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Europa: Parlamento suizo desestima la legalización de la marihuana
El Parlamento suizo ha desestimado una iniciativa popular que pedÃa la legalización de la marihuana. Pero el Senado suizo aún debe debatirla y ella puede ir a voto popular.
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Policial: Informante en caso de redada mortÃfera en Atlanta interpone demanda
Alex White construyó su carrera como informante de la policÃa de Atlanta, pero cuando ellos le pidieron que mintiera por ellos en el caso Kathryn Johnston, se dirigió a los federales. Ahora está interponiendo una demanda en contra de la policÃa de Atlanta, afirmando que su carrera de soplón ha sido arruinada.
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Marihuana medicinal: DEA amenaza a caseros de dispensarios de San Francisco, dispensarios interponen demanda y Conyