Synthetic Pot Seized
  A North Branch tobacco shop was raided by authorities Friday, who seized hundreds of grams of illegal synthetic marijuana and thousands of dollars in cash. According to North Branch Police Chief Dan Meyer, police and deputies from the East Central Drug and Violent Crimes Task Forces executed a search warrant of King Tobacco after undercover agents made purchases of illegal synthetic marihuana ...
  June 14, 2013 - CBS Minnesota
• Medical marijuana moratorium renewed again
  Fenton — After several extensions of the moratorium, the future of medical marijuana dispensaries and its place in Fenton is still unclear. Vague legislature and the conflicting nature between the Michigan’s Medical Marihuana Act passed in 2008 and federal law, which prohibits marijuana use, has been the matter of much legal debate.
  June 11, 2013 - Tri-County Times
• Harper Government Announces New Medical Marihuana Regulations
  Today, the Honourable Leona Aglukkaq, Minister of Health, announced new regulations that will change the way Canadians access marihuana for medical purposes. The new Marihuana for Medical Purposes Regulations ...
  June 10, 2013 - Marketwired via Yahoo! Finance

Quotes

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• Harry Anslinger in Drug War Chronicle
  I vowed last October that we would hunt down and find those involved in the Minden marihuana grow-op incident. These criminals ambushed and terrorized six innocent civilians who inadvertently stumbled upon the grow site while the assailants were... Julian Fantino http://www.google.com/url?q=http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Julian_Fantino&source=dictionary&usg=AFQjCNHYw1D3o1aqqrFQ494brMRU5WdROA Canada NewsWire (press release) http://www.google.com/url?q=http://www.newswire.ca/en/releases/archive/May2008/13/c7874.html&source=dictionary&usg=AFQjCNHgyV7_7j06Ag22HnKLHcfW__jJ1w May 13, 2008 61392 81923 marihuana Federal Bureau of Narcotics Commissioner Harry Anslinger tells the Congressmen at the hearings, Marihuana is an addictive drug which produces in its users insanity, criminality, and death."