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October 11, 2010

Florida Marijuana News – Proliferation Of “Fake Weed” Allowing Users To Get High And Pass Drug Tests

Fake pot is becoming a major drug enforcement problem considering the fact it is legal and sold in gas stations. The synthetic marijuana is popular with teens, the military and people on probation.
June 29, 2010

Florida Marijuana Laws – Florida Head Shop Owners File Lawsuit In Hillsborough To Ban The “Bong Bill”

Starting Thursday many Florida businesses will be banned from selling a bong. The new law is being challenged in a Hillsborough County court by small business owners.
June 28, 2010

Drug Possession Arrest — Tampa Man Blames Poor Economy For Selling Marijuana

I had to sell drugs due to the economy. That excuse didn't fly as a Tampa man was charged with possessing marijuana and intent to distribute.
May 5, 2010

Florida Drug Crimes – Is Marijuana Distribution And Possession A Thing Of The Past Now That Tampa Has K2?

With the arrival of K2 in Tampa, will there be any effect on the number of people arrested for marijuana distribution? How about marijuana possession?
May 5, 2010

St. Petersburg Drug Crimes – St Petersburg Police Crack Down On Drug Crimes In Local Park

A major drug sweep of Williams Park in St. Petersburg led to numerous arrests. Charges ranged from possession and distribution of crack, marijuana, cocaine, oxycodone, hydrocodone and ecstasy.
April 26, 2010

Marijuana Possession News – Pasco Man Tries To Eat His Pot To Avoid A Marijuana Possession Charge

This Tampa Bay man was trying to avoid a marijuana possession arrest by eating his pot and chasing it with a double cheeseburger. He didn't even bother to take the pot out of the baggie before attempting to eat it.
April 26, 2010

Marijuana Possession In Florida – Pinellas Man Charged With Possession Of Marijuana After Traffic Stop

A traffic stop in Tarpon Springs led to a man's arrest for possession of marijuana and cocaine with intent to distribute. He was pulled over for driving with a suspended license in Pinellas County.
April 19, 2010

Pasco Marijuana Arrest Leads To Discovery Of More Than 2,000 Canisters Of Illegal Mushrooms

A marijuana bust that ended up netting Pasco County Sheriff’s a search warrant led to a huge mushroom-growing operation. Undercover officers in Port Richey landed a search warrant after three marijuana deals and they were shocked at what they uncovered. Inside two separate homes they found more than 2,000 canisters of illegal hallucinogenic mushrooms.

Drug enforcement agents and deputies wearing haz-mat suits removed the illegal drugs from two Pasco County homes. Gerald Hannafin was arrested and investigators then went to his father’s home where more mushrooms were found. The older Hannafin told deputies he thought the mushrooms were legal. Authorities are now trying to locate who was going to buy the illegal drugs.…

April 8, 2010

Brooksville Marijuana Grow House Operation Nets Second Arrest

Yesterday we talked about a Brooksville woman who was arrested for operating a marijuana grow house in an effort to pay her bills, which in a larger sense isn’t everyone selling drugs in one way or another using the money to pay off bills? Today though Hernando County deputies have arrested a second person involved in themarijuana cultivation.

According to TampaBay.com, Jeffery Scott Wagner was arrested on drug cultivation charges in connection with the marijuana operation run out of the house of Rhonda Quince, who was charged previously. Quince bought the three-bedroom home fir $130,000 in 2006. The story on TampaBay.com…

April 7, 2010

Mother Who Supplied Teen Son With Oxycodone Pleads Guilty To Contributing To His Fatal Overdose

Linda Courtright is facing 20 years to life in federal prison after pleading guilty to a drug distribution charge in Tampa today. The 36-year-old admitted to supplying her 15-year-old son with the oxycodone that eventually killed him in a drug overdose. Nicholas Block was found to have oxycodone, cocaine and alprazolam in his system when he died.

The story surrounding Block’s death is as sad as it is shocking. Block had already been in trouble with the law following a marijuana charge but the details of what took place in a Budget Inn Motel on the night of his death are just astounding.…

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