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95. That picture is not her. Check the link and you'll find it is some other

Mon Jan 9, 2012, 04:25 PM

Jan 2012

elderly woman arrested for possession of pot. The caption under her photo reads:
Arrested: Great-grandmother Noelene Edwards, 74, also claims her innocence, after she was arrested with 40 bags of marijuana in her handbag

Video of 67 year-old Alberta Kelley here:

http://www.wtae.com/video/30144638/detail.html

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'I just planted seeds, I thought they were flowers': Grandmother, 67, busted for growing marijuana [View all] Liberal_in_LA Jan 2012 OP

LOL n/t RainDog Jan 2012 #1

She should be able to grow Cannaibs if she wants. tridim Jan 2012 #2

Agree 100%. MH1 Jan 2012 #37

The most she shoulda got was a warning... Kalidurga Jan 2012 #3

No. The most she should have gotten was Occulus Jan 2012 #6

The most she shoulda got was appreciation for her horticultural ability Warren DeMontague Jan 2012 #26

A warning? surfdog Jan 2012 #41

they should've thrown the book at her.. frylock Jan 2012 #44

They shoulda pushed her down and busted her hip!! That'll learn her! Hassin Bin Sober Jan 2012 #48

LOL at your screen name! Romulox Jan 2012 #62

cmon, man. you should know me well enough by now to detect sarcasm frylock Jan 2012 #88

Jesus Christ. That's embarassing (for me!) Sorry! nt Romulox Jan 2012 #89

no worries.. frylock Jan 2012 #90

"Look, I'm better than you, okay? I just am." Romulox Jan 2012 #94

Surely you jest. ohheckyeah Jan 2012 #45

Funny, you sound a bit confused right there. Ikonoklast Jan 2012 #46

Um, do you KNOW who that man in your avatar pic is? Do you KNOW what he was famous for? Romulox Jan 2012 #63

"You could've cut her feet off Warren DeMontague Jan 2012 #67

THANK GOD. SOMEONE TAKES THIS AS SERIOUSLY AS THEY SHOULD!@!!!!!! Warren DeMontague Jan 2012 #68

"Seniors are notorious for acting confused after getting caught shoplifting " dixiegrrrrl Jan 2012 #73

Oh?? Since I turned 65, I've been using this a lot. immoderate Jan 2012 #92

That's a great story!!! greytdemocrat Jan 2012 #4

Really, People? who was she hurtingwhether she knew what she was growing or not? Ecumenist Jan 2012 #5

I cannot believe the actually pressed charges on her in the first place. Lone_Star_Dem Jan 2012 #7

I can. Warren DeMontague Jan 2012 #27

Oh right. "A man with a beard and a smurf hat gave me some seeds." That old chestnut. yellowcanine Jan 2012 #8

As I approach that age... Retrograde Jan 2012 #13

I'm in agreement with you. I have nothing against her growing pot and think Arkansas Granny Jan 2012 #43

I had a 30 year old neighbor who grew a pot plant and did not know what it was. dixiegrrrrl Jan 2012 #74

One of my professors was growing a Japanese maple Art_from_Ark Jan 2012 #76

If she wasn't into smoking pot why would she know what it looks like? ohheckyeah Jan 2012 #47

I'm 68 and she looks frogmarch Jan 2012 #14

southern PA has that effect on people. limpyhobbler Jan 2012 #18

most old pot heads actually look younger n/t nebenaube Jan 2012 #24

I agree. I will be 73 next week RebelOne Jan 2012 #49

I too think the news probably got her age wrong. frogmarch Jan 2012 #51

That picture is not her. Check the link and you'll find it is some other PA Democrat Jan 2012 #95

The video won't play for me, frogmarch Jan 2012 #96

the picture is of Noelene Edwards, a 74-year old. provis99 Jan 2012 #22

Either the jury bought it Mariana Jan 2012 #71

Wow I'm glad to have killed the one we found ... Historic NY Jan 2012 #9

Actually, bird seed contains hemp seed. yella_dawg Jan 2012 #83

Whew! Thank God the War on Drugs is working! That was close! nt gateley Jan 2012 #10

