Feature: Push for Medical Marijuana Underway in Kansas
A Republican former Kansas attorney general spoke out for medical marijuana last Friday as a push to get a bill passed there gets underway.
Feature: Pot Peace in Seattle as Another Hempfest Celebrates Cannabis Nation
An estimated 150,000 people attended Seattle's two-day Hempfest last weekend. Billed as the world's largest drug reform rally, Hempfest is also a celebration of the Cannabis Nation.
Drug War Prisoners: 86-Year-Old Alva Mae Groves Dies Behind Bars
Alva Mae "Granny" Groves died in federal prison last week. The 86-year-old grandmother was 13 years into a 24-year sentence for cocaine distribution charges she always said were punishment for failing to snitch on her children.
Drug War Prisoners: Pain Patient Richard Paey to Get Shot at Early Clemency
Richard Paey was sent to prison for 25 years as a drug dealer after going from pharmacy to pharmacy in his wheel chair to obtain pain medications. Now he will get an early shot at clemency.
Drug War Prisoners: Rockefeller Law Victim Turned Activist Veronica Flournoy Dead at 39
Veronica Flournoy, 39, wanted to get her family back together and change the drug laws after her release from prison in New York state. Instead, lung cancer killed her.
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Law Enforcement: This Week's Corrupt Cops Stories
More prison guards are in trouble. A Louisiana cop gets busted for pills -- corruption or desperation?
Medical Marijuana: Is An Ohio Initiative In the Works?
With a medical marijuana initiative effort well underway in Michigan, some drug reformers are turning their attention to a similar effort next door in Ohio.
Medical Marijuana: Obama Says End Raids, All Democratic Presidential Candidates Now on Board
With Sen. Barack Obama saying Tuesday he would end DEA raids on patients and providers in states where medical marijuana is legal, every Democratic Party presidential candidate (and two Republicans, too) are in agreement that the raids should end.
Marijuana: Humboldt County Supervisors Say Legalize It
Humboldt County this week became the second county in Northern California's "Emerald Triangle" to call for the legalization of marijuana.
Europe: First German Patient Approved to Use Medical Marijuana
Following a court ruling requiring the government to individually consider medical marijuana applications, a German federal institute has for the first time approved its use by a patient.
Weekly: This Week in History
Events and quotes of note from this week's drug policy events of years past.
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