Rand Paul Blocks Federal Synthetic Drug Bans
Sen. Rand Paul (R-KY) is blocking three Senate bills that seek to prohibit new synthetic drugs.
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Rand Paul Blocks Federal Synthetic Drug Bans
Sen. Rand Paul is placing a giant stop sign in front of the Senate as it rushes to enact new bans on new drugs.
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Haarlem Cannabis Cafes Reject Dutch-Only Member Passes
Cannabis coffee shop owners in the Dutch city of Haarlem are organizing to fight back against the Dutch government's pending Weed Pass plan that would bar foreigners and require Dutch citizens to join "members only" coffee houses if they want to buy weed legally.
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Texas Officer in Drug Investigation Kills Armed Man
A Texas man is dead after allegedly running away from, then pulling a gun on, members of Texas combined task force doing a drug investigation.
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Texas Officer in Drug Investigation Kills Armed Man
A Texas man is dead after allegedly running away from, then pulling a gun on, members of Texas combined task force doing a drug investigation.
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Congress Okays Drug Tests for Unemployment Benefits
Faced with GOP demands to drug test people seeking unemployment benefits, the Democrats first fought them off, then accepted some testing as a compromise to get the payroll tax extension passed.
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Congress Okays Drug Tests for Unemployment Benefits
Faced with GOP demands to drug test people seeking unemployment benefits, the Democrats first fought them off, then accepted some testing as a compromise to get the payroll tax extension passed.
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Colorado Marijuana Initiative Turns in Final Signatures
The proponents of a Colorado initiative to Regulate Marijuana Like Alcohol turned in 12,000 additional voter signatures Friday in a last bid to qualify for the November ballot.
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Colorado Marijuana Initiative Turns in Final Signatures
A Colorado marijuana legalization initiative looks almost assured of making the November ballot after organizers handed in a final 12,000 signatures. They only need 2,400 valid ones.
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Florida Detective, Meth Suspect Killed in Shootout
A Clay County, Florida, sheriff's narcotics detective and a man he was investigating as a methamphetamine suspect were shot and killed in an exchange of fire Thursday evening.
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Florida Detective, Meth Suspect Killed in Shootout
A Florida sheriff's narcotics detective has been shot dead after trying to force his way into a residence. The suspected meth dealer who shot him was shot and killed, too.
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Soros Gives Big Bucks for California Three Strikes Reform Measure
An initiative that seeks to reform California's three-strikes sentencing law appears to have the financial wherewithal to qualify for the November ballot after philanthropist and drug reform su
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Soros Gives Big Bucks for California Three Strikes Reform Measure
A California initiative to reform the state's Three Strikes law is financially well-placed to make the ballot after George Soros kicked in half a million bucks.
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Meet Obama's Proposed 2013 Federal Drug Budget [FEATURE]
The White House has released its proposed 2013 federal drug budget, and it looks pretty much like all the other federal drug budgets, only bigger.
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Drug War Autopilot and Co-Autopilot: ONDCP Director Gil Kerlikowske with President Obama
Meet Obama's Proposed 2013 Federal Drug Budget [FEATURE]
The White House has released its proposed 2013 federal drug budget, and it looks pretty much like all the other federal drug budgets, only bigger.
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Medical Marijuana Update
Medical marijuana patients are taking to the streets Thursday, Feb. 16, to protest the Obama administration's clampdown on medical marijuana across the country.
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Medical Marijuana Update
Medical marijuana patients are taking to the streets Thursday, Feb. 16, to protest the Obama administration's clampdown on medical marijuana across the country. And then, there's the action at the state and local level.
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This Week in History
Events and quotes of note from this week's drug policy events of years past.
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Medical Marijuana at the Statehouse 2012 [FEATURE]
Since California voters made it the first medical marijuana state in 1996, other states have come on board at a rate a little better than one a year.
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Medical Marijuana at the Statehouse 2012 [FEATURE]
Bills to legalize medical marijuana have been filed (or are about to be filed) in 18 states, and advocates point to three or four of them that are looking like they have a particularly good chance of passage.