Medical Marijuana Program Connection

Rotorua crime: Police, council, set goal to halve CBD violent offending, antisocial behaviour

MMP News AuthorMay 19, 2023

Rotorua area commander Inspector Herby Ngawhika. Photo / Laura Smith Police and the council have set a goal to halve violent crime and antisocial behaviour in Rotorua’s CBD by 2026. It comes as Rotorua’s top cop suggests people have moved from emergency housing motels to the city’s backpackers and hostels ... Read More

DOUTHAT: Legalizing marijuana is a big mistake | Opinion

MMP News AuthorMay 18, 2023

Of all the ways to win a culture war, the smoothest is to just make the other side seem hopelessly uncool. So it’s been with the march of marijuana legalization: There have been moral arguments about the excesses of the drug war and medical arguments about the potential benefits of ... Read More

Thieves stealing designer handbag in CBD David Jones stab worker in arm

MMP News AuthorMay 16, 2023

An employee at a luxury fashion shop in Melbourne has been stabbed in the arm by an opportunistic thief, fleeing the scene with a designer handbag. Police said the male staff member confronted a man and woman at David Jones at Emporium Melbourne on Little Bourke St just before noon ... Read More

Neo-Nazis clash with police as rally in Melbourne’s CBD heats up

MMP News AuthorMay 12, 2023

Police and neo-Nazis have clashed on the steps of Victoria’s Parliament House ahead of a planned “peaceful” anti-immigration rally in Melbourne. Footage of the conflict has emerged on Twitter, showing items being hurled during the confrontation in Melbourne about 11am. Members of Melbourne’s National Socialist Network had planned the event ... Read More

Protests in Kisumu as police in pursuit of matatu driver shoot, wound three people

MMP News AuthorMay 9, 2023

Jua Kali youth storm Central Police Station after police allegedly shot three people in Kisumu CBD. [Olivia Odhiambo, Standard] Kisumu’s Central Business District was gripped with tension after police officers allegedly shot three people in pursuit of a matatu driver who had defied orders to stop at a roadblock. Witnesses ... Read More

Columnist’s 2nd crop of weed is all planted

MMP News AuthorMay 2, 2023

One of the fun and popular topics we covered last summer was backyard marijuana farming. As you probably know, that’s been legal (up to four plants per household) in Virginia since July 1, 2021. Last summer was my first time growing anything. I planted a mixture of male and female ... Read More