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Drug War Chronicle #761 - November 29, 2012

Phillip S. Smith, Editor - David Borden, Executive Director
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Chronicle DVD Review: Code of the West

A brilliant documentary by filmmaker Rebecca Richman Cohen tells the story of Montana's medical marijuana wars. Code of the West is definitely worth watching.
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Tax-Deductible Donations Support the Cause

We are approaching a new year, in a new time, with critical opportunities and critical work needed to be done. A tax-deductible donation as year's end approaches will make sure the word gets out in 2013 -- a non-deductible donation will help us advocate legislatively too.
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Uruguayan Deputies Say Legalize All Drugs

Even as Uruguay moves to create a system of state-regulated marijuana commerce, legislators from across the political spectrum are calling for the legalization of all drugs in a bid to blunt the threat from the drug trade.
Dutch Justice Minister Ivo Opstelten (wikimedia.org)
Dutch Justice Minister Ivo Opstelten (wikimedia.org)

Dutch Plan to Ban Potent Marijuana From Cannabis Cafes

Holland's conservative justice minister has announced a plan to reclassify high-potency marijuana as a hard drug like heroin or cocaine and bar it from being sold in the country's famous cannabis coffee shops.
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Medical Marijuana Update

Arizona marks a medical marijuana first, there's an ominous move by the feds in Northern California, Illinois is considering a medical marijuana bill, and that's not the half of it.
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This Week's Corrupt Cops Stories

There seem to be some problems with drug task force leadership in Mississippi, and a Michigan cop gets in trouble for treating the forfeiture shed as his own personal pawn shop.
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