Dear T2T: I am kind of thinking about trying one of those pot brownies. I have never tried any type of drugs, but these seem to be pretty safe from what I hear. Do they work? What will it make me feel like? Will I get sick? — Curious Cannabis

Lodi Boys and Girls Club president Paul Bonell is no longer employed by the club.

The Lodi City Council is pondering banning qualified patients and caregivers from growing medical marijuana outdoors, but still allowing indoor cultivation as long as it is not a public nuisance.

Two senior citizens were arrested Wednesday after police said they were growing more than 500 very large marijuana plants at a property in Acampo. The plants were valued at $5 million on the street.

A Lodi man faces an $800,000 bail after a marijuana bust that put him and his cousin behind bars.

A bartender at California Street Pub was arrested early Sunday morning on suspicion of selling hydrocodone — similar to Vicodin — and possessing marijuana at the bar, according to Lodi police.

Put from underground and out of the shadows, the dope dealer is now a “bud tender” and wears a suit as he sells his wares in a mahogany-paneled waiting room with mood music wafting through the air-conditioned, nicely appointed office, protected by two security guards in case the environment turns rowdy.

Storefront medical marijuana dispensaries will be banned in unincorporated areas now that the San Joaquin County Board of Supervisors has adopted an ordinance banning pot establishments.

The board adopted the ordinance Tuesday afternoon, after approving an interim zoning ordinance in April 2010 and extending it on March 1 of this year. The permanent ordinance will become effective in 30 days.

The San Joaquin County Planning Commission will consider amending the county’s ordinance banning medical marijuana in unincorporated areas at tonight’s meeting.

Clad in 20-pound bulletproof vests, officers from eight different law enforcement agencies swept through Lodi on Friday evening conducting parole and probation searches. The effort focused on the northern part of San Joaquin County and featured nine separate teams knocking on doors to make sure subjects weren't violating conditions of their release. Each team included a combination of state, federal and local law enforcement officials.

Latoyia Singleton, 23, of Stockton, was arrested Wednesday morning for possession with intent to sell nearly four pounds of marijuana, police said.

Dear Pharmacist: My wife made a resolution this year to eat healthy, but she loves candy and chocolate. Is there any compromise because I want to surprise her with something delicious without sabotaging her diet?

When it comes to medical marijuana in California, it's available through dispensaries, collectives and cooperatives. And the Lodi City Council wants nothing to do with any of them. During a meeting Tuesday morning, the council unilaterally voiced its opposition to any type of organized marijuana group within city limits.

Dear Pharmacist: I heard you say that cooking with “vegetable oil” was your least favorite oil. It’s all I’ve ever used. Why don’t you like it, and what oils should we cook with?

If marijuana is legalized on Tuesday, don't expect the Lodi Police Department to suddenly have a lot more time.

There will be no more withdrawals from the First Hemp Bank in Galt.

At first glance, it had all the makings of a major drug bust. About 40 Lodi police and firefighters raided a commercial warehouse Tuesday, Sept. 14, and found 30 pot plants worth roughly $4,200, along with two pounds of what appeared to be crystal methamphetamine.

While dressed in a cowboy hat, boots and Wrangler jeans, Howard Wooldridge sits on his one-eyed American Paint horse, Misty. He looks like he could be out of a scene from a Western movie. Instead he is waving down traffic at the intersection Cherokee and Kettleman lanes.

It's time to empty out the electronic mail bag and answer some questions about the law enforcement situation in Lodi.

1415 L St. is a tall building, towering above downtown Sacramento. George Mull walks into a large conference room on the 10th floor, at home in the world of power lunches and consultation meetings. The lawyer sits in a chair ergonomically fitted to ensure good posture, across from floor-to-ceiling windows that look out onto rows of palm trees and the white dome of the Capitol building.

It seems eminent that Oakland will approve a large scale cannabis-growing operation. It would be hard not to vote for something that would create jobs in your city.

A Galt marijuana dispensary will have to temporarily close if a judge's proposed ruling stands.