Five Albanian villagers who were falsely put behind bars for two weeks charged with growing cannabis were released after a court ruled the plant in question was actually industrial hemp. Martin Pellumbi of the Shkrel area farmers' association says, "I never imagined I would be pictured in the newspapers as the head of an international drug ring. It's one of those things that makes you cry and laugh at the same time. "

A Brevard County woman who went to the Bahamas to spend Christmas with her grandchildren will be deported for marijuana possession. Mary Brushe, 50, was convicted of possessing three grams of marijuana, was fined $500, and will be deported.

Cincinnati, OH - Roto-Rooter surveyed its field technicians to find the strangest items recovered from pipes, toilets and trenches over the past year, the following top the "unusual" list for 2005.

Six teenagers are arrested on drug charges after a parent flips through a cell phone to discover a text message and photo advertising a pound of marijuana for sale. Police say Farmington teens would call teens in Shrewsbury, Mass. to arrange a drug sale. The teens in Mass. would then allegedly use the phones to take pictures of the product and send them to Connecticut.

Berlin's highest court ruled Monday that convicts cannot have Christmas trees in their cells out of concern that they may use them to smuggle in drugs. The decision overturns a ruling by a lower court which allowed prisoners to decorate their cells with a tree of "no more than 50 centimeters (19. 7 inches) in height. "