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This Week's Corrupt Cops Stories
This week, it's drug task forces gone bad! And a dope-snorting and -peddling sheriff, too.
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Comprehensive coverage of the War on Drugs since 1997
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Rick Perry wants drones to overfly the US-Mexico border to surveil the drug traffic, but they already are. (image via Wikimedia)Perry, Romney Burnish Drug Warrior Credentials
Two of the leading contenders for the Republican presidential nomination had comments related to drug policy this week, and it wasn't pretty. -
No school in Glaston, Illinois, this week. Teachers struck rather than submit to random drug tests. (Image: IBSD 327)IL School District Teachers Strike Over Drug Testing
An Illinois school board demands that teachers submit to mandatory random drug testing even as it concedes there is no need for it. As a result, instead of teachers welcoming students to school this week, they're hitting the picket line. -
Pot leaf_13.jpgPortland, ME, Marijuana Initiative Dies⦠For Now
A municipal initiative to make marijuana possession the lowest law enforcement priority has come up just short in Portland, Maine. -
Poor Alabamians who use drugs would be ineligible for Medicaid under a proposed law. (image via Wikimedia)Alabama Bill Would Drug Test Medicaid Recipients
A proposed Alabama law would require Medicaid beneficiaries to take random suspicionless drug tests -- and pay for them -- and would throw them off the rolls for at least a year if they test positive. -
Pot leaf_12.jpgMajority in Colorado Poll Want Marijuana Legalized
A new poll has Coloradans voicing majority support for marijuana legalization, but just barely. -
Athens Cycle Tour (cityofathens.gr)Greek Government Proposes Drug Decriminalization
The Greek government has submitted a bill that would decriminalize drug possession in most circumstances and provide for drug treatment instead of jail for addicts. -
Presenting: The StoptheDrugWar.org Legislative Center
We are pleased to announce a major new section of the StoptheDrugWar.org web site. And we are seeking your support to continue to make it possible. -
johnraywilson5-small_1.jpgNJ MS Patient Loses Appeal, Facing Five Years [FEATURE]
Even as medical marijuana distribution centers prepare to open in New Jersey, a Garden State MS patient who grew his own medicine is sadly preparing to spend the next five years in prison. -
parthenon_43.gifThis Week in History
Events and quotes of note from this week's drug policy events of years past.