Newshawk Neil from the Drug War History School, brought by these clips of the amazing weed tunnel between BC and Washington, as well as a story detailing the ongoing persecution and demonization of the Hell's Angels.

Green Party MP Nandor Tanczos is pushing for instant fines for cannabis use by adults rather than a criminal conviction. The partial decriminalisation proposal comes in a member's bill, which will form the basis of the Greens' cannabis policy. http://tvnz.co.nz/view/page/411416/598647

The state attorney general has said that California can issue ID cards to medical marijuana users without state employees facing prosecution for assisting in the commission of a federal crime. But the attorney general also said that information received from applicants for medical marijuana ID cards may be obtained by federal officials to identify them for prosecution. In response, CDHS will be modifying the ID card application to inform applicants that possession of marijuana remains a federal crime and information provided by them could be used for federal prosecution.

(Saluda) - Saluda County Sheriff Jason Booth says it's one of the biggest marijuana drug busts he's ever seen.We're talking about a field of 12-foot tall marijuana plants worth more than $200,000 and deputies say a Greenville County man is to blame. http://www.wltx.com/news/news19.aspx?storyid=28944

Officials converged on a suspected meth lab in Shadyside this morning; and as KDKA's Harold Hayes discovered, one of the suspect arrested is a local police officer http://kdka.com/local/local_story_199153219.html

(CBS) Federal drug agents described Wednesday's raids on San Francisco pot clubs as one of the largest drug trafficking crackdowns in the area since 1996, and said the string of arrests was the first step in uncovering a major international drug operation.U.S. Attorney Kevin V. Ryan said agents raided three pot clubs that operated as fronts for marijuana and Ecstasy trafficking, and warned that federal drug laws would be strictly enforced even in cities tolerant of medical marijuana.

Canadian Truckers can see the way things are going, and they don't want to miss out on a piece of the action from BC's Biggest Cash Crop, Marijuana!

COUNCIL BLUFFS, Iowa -- Local police report a trend in the number of people they call "senior drug mules" -- older adults who carry drugs for cash.Cruiser video from the Iowa State Patrol shows what looks like a typical traffic stop. A van was pulled over for traveling too close to another car. But after talking to the driver, the trooper got suspicious and asked for permission to check the back of the van. He found more than 300 http://www.theiowachannel.com/news/4722965/detail.html

SAN FRANCISCO -- Citing uncertainty prompted by a recent U.S. Supreme Court ruling, California health officials suspended a program on Friday that had begun providing patients who smoke marijuana for medicinal reasons with state-issued identification cards. http://www.foxreno.com/news/4701672/detail.html

OLD WESTBURY, N.Y. -- An electrical contractor working on a Long Island college campus stumbled upon an elaborate underground marijuana farm Monday morning, police said. The contractor working at the State University of New York at Old Westbury discovered PVC piping containing electrical wiring that led to three water tanks three feet underground. http://www.wnbc.com/education/4711818/detail.html