( Old Westbury, Long Island -WABC, July 12, 2005) — Police have uncovered a huge marijuana factory buried underground. Large underground tanks used to grow marijuana were uncovered near SUNY Old Westbury. http://abclocal.go.com/wabc/news/wabc_071205_marijuanatanks.html#

Police departments across the country are calling Meth the number one drug problem -- so you'd think new resources would go to fight it -- but that's not the case. The White House Office of National Drug Control Policy restated its stance that marijuana remains the nation's most substantial drug problem. http://www.wcpo.com/news/2005/local/07/05/methlabs.html

(CBS) LONGMONT, Colo. A new candy on the streets is getting the notice of area police. It looks similar to Jolly Rancher hard candy, but investigators say "weed candy" is a dangerous treat, KCNC-TV in Denver reports.Longmont police say Katherine Cline, 25, appeared intoxicated when she was recently stopped for driving on the wrong side of the street. When asked about a bag of hard red candy found in her car, the dancer at the Bustop adult club allegedly told the officers it was "weed candy."

Lobbyists are calling on Congress for laws to cure what they call "an epidemic" in our country... methamphetamine use. The request comes after a nationwide survey found meth-related arrests increase 87% in three years. Those findings are raising questions about the meth problem in Lubbock.Lubbock County DPS interviewed 100 meth addicts, 99 of them said the first drug they tried was marijuana and the addiction grew from there. http://www.kcbd.com/Global/story.asp?S=3563530

AUSTIN -- State Representative Aaron Pena wants to keep pot-flavored candy out of Texas stores.AUSTIN – A Valley lawmaker filed legislation this week to ban candy that tastes like marijuana.Rep. Aaron Pena (D-Edinburg) said the candy, known as ‘pot sucker lollipops’ and ‘chronic candy,’ does not contain marijuana, but it is package like the drug and marketed to young people.Some of the candy is even sold by the ounce or nickel bag and promoted as ‘highly addictive.’Pena’s bill would make it illegal to sell in Texas candy containing hemp or marijuana flavoring.

(CBS 5) A major crackdown on pot clubs was underway in San Francisco Wednesday.Federal agents raided three separate locations in the afternoon hours, and there may be more to come.

(Audio Only). Day to Day, June 24, 2005 · In Northern California, federal drug agents have launched a crackdown on medical marijuana providers -- the result of a recent U.S. Supreme Court ruling that grants power to federal authorities to prosecute those using marijuana legally under state law. Judy Campbell of member station KQED reports. http://www.npr.org/templates/story/story.php?storyId=4717366

SACRAMENTO -- 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.

Pittsburgh (KDKA) For months he or she roamed the halls and attended classes with all the other students at a local high school; but today police and school officials revealed that the student was really an undercover police officer posing as a student to uncover suspected drug activity. http://kdka.com/local/local_story_175142815.html

A new Surrey By Law has BC Hydro giving out Electrical Bill details to the fire department in the latest campaign against indoor marijuana growing.