Prosecutors say Dayton mass shooter's friend bought him armor and 100-round magazine
A man told federal agents he bought body armor, a gun accessory and a 100-round magazine for the Dayton gunman earlier this year, according to a court document unsealed Monday. Federal investigators emphasized that there no was indication that Ethan Kollie knew that his friend, ...
Dragon Ash bassist KenKen and son of Char both arrested in marijuana bust
A member of the popular rock group Dragon Ash has been arrested for alleged marijuana possession in a case involving raids in Kyoto and Tokyo, investigative sources said Saturday. Bass guitarist Kensuke Kaneko, 33, known as KenKen, is suspected of possessing a small amount of ...
Junnosuke Taguchi, a former member of male idol group Kat-tun, pleaded guilty Thursday to possessing marijuana in the first hearing of his trial at the Tokyo District Court. His partner, former actress Rena Komine, who faces the same charge, also entered a guilty plea. The ...
Kyoto police officer, former world junior judo champ, arrested for alleged pot possession
A police officer was arrested Friday for alleged marijuana possession at the home of family members in Osaka Prefecture, police said. Wataru Umekita, a member of the Kyoto Prefectural Police, admitted to the charge, telling investigators that he possessed marijuana for his own use. A ...
Pot giant Canopy ex-CEO already working his magic at tiny Martello
Shareholders of a tiny Canadian tech firm are cheering the departure of Bruce Linton from pot giant Canopy Growth Corp. Martello Technologies Group Inc. has surged 89 percent since Wednesday morning, when Canopy announced that Linton had been ousted as co-chief executive officer. He later ...
Japanese junior high school students slightly more open to marijuana use, survey suggests
Junior high school students have become slightly more open to the use of marijuana, in part due to the influence of the internet, an official survey suggests. In the latest biennial survey by the National Center of Neurology and Psychiatry, 1.9 percent of about 70,000 ...
Signs of ritual pot smoking, possibly part of funeral rites, found in ancient Chinese graves
Archaeologists have unearthed the earliest direct evidence of people smoking marijuana from a 2,500-year-old graveyard in western China. In a complex of lofty tombs in the Pamir Mountains — a region near the borders of modern China, Pakistan and Tajikistan — excavators found 10 wooden ...
Junnosuke Taguchi, a former member of Japanese all-male idol group Kat-tun, was released on bail Friday after he was charged with possessing marijuana. Taguchi, 33, and his partner Rena Komine, 38, who faces the same charge, each posted bail of ¥3 million the same day ...
Junnosuke Taguchi, ex-member of Japanese boy band Kat-tun, arrested over marijuana possession
Junnosuke Taguchi, a former member of Japanese all-male idol group Kat-tun, has admitted to possessing a small amount of marijuana, investigative sources said Thursday. Taguchi, 33, was taken into custody Wednesday with his partner, Rena Komine, 38, a former actress, for allegedly possessing a few ...
Marijuana pioneer Uruguay to be first in Latin America to export for medicinal use
Already the first country in the world to legalize recreational use of marijuana, Uruguay now aims to go further by becoming the first in Latin America to export it for medicinal purposes. It has taken a year to get to this point but in Nueva ...
Life after GOP politics: John Boehner looks to score big on pot deal with legalized weed
Life after politics is working out just fine for John Boehner. The ex-U.S. House speaker is poised to collect $1.59 million in cash once shareholders approve Canopy Growth Corp.'s acquisition of Acreage Holdings Inc., regulatory filings show. If his former colleagues in Congress help make ...
High prices, short supplies and lineups at stores: six months after Canada legalized recreational cannabis, consumers are still buying a lot of pot on the black market as legal sources fail to meet demand. But authorities say the legal market will eventually put street dealers ...
