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    MMJ leaf and stethoscope KY ODCP_66.jpg

    Medical Marijuana Update

    An important federal court ruling, medical marijuana bills start popping up in the states, more providers get prosecuted, and LA continues to stumble toward a resolution of its dispensary issue.
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    injustice in paradise

    Indonesian Court Gives British Grandmother Death for Drugs

    A British grandmother caught smuggling 10 pounds of cocaine into the Indonesian resort of Bali has been sentenced to death -- even though prosecutors asked only for 15 years. The court said her actions hurt Bali's reputation as a tourist destination.
  • FARC negotiator Rube Zamora (pazfarc-ep.blogspot.com)
    FARC negotiator Rube Zamora (pazfarc-ep.blogspot.com)

    Colombia's FARC Wants Legal Coca Cultivation

    Colombia's FARC guerrillas have called on the Colombian government to consider legalizing coca cultivation for medicinal and therapeutic ends and for cultural reasons.
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    Did You Know? "Doping Cases at the Olympics, 1968-2010," on ProCon.org

    MedicalMarijuana.ProCon.org, part of the ProCon.org family, is an in-depth web site presenting information and views from a variety of perspectives on the medical marijuana issue. The Chronicle is running a six-part series of info items from ProCon.org, of which this week's is the third.
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    This Week's Corrupt Cops Stories

    There's something fishy in a Virginia evidence room, a Louisiana deputy gets in trouble for peddling fake weed, three suburban Chicago cops were running a dirty racket, an NYPD cop gets himself arrested, and a Miami cop gets himself convicted.
  • Sen. Leahy addresses law students at Georgetown University (leahy.senate.gov)
    Sen. Leahy addresses law students at Georgetown University (leahy.senate.gov)

    Senate Judiciary Chair Calls for End to Mandatory Minimums

    Sen. Pat Leahy (D-VT), head of the Senate Judiciary Committee, has said he wants to abolish mandatory minimum sentences, and he hopes the federal government doesn't spend a lot of money enforcing marijuana laws in states where it is legal.
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    Orlando Man is Year's Second Drug War Death

    A young Orlando man has died after being shot by police during a drug investigation Wednesday night. He becomes the year's second drug war fatality.
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    surveillance camera (shutterstock.com)

    Can the DEA Hide a Surveillance Camera on Your Land? [FEATURE]

    Acting on a tip, DEA agents went on rural property without a warrant, set up surveillance cameras, and used the evidence obtained to get a search warrant and convict the property owners for growing marijuana. And a US district court judge said that was okay. Is it?