TRENTON - Facing an 11-count indictment on drug charges, Ed Forchion, aka NJ Weedman, is not breaking a sweat. In fact, the pro-marijuana activist has challenged acting Mercer County Prosecutor Angelo Onofri to take the lead on the case. "I'm ready for it," Forchion said Tuesday shortly after learning of the indictment. "I really hope that Prosecutor Onofri presents this case and takes this ass whooping himself." Onofri announced Tuesday in a press release that a grand jury returned the indictment charging the 52-year-old with numerous drug offenses stemming from a raid on April 27 at his restaurant and pot temple directly across from City Hall on East State Street. [continues 630 words]
TRENTON - Two charges filed by a city police officer against Edward Forchion, aka NJ Weedman, may go up in smoke. The criminal activity allegedly occurred when Forchion appeared in a video that was shot outside his restaurant on May 10 and was subsequently posted to social media. In the clip, Trenton cops are at his restaurant when the weed advocate repeatedly calls officer Herbert Flowers a "pedophile" and a "big boy who (expletive) with little girls." In the video, Flowers appears to laugh off the verbal assault and at one point puts his arms in the arm with a smile, responding "Yep, you said it." [continues 952 words]
HAMILTON -- Loretta Young should have placed more weight on her job than a skimpy bag. The student assistance coordinator at Steinert High School was fired last month for allegedly brokering a deal of marijuana and money to occur between two students in her classroom (identified only as J.C. and G.H.) in order to fix a drug deal gone wrong, according to arbitrator Michael J. Pecklers' report. "Her efforts to sweep the controversy of the 'skimped' bag of marijuana under the rug ... became unhinged when the student she allowed to leave her office with the illegal drugs (J.C.) was later caught in possession the next period," Pecklers wrote. [continues 440 words]
Poppy man plants the fearful seed of opium's easy access Potential for abuse grows across the U.S. by David Foster, ASSOCIATED PRESS SEATTLE The two ladies at the driedflower shop suddenly seemed very nervous. Jim Hogshire, author of a book called "Opium for the Masses," had just walked in and introduced himself. They had heard of him. Hogshire had made life difficult for the flower trade by spreading information the government would rather keep quiet namely, that it's easy to extract opium from poppies grown in gardens across America and even from dried poppy seedpods sold in shops like this one. [continues 1098 words]
