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Press Release: Vote Hemp Exposes ONDCP and DEA Lies about Hemp Farming
The DEA's ban on industrial hemp cultivation really does make as little sense as it seems.
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Feature: The Conviction That Keeps On Hurting -- Drug Offenders and Federal Benefits (repeat)
For millions of drug offenders, punishment by the criminal justice is only the beginning. Drug offenders also lose access to a number of federal benefits thanks to laws a growing number of organizations are calling inhumane and counterproductive.
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Law Enforcement: Atlanta Narcs to Be Indicted for Murder by State -- Federal Investigation Could Be Hurt
The Fulton County DA plans to indict three Atlanta undercover narcs for murder in the death of 92-year-old Katherine Johnstone during a botched drug raid. But will his move thwart an ongoing federal investigation?
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Feature: The Good, the Bad, and the Ugly -- 2008 US Federal Drug Control Budget
The Bush administration released its 2008 federal budget Monday, and when it comes to drug policy, it looks a lot like more of the same.
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Feature: Arkansas Law Punishing Mothers Whose Newborns Test Positive for Drugs Accomplishes Little, Study Finds
As legislators in several states ponder legislation making drug use by pregnant women or the presence of drugs in the blood of their newborns a crime, an Arkansas report on that state's experience is sobering reading.
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Weekly: This Week in History
Events and quotes of note from this week's drug policy events of years past.
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Press Release: Antwerp Prosecutor Ignores Ministerial Guideline On Cannabis
[Courtesy of Draw Up Your Plant]
On 25 January 2005, a common guideline was established by the Belgian Minister of Justice and the chief prosecutors in relation with offences against the law on cannabis consumption. Among others, this guideline* determines the following:
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Free Kennedy Center Gala Honoring the Prisons Foundation
We are pleased to announce that the Prisons Foundation has been chosen by a blue ribbon panel as a Mayor's Arts Award Finalist in the category of Innovation in the Arts. The panel was impressed with the work done by the Prisons Foundation in allowing men and women in prison to pursue the arts and their educational development, its publishing a stunning newsmagazine Art for Justice, and its sponsorship of the Prison Art Gallery in downtown Washington.
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