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Flash, Jill and others present news clips from the media. Let the newshawks program the VCR so you don't have to!
Stoned Owl Hides Out In Christmas Tree
15 Dec 2005 SARASOTA, Fla. -- A bird with a buzz found in a Florida family's Christmas tree is getting ready to go back into the wild.The little screech owl was found in the tree, which the family had kept for five days before deciding to decorate it.
Animal control officers from Pelican Man's Bird Sanctuary came to get the owl, and said they smelled a strange odor on it when they did.
"Curiously enough, the owl's feathers smelled very, very potently like marijuana," said Jeff Dering, of the sanctuary. "They examined the owl, looked at its eyes ... and the owl was, in the vernacular, stoned."
Protestors Rally Over Medical Marijuana Crackdown
DEA Raids Spark Rally In Front Of Courthouse 14 Dec 2005 SAN DIEGO -- Protestors rallied to stop the crackdown on medical marijuana.The Drug Enforcement Agency and local police raided 13 dispensaries of medical marijuana Monday, including the Purple Coconut, on El Cajon Boulevard.
Tuesday, there was a demonstration of solidarity by some of those targeted.
Hewitt Charged With Being Under Influence Of Marijuana
12 Dec 2005 AUGUSTA, Maine -- A Maine trucker with a long history of driving infractions now stands charged with manslaughter in a crash that killed a Scarborough woman.District Attorney Evert Fowle said the new indictment came after tests showed the presence of marijuana in Scott Hewitt's bloodstream.
DEA Raids Medical Marijuana Dispensaries
Marijuana Raids Stretch From Beach Community To Inner City 12 Dec 2005 SAN DIEGO -- Raids began Monday afternoon against several medical marijuana dispensaries in San Diego.Authorities swooped down on locations where pot is sold in violation of federal law, which is at odds with state law.
Federal law supercedes state law, and the debate over using marijuana to combat pain has reached the U.S. Supreme Court.
'That's All Folks' - DEA Busts 'Cartoon Network'
Door-To-Door Marijuana Service Exposed 08 Dec 2005 The customer base was huge. And it apparently extended to the kinds of names that make the front page. Wiretap conversations reveal Network managers talking about marijuana deliveries to Viacom companies like MTV and Comedy Central. Raids to the first house that turned up information turned up pages with customer’s names. One of those names was someone so afraid of being found out, the person quickly cooperated --- and let agents monitor calls to the “Network’s” central base for marijuana orders for nearly a year. Allowing the DEA’s Joint Narcotics Task Force the rare opportunity of developing an inside look on how such an organization is set up. And how big it can be. From something so simple as door-to-door service.
Dashboard Camera Records Arrest Of Former NFL Star
Michael Irvin Arrested For Possession Of Drug Paraphernalia 06 Dec 2005 Officer: "The reason I stopped you, you were going 78 in a 60." Officer: "I thought you looked familiar."It started out as a routine traffic stop.
Then the officers learned Irvin had a warrant out for his arrest for failing to pay a traffic fine.
Officer: "I've got some bad news for you, you have some warrants out for your arrest."
During a search of his car police found a drug pipe with a plastic bag containing marijuana residue.
Officer: "Im not charging you for the weed, I'm charging you for the paraphernalia."