LA CROSSE - Those caught with marijuana in one western Wisconsin county could get off with just a fine. The La Crosse County Board has approved a new ordinance that gives law enforcement the option of fining people caught with small amounts of marijuana - instead of charging them with a misdemeanor. http://www.todaystmj4.com/_content/news/topstories/story_3116.asp

To see a marijuana plant in a window sill is unusual, even more so if it's displayed in the window of a law enforcement agency.That was the situation in Ville Platte Thursday where a full grown marijuana plant was in plain view at the city marshal's office http://www.klfy.com/Global/story.asp?S=5038935http://www.katc.com/Global/story.asp?S=5037964

Wednesday night, in the Tucson Sector six miles southeast of Nogales, a half mile north of the border, a Mercedes Benz SUV was caught crossing the line on a rural, dirt road.Six Border Patrol agents moved in to stop it, and that's when the gunfire rang out. http://kvoa.com/Global/story.asp?S=5037891&nav=HMO6HMaW

BILLERICA, Mass. -- A couple finds a surprise inside a vanity for their new bathroom.When they opened the cabinet, which was bought by a contractor at a Home Depot in Tewksbury, the couple found inside 50 pounds of marijuana.Investigators say the box does not look like it was tampered with.Both local police and the Drug Enforcement Administration are investigating.No comment as of yet has been made from Home Depot on the drug discovery. http://www1.whdh.com/news/articles/local/BO20940/

One hundred thousand dollars worth of drugs are off the streets after a drug bust by Louisville Metro Police.WHAS11 was the only station there when police arrested two men whom they believe were part of a big drug pipeline. http://www.whas11.com/topstories/stories/WHAS11_TOP_MetroDrugBust.861e36e8.html

A new item being sold next to candy and chocolates in convenience stores in White Rock, B.C., has some parents concerned.Pipes often used to smoke drugs are showing up in shops along the beach in White Rock, a city about 45 kilometres from Vancouver.Kerry Jackson, whose son took his own life after becoming addicted to crystal meth, says they have to go."Having our children normalized by the paraphernalia that we use to smoke it is not good for us, or good for them," Jackson told CTV Vancouver.

(CBS4/AP) MIAMI Defense Secretary Donald Rumsfeld wants to end Army helicopter support for a joint U.S.-Bahamas counter-drug program.The proposal is raising questions about the future of a decades-long effort that has resulted in hundreds of arrests and the seizure of tons of cocaine and marijuana. Experts are also concerned because South Florida is feared to reach the drug trafficking levels experienced in the 80’s as the federal government tightens security around the Mexican border.

A successful international operation off the coast of Angola has prevented 22.5 tonnes of hashish from entering Canada, the RCMP says.After receiving a tip 18 months ago, RCMP in Montreal and Halifax launched 'Operation Chabanel' -- an investigation that reached all the way to the African country. http://www.ctv.ca/servlet/ArticleNews/story/CTVNews/20060605/rcmp_hashsting_060605/20060605?hub=TopStories

The buzz is growing around salvia. Most people have not heard of the herb. But salvia is called the biggest legal buzz that money can buy. At least it is legal in Georgia.Salvia Divinorum is an herb in the mint family, and it can get people high.“Most people take a puff and laugh their butt off,” said Zach Lockhart of the NC-17 Smoke Shop. “Feel like you’re in a different place. Things look funny, you get tunnel-vision, and everything’s hysterical.”It is perfectly legal, at least in Georgia. Salvia is illegal in Missouri and Louisiana and many foreign countries.

The RCMP say they have found about 1,600 kilograms of marijuana aboard the fishboat seized earlier this week in Ucluelet on the west coast of Vancouver Island. http://www.cbc.ca/bc/story/bc_pot-fishboat20060526.html