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Prohibition's filthy lucre is hard for some to resist (Image via Wikimedia)
Prohibition's filthy lucre is hard for some to resist (Image via Wikimedia)

This Week's Corrupt Cops Stories

Cops ripping off drug dealers, cops offering information to drug defendants, sheriffs escorting cartel dope loads, and, oh, yes, prison guards gone bad.
You can grow up to five of these in Holland, no matter the yield, the Dutch high court has held. (image courtesy the author)
You can grow up to five of these in Holland, no matter the yield, the Dutch high court has held. (image courtesy the author)

Dutch Can Grow Five Marijuana Plants, No Problem

Although Dutch policy only allows you to possess five grams of marijuana, the high court has ruled that you can still grow five plants, no matter the yield.
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.
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."
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el-diario-juarez.jpg

Mexico Drug War Update

This year's death toll has surpassed 8,000, and a Ciudad Juarez newspaper asks the cartels to tell them what they can safely print.
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.