Man jailed for Marijuana, now NY dispensary owner

When the war on marijuana came sweeping through his New York City housing project decades ago, Roland Conner found himself going in and out of jail. Now he’s opened the state’s first legal cannabis dispensary run by someone previously punished under New York’s old drug laws. His shop named “smacked” ... Read More

Unemployed jailed 1 year for trafficking in 12.4kg marijuana

A Federal High Court in Lagos on Friday sentenced a 40-year-old unemployed man, Oriyomi Alaya, to one year imprisonment  for trafficking in 12.4kg of marijuana. The convict was charged by the National Drug Law Enforcement Agency (NDLEA) before Justice Muslim Hassan. He pleaded guilty to the one-count charge. Following his ... Read More