A bizarre incident happened when a group of rats munched on marijuana seized inside an evidence room at an infested New Orleans police headquarters. The old police building has been around since 1968 and Police Superintendent Anne Kirkpatrick described rodent infestations in the facility. Cops ha...
Louisiana enacted a law in 2021 that decriminalizes possession of up to 14 grams of marijuana. Those who are caught will face a fine of up to $100 but no jail time. In August, New Orleanspardoned about 10,000 peoplewith convictions or pending penalties for small amounts of marijuana posses...
In New Orleans, a new entity, purchasable over the counter at marijuana paraphernalia shops and gas stations, has emerged, and this trend is both disturbing and increasing. We are seeing increasing use of the "legal" marijuana substitute, "Mojo." As more and more people are using the ...
told smilingly by a doctor that I was not schizophrenic but in fact a bearable neurotic, like many other people — but this was years earlier when I was a poet with a tie and an obsession with eternity. True, I had changed much in the intervening 13 years, I had pursued my thoughts ...
In the eastern states, the “problem” was attributed to a combination of Latin Americans and black jazz musicians. Marijuana and jazz traveled from New Orleans to Chicago, and then to Harlem, where marijuana became an indispensable part of the music scene, even entering the language of the bl...
sailors and West Indian immigrants brought marijuana from the Caribbean into North America via New Orleans. In the 1920s and 1930s, recreational cannabis use became associated with the jazz music, and the famous trumpet player Louis Armstrong was an early advocate for marijuana.[179][187][188]...
Rat droppings have been found on officers' desks in the New Orleans police headquarters, which have been taken over by mould and cockroaches, according to the department.
St. Paul MN discovers they cantrick drivers into stopping for pedestrians in crosswalks. New Orleansbike riders will no longer face a $150 fine for failing to failing to register their bikes; the city revoked its mandatory registration afterone rider received nearly $1,000 in tickets for a si...
With just over a week to go in this year's Minnesota State Legislative session, there is still work to be done for supporters of legalizing recreational marijuana.
NEW ORLEANS (AP) - A Louisiana man who was arrested and sentenced to life for selling $20 in marijuana to undercover officers when he was homeless has been freed from prison. WWL-TV reported that Fate Winslow was released from Louisiana State Penitentiary at Angola on Wednesday and was on...