Feature: House Votes to Require School Districts to Allow Random, Warrantless Mass Search Policies
The House voted Tuesday to force local school districts to gut student privacy protections.
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Medical Marijuana: Rhode Island Program Begins to Kick In
Rhode Island passed its medical marijuana law in January, the program went into effect in April, and now more than 250 patients and caregivers are registered. -
Southwest Asia: Proposal for Turning Afghan Opium Into Legal Morphine Gains Support
A proposal to turn Afghanistan's burgeoning opium crop into morphine for the legal medicinal market is gaining more support. -
Europe: London Police More Likely to Arrest Blacks Than Whites for Marijuana Possession
A new report from Scotland Yard finds racial profiling in marijuana enforcement, but the police won't say it's racism. -
Law Enforcement: This Week's Corrupt Cops Stories
A pair of crooked prison guards and an emerging scandal in Baltimore make the radar this week. -
Law Enforcement: Jackson, Mississippi's Mad Mayor Melton Indicted for Drug Enforcement Crimes
Jackson, Mississippi, Mayor Frank Melton has been playing drug warrior since day one. Now he finds himself on the other side of the law.