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Pot legalized in Colorado with gov's proclamation

Submitted by Fox First at Ten on December 10th

By By KRISTEN WYATTAssociated Press DENVER (AP) - Using marijuana for recreational use is now effectively legal in Colorado. Gov. John Hickenlooper declared a voter-approved marijuana legalization amendment as part of the state constitution on Monday. It was the last procedural step needed for

Olympia Bar To Allow Patrons To Smoke Pot

Submitted by Fox First at Ten on December 10th

OLYMPIA, Wash. (AP) - An Olympia bar known for allowing patrons to smoke cigarettes for an annual fee has announced it's also welcoming marijuana smokers. KING 5 (http://bit.ly/RjAXae) reports that Frank Schnarrs has battled state regulators and won over allowing smoking

Famed architect gets 6 months for drug smuggling

Submitted by Fox First at Ten on December 10th

By By ELLIOT SPAGATAssociated Press SAN DIEGO (AP) - A highly acclaimed architect was sentenced Monday to six months in prison for trying to enter the U.S. with nearly 13 pounds of cocaine hidden in his minivan's battery. A federal judge ordered the unusually light punishment after Eugenio

Tijuana architect was an unlikely drug courier

Submitted by Fox First at Ten on December 9th

By By ELLIOT SPAGATAssociated Press SAN DIEGO (AP) - Eugenio Velazquez doesn't fit the mold of the down-on-his luck, uneducated, underemployed courier who ferries drugs to the U.S. for Mexican drug cartels. The dual citizen of the U.S. and Mexico belongs to Tijuana's elite, equally at

Washington could become pot source for neighbors

Submitted by Fox First at Ten on December 8th

By By TERRENCE PETTYAssociated Press PORTLAND, Ore. (AP) - Now that marijuana is legal in neighboring Washington state, Portland police are offering some helpful advice to Oregon pot users. Sure, you can go over to Washington state to "smoke some weed," a police advisory states, but you might

Washington could become pot source for neighbors

Submitted by Fox First at Ten on December 8th

By By TERRENCE PETTYAssociated Press PORTLAND, Ore. (AP) - With marijuana now legal in Washington, the state's neighbors are wondering how it will impact them. Portland police have issued an advisory saying that while it's legal to go to Washington to smoke weed, those who drive back to

Booze, smokes on agenda for quirky gov't group

Submitted by Fox First at Ten on December 8th

By By DANIEL WAGNERAP Business Writer BELTSVILLE, Md. (AP) - Deep in a secure laboratory just outside Washington sits the federal government's heaviest smoker. It is a half-ton hulk of a machine, all brushed aluminum and gasping smoke holes, like a retrofit of equipment used on an

Police Arrest 3 And Seize 64 Pounds Of Marijuana

Submitted by Fox First at Ten on December 7th

CALDWELL, Idaho (AP) - Authorities in southwest Idaho say three men were arrested and 64 pounds of marijuana seized after a traffic stop earlier this week. Idaho State Police say the three men were apprehended near Caldwell and are being held in the Canyon County Jail on felony

Fiscal Impact Of I-502

Submitted by Fox First at Ten on December 7th

SPOKANE, Wash. - Washingtonians are expected to buy and use more than 187,000 pounds of marijuana in just the one year. That's all according to the fiscal impact statement prepared by the Office of Financial Management. In one year revenues are expected to be nearly $16 million

Fiscal Impact Of I-502

Submitted by Fox First at Ten on December 7th