Police in Magnolia, Ark., say it wasn't the fried chicken in Savalas Vantoli Stewart's car that gave off a funky smell. via WSVN-TV Miami Beach

A second person is charged with giving a toddler marijuana. According to federal court records, a videotape shows 18-year-old Melvin Blevins of Pataskala in central Ohio holding a marijuana pipe to the mouth of ... via Cincypost.Com

"We didn't expect that this process would be able to continue. ... These are the rules that they have to abide by"

Health Canada is looking for someone to grow its weed. The department served notice Monday it will soon invite firms to bid on a contract to cultivate and distribute medical marijuana, which is now being done ... via Canadian Online Health News

"The plain intention of the prosecution is to undermine the credibility of the applicant because she refused to consent"

An American housewife convicted of drugging her banker husband with a milkshake before beating him to death received an unfair trial in Hong Kong partly because prosecutors improperly told the jury she didn't want her psychiatrist to testify, a defense attorney said Tuesday.

The argument came on the second day of Nancy Kissel's appeal hearing in what has widely been called the 'milkshake murder' case. Kissel was sentenced to life imprisonment in 2005 after a sensational three-month trial involving sordid testimony about drugs, alcohol and sex in the lives of wealthy expatriates. Read more

"These are the best medical journals in the world"

- As the deadline approaches for a federal government blessing for Vancouver's supervised injection site, supporters are preparing to head to court to argue that the controversial site is a healthcare facility and, therefore, the sole preserve of the province.

And British Columbia Health Minister George Abbott leaves no doubt that the province wants the site to continue to operate.

Regardless of the outcome of the upcoming court cases, Abbott has given strong indications that the facility may operate even if the federal government should withhold its blessing. Read more

"Things must have went south awful quickly."

Police officers trying to apprehend a drug suspect, who later died in custody, hit the man with their flashlights after he tried to lunge for an officer's pistol while resisting arrest, a high-ranking police ... via WABC