WASHINGTON – Jennifer Brunenkant, 68, of Washington, DC, was charged today in a 19-count indictment unsealed in U.S. District Court with evading and failing to pay federal income and employment taxes associated with her business Herbal Alternatives II, LLC, which at all relevant times operated a marijuana dispensary that was licensed in the District of […]

Author: Retired Lt. Diane Goldstein is a 21-year police veteran and executive director of the Law Enforcement Action Partnership, a nonprofit group of police, judges, and other law enforcement professionals who support policies that improve public safety and police-community relations   Austin American Statesman Lawmakers have wasted little time prioritizing a misguided measure that would […]

Published: Friday 7 March 2025 at 12:00 pm Police have dismantled an alleged drug trafficking network following an investigation into the importation and distribution of a commercial quantity of ketamine in Victoria’s southwest. Detectives from Warrnambool Crime Investigation Unit, with support from Icarus Taskforce, commenced an investigation earlier this year after Australia Border Force detected […]

Marijuana Moment As Canadian Prime Minister Justin Trudeau prepares to leave office, Canadians are giving him an exit review—and he’s evidently earned the highest marks for his role in legalizing marijuana nationwide. A survey of Canadian adults from the non-profit Angus Reid Institute found that, among the prime minister’s policy achievements, cannabis reform was the […]

The BBC Thousands of cannabis plants with an estimated value of more than £8.7m have been seized in a week-long operation across Yorkshire and the Humber. The region’s four police forces located 35 active cannabis grows containing 8,716 plants. The action was part of national scheme Operation Mille and was coordinated by the Yorkshire and […]

They operated in plain sight between November 2020 and February 2024, posing as legitimate workmen with liveried vans, barriers and signage. They even closed some roads… ‘Slipshod and dangerous’ Criminals used a registered utility company as cover to dig up the streets and supply electricity to cannabis farms on behalf of Albanian gangsters. Bosses Ross […]