Drug War Chronicle #787 - June 13, 2013

Phillip S. Smith, Editor - David Borden, Executive Director
This is how your Washington state marijuana will be labelled, according to the Liquor Control Board.
This is how your Washington state marijuana will be labelled, according to the Liquor Control Board.

Moving Toward Legal Marijuana Commerce in Washington State [FEATURE]

Washington state's move toward legal, regulated marijuana commerce is well underway. Initial draft rules have been circulated and commented on, and here's where things stand now. But retail outlets are still months away.
Rockin' the joint at Yazoo City FCI. That's Emery on bass on the left. (cannabisculture.com)
Rockin' the joint at Yazoo City FCI. That's Emery on bass on the left. (cannabisculture.com)

Marc Emery in Solitary Confinement in US Prison

Canadian "Prince of Pot" Marc Emery has been sent to solitary in a US federal prison over what looks like a bogus "investigation" into who (or what) took photos of he and prison bandmates practicing.
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MMJ leaf and stethoscope KY ODCP_85.jpg

Medical Marijuana Update

California dispensaries continue their vanishing act, thanks to feds and local officials, but Arizona fends off a challenge, Oregon adds PTSD to its list of approved conditions, and frustrated New Jersey patients rally.
US District Court Judge Mark Bennett, Northern District of Iowa (iand.uscourts.gov)
US District Court Judge Mark Bennett, Northern District of Iowa (iand.uscourts.gov)

Iowa Federal Judge Criticizes Harsh Methamphetamine Sentences

A US district court judge has lambasted federal meth sentencing guidelines as harsh, unfair, based on politics instead of science, and "fundamentally flawed." He's not the only one.
Prof. David Nutt (gov.uk)
Prof. David Nutt (gov.uk)

Drug Prohibitions Hurt Science, Researchers Charge

A trio of leading scientists, including British Professor David Nutt, have lambasted the prohibitions on psychoactive substances as amounting to censorship of science in a paper published Wednesday.
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This Week's Corrupt Cops Stories

A pill-popping Florida cop goes to jail, a coke-slinging New York TSA agent gets busted, and a North Carolina narc gets fired.
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