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A marijuana plant at the AmeriCanna Edibles facility on Tuesday, April 25, 2017 in Boulder, Colo. Marijuana industry insiders say they have met with the operators of Canada's largest stock exchange to devise a policy on investing in the U.S., where growing and selling cannabis violates federal laws.THE CANADIAN PRESS/Joe Mahoney TORONTO - Marijuana industry insiders say they have met with the operators of Canada's largest stock exchange to devise a policy on investing in the U.S., where growing and selling cannabis violates federal laws.
At the height of his fame, Elvis Presley decided to help the United States in its fight against communism, so he went straight to the top - to President Nixon. This charming film is based on that unlikely but completely true story This quirky little film about Elvis Presley meeting President Nixon in the White House in 1970 is very understated, and that's what makes it enjoyable.
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The Supreme Court is placing new limits on the government's ability to seize assets from people who are convicted of drug crimes but receive little of the illegal proceeds. The unanimous ruling on Monday comes as the Justice Department has moved to impose harsher punishments for drug trafficking and related crimes, reversing Obama-era policies.
In this March 8, 2017 photo, Ashley Gardner, 34, takes a dose of methadone at Counseling Solutions of Chatsworth, Ga. Gardner, a 34-year-old woman, said her addiction started in the seventh grade when she wanted to numb the pain after she was sexually assaulted.
A toxicology report confirmed a drug overdose as the cause of death for a Spirit Airlines pilot and his wife, who were found dead in their southwest Ohio home on March 16. Brian J. Halye, 36, and 34-year-old Courtney A. Halye died as a result of "cocaine and carfentanil intoxication," said Dr. Kent Harshbarger, the Montgomery County coroner, in a report released Tuesday. The painkiller carfentanil, a version of fentanyl, is 10,000 times stronger than morphine.
In a hall packed with Iowa voters, the presidential candidate looked the middle-aged truck driver in the eye and vowed to fight the opioid crisis that killed his only son two years earlier. "He promised me, in honor of my son, that he was going to combat the ongoing heroin epidemic," Moss said of the January 2016 interaction.
Nearly 200 people have been arrested by federal agents in southern California as part of a five-day operation targeting immigrants convicted of crimes or in the country illegally, officials said Thursday.The crackdown, which ended Wednesday and was spearheaded by US Immigration and Customs Enforcement , focused on people with prior criminal offenses including for drug trafficking, rape and domestic violence, authorities said.
President Donald Trump's proposals to slash federal aid to the poor, the sick and people living in rural areas reflect conservatives' demands for a smaller federal government but target many of the very people who voted for him last November. In his first detailed budget submission to Congress on Tuesday, Trump requested major reductions to programs that help poor families afford groceries and poor and disabled people get healthcare.
Despite promising to release his tax returns in a televised debate with Hillary Clinton, Donald Trump continues to show that... Welcome to the Overnight News Digest with a crew consisting of founder Magnifico, current leader Neon Vincent, regular editors side pocket, maggiejean, Chitown Kev, Doctor RJ, Magnifico, annetteboardman and Man Oh Man. Alumni editors include on Daily Kos, consisting of news stories from around the world, sometimes coupled with a daily theme, original research or commentary.
The United States Coast Guard says it has offloaded 573 pounds of marijuana, worth US$1.2 million, that was seized in the Caribbean Sea.On Friday, the Coast Guard said that the drug - offloaded in the US Virgin Islands, follows a recent at sea interdiction off the French Caribbean island of Martinique. Seven suspected smugglers, all Venezuelan nationals, have been turned over to the US Department of Justice for potential prosecution by the US Attorney's Office for the District of the Virgin Islands, the Coast Guard said.
Indiana Gov. Eric Holcomb's new drug czar on Thursday detailed a plan to combat the opioid crisis in the state, which has seen a dramatic increase in overdose hospitalizations and deaths over the past five years.
ATF agents prepare for a raid in the parking lot of the Los Angeles Memorial Coliseum early Wednesday morning, May 17, 2017, in Los Angeles. Hundreds of federal and local law enforcement fanned out across Los Angeles, serving arrest and search warrants as part of a three-year investigation into the violent and brutal street gang MS-13.
Northern Ohio attorneys react to Attorney General Jeff Sessions' tough on crime directive. And Some Ohio gubernatorial candidates make unusual moves to draw attention.
A Colombian and two Ecuadoreans have appeared in Miami federal court accused of conspiring to transport cocaine on a boat intercepted by the U.S. Coast Guard near the Galapagos Islands in South America. It's only the latest of many similar cases involving boats intercepted at sea, far from Miami, whose crew members are then brought here for trial.
Horrifying video shows how boy, eight, was assaulted and left unconscious on a school bathroom floor while classmates kicked him for FIVE MINUTES - two days before he committed suicide Bring it on! Sacked FBI boss Comey would WELCOME published tapes of his talks with Trump, his friends say - as Spicer refuses to deny they exist Hackers unleash global cyber carnage with tens of thousands of computers in 74 countries crippled, including Britain's health service Michelle Obama suggest Trump doesn't care about kids while speaking at health summit and promises she and Barack are 'not gone, just breathing' James Comey was 'uneasy' about dinner with Trump where he was asked for 'loyalty' oath: Former top spy hits back at attacks on sacked FBI chief War on drugs is back with a vengeance: Sessions tells federal prosecutors to push for harsher punishments as he reverses softer policy from the ... (more)
US President Donald Trump points to members of the media as he answers questions in the lobby of Trump Tower in New York in mid-August. Photo / AP file But with the daily intrigue and drama from the White House, the winter also feels as though it stretched across years.
Joint Region Marianas Chief of Staff Capt. Jeff Grimes announced Friday that joint exercises involving the U.S., U.K., France and Japan at the U.S. Pacific ... .
Three Loudon County residents were indicted, along with 14 others, on federal methamphetamine charges April 4, according to a May 2 release from the U.S. Department of Justice. Dennis Clark, 30, Philadelphia; Ashely Morris-Casebolt, 31, Lenoir City; and Thomas Freeman, 43, Greenback, were all part of a seven-count indictment from a federal grand jury in Knoxville for roles in the distribution of methamphetamine.