Purple Kush News Round-Up 09/10/2011

National drug survey shows big drop in methamphetamine use USA Today By Donna Leinwand Leger, USA TODAY Drug use among college-age adults is increasing, driven largely by an increase marijuana use, a national drug-use survey has found. By Dean Coppola, The Oakland Tribune, via AP Marijuana is by far the most commonly ... See all stories on this topic » USA Today Wiz Khalifa Cleared Of Felony Marijuana Charges MTV.com Khalifa and nine other men were subsequently charged with trafficking, maintaining a vehicle for sale or storage of marijuana and a misdemeanor offense of possession of drug paraphernalia. But according to Everett, the trafficking charge was in error, ... See all stories on this topic » MTV.com Marijuana Slims? Pot Smoking Linked to Lower Body Weight TIME A new study published in the American Journal of Epidemiology finds an intriguing connection between marijuana use and body weight, showing that rates of obesity are lower by roughly a third in people who smoke pot at least three times a week, ... See all stories on this topic » Washougal extends medical marijuana gardens ban The Columbian By Ray Legendre There will be no collective medical marijuana gardens in Washougal until summer 2012 at the earliest after the city's council voted earlier this week to extend its pre-existing six month ban to a year. State law enacted July 22 allows ... See all stories on this topic » Fire leads to apparent marijuana farm in Granada Hills garage Los Angeles Times A house fire in Granada Hills on Thursday morning uncovered an apparent marijuana-growing operation. The fire broke out in the 11900 block of Paso Robles Avenue. The blaze was knocked down by 27 firefighters in 23 minutes, with no injuries reported, ... See all stories on this topic » Parents arrested in Union County marijuana bust WSOC Charlotte UNION CO., NC -- Several neighbors told Eyewitness News a Union County couple arrested and accused of running a marijuana business out of their upper-class house are parents of two young children, one of whom attends first grade at Marvin Elementary ... See all stories on this topic » Seriously ill cancer patient may face jail time for medical marijuana The Colorado Independent He used to have medical marijuana. Then the police came to his house and took it away. Today, he faces felony charges for cultivating marijuana with the intent to distribute. He has a medical marijuana card as well as a doctor's recommendation to grow ... See all stories on this topic » Medical marijuana supporters stave off county ban, for now Bakersfield Californian Stacy McGee, left, Destiny Joy Brewer, right, and others deliver boxes of signatures to Kern County Elections that would challenge Kern County's new ordinance outlawing storefront medical marijuana collectives and cooperatives. ... See all stories on this topic » Bakersfield Californian Two men rob medical marijuana collective in Redding Record-Searchlight Two armed men who robbed the California Patients Collective Thursday night stole money and marijuana from the business at 2728 Churn Creek Road. Redding police went to the collective about 9 pm after getting a report that two men brandishing handguns ... See all stories on this topic » Over 3000 illegal marijuana plants seized kwgn.com The Douglas County Sheriff's Office and the Law Enforcement Officers of the US Forest Service have seized 3025 marijuana plants growing in the Pike National Forest near Deckers. Police say the crop has a value of approximately $ 9 million dollars. ... See all stories on this topic »