Hahahah!!! They would have let my mom off too pipi_k Jan 2012 #11

And that's how the legend of Johnny Potseed was born Solly Mack Jan 2012 #12

This message was self-deleted by its author Tesha Jan 2012 #30

There was lots of wild growth, when the Marihuana Tax Act was passed in 1937 Bluenorthwest Jan 2012 #32

It actually does cyglet Jan 2012 #60

here's a REAL criminal RainDog Jan 2012 #15

Thank you!! roody Jan 2012 #17

welcome! RainDog Jan 2012 #19

in that first video shanti Jan 2012 #34

that guy RainDog Jan 2012 #55

Uh-huh. REP Jan 2012 #16

my thoughts exactly! (but anyone busted for pot is innocent in my book) n/t Joe Shlabotnik Jan 2012 #23

Good for her, then. Warren DeMontague Jan 2012 #28

So, ... I guess the cops won't be able to take her house under the drug forfeiture laws. Bozita Jan 2012 #20

:) bottom line Jan 2012 #21

WOO HOO! Throw away the fucking key!!! Warren DeMontague Jan 2012 #25

Hey, at least in the USA... JackRiddler Jan 2012 #39

Who says there are no jobs, huh? Warren DeMontague Jan 2012 #53

And each one of them counts double on account of the size, right? JackRiddler Jan 2012 #58

Look at all of those huffing, out-of-shape, wheezing "law enforcement officers". Romulox Jan 2012 #65

found the mug shots of the perps RainDog Jan 2012 #29

Alberta and the Weedstock! boston bean Jan 2012 #31

My mom made this mistake Ratty Jan 2012 #33

lol tawadi Jan 2012 #35

my mom wouldn't know what it looked like either marlakay Jan 2012 #36

Opium poppies are regularly grown in New England gardens mainer Jan 2012 #38

poppies are legal to grow in the U.S. RainDog Jan 2012 #56

There was a report of a florist who got in trouble for using opium seedpods mainer Jan 2012 #91

we might be talking about the same general moment RainDog Jan 2012 #97

C'mon. This happened? Fuzz Jan 2012 #40

Tax it and legalize it, this country makes me ill. sarcasmo Jan 2012 #42

Why tax it? ohheckyeah Jan 2012 #50

If it's going to be sold as a regulated product like booze, it should be taxed. Warren DeMontague Jan 2012 #54

What were the police doing in her back yard? Matariki Jan 2012 #52

Umm yeah.. right... ddeclue Jan 2012 #57

I know, it's hard to believe Warren DeMontague Jan 2012 #69

almost as unbelievable as her story.. ddeclue Jan 2012 #75

WELL THANK GOD SOMEONE DID SOMETHING ABOUT IT! Warren DeMontague Jan 2012 #77

civilization would fall if grandmothers were allowed to grow cannabis! RainDog Jan 2012 #78

I think they should call it "Grannabis" Warren DeMontague Jan 2012 #79

They should have to SUFFER RainDog Jan 2012 #80

Sort of like how we can't have terminally ill patients addicted to pain meds. Warren DeMontague Jan 2012 #81

Yeah. The DEA is trying to tell doctors how to treat patients RainDog Jan 2012 #85

Hey I really don't care man.. I just think the story she's telling now is ridiculous.. ddeclue Jan 2012 #86

jury nullification may be the only path to legalization n/t yodermon Jan 2012 #59

I think she is not telling the truth, starting with her age n/t Mira Jan 2012 #61

You mean this MONSTER is now on the streets, free to garden again? Romulox Jan 2012 #64

lol. yeah. Lock your doors. Liberal_in_LA Jan 2012 #66

Proof positive that the drug war has reached farcical proportions. marmar Jan 2012 #70

Oh, it's worse than most of us know in all sorts of ways. RainDog Jan 2012 #82

we're such a stupid nation sometimes spanone Jan 2012 #72

Just to clarify... yella_dawg Jan 2012 #84

The real question: How big was the SWAT team they used to bust her? Warren DeMontague Jan 2012 #87

I hope this is the beginning of a jury nullification movement in regards to cannabis. Uncle Joe Jan 2012 #93

SMURF HATER! RainDog Jan 2012 #98