SEPTEMBER 18, 2005 -- Authorities say a drug bust in Duplin County could be the largest drug bust in Southeastern North Carolina.More than 4,000 pounds of marijuana has been found on Old Camp Road, just outside Wallace http://www.wect.com/Global/story.asp?S=3865923&nav=2gQc

Sept. 16--You don't usually see sunflowers springing from a marijuana plant, but in Bel Aire a plant caught the eye of police cruising by.The home near 37th and Oliver belongs to a well known couple in the area. For most of the 90's Harold Smith was the mayor of Bel Aire."Mrs. Smith feels extremely violated," said Smith attorney Dan Monnat.Monnat says police did more than check out the plants. He says they videotaped everything inside the house, including personal items. Finally Mrs. Smith convinced an officer to bring her a plant that they thought was marijuana.

In this special report, Liz Hayes reports from Bali on the dramatic end to the trial of Schapelle Corby, accused of smuggling 4.1kg of marijuana into Indonesia. There's more of Liz's exclusive interview with Schapelle and back home, Richard Carleton reports on travellers who've found drugs planted in their airport luggage after check-in. http://sixtyminutes.ninemsn.com.au/sixtyminutes/stories/2005_05_29/story_1393.asp

Columbus Police arrested 30-year-old Harold Hill along with 26-year-old Laquita Streeter in connection with the marijuana bust.Tuesday night officers seized about five hundred pounds of pot. The marijuana had a street value of more than two million dollars. Police found the drugs after the investigation led the to a house on Alta Vista Drive. http://www.wtvm.com/Global/story.asp?S=3852161&nav=8fapeXdL

The Liberal government's controversial bill to decriminalize marijuana will be shelved until after the next election, CTV News has learned.The contentious cannabis bill has been sitting in legislative limbo for more than two years.While the Conservatives oppose the proposed marijuana legislation, the NDP and Bloc Quebecois support decriminalization but they want major amendments, including an amnesty."It's been estimated about 600,000 Canadians have a criminal record as a result of personal possession," says NDP MP Libby Davies.

Police in New Brunswick have shut down what they are calling among the biggest marijuana grow operations they have ever seen.So far, they have counted more than 19,000 plants at the operation they uncovered in a forest in the town of Adamsville, north of Moncton. http://www.ctv.ca/servlet/ArticleNews/story/CTVNews/1126443330615_5/?hub=Canada

Edmonton-born Tommy Chong rose to fame in the 1970s as one half of the dope-smoking comedy duo Cheech and Chong.In 2003, Chong was charged in the United States with conspiring to sell drug paraphernalia and sentenced to prison, what he now calls an assault on his civil liberties.The 67-year-old claims it was his hippie persona as an actor, which led to his crucifixion by an over-zealous U.S. government looking for a scapegoat.

ABI Agents had a hunch Saturday morning and it paid off big time. Confiscating marijuana plants from one of the largest drug plots ever found in North Alabama. 8500 to be exact. http://www.waff.com/Global/story.asp?S=3774364&nav=0hBEdpmZ

Anti-gang violence activist Delroy Daring was shot down, the press tries to discredit him for his love of the herb. http://www.canada.com/toronto/video/082605father.html

(KUTV) SALT LAKE CITY The Utah County Sheriff's Office may be facing a federal lawsuit. The SWAT team raided a party in Spanish Fork Canyon Saturday night and said they found drugs and the party was a rave.Organizers of the event say they had a permit, and the SWAT team used excessive force. Now, they're talking to a noted Utah civil rights lawyer. http://kutv.com/topstories/local_story_235151602.html