Protesters march for legalizing marijuana in Brazil

Pounding drums, waving banners and shouting slogans, protesters in downtown Sao Paulo called for marijuana to be legalized in Brazil.

Pounding drums, waving banners and shouting slogans, protesters in downtown Sao Paulo called for marijuana to be legalized in Brazil.

The weeklong detention of an American woman after Mexican authorities said they found 12 pounds of marijuana under her bus seat illustrates just one of the perils Americans face while traveling south of the border.

The newest drug-sniffing dog on the police force in one U.S. city is not trained to point out the presence of marijuana. Other police departments in the area are re-training their dogs to ignore pot as well — part of the new reality after voters in Washington state legalized marijuana use last year.

The police on Sunday seized 142 kilos of marijuana valued at over P700,000 after the drugs were discovered by accident at a bus station on Edsa, Quezon City.
An American was arrested for drunkenness and for allegedly possessing at least 20 sticks of marijuana in barangay Tipolo, Mandaue City.
Five students, two of them members of the FEU Tamaraws—Far Eastern University’s basketball team—were arrested on Tuesday for possession of marijuana.

Three student pilots taking people to a different high were arrested in a drug sting operation in which they allegedly sold three marijuana bricks to a policeman in Quezon City.
That’s a bagful of weed for “export” Down Under. Policemen posing as bus passengers arrested a man from Tinglayan, Kalinga province, for allegedly carrying 40 bricks of dried marijuana on Thursday in Quezon City.

Policemen posing as bus passengers arrested a man hiding 40 bricks of dried marijuana bound for New Zealand and Australia the other day in Quezon City.
A 46-YEAR-OLD man was arrested by police for allegedly selling marijuana sticks in barangay Paknaan, Mandaue City.

Mayor Michael Bloomberg says he opposes legalizing marijuana — or any other illicit drug.
FULLY grown marijuana plants were uprooted in barangay Sudlon II, Cebu City Wednesday morning.
THE body of an unidentified man was found floating in the waters of barangay South Poblacion, southern Cebu. Police said no one from the place was able to identify the man believed to be in his 50s.