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Medical Marijuana Update

Federal prosecutors speak out on how the Justice Department's new stance on legalization will affect their medical marijuana prosecutions (not much), an initiative's language gets rejected for a second time in Arkansas, and much, much more.
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Cops Cry Foul Over Holder Marijuana Policy Move

Law enforcement groups representing sheriffs, police chiefs, criminal investigators, and narcotics officers have issued a letter signaling their displeasure with the Justice Department's newly announced policy toward marijuana legalization in Colorado and Washington.
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Mexico's New Drug War Looks Like the Old Drug War

Mexico's drug wars continue to take a thousand lives a month, the army is still deeply involved, and the high-profile busts of cartel capos continue apace. What's new about Mexico's drug wars under Pena Nieto?
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This Week's Corrupt Cops Stories

Even corrupt cops take the Labor Day weekend off. We've only got two this week, and they're both from before the holiday, but they're doozies.
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DEA Using Massive AT&T Phone Records Database

The DEA is working hand in glove with one of the nation's largest telecommunications providers, exploiting AT&T's 26-year phone call database to help make criminal cases in what had previously been a secret program.
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Juan Manuel Santos (wikimedia.org)

Colombia's Santos Open to Drug Legalization

Colombian President Santos has signaled a willingness to put drug legalization on the table. The Colombian courts may do part of the job for him.