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Job Opportunity: Policy Associate, Drug Policy Alliance, Washington, DC
The Drug Policy Alliance is hiring a new Policy Associate for the Office of National Affairs in Washington, DC.
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The Feds Can't Stop Medical Marijuana, CA Activists Say [FEATURE]
Federal tactics seen in California lately have been tried before, but failed due to the sheer scale and robustness of the medical marijuana market.
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The Feds Can't Stop Medical Marijuana, CA Activists Say [FEATURE]
The skies over California's medical marijuana industry may be dark and stormy, but the feds can't keep the sunshine away forever, well-placed activists say.
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DEA Hits More California Medical Marijuana Dispensaries
The DEA raided dispensaries in Sacramento and Stockton on Monday. One of the agents in the Sacramento raid is reported to have said they are shutting down all the dispensaries in the city.
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DEA Hits More CA Medical Marijuana Dispensaries
The feds continue their war on medical marijuana distribution in California, with two new DEA raids Monday and the use of asset forfeiture threats to shut down eight dispensaries in Orange County.
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Cop Admits Planting Drugs on Innocent People to Meet Arrest Quotas
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Hmm, maybe the reason so many people still support the war on drugs isn’t because they’re stupid jerks. Perhaps they just haven’t yet had the pleasure of getting spontaneously framed, arrested, and jailed for made-up cocaine crimes concocted by dirty drug cops.
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I'm Back
Now seems as good a time as any to bring to a close my semi-unplanned and entirely unannounced blogging hiatus and get back to hating the drug war with as much vigor as my MacBook can process and my schedule permits.
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Gallup Poll Finds Support for Marijuana Legalization at 50% for First Time
Support for marijuana legalization in the US continues to climb, with the Gallup Poll reporting Monday that a record high 50% of Americans now approve of freeing the weed.
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Gallup Poll Support for Marijuana Legalization at 50% for First Time
Half of all Americans now support marijuana legalization, according to the latest Gallup poll. There is majority support in every region of the country except the South.
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No Justice, No Peace: Drugs, Race and Growing Up (London)
Students for Sensible Drug Policy London presents No Justice, No Peace: Drugs, Race and Growing Up.
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California Doctors' Group Says Legalize Marijuana
California's largest doctors' group is calling for marijuana legalization.
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Illinois Arrestee Swallows Drugs, Dies
In North Aurora, Illinois, man arrested by Chicago Police on drug charges Wednesday night died after apparently swallowing the drugs while in custody. Kevin Davis, 47, becomes the 40th person to die in US domestic drug law operations so far this year. Chronicle story here.
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California Doctors' Group Says Legalize Marijuana
California's largest doctors' group has called for marijuana legalization, making it the first in the nation to do so.
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Illinois Arrestee Swallows Drugs, Dies
An Illinois man died in police custody after swallowing drugs during a drug arrest. The death comes only weeks after the city paid out big for letting a man die in similar circumstances last year.
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DEA Raids California, Colorado Medical Marijuana Operations
The DEA raided medical marijuana operations in California and Colorado last week, including the respected and carefully state-compliant Northstone Organics. Chronicle article here.
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Ex-NYPD Narc Testifies Cops Routinely Planted Drugs on Innocent People
An ex-NYPD narcotics officer testifying for the government as part of a bargain in his own corruption case says that cops routinely planted drugs on innocent people. Chronicle article here.
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An Open Letter to President Obama on Medical Marijuana and 2012
(Democratic consultant David Krute tells President Obama why the medical marijuana crackdown is a bad idea.)
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Ex-NYPD Narc Testifies Cops Routinely Planted Drugs on Innocent People
NYPD narcs routintely planted drugs on innocent people, a former narc testified in court this week. That's a shocker -- not.