NEW YORK, Dec. 18 (UPI) -- Police in New York and Miami have made 29 arrests in connection with the distribution of an ultra-potent type of marijuana known as "Purple Haze."

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Investigators told the New York Post that for the last two years the operation trucked some 1,000 pounds of the marijuana from South Florida to New York each week.

Police said that because of its potency, the drug sells for about $560 an ounce -- making each 1,000-pound shipment worth nearly $9 million. It is grown in hothouses in South Florida and its flower buds have small purple stains in them, as well as much higher than usual amounts of THC, the chemical that gives smokers a high, the Post said.

The ring operated mostly in upper Manhattan where distributors and users from as far away as Connecticut and Long Island converged to buy the super pot, police told the newspaper.
EmoRebellion Reviewed by EmoRebellion on . Aw.. I want some super-pot! NEW YORK, Dec. 18 (UPI) -- Police in New York and Miami have made 29 arrests in connection with the distribution of an ultra-potent type of marijuana known as "Purple Haze." 26 arrested in money-laundering scheme (October 19, 2006) -- A U.S. attorney in New York said federal agents have arrested 26 people in connection with a money-laundering ring tied to Colombian drug ... > full story Ark. town to vote on marijuana laws (October 10, 2006) -- A petition to get a marijuana reform measure Rating: 5