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Drug War Chronicle #791 - July 11, 2013

Phillip S. Smith, Editor - David Borden, Executive Director
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Medical Marijuana Update

A federal medical marijuana banking bill was introduced, an Oregon bill that would allow and regulate dispensaries heads to the governor's desk, Berkeley and Oakland fight the feds.
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Oklahoma Welfare Drug Screening Finds Few Dopers

Oklahoma's welfare drug testing program has come a cropper in terms of saving money for the state, with only 2.2% of applicants being denied for failing drug tests or refusing to take them.
British Home Secretary Theresa May overrules her own drug advisors to ban khat. (gov.uk)
British Home Secretary Theresa May overrules her own drug advisors to ban khat. (gov.uk)

Ignoring Drug Advisors, Britain Bans Khat

Britain is about to become the latest European country (as well as Canada and the US) to ban khat, criminalizing the mild stimulant used by tens of thousands of African emigrants there. And it is ignoring its own drug advisors to do so.
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Massachusetts SWAT Team Kills Armed Man in Drug Raid

In the fifth drug war killing in the past two weeks, members of a Massachusetts SWAT team shot and killed an apartment dweller after he allegedly confronted them with a weapon during a pre-dawn drug raid.
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This Week's Corrupt Cops Stories

More trouble for Philly and its rogue narcs, an Alabama jail guard goes down, so does a Mississippi narc, and a Calfornia narc cops a plea to stealing dope for resale.
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