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Drug War Chronicle #1129 - April 16, 2021

Phillip S. Smith, Editor - David Borden, Executive Director
This issue of Drug War Chronicle is dedicated to Steve Fox.
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Medical Marijuana Update

Some Delaware dispensaries are under fire from legalization activists, South Dakota's Republican governor still wants to change the voter-approved medical marijuana law, there's progress in the South, and more.
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This Week's Corrupt Cops Stories

Busy, busy, busy. Crooked pot-robbing California deputies, a pervy Pennsylvania DARE officer, a gun-stealing heroin addict Connecticut cop, and more.
There's a move afoot in Congress to finally end the sentencing disparity between crack and powder cocaine.
There's a move afoot in Congress to finally end the sentencing disparity between crack and powder cocaine.

OD Deaths Hit Record High During Pandemic, Campaign to End Crack Cocaine Sentence Disparity, More... (4/14/21)

Washington's governor commutes some drug possession sentences after the state's Supreme Court voids its felony drug possession law, the St. Louis County Council votes to decriminalize pot possession, the Orleans Parish prosecutors is not going to try most drug possession cases anymore and more.
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