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The Week In Weed - 50 tons of Mexican, Nicole Richie, Hayward, Yuma, Indiana, Wichita, Texas, and New York Prison Guard Dealers

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- San Diego appealing to overturn Prop 215 - SignOnSanDiego

- Miami Police Chief's son sentenced to 18 months in the slammer for trying to buy 400 pounds of weed from an undercover cop - Officer

- 50 tons of Mexican weed seized at the border. Street value: 100 pesos. (just kidding) - Star-Telegram

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- New book called "Yes, But Is It Good for the Jews?" says pot is good, but cheesecake is not - Jerusalem Post

- Tulare doesn't want marijuana dispensaries near schools. Brilliant! - KFSN

- Hayward Pot Club busted for having too many hundreds of pounds of kush. Two hand grenades found in the raid - KGO TV

- Belgian Ganja Garden busted and shut down before it could open - Stop the Drug War

- Nevada considering limiting the amount of plants sick people can grow in their homes - The Union

- When Nicole Richie drove the wrong way down the 134 freeway on Monday morning she claimed that she wasn't drunk but had just taken some Vicodin and smoked a little pot. - People

- California man traveling through Yuma found with 13 grams of weed and a small alligator - AP

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- Indiana man charged with breaking into an apartment to steal a pound of grass. Strangely alleged victim denies ever having a pound of illegal substances. Good answer. - Star Press

- Wichita man gets held up during a drug deal, so he calls the cops to report that he was jacked for a pound of weed, so the cops come over to his house, find weed, throw him in jail - AP

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- Two New York prison guards at a county clink caught selling pot to two inmates. Inmates get popped on federal offenses too - North County Gazette

- If you have 2.7 pounds of weed in your car, turn down the radio, k? - Shreveport Times

- Eleven common misconceptions about marijuana - insert title blog

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