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photo courtesy Bruce Reith, South West Michigan Compassion Club

Michigan Medical Marijuana Protest Draws 1,000+

After a state appeals court effectively shut down dispensaries in Michigan, medical marijuana patients rallied in large numbers in Lansing, the state capital.
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Ivory Wave and other products containing "bath salts" will soon be banned. (image via Wikimedia)
Ivory Wave and other products containing "bath salts" will soon be banned. (image via Wikimedia)

DEA Issues Emergency Ban on "Bath Salts" Drugs

The DEA has responded to the latest synthetic drug panic in the only way it knows how -- by enacting bans. This time it's the "bath salts" drugs under attack.
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Announcement: The 2011 International Drug Policy Reform Conference, Los Angeles

Every two years drug policy reformers from across the United States and around the world come to the International Drug Policy Reform Conference to listen, learn, network and strategize together for change. This year the conference is in Los Angeles, in November, and StoptheDrugWar.org is a partner.
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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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Vietnam Using Drug Takers as Slave Labor [FEATURE]

A shocking new report from Human Rights Watch details how Vietnamese "drug treatment centers" don't provide treatment, but do provide abuse, torture and virtual slave labor for private companies to exploit.
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All those drug busts don't seem to make any difference. (image via Wikimedia)
All those drug busts don't seem to make any difference. (image via Wikimedia)

Mexico Drug War Update

The Mexican president gave his annual state of the union speech last week, but that had no impact on the killing.
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No mandatory random drug tests for Illini Bluff teachers, but they have to pass one drug test first. (Image: ISBD 327)
No mandatory random drug tests for Illini Bluff teachers, but they have to pass one drug test first. (Image: ISBD 327)

llinois School District Teachers Settle Drug Testing Strike

Illini Bluff school teachers managed to fend off random drug testing for themselves, if not their successors, but still submitted to one drug test to get back to work.
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Palace of Justice, Bogota (image via Wikimedia)

Colombian High Court Re-Legalizes Drug Possession

Getting back in step with other Latin American countries, the Colombian Supreme Court has undone former Pres. Uribe's amendment recriminalizing the possession of small amounts of drugs for personal use.
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Horizons: Perspectives on Psychedelics

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Man With Gun Killed in Kentucky Drug Raid

A Kentucky man is this year's 33rd US drug war fatality. He was shot and killed by police after allegedly pointing a gun at them as they raided his home.
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Mexico Drug War Update

Along with the usual carnage and corruption, suspected Zetas killed 52 casino goers in a gasoline/fire attack, teachers skipped school following extortion threats, authorities bust a Sinaloa Cartel "cell" in Utah, and one cartel has put up "wanted" posters targeting leaders of another cartel and offered rewards for them.