These locations are not for not for illegal abusers. You can't be serious and really believe in your mind that at the disp. a person can walk up without medical approval and by a joint!! Seriously!!! Maybe buy a shirt made from hemp! Can a person smoke a hemp shirt? Lol , have fun!

Guess what, Concerned? There are over 2,000 dispensaries in CA legally selling pot. Over 500 marijuana selling stores in Los Angeles alone. They sell marijuana everywhere in California without threat of the feds. You better start looking for a new country of your own, because this is part of the same US you fought for...

Just a clarification. I DO NOTsmoke pot but know people who have. Because my opinion may be different than yours does not give anyone the right to put words in my mouth.

Want to just say as a Veteran of the United States of America and for many US Soldiers and Veterans of the US Military, that I know, we don't serve nor fight for your non existent , self proclaimed right to indulge yourselves with illegal drugs. I would not or couldn't stand up for a country that would allow some pothead or drug abuser to call the shots. It is an outstanding amazing right we have as Americans to have Freedom of speech and Freedom itself! Freedom as I know it has to come with laws such as "drugs being illegal" to protect the innocent and the children from idiots that continue to disobey the laws in the US. Please if you want to have a drug, as simple as u decide it is , move to a country in which allows it! Then u will be happy that your drug controlled life has been fulfilled to the extent of your small brains!!!

Concered, just because something is legal does not make it right in a lot of peoples minds. If something is illegal does not make it wrong in a lot of peoples minds. We as the people have the right to express our opinions on a subject like this. I do not blindly just accept laws, some need changed. I thank WBOY for letting us express our feelings on stories, it is nice to be able to vent our frustrations on a topic. You may be easily programmed by whatever society dictates but it takes guts to stand up for something if we see it as morally or ethically incorrect. Some just do not blindly follow whatever laws are passed. Do away with legalized gambling, it is ruining many peoples lives who otherwise would have been just fine. It is creating crime and criminals who do not have the ability to resist it's lure.

First of all...they are just plants and how can you put a value on them until they are mature....there is no guarantee that they even make it to maturity to actually produce anything "illegal." I think that wasting time chasing grandma and her 3 weed plants is ridiculous. This drug is virtuously harmless compared to things like Meth, Coke, Crack, Oxycodone, Hydrocodone, Oxycontin, and other substances that WV should focus on getting rid of. These are the drugs that ruin lives. I've never heard of anyone dying from an od on weed, or a traffic accident, or being shot over weed. It is no more dangerous that alcohol or cigarettes, in fact probably less harmful than alcohol.

If the lady broke the law it doesn't matter how old she is ,SHE BROKE THE LAW. "She is old enought to know better". As for the fire chief and his BIG RED car, I bet you wouldn't like it if your house was on fire and he had to drive by and say OH I HAVE TO GO T0 THE STATION TO GET MY BIG RED CAR BEFORE I CAN STOP TO HELP YOU. Mean while your house is burning and the fire crew still don't know if they need to bring any special equipment becacuse the chief didn't have his BIG RED car as you call it to radio in and tell them that they may need special equipment. We have some young people willing to work and help our city out, let them do their job. Get rid of the old heads (like the ones that sent 911 to Harrison County when it was an asset to Taylor County)

Great job Taylor County!!! This is great news to find out more drugs are off the street. Its real sad to see the comments from these druggies though. Seems there still is a lot of work left to do. Scary world we live in! Think this country would be so much better if we could get rid of all these stupid drugs! The youth would do much better without these users for parents or relatives. They would have better values when not being intoduced into a drug using environment!

The facts speak for themselves. I guess you didn't actually read his comment. Another fact: there is no excuse for being a pothead. Potheads are losers in this society. If you grow the plants, you do the time. Period. I really don't care if you are 20, 50 or 80.

Russ, Opinion never said that. you are twisting around his comments. You are entitled to your opinion but at least get your facts straight.

