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Patients could still be arrested, but not convicted, under the proposed law. (Image via Wikimedia.org)

Maryland Senate Passes Medical Marijuana Bill

A bill that would allow medical marijuana patients to present an affirmative defense in court has passed the Maryland Senate.
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Mephedrone ("Bath Salts") Banned in Kentucky

Add Kentucky to the short list of states that have banned the synthetic stimulant mephedrone, typically marketed as "bath salts."
The medical marijuana business: a growth industry. (Image via Wikimedia.org)

Medical Marijuana Market Huge and Growing, Investors Report Finds

Medical marijuana is a big business and only getting bigger, according to a new study produced by a financial analysis firm.
US surveillance drones now in use over Mexico

Mexico Drug War Update

The US ambassador to Mexico resigns over Wikileaks, Mexico acknowledges allowing unmanned US surveillance drones over Mexico, a prominent trafficker is killed, a well-known musician is wounded. And of course, the threats and the carnage that have become usual since Calderon intensified the Mexican drug war continue unabated.
From Dover to Olympia, medical marijuana is on the move. (Image via Wikimedia.org)

Medical Marijuana Bills Advance in Delaware, Washington

Bills that would allow state-licensed medical marijuana dispensaries are moving in Washington, which already has a medical marijuana law, and Delaware, which doesn't.
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Florida Governor Orders State Employee Drug Testing

Florida's new Republican governor wants to make state employees pee in a cup to keep their jobs. The state ACLU reminds him that that's a constitutional no-no.
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This Week's Corrupt Cops Stories

Jail guards, probation officers, narcs, deputies, DARE officers, ICE agents -- it's corrupt cops gone wild this week!
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This Week in History

Events and quotes of note from this week's drug policy events of years past.
Dr. Marion Fry with longtime partner, attorney, Dale Schafer at their home near Sacramento. (Photo by Sharon Letts)

Medical Marijuana Providers Dr. Mollie Fry and Dale Schafer Prepare for Prison [FEATURE]

Dr. Marion "Mollie" Fry and her partner, Dale Schafer, are about to go to federal prison for five years for medical marijuana.
Common sense at the statehouse in Little Rock (Image via Wikimedia.org)

Arkansas Unemployment Drug Testing Bill Dies

The perennial legislative impulse to drug test people receiving public benefits has petered out this year in Little Rock.

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