Two elderly sisters from Monroe County, Pennsylvania were arrested for allegedly distributing drugs after being arrested on April 14.

Elizabeth Marie Grube, 70, and her 65-year-old sister, Elaine Volkert, are facing drug charges after investigators seized 400 bags of heroin worth more than $8,000 and more than $2,000 in cash from Grube's home.

A quiet Memphis family was caught growing marijuana worth nearly a quarter of a million dollars in their garage.

Neighbors reportedly expressed shock that the family would be involved in an illegal activity.

The Drug Enforcement Administration (DEA) will no longer raid dispensaries with state permits to distribute marijuana for medical purposes, according to the attorney general.

AG Eric Holder announced Wednesday in a Washington press conference on the arrest of 755 drug trafficking suspects that the ban on DEA raids of legal medical marijuana dispensaries is now the government's policy as promised by President Barack Obama during his election campaign in November 2007.

Shelby County Sheriff's Department narcotics officers discovered a convenience store owner growing pot plants in his office.

Along with 18 pot plants, officers also found five guns in the store safe and three more near the register, including one that was reported stolen in a home burglary.

A San Francisco assemblyman introduced legislation to make California the first state in the nation to tax and regulate recreational marijuana in the same way as alcohol.

Assemblyman Tom Ammiano says it is time to reap state revenue from what is arguably the biggest cash crop in California to help stem the burgeoning budget crisis.