In the past I was a frequent marijuana smoker...and guess what I have a Masters degree WOW!! I've never been burnt out, lazy, ect. I have always been a very hard worker and in my line of work have taken care of many everyday people maybe even some of you posting. No one would ever have looked at me and guessed. I also believe in God which created marijuana. For those of you saying the Bible says to obey all laws you must be forgetting that marijuana wasn't made illegal until the 1930's. Anyway, there are worse things out there cigarettes, alcohol, and prescription pills which people use everyday. Last that I checked cigarettes and alcohol have no medical benefits unlike marijuana. How can it be so easy for everyone to be negative about something they have never tried and have NO clue about. The government is not always right and does not tell the truth about everything I wish more people would realize this!!!!!!!!!

Russ--with that logic apartheid was right. Illegal was illegal. Sometimes the government realizes they ARE wrong.

Sarah-so I guess, using your logic, if you do it in your own home, it is fine. You can snort cocaine, shoot up heroine, anything...as long as it is in your own home.

Illegal is illegal. You are the one who needs to grow up.

I believe that most of you all that are irate about the fact granny got caught are probably on that community corrections program. and fail to realize that that weed could have ended up in your kids school locker

isn't it ironic that just as the cops are carrying the plants to the truck, the media happens to be there already, what a shame, lazy cops actin like they are helpin us tax payers



and i love the sheriff in the vi, "i think we accomplished well" is that even a complete sentence?



good thing old granny is off the streets, she was probably an Al Quada Sleeper Cell as well

You people who defend this woman who broke the law are all idiots. Marijuana is illegal for a reason. I challenge any of you who admit on here that you smoke it to post your addresses if you are so proud of it. Stand behind your convictions! The police have a very hard time of it. The argument I always hear is they should not be arresting somebody for this because they really should be going after that. That is a stupid argument. The police go after both major and minor crimes. To only focus on one does not mean they can't go after others. Do you stop prosecuting drug busts and shoplifting and only go after murderers? They do it all, morons. Give them some respect. Surely, this woman deserves no respect for what she did. For you people who put down others for quoting the bible...you don't have to believe in God. You don't have to believe in heaven. You can just believe, to yourself without putting down others, what you want. I am sure that sometime in the years ahead, after you have died and are burning in hell, that you will finally believe in God.

I appreciate what the emergency services do for us, and completely agree that they provide a vital role to the American way of life. We all owe them a great deal of thanks. What I do not agree with, is this 64 year old lady getting put in the slammer while the corporate crooks and cronies get to walk around free when they did more damage to this great nation of ours than this lady ever could have by growing a plant.

Legalize marijuana one of natures gifts and criminalize man made rigged gambling which I AM SURE has destroyed more people and the consequences of are seldom if ever reported.

Well I guess everyone that is on here complaining was waiting to buy some of that weed.... Your comments show me that some of you are burnt out because of weed...People there is no conspiracy or Grafton's Laws. Pot is illegal in the USA not just Grafton, and if your going to do it then you should know how to hide it just a little better... Daaah and what makes the difference if the fire chief is there, they may have needed him he is a EMT...

Secondly you all should be very thankful for the police, fire and ems services we have, they work together at all times to provide us as good as service as say Morgantown. All the men and women in these services train together, work together, and yeah are on first name bases..... It's not a gang, it is a family they look out for each other and respect each others jobs... Then the statements about the fire chief driving around in his big red truck, yeah that's his to take to calls he is the fire chief he has to get there he is in charge of many men and women, the City of Grafton has provided the Chief a take home vehicle for as long as I can remember. Why is it that you all act like Grafton sets there own laws, I am sure that it bothers John Bord when someone he prosecutes gets 10 years for pot and you molest a child you get 5, but that is every where, that starts in Washington, not in Grafton... Everyone on here need to think before they speak, Karma does come around and all these remarks may bite you in the butt, if your house catches fire, or your in a car wreck, or someone breaks in your home who are you going to call??? Taylor Counties Finest... To all of Police, Fire, and EMS in our county Thank You, you keep up the hard work and dedication... God Bless you all!!!!

