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Marijuana News Releases

 SEP 11, 2008 Operation 'Green Reaper' Sweeps King County
 SEP 10, 2008 US/Canadian Investigations Dismantle International Marijuana Trafficking Organization
 AUG 19, 2008 Public Service Campaign Marks National Medicine Abuse Awareness Month in New Jersey
 AUG 7, 2008 California Marijuana Dispensary Owner Convicted
 JUL 28, 2008 Operation Blackjack Dismantles Drug Pipeline from New York City to Central NY
 JUL 22, 2008 DEA Foils Indoor Marijuana Grow Operation
 JUL 14, 2008 DEA Task Force Eradicates $20 Million Marijuana Grow in CA National Forest 
 MAY 27, 2008 Marijuana Dispensaries Linked to Fatal Car Crash
 APR 23, 2008 Seattle DEA Targets Suppliers And Financiers Of Bourgeoning Indoor Marijuana Grows
 MAR 20, 2008 California Doctor-Lawyer Couple Get Five Years For Growing and Selling Marijuana
 FEB 27, 2008 Over Par and Under Arrest: Golf Co. Execs Busted
 FEB 12, 2008 Anchorage Man Pleads Guilty to Money Laundering Charges and Marijuana Importation Conspiracy
 NOV 1, 2007 DEA Announces Marijuana Bust In Tonto National Forest
 OCT 15, 2007 Five Indiana Men Indicted in Alleged Marijuana Conspiracy
 AUG 30, 2007 Three California Marijuana Distribution Centers Shut Down
 AUG 16, 2007 Locally, Operation Puma Has Seized 277 Kilograms of Cocaine, 900 Pounds of Marijuana, and Nearly $2,500,000 in U.S. Currency
 AUG 16, 2007 International Team of Agencies Seize Over 20 Tons of Marijuana and $7 Million in Assets from Mexican-based Organization
 AUG 14, 2007 "Hooked on Ponics" Investigation Leads to Dismantling of Marijuana Grow House Operation
 JUL 25, 2007 Nature Preserve Eradicated
 JUL 17, 2007 Local Marijuana Dispensary Operators Indicted on Drug Trafficking Charges
 JUL 17, 2007 Round Two: Second Search Warrant Served at Bakersfield Marijuana Distribution Center
 MAY 21, 2007 Oakland Landlord Sentenced for Allowing Marijuana to be Grown on Multiple Commercial Properties
 APR 12, 2007 Seven College Students In VA Arrested On Drug Distribution Charges
 APR 9, 2007 Marijuana Grow Operation Found in Manhattan Apartment
 APR 3, 2007 New Photos Show Sophistication of Indoor Marijuana Grow in California
 MAR 15, 2007 Dozens Arrested in Oregon Pot Bust
 JAN 17, 2007 11 Search Warrants Served at Marijuana Distribution Centers
 DEC 13, 2006 Two Arrests at Hayward Marijuana Distribution Center
 NOV 20, 2006 27 Charged in Drug Ring Operation
 OCT 20, 2006 Indoor Marijuana Cultivation Ring Dismantled
 OCT 4, 2006 Two Convicted In Major Interstate Drug Conspiracy
 OCT 4, 2006 DEA’s New On-line Magazine Illustrates for Teens the Dangers of Marijuana
 OCT 3, 2006 CA: Search Warrants Served at San Francisco Marijuana Distribution Center
 SEP 27, 2006 Search Warrant Served at Central Valley's Largest Marijuana Distribution Center
 SEP 26, 2006 Maker of Marijuana Candy Products Pleads Guilty and Agrees to 70-Month Prison Term
 SEP 20, 2006 35 Charged, 28 Arrested in Connection with Port St. Lucie Marijuana Grow Houses
 SEP 19, 2006 Federal Investigation Dismantles Major Drug Organizations in Pacific Northwest
 JUL 3, 2006 Nine Additional Defendants Indicted in International Marijuana Trafficking Ring
 APR 21, 2006 7 Arrested and Thousands of Marijuana Plants Seized in East Bay Area
 MAR 16, 2006 'Pot Tarts' and 'Buddafingers' Manufacturers Busted
 JAN 23, 2006 Two Men Sentenced for Distributing More Than 100 Kilos of Marijuana in Missouri
 JAN 20, 2006 US Convicts Reggae Music CEO of Trafficking in Enormous Quantities of Marijuana
 JAN 19, 2006 Tacoma Man Gets 15 Years in Prison for Very Sophisticated Marijuana Grow Operation
 DEC 8, 2005 DEA Not Joking Around, Arrests 12 Members of the "Cartoon Network" Drug Ring
 AUG 17, 2005 "Prince of Pot" Arrested by US-Canadian Task Force
JUL 7, 2005 DEA Seizes Approximately 800 Marijuana Plants, Weapons in California Raid
APR 26, 2005 Marijuana: The Myths Are Killing Us
MAR 2, 2004 DEA Buffalo Seizes Approximately 140 Pounds Marijuana and Recovers Human Organ Tissue For Transplant
FEB 26, 2004 Money Obtained Through Marijuana Seizures Goes Towards A Charitable Cause - Full Story found in the Ukiah Daily Journal on the Internet ONLY
FEB 20, 2004 Operations El Barrio and Crescent Moon Yield Over Three Dozen Arrests
JAN 29, 2004 3 Individuals Charged in Large Scale Cocaine and Marijuana Importation Ring
 NOV 5, 2003 Nine Individuals Arrested and Major Marijuana Distribution Network Operating in Nassau County, NY Dismantled
 JUL 31, 2003 Mexican Drug Lord Indicted; Over 240 Arrests in Operation Trifecta
 MAR 21, 2003 DEA Issues Final Rules on "Hemp" Products
 MAR 20, 2003 Arrest Leads to Unexpected Marjuana Seizure in Clark County, Kentucky
 MAR 6, 2003 Thousands Of Pounds Of Marijuana Seized In Grosse Point Park, Michigan
 FEB 8, 2002 DEA Extends Grace Period for Disposal of Existing Inventories of HEMP Products
NOV 28, 2001 DEA Approves Marijuana Research
NOV 15, 2001 Violent Drug Gang Dismantled in Washington, D.C.
NOV 15, 2001 Operation Perfect Storm
OCT 9, 2001 DEA Clarifies Status of Hemp in the Federal Register
SEP 19, 2001 Cocaine & Marijuana Bust in the Bronx
SEP 12, 2001 Operation S.O.S.
JUN 20, 2001 Operation Marquis
DEC 14, 2000 Operation Impunity II
APR 13, 2000 Operation Green Air
MAR 12, 1998 Statement from the DEA On the Industrial Use of Hemp
SEP 13, 1995 Legalization Is a Surrender
JUN 20, 1995 Response to JAMA article "Marihuana as Medicine"
APR 19, 1995 The Cruel Hoax of Legalization
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