Authorities in California are investigating after seven people were reportedly found shot to death at a residence that housed an illegal marijuana grow operation. The Riverside County Sheriff’s Department said in a press release that shortly after midnight Monday, officers responded to a reported assault with a deadly weapon at a Moreno Valley residence. There, …
An assessment of one Colorado hospital’s emergency room revealed that marijuana-related visits increased three-fold since the state permitted the recreational sale of cannabis in January 2014. Published Monday in the Annals of Internal Medicine, researchers at the University of Colorado School of Medicine revealed that, in 2012, the emergency department at the UCHealth University of Colorado Hospital …
Authorities in Indiana say a mother and her girlfriend used marijuana to reward or punish a boy in their custody. According to Fox News, 36-year-old Milissa Burton and her partner, 36-year-old Susan Glascock, admitted to giving the child marijuana as a reward for good behavior. The minor reportedly told police that he had received the …
A Mississippi man is facing criminal charges after police reportedly found him in a cemetery with five underage girls—two of whom were unconscious. Per WLOX, Jordan McClain, 20, had picked up a group of girls from a foster home in Mobile, Alabama, last weekend after meeting a 16-year-old girl on Facebook. Authorities said the five girls …
A Tempe, Arizona, mother was jailed Thursday after her two-year-old daughter allegedly ate macaroni and cheese made with THC butter. Per Arizona’s Family, Alaina Marie Limpert, 25, was arrested after someone in her household contacted Department of Child Safety about the child ingesting the laced mac and cheese while eating with her father on April 4. Limpert is …
A Raleigh, North Carolina, mother is behind bars after a now-viral video apparently caught her giving a marijuana joint to her infant daughter. Brianna Ashanti Loftin, 20, was officially charged Wednesday in connection with two December 2017 Facebook videos that allegedly showed her giving her 1-year-old daughter a brown cigarette or cigar. According to the News …
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A Christmas-themed lingerie party in Georgia reportedly concluded with police arresting 70 attendees on drug- and gun-related offenses. WSB-TV reported that Cartersville police responded to the home early Sunday following reports of shots fired. Partygoers told the station that officers were inspecting the property when they smelled marijuana in the front yard. The partygoers claimed that police …
An elderly couple allegedly caught with more than 60 pounds of marijuana during a traffic stop reportedly told officers that they had planned to give it away as Christmas gifts. According to the York News-Times, York County Sheriff’s deputies pulled over Patrick Jiron, 80, Tuesday after he failed to signal and crossed the center line. Lieutenant Paul …
An Indiana couple was arrested Monday for allegedly giving their 10-month-old daughter marijuana to treat her broken leg. The Muncie Star Press reported that Tessa Rose Murray, 23, and Nerrell McCoy, 20 are accused of drugging their child before getting her medical attention. Police got involved on June 18, after the baby was brought into IU Health Ball …
“This is the first reported pediatric death associated with cannabis exposure.”
