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The Week in Weed - Pot is Largest US Cash Crop
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- New Hybrid marijuana plant found in Mexico; grows year-round, can't be stopped with pesticides - AP
- Cannabis is the largest cash crop in the USA. Worth $36 billion - Norml
- Is Bong Rip a Drug Dealer or just a stoner with a shitton of buds? - OC Weekly
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- Tuscon car chase leads to cops discovering two tons of weed - AZ Central
- 75 pounds of marijuana found in a secret compartment in a truck in Salton City - OC Register
- Teen drug use nationally has dropped nearly 20% over the last 5 years - AZ Star
- Kids prefer prescription pills to "drugs" - Contra Costa Times
- San Berdu still being hardasses about Prop 215 - redlands daily facts
- Arkansas man busted for bringing weed into jail with him - Guard Online
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- Palm Desert dispensary shut down when undercover cop scores weed without a prescription, pot club opens back up without license, city not amused - KESQ
- Drive carefully in your Silverado if you're delivering 500 lbs of dope - KC Kansan
- Should cops have to keep pot plants alive (thus cultivate them) while suspects are being tried for possession? - Post Independent
- Man gets life in prison for smoking weed while on probation - Chron
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