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Drug War Chronicle #680 - April 21, 2011

Phillip S. Smith, Editor - David Borden, Executive Director
Marc Emery leading a rally in Calgary during happier times (image via wikimedia.org)
Marc Emery leading a rally in Calgary during happier times (image via wikimedia.org)

Marc Emery Denied Transfer to Canadian Prison

Canadian marijuana activist Marc Emery will not be allowed to do his time in Canada because of "the seriousness of the offense" and "law enforcement concerns."
Welfare recipients are the latest targets of Florida politicos. (Image via Wikimedia.org)
Welfare recipients are the latest targets of Florida politicos. (Image via Wikimedia.org)

Florida Welfare Drug Testing Bills Advance

Florida legislators want to make poor people take a drug test -- and pay for it -- before they can get public benefits.
Vancouver's Insite safe injection site on East Hastings Street (Image courtesy Vancouver Coastal Health)
Vancouver's Insite safe injection site on East Hastings Street (Image courtesy Vancouver Coastal Health)

Vancouver Safe Injection Site Saves Lives, Report Finds

A new study of Vancouver drug overdoses shows they have decreased dramatically in the Downtown Eastside since a safe injection site opened there.
Prohibition's filthy lucre is too much for some to resist (Image via Wikimedia)
Prohibition's filthy lucre is too much for some to resist (Image via Wikimedia)

This Week's Corrupt Cops Stories

Cops stealing drug money, jail guards smuggling dope, deputies helping traffickers... and narcs gone wild in Peoria. Just another week in the drug war.
The busts and arrests go on, but so does the violence. (Image via Wikimedia)
The busts and arrests go on, but so does the violence. (Image via Wikimedia)

Mexico Drug War Update

Skinning people alive!? Just when you thought it couldn't get any more gruesome.
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This Week in History

Events and quotes of note from this week's drug policy events of years past.
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