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Movida Cannabica Florida Uruguay display at the Legislative Palace (facebook.com/movida.floridauruguay)
Movida Cannabica Florida Uruguay display at the Legislative Palace (facebook.com/movida.floridauruguay)

Uruguay House Passes Marijuana Legalization Bill

A bill to legalize and regulate marijuana markets and consumption has passed the lower House of the Uruguayan parliament. It now heads for the Senate later this year.
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Movida Cannabica Florida Uruguay display at the Legislative Palace (facebook.com/movida.floridauruguay)
Movida Cannabica Florida Uruguay display at the Legislative Palace (facebook.com/movida.floridauruguay)

Marijuana Legalization in Uruguay???

[image:1 align:right caption:true]The Uruguayan government's proposal to legalize marijuana was "fiercely debated" in the House today, according to

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Medical Marijuana Update

A dispensary is now open for business in the nation's capital, several dozen are coming to Arizona, dispensary and cultivation battles continue in California, Massachusetts advocates prepare to protest restrictive regulations, and the DEA hits a Michigan dispensary.
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Corporal Thomas Keith Slay (Columbus Police Department)
Corporal Thomas Keith Slay (Columbus Police Department)

Georgia Narc Killed in Car Crash En Route to Bust

A Georgia narcotics officer was killed Tuesday when his vehicle crashed as he rushed to assist in a traffic stop drug bust. Another was seriously injured.
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This Week's Corrupt Cops Stories

Deputies packing dope, jail guards smuggling dope, cops doing a little money laundering, and cops getting information for their dope dealer buddies. Just another week in the drug war.
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Capital City Care, one of DC's new medical marijuana dispensaries, made its first sale this week.
Capital City Care, one of DC's new medical marijuana dispensaries, made its first sale this week.

DC Finally Selling Medical Marijuana

[image:1 align:right caption:true]DC has seen its first legal marijuana sale under the city's medical marijuana law, enacted in 1998 by voters but blocked by Congress for most of that time.

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Appeal for Your Support, and Offer Update

Now more than ever, StoptheDrugWar.org needs your financial support to continue to provide this crucial informational tool that builds and empowers the movement. We have a special new offer for those donating $50 or more, which this post provides some updated information about.
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Chronicle Book Review: Smuggler Nation

If you have an interest in American history and how we got to where we are with the war on drugs, you need to read Smuggler Nation. You'll be glad you did.
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Medical Marijuana Update

New Hampshire becomes the 19th medical marijuana state, some folks in Kentucky would like it to become one, too; and the local tussling continues in California. And in late news, the DEA strikes in Washington State.
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This Week's Corrupt Cops Stories

Four of the seven law enforcement personnel making our hall of shame this week were women. You've come a long way, ladies!