VIENNA - The message was clear to students at Jackson Junior High School Wednesday: Drugs are not welcome. Two classrooms and a gym locker room were searched Wednesday by the Vienna Police Department's drug-sniffing dog, King, during a lockdown at the school. The dog found no drugs, but did smell something in one of the gym lockers, which police believe may have contained a faint smell of narcotics. The locker was not assigned to a student and was unlocked, said police. [continues 459 words]
Parkersburg -- About a dozen people marched in downtown Parkersburg Saturday carrying pro-medical-marijuana signs and chanting "The joy is not the point - - it's the medicine." The round-trip march from Point Park to the federal building on Juliana Street was the culmination of the second annual Mountaineers for Medical Cannabis Rally at Point Park Saturday. Speakers at the event discussed the uses of medical marijuana and chastised politicians and pharmaceutical companies they believe are standing in the way of legalizing the treatment. [continues 315 words]
