11.   Picard pleaded innocent last month to charges of possessing marijuana and receiving stolen property.

12.   A judge reduced the charge from possessing marijuana, which carries a penalty of three years in jail, to smoking marijuana.

13.   An American who led an exchange student group in Belarus was sentenced Monday to five years and three months in a Belarusian prison for purchasing and possessing marijuana.

14.   Canadians are not permitted to legally possess marijuana.

15.   Hector Rodriguez is facing charges of possessing marijuana and operating with a suspended license.

16.   It is both a state and federal crime to possess marijuana.

17.   Kyodo News Service said Nakanishi told local supporters of his decision Wednesday night after his eldest son was arrested on charges of possessing marijuana.

18.   Mussare and Bruce were found guilty Friday of two counts of extortion and one of possessing marijuana.

19.   Police arrested him Saturday, the first day his establishment was open, on suspicion of possessing marijuana with intent to supply.

20.   Under the regulations, people can grow and possess marijuana for medical needs, or name someone to grow it for them, including the government.