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Dos de los ex empleados de Marc Emery, el “Príncipe de la Marihuana” canadiense, se han confesado culpables de cargos de confabulación relacionada con la marihuana en Seattle a cambio de libertad vigilada en Canadá, pero el destino del mismo Emery sigue indeterminado.

Tras más de dos décadas de disparidad entre las penas para la piedra y el polvo de cocaína y todos sus efectos perniciosos en términos raciales, se acumula la presión para eliminarla. Ahora, por primera vez, la postura del Ministerio de Justicia de EE.UU. es la de que eso debería suceder.

La semana pasada fue una de esas ocasiones impresionantemente raras en que no topamos con ningún artículo sobre policías corruptos. ¡No hay por qué preocuparse! Esta semana han regresado de lo lindo. Cae otro alguacil fronterizo, quiebra una comisaría de policía de Carolina del Norte, un policía de Arizona se pone codicioso y pillan a otros dos agentes penitenciarios emprendedores.

Marijuana's rise in the polls continues... and now we have a national poll showing majority support for legalization.

Events and quotes of note from this week's drug policy events of years past.

The Mexican Congress has passed a bill that would decriminalize the possession of "personal use" amounts of illegal drugs. Some of the other provisions in the measure are not so nice.

If it's the first week in May, it must be time for the Global Marijuana March. Thousands took to the streets across the globe last weekend, and thousands more will do the same next weekend.

There's been another California medical marijuana dispensary raid with the DEA involved, but so far, it looks like the real culprit is a crusading sheriff in Bakersfield.

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