Law Enforcement

A recent study from the Centre for Addiction and Mental Health in Toronto has debunked a myth that cannabis can influence drivers up to 24 and even 48 hours after consumption.

Police in Saskatoon, Saskatchewan say they have encountered fewer issues than they had expected during Canada’s first year of legalized cannabis.

Criminal charges have not been dropped against a Brooklyn man who received a 106-pound shipment of hemp from Vermont; two weeks ago, police said the charges would be dropped after confirming the shipment to be hemp.

Idaho Gov. Brad Little issued an executive order to allow interstate hemp transport through Idaho.

A recent ruling by the Colorado Supreme Court has cemented the right for individuals who are on probation to access the state medical cannabis program.

The district attorney in Brooklyn, New York has announced that charges against the recipient of a large hemp shipment will be dropped; police had confiscated the shipment and described it as a major cannabis bust.

The Massachusetts municipalities of Eastham, Great Barrington, Leicester, Newton, Northampton, and Uxbridge have all been subpoenaed by U.S. Attorney Andrew Lelling over potential cannabis industry bribes.

The NYPD seized a 106-pound legal hemp shipment after receiving a tip from FedEx despite third-party lab reports showing the plants’ THC content to be well below the 0.3% federal threshold.

California law enforcement officials say they have eradicated 953,000 cannabis plants from the state’s unregulated marketplace as part of the state’s Campaign Against Marijuana Planting Program.

A judge in Hanover County, Virginia has tossed a cannabis possession charge after a laboratory supervisor claimed in court that their lab could not differentiate between illegal cannabis and legal hemp CBD flower.

The Pennsylvania American Civil Liberties Union filed suit against Lebanon County after officials decided to stop allowing people who are on parole or probation from participating in the state medical cannabis program.

California cannabis and hemp operator Kushy Punch was raided by state officials last week, who said the company was distributing cannabis on the unregulated marketplace. Kushy Punch’s CEO said the allegations are “completely false.”

The Douglas County Sheriff’s Office in Nebraska says it has developed a test capable of differentiating hemp from cannabis plants; the field test was validated by the sheriff’s laboratory.

Multiple interstate hemp shipments have been seized by Idaho police — at least one shipment has been returned but, in another incident, a trucker still faces a potential five-year prison sentence for drug trafficking.

Jasiel Correia, the mayor of Fall River, Massachusetts, was arrested this morning and charged with extorting state-licensed cannabis companies.

A group of six people allegedly stole about $250,000 worth of freshly cured cannabis flower from a cultivation facility in Kelso, Washington over the weekend; owners are offering a $5,000 reward for information that leads to an arrest.

Law enforcement in Sonoma County have shut down an illegal cannabis grow op containing more than 63,000 plants — it is the county’s largest cannabis bust, ever.

Citing racial discrimination issues, police and prosecutors in Jefferson County, Kentucky will no longer pursue low-level cannabis possession crimes if it’s the only or primary charge.

Nearly everyone arrested for low-level cannabis crimes in New York City so far in 2019 has been Black or Latinx, despite the continued liberalization of New York cannabis laws.

Ashtabula County, Ohio has joined the growing ranks of local jurisdictions that have opted out of enforcing cannabis laws in light of hemp’s newly legal status.

With hemp legalization having spurred many prosecutors to turn away from cannabis cases, the U.S. Attorney for Florida’s Northern District says he will take over the prosecution of cannabis-related cases.

The FBI says it is seeking information about cannabis companies who may have obtained a permit through illegal means, such as by bribing a corrupt public official.

In a unanimous ruling, the Maryland Court of Appeals said that police cannot use cannabis odor alone as justification for conducting a personal search during a vehicle stop; vehicle searches, however, are still allowed.

The de-facto cannabis reforms resulted from national hemp legalization have reached several Nebraska counties, where police are suspending cannabis enforcement until they can differentiate cannabis and hemp products.