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OMAHA, Neb. -- The father of a 13-year-old middle school student is angry with his daughter's school.Alphonso Hall said administrators at Nathan Hale Middle School accused his daughter of taking drugs, but they can't back up their case.Sierra Hall was accused of drug possession when the school called her father. The told Alphonso Hall that his daughter had been seen smoking "a green, leafy substance," and Sierra Hall had been removed to the principal's office for five hours.

Pasqua First Nation is moving ahead with plans to banish drug dealers from the Fort Qu'Appelle-area reserve.The chief and council recently passed a resolution to exclude any band members who are involved in drug activity.Now they're meeting with lawyers to see how it can be put into practice.While banishment was once a form of traditional justice, implementing it now comes with challenges.A drug bust last summer prompted the idea. http://www.cbc.ca/sask/story/banishment060201.html
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(CBS 13) Medical marijuana refugee Steve Kubby, is now sitting in a Placer County jail.Kubby was arrested at San Francisco Airport last night- after being deported from Canada. He ran out of the country to avoid serving a 120 day jail sentence. Kubby is being charged with violating parole. http://cbs13.com/local/local_story_027214859.html
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An American medical marijuana activist boarded a plane at the Vancouver airport to San Francisco on Thursday, ending his long fight against deportation from Canada. Canada's Immigration and Refugee Board ruled that Kubby did not have a well-founded fear of being persecuted or tortured, or that there was any risk to his life if he returned to the U.S. The board noted that California does permit the medical use of marijuana in some cases.
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INDIANAPOLIS -- A man who counseled middle school students against drugs faces charges that he had marijuana in his car, RTV6's Jack Rinehart reported Tuesday. http://www.theindychannel.com/news/6191397/detail.html

PITTSBURGH Police arrested seven people thought to be involved in a drug ring inside the Allegheny County Jail.KDKA’s Ralph Iannotti reports that five current and former jail guards, a nurse and an inmate were charged with running a drug ring inside the prison. http://kdka.com/local/local_story_017155634.html
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A Fort Bragg man who owned a medical marijuana business in Roseville is accused of using the business as a smokescreen to sell illicit drugs, according to the U.S. attorney. http://www.news10.net/storyfull2.aspx?storyid=15323
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FORT BRAGG, Calif. -- In 2004, federal agents raided a medicinal marijuana shop in Roseville. On Friday, the owner of that business was involved in another raid.Richard James Marino was arrested in the driveway of his Fort Bragg home Friday morning. He is accused of conspiracy to distribute marijuana and money laundering. http://www.kcra.com/money/6063355/detail.html

The equipment, similar in size to an airplane engine, may appear common, but it turns out, instructions are just a few clicks away on the Internet.In the basement of the quiet house was $500,000 worth of marijuana plants, growing in four rotating hydroponic growers. http://wcco.com/seenon/local_story_010144532.html

(WCCO) Forest Lake, Minn. Investigators seized more than 650 marijuana plants from a Forest Lake, Minn. house on Saturday.Three men, ages 36, 37 and 38, were also arrested at the house in the 9700 block of 202nd Street North where the plants were seized.Investigators said the marijuana plants had a street value of $500,000. They also took equipment associated with growing the plants from the house, including some that had not been set up yet. http://wcco.com/topstories/local_story_009111348.html
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