Marijuana

17-year prison term for marijuana ring's kingpin

  The leader of a Sacramento Valley-based marijuana ring caught with a massive outdoor grow operation in the Alta area of Placer County has been sentenced to a 17-year, 6-mon ...

Prison for Auburn, Foresthill indoor pot-growing conspirators

    Three Sacramento men have been sentenced in U.S. District Court to from 46 to 51 months in prison for their parts in a pot grow that established secret gardens insi ...

Conviction, possible deportation in Auburn, Foresthill pot-grow case

A key member of an indoor marijuana-growing ring that set up hydroponic pot operations inside high-end Foresthill and Auburn homes has been convicted on a conspiracy charge. Tien ...

Auburn, banned marijuana dispensary in settlement talks

The Auburn City Council authorized a settlement offer to the banned medical marijuana dispensary in hopes of avoiding further legal costs that, for Auburn alone, are estimated arou ...

Poll: California voters back marijuana legalization

  SAN FRANCISCO (AP) — A poll released Wednesday has promising news for marijuana users who hope California will join the two other states that have voted to legaliz ...

Reader Input: Marijuana is not OK

Legalizing marijuana? Really? Making it legal in Colorado was already a bad idea. in my opinion. Marijuana is the most commonly abused illegal drug in the U.S. as well as around th ...

Marijuana-eating dogs lead to costly Auburn-area veterinary clinic visits

AUBURN CA - Cannabis-consuming canines are a disturbing and sometimes costly complication for Placer County residents who choose to use marijuana either as medicine or unlawfully. ...

Our View: With pot use up, is drug testing in schools far behind?

Teenagers are smoking marijuana in greater numbers every year. So says the Monitoring the Future Survey, presented by the National Institute on Drug Abuse and the University of Mi ...