Feature: More California Medical Marijuana Raids: The New Status Quo?
DEA and local police agents have raided five California medical marijuana dispensaries in the past 10 days, but that leaves over 200 still in operation.
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Announcement: New Format for the Reformer's Calendar
Visit our new web site each day to see a running countdown to the events coming up the soonest, and more.
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Petitioning for the Right to Petition
Tireless DrugWarRant blogger Pete Guither continues to generate press coverage of his campaign against the DEAâs traveling museum exhibit:
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Feature: Cases of Immigrants Deported for Minor Drug Offenses Heard at US Supreme Court This Week
The US Supreme Court heard oral arguments Tuesday in a pair of cases involving the deportation of immigrants for minor drug offenses.
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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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What's up with these "pain contracts"?
Spurred by the federal government's crackdown on prescription drug abuse, doctors around the country are resorting to "pain contracts" with patients in an attempt to protect themselves from charges they are Dr. Feelgoods. Such contracts typically require the patient to agree that "lost, stolen, or misplaced" drugs are not to be replaced and that the patient agree to be drug tested. Patients who refuse to sign such an agreement or who test positive for non-prescribed drugs--i.e. marijuana--are likely to be cut off.
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Paging Orrin Hatch
Update 10/25/06: Hatch's office informed us that Dallas Austin's parents were instrumental in getting the Senator involved. We've now contacted the D.C. Embassy of the United Arab Emirates in the hopes of tracking down this latest victim's family. They've promised to look into it.
Yet another American has been imprisoned in Dubai on a pitifully small possession charge:
From Gulfnews.com:
Dubai: An American visitor who said he was unaware that he was carrying marijuana with him, which was found in his luggage at airport, will spend four years in jail.
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Sentencing: California Governor Signs Bill To Shorten Parole for Offenders Who Take Drug Treatment
California Gov. Arnold Schwarzenegger has quietly signed legislation that will allow nonviolent offenders to get off parole if they undergo five months of residential treatment upon their release.
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Hemp: California Governor Vetoes Industrial Hemp Bill
California Gov. Arnold Schwarzenegger has vetoed a bill that would have allowed California farmers to grow industrial hemp.
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Drug Survey: More Teens Smoke Marijuana Than Cigarettes--Prohibition Bars the Controls that Work for Tobacco, Reformers Argue
FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE
OCTOBER 4, 2006
Drug Survey: More Teens Smoke Marijuana Than Cigarettes
Prohibition Bars the Controls that Work for Tobacco, Reformers Argue
CONTACT: Bruce Mirken, MPP director of communications, 415-668-6403 or 202-215-4205
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Law Enforcement: This Week's Corrupt Cops Stories
We've got cops getting arrested, cops copping pleas, cops getting sentenced this week. It's like a tour of the criminal justice process. Let's get to it.
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Sentencing: Federal Bill to Create Criminal Drug Dealer Registry Introduced
With sex offender and meth cook registries becoming all the rage in the states, it was only a matter of time before some congressman tried it at the national level for more people.