(CBS4) DENVER Pot users were celebrating the passage of Denver's Initiative 100 Wednesday by lighting up a joint.The initiative allows adults to possess small amounts of marijuana in the city. It passed Tuesday 54% to 46%.Local authorities said the passage really means nothing. Marijuana is still illegal in Denver and all of Colorado under state law. http://cbs4denver.com/local/local_story_307081440.html

Bloomington school officials knew something was up when they looked at a list of recent purchases and spotted an order for 100 lamps.But the order was not for your ordinary kind of lamps, these lamps do more than just light up a room.Bloomington custodial worker Guy Carlson used a district account to request the large number of grow lamps."I don't know what their motivation was for using it, I suspect that it might have been to save some money," said Bloomington Cmdr. Kevin Hinrichs.

Vancouver's mayor, Larry Campbell discusses crystal meth at a public forum. There's a piece about Marc at the end.The audio quality isn't the greatest.

The Alberta government is trying some drastic new measures to battle a growing problem. The province is preparing a new law that would allow it to seize children from parents who are either addicted to drugs or involved in the drug trade.Children's Services Minister Heather Forsyth is developing the legislation, which is expected to be introduced in the legislature next spring. If passed, it will be the first legislation of its kind in Canada.

Heather Forsyth, Alberta's Emily Murphy, announces the provinces plan to sieze kids from Grow-ops.As it Happens:Comment Line: 416-205-3331Email: [email protected] Forsyth#424 Legislature Building10800 - 97 AvenueEdmonton, ABT5K 2B6Phone: (780) 415-4890Fax: (780) 415-4859 http://host93.ipowerweb.com.nyud.net:8090/~salvagin/ncf//cbc-20051021-aih-forsyth.mp3

(CBS4) DENVER The group behind the pro-pot initiative on the Denver ballot has changed its controversial billboards.The old one that had been scheduled to debut on Monday showed a battered woman, suggesting that if pot were decriminalized, there would be less domestic abuse resulting from alcohol. Those billboards were yanked, and the new billboard which has gone up carries the same message, but without the picture. http://cbs4denver.com/topstories/local_story_292194315.html

Oct. 19 - San Francisco medical marijuana merchants may soon have to operate under new rules and regulations.On Tuesday, the board of supervisors debated the first guidelines since voters legalized medical marijuana almost ten years ago. They include limiting a customer's daily purchases and keeping cannabis clubs at least 500 feet away from schools. http://abclocal.go.com/kgo/story?section=local&id=3551012

DENVER - Supporters of a marijuana legalization initiative in Denver postponed their plans to put up a billboard that would suggest domestic violence rates can be reduced by supporting the initiative. http://www.9news.com/acm_news.aspx?OSGNAME=KUSA&IKOBJECTID=ff20d6d4-0abe-421a-0115-59e4cd690c15&TEMPLATEID=0c76dce6-ac1f-02d8-0047-c589c01ca7bf

(CBS4) DENVER Three new billboards that were scheduled to go up Monday to try to drum up support for an initiative that would legalize marijuana in Denver have been delayed.One of the ads was set to be placed on a billboard near Invesco Field at Mile High. http://cbs4denver.com/topstories/local_story_290124226.html

OLMITO -- An undercover operation in Cameron County led to a massive drug bust.Sheriff's commanders said three men tried to sell undercover officers 300 pounds of marijuana. The sale went down at the Valle Vista Mall in Harlingen, where police said the men had the drugs waiting inside a car. http://www.newschannel5.tv/2005/10/18/4804/Drug-sting-yields-300-pounds-of-pot