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Marijuana-Related Crimes Episodes

Nov. 25, 2024

Marijuana Inmates: Amy in Arizona Wrote to a Dozen Prison Pen Pals

At the outbreak of the COVID-19 pandemic, Amy, a cannabis marketing executive in Arizona, felt especially bad for incarcerated men and women. Prison was bad enough; the thought of the pandemic causing so many prisoners to be locked down constantly, not even allowed into the dayroom, was dishearten…

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Aug. 27, 2024

One Ounce of Pot, 16 Years in Prison: The Harrowing Real-Life Story o…

Over the course of three months in 2015, PenPals.Buzz member Trent Bouhdida sold undercover officer Ronald Elcock (call me Kev) a total of one ounce of marijuana. Eight months later, he was arrested by two U.S. Marshalls, while attempting to drive his wife (who had recently given birth) to a job i…

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