ODDLY ENOUGH | Medical-marijuana users getting pot soft drink

ODDLY ENOUGH

Medical-marijuana users getting pot soft drink

SOQUEL, Calif.

A California entrepreneur has plans to market a line of medical-marijuana soft drinks.

Clay Butler says he plans to supply medical-marijuana dispensaries with his soda pot, which contains the psychoactive marijuana ingredient THC.

Marijuana drinks already are showing up here and there, but Butler says he thinks his branding savvy will make his product a hit.

Besides his flagship cola drink, Canna Cola, he also will produce Dr. Pepper-like Doc Weed, lemon-lime Sour Diesel, grape-flavored Grape Ape and orange-flavored Orange Kush.

A 12-ounce bottle will cost $10 to $15.

The Soquel-based commercial artist tells the Santa Cruz Sentinel that he doesn’t do drugs or need medical marijuana for any ailments.

Teens charged with robbing motorists stuck in snow

KANSAS CITY, Mo.

Three teens accused of robbing motorists stuck in the snow have been caught after — you guessed it — they got stuck in the snow themselves.

Prosecutors announced robbery and armed criminal action charges Friday against 18-year-old Darion O. Page of Kansas City, a 17-year-old and a 16-year-old.

The Kansas City Star reported that police found the teens stuck in a snowdrift early Thursday morning.

The victims’ credit cards were among the items found in their vehicle.

Court documents say the 17-year-old denied participating in the robberies and told police that all he did was drive.

The documents say Page admitted being present, but he blamed the holdups on the 16-year-old.

The Star says that teen declined to make a statement.

Vt. woman facing charges for overdue library items

ST. JOHNSBURY, Vt.

A Vermont woman is facing charges that she failed to return hundreds of dollars’ worth of books and videos from the library.

State police say the 35-year-old woman from Concord has been cited on a charge of theft of rented property.

Police say that in November, they received a request from the St. Johnsbury Athenaeum asking troopers to contact the woman.

They said she had more than 40 books and videos worth more than $460 out for more than a year.

She was cited this month after the library said she did not return the items.

She’s due in court in March.

Associated Press