I commend you all..those who got it right for a change...as for those who haven't got a clue....well....perhaps the ignorant will always be with us.....doesn't mean I gotta hang out wid ya..... Back in my day...back in the 60s....the government told us that LSD would come back at you in the form of insanity...flashbacks...well... I'm still waiting!!!!! Over 40 years and NOT ONE flashback! Boy do I feel cheated... And last time I checked I'm STILL as crazy as I've always been..... think about it! The government lies, folks. The coppers are not your friend. Mythological nonsense has nothing to do with "illegal" authority. The government gets its "authority" at the barrel of a gun. Power does not make right. The "gateway" theory is bunk...a propaganda tactic used by social and political manipulators and pathological liars. Illegal laws are not laws at all. No one is compelled to obey an invalid law. Any lawyers out there with a spine? Defend this woman for free. The answer to this problem is simple enough..... just say NO! Forever NO! NO! No! to tyranny. NO! to the criminals running this country! ...and my name is not anonymous.

Quick, somebody call the waaahmbulance. There's some whiners in Taylor County!

First off, the fact that you believe in god automatically makes you more delusional than any pothead I know. The bible is a story that teaches you how to be a moral human being, and be kind to one another. I understand wanting to believe in something that brings you comfort and joy... but I stopped doing that when I was about 8 years old and stopped believing in Santa, the Easter bunny, and the tooth fairy.

And if god really did single handedly create the universe, that means he also created Marijuana. So by using your own rules of loving all god's creatures and creations, that means we should all love Marijuana.

And also, PLEASE stop using religion as a fallback for every argument. It just makes yourself look stupid.

After ten years of frequent Marijuana use, I have a job, pay taxes, go to college, play sports, have hobbies, and aside from pot am a perfectly law abiding citizen. Amazing isn't it?

All the cops and John Bord (prosecuting attorney) are all on a first name bases, its like one big gang. The corruption is off the scale. That would explain why the fire chief was tagging along with the "cops."

Like I said, its all like one big gang. Grafton has its own set of laws.

Here we grow again. I have never used drugs but, to me, this wacky weed is simply a plant. You can smoke bannanas and get high. What a waste of my tax dollars. Now, if you don't mind, I'm going to get a bottle of legal Maddog 20/20, light up a legal cancerous smokee and blow my money down at the legal local Hot Spot.

I have the utmost respect for the law enforcement officers in Taylor County. But what the heck is the Grafton Fire Chief doing there???? Next thing you know, he’ll be carrying a gun to go with that big red car he drives around at taxpayer expense.

Sheriff Beltner has more important things to attend to than read HighTimes Magazine.. What a mindset people have today. Good is Bad and Bad is Good.

Sure you will have some smart remark to this, but Law is Law, leaf is leaf and leaf dried is still off the plant it's grown off of.. Too bad your screen name can't be traced back, and I'm sure it probably can. I really don't think these comment zones were meant to bash people anyway. Guess I was wrong..This time.

I personally don't believe that pot is a gateway drug. If anything is a "gateway drug" it is cigarettes and alcohol.

Is marijuana a gate way drug....NO....I have used marijuana since i was a teenager and now i am thirty-eight years old. I have never tried another drug except marijuana and i believe that alcohol is worse than most drugs and its legal. Why is it legal...TAXES. Why are all the people who believe that pot is a gate way drug its because they lack the education and most are brainwashed by the government. I wish that we lived in a free country that didnt lie to their citizens. And the bible is a book its a story and that all. We need to open the publics eyes to so much propaganda that has been spread thru out our country. And to the police, stop wasting money and and tackle the crack, pill, and alcohol problems or is that to much work. Get the hell out of police work and maybe the police chief should step down.

These cops are out here arresting a 64 yr lady for a little pot, but what about these people walking the street for abusing a child. Abusing a child is more of a crime then smoking a little pot, go after the bigger issues in GRAFTON, and deal with the smaller issues after that. I know a man that has abused a child and is still walking the streets, because this law enforcement can be paid off , so that he doesn't have to go to jail. DEAL WITH BIGGER PROBLEMS FIRST!!!

