An Edgefield County man filed a police report, last week, claiming he was never reimbursed for a marijuana purchase.

An Edgefield County man filed a police report, last week, claiming he was never reimbursed for a marijuana purchase.

Ronald Ivan Morgan, 28, has been arrested after 150 pounds of marijuana, and 2 ecstasy pills were found at Custom Car Audio and Tinting, on Milledgeville Road, early Wednesday morning.

South Carolina authorities have seized $5 million worth of marijuana plants that were growing in fields in a northern county. The ‘Herald of Rock Hill’ reported Wednesday that more than 2,500 plants, found in Chester County, have been confiscated and destroyed. No one has been arrested for growing the drug.

Oakland marijuana activists have taken a step toward asking California voters to legalize pot. The ballot measure they filed Tuesday with the California attorney general’s office would allow adults 21 and over to possess up to an ounce of pot.

A teenage cast member of the “Harry Potter” movies has appeared in a London court and admitted to growing marijuana.

A late-night fire consumed part of a Savannah man’s home and all of his pot. A call to extinguish the blaze at a home in the 2200 block of Louis Mills Boulevard turned into a drug bust just before 2 a.m. Saturday when firefighters and police discovered nine marijuana plants and a .22-caliber Ruger semi-automatic pistol.

Gwinnett County police say they seized 457 pounds of marijuana, arrested four men and confiscated five guns including an M16 and AK-47 assault rifles.

Robbers in ski masks got away with pot and cash in a stickup at a Los Angeles medical marijuana store. Police spokesman Richard French says three gunmen held up the Gourmet Green Room dispensary shortly before 11 p.m. Thursday.

A University of Georgia committee has put a student group that pushes for the legalization of marijuana on two years’ probation for using copyrighted images. Members of the UGA chapter of the National Organization for the Reform of Marijuana Laws sold T-shirts with a picture of a bulldog, the university’s mascot, sitting underneath the UGA Arch, which is a protected image. The dog was smoking marijuana and reading a book on human rights.

The South Carolina sheriff who investigated Michael Phelps after a photo emerged of the swimmer apparently smoking from a marijuana pipe is taking on critics with a dose of humor and sobering words.

International Olympic Committee president Jacques Rogge says Michael Phelps deserves a second chance after being photographed with a marijuana pipe in South Carolina.

International Olympic Committee president Jacques Rogge says Michael Phelps deserves a second chance after being photographed with a marijuana pipe in South Carolina.

Prosecutors say two 10-year-old boys who tried to trade marijuana to their Jefferson Elementary School classmates for bubble gum or desserts won’t face drug charges.

A South Carolina sheriff is not going to charge swimmer Michael Phelps after a photo of the 14-time gold medalist showed him smoking from a marijuana pipe.