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Marijuana Found in 4-Year-Old's Halloween Bag

Steven Bohner — Sat, 03 Nov 2012 18:33:22 +0000

When you say “Trick-or-Treat,” you usually don’t expect the trick. Well, a 4-year-old in Ionia County got a trick for Halloween when the child’s mother removed a cellophane baggie with a green leafy substance from the child’s Halloween haul. MLive.com reports that a test conducted by the Ionia Department of Public Safety concluded that the substance was marijuana. No [...]

Grand Rapids Considers Marijuana Decriminalization This November

Steven Bohner — Tue, 14 Aug 2012 16:59:07 +0000

The City Commission approved ballot language for a marijuana proposal that voters will have a say on in November. Deciminalize GR is a pro marijuana advocat and the major force behind marijuana law reform in Grand Rapids. The verbage introduced to the ballot would make the possession and use of marijuana a civil infraction. If passed, the bill would prohibit Grand Rapids police from prosecuting violaters under state law.

Growing Marijuana Indoors Accounts for One Percent of U.S. Electricity Use

gary.chenoweth — Fri, 15 Apr 2011 11:40:22 +0000

The quasi-legalization of marijuana has produced quite an unintended side effect: Now one percent of all electricity used in the United States is spent on growing cannabis indoors. Analysis from Evan Mills at the Lawrence Berkeley National Laboratory also found that in California, where marijuana can be grown legally for medicinal purposes, the state’s 400,000 [...]