15-20,000 dollars!!!!!!!!!! Come on now! An oz. of Northern Lights is only $3,500 a pound retail! And thats all hydoponic nugs with no stems or seeds. Beltner needs a subscription to HIGHTIMES magazine for more accurate pot quotes.

Quoting from the bible? the "black book" you people are scarier then any marijuana smoker I know of, your minds are closed to what reality really is, there is no god! get your nose out of that "black book" it's ancient history written by people looking up at the sky and seeing shooting stars and other phenomenon and just didn't know what the h*** is was, you people and your so called religion need to fade away...... faster! you remind of that caveman on that geico commercial. Getting ready to reply? already ahead of you.... waaaaaaaaaa...........................

I'm NOT doing the judging, HE is..Romans 13:1.. I'm merely quoting what HE says.. So there is no argument.. I'm not doing them, she was and she is paying for disobeying the law. 2 Tim. 2:23-26. I'm not judging and I'm not arguing. The Officers were doing their job and if people are upset, that's their problem. That's what they are paid for, to enforce the law. And GROWING POT is against the law.. God's Law too.. Romans 12:1.

Hulabaloo- Romans 2 1. You, therefore, have no excuse, you who pass judgment on someone else, for at whatever point you judge the other, you are condemning yourself, because you who pass judgment do the same things. Luke 6 37. "Do not judge, and you will not be judged. Do not condemn, and you will not be condemned. Forgive, and you will be forgiven.

And HOW do you know this is ALL she was doing..? Hopefully it may lead to more arrests. Usually people that use pot move on to the more "hard" drugs. Pot is NOT harmless.. as people want to believe. The residue stays in the body for years, it impairs driving and judgment. GOD BLESS her.. I doubt it! He tells us to OBEY superior authorities that are place in their relative positions by him as His public servant. He certainly isn't going to bless someone who is growing a plant that will defile their bodies and corrupt their mind.

Mr.CO, get your facts straight! Ms. Ford was not the only resident at home. I don't know what your accustom to, but in this family we take responsibilty for our own actions and not one family member would allow Ms. Ford to "take the heat" and sit in jail for something she didn't do (especailly at the age of 64 and in bad health). The FACT is the plants belonged to her, she was growing them because they are beautiful plants NOT to deal or distribute to the citizens of this community or any other. We do have a fine law enforcement team in Taylor County that are working diligently to get drugs out of our community and I commend them, but in this particular case they removed plants, not drugs!!! The definition of "drug" is: 1. A substance used in the diagnosis, treatment, or prevention of a disease or as a component of a medication. 2. A chemical substance, such as a narcotic or hallucinogen, that affects the central nervous system, causing changes in behavior and often addiction. I understand and appreciate the comments regarding drugs out of our community but the fact is these PLANTS were going NO WHERE and were NOT going to be used as a drug.

Last time I heard growing pot IS still a CRIME. If she wants to grow some beautiful plants, there are lots of Beautiful houseplants you can grow that aren't ILLEGAL. Get a False Arailia. Looks VERY similar to pot but is LEGAL. The point is,THIS IS a crime.. Maybe you would like to see the Officers working on murders, rapes, and multiple shootings. Personally I'd rather them arrest a 64 year old that should KNOW better than have the horrendous crimes many other cities have. Seems to me perhaps she was covering for someone else. If so THEY should be ashamed, NOT the Officers doing their jobs. And you pot heads with your negative comments Shame on YOU!

i have used pot, during my chemo treatments. It really help me with my pain and also it helped with my appetite.pot does not make you beat up your wife or rob places to support your pain pill habit. so who ever ratted on this 64 year old granny shame on you, shame, shame! shame ! . the law needs to worry about these pain pill heads out there, it is everywhere!!!!!!!!!!

What you Idiots with negative comments don't realize, That Ms. Ford was the only resident home at the time and probablty took the heat for somethng her family members were doing. Simple case of "MOM take the heat, Im too much of a A$$ to take responsibility." Classic WV mentality.

great job to our law enforcement in taylor county for their work in getting drugs out of our county. they do also work on getting pill abusers and meth users and so on out of here also. to HE WHO MUST NOT BE NAMED, why can't you use your name and second, the officers are allowed to have a lunch break. we do have a few fine officers in this county who do their jobs well. you are the joke

Now thats what I like to see! Its about time we get these dopers out of our town. Who knows what she was doing with that weed. Probably was clipping leaves off her plants and selling them making millions of dollars over the years and sending it to terroists over seas. I tell you what, its easy to pick em out, with their bloodshot and baggy eyes and stupid grin. Just cant peg the crime to the dopey face. Smell bad too. I tried it once back when I was a litle boy, bout drove me insane. I thought I was batman and jumped off my house in the night. Broke my ankle. Twenty five years ago and I still have a limp. Weed ruined my gait. Its going to ruin our community. Bravo drug task force, you really made a dent in the crime that plagues us everyday.

Well...it's good to read comments from The People who seem to understand how evil their police force is...how corrupt their government is......Just think...grown men "stealing" 3 PLANTS from a woman's property....how pathetic...It's a PLANT for pete's sake! These poor excusses for men should be ashamed of themselves. Maybe next week they will arrest MY granny for growing cloves in her back yard.....

Taylor County Law Enforcement is a joke. They only go after easy crimes, and get angry when they have to leave the Blue Moon Cafe and go do their jobs@

NOw come on, if she really knew that these were pot plants would she have them on her back porch along a major highway. Give me a break....plus they really need to lower the cost....

Good Lord, I'm so glad I don't live in Taylor County anymore. WTF? Incredible, the law enforcement is truly outstanding there. They lock up old grannies and let strong men who beat up and nearly kill their women walk the streets like "respectable" citizens. Now where is the justice in that? Amazing, simply amazing. Shame on you all.

Please..............This is our tax dollars at work? I hope the "tippster" is real proud of his or her self getting a 64 year old arrested.

I understand using & selling marijuana is illegal and I do not condone the use or distribution. The plants were NOT grown for drug use or distribution. It was the challenge of growing a beautiful plant. I think some people call it horticulture! Do you really think she would have had them on the back porch for all the hunters and railroad workers to see if she was intending to behave illegally? As the saying goes: somethings aren't always as they seem.

I bet she gets more time than some punk beatting up grandma for her pain pills.... sad, they need to leave the lady alone and spend more time cleaning up the violence and serve society in a possitive way not protecting us from grandma who smokes a little weed to ease her mind.

I personally see no problem with people growing or smoking pot.I do however have a problem with the meth and pill problems that are everywhere and wish that the police would spend more time and efforts on getting those drugs off the streets.I have never heard of anyone overdoseing on pot...these other drugs are killing people!...Not only have I stated my opinions here but I would also tell any law enforcement officer or judge my opinions.I know they(the officers)are just doing their jobs..but 3 plants from a 64 yr old woman...WOW!

I know i would make those comments right to their faces. Looking at these plants there is no way under GOD that is what the plants are worth. Dont you think if that where true that everybody might be doing a little growing. Wake up people and dont believe everything you read. And if it where legal the taxes off the selling of marijuana would pay for free health care and for our elderly. God bless this woman and lets pray that they are going to drop or reduce the charges.

wow - I sure do feel much safer with the weed tokin' granny off of the streets,I'm sure she was supporting Al-Qeida and deserves to be put in jail for the rest of her short life.....OR we actually make sense of these ridiculous marijuana laws and get innocent people like Ann out of jail & back with their loved ones(do people really need to wonder why the jail system is so over crowded?)

And I'd also like to know how the geniuses came up with that dollar amount for 3 plants - how ludicrous and shame on whoever reported this victimless crime...

bubba and wvern-I doubt either of you would make these comments to the Sheriff or Police Chief face to face....grow up....the Police Officers in Taylor County do a good job

15 - 20 grand for 3 plants - yeah right - what have you been smoking sheriff

Thank God that vicious criminal is off our streets... Good thing they had at least 4 cops there. She might have went Jackie Chan on them. After all she was probably all strung out on that pot. What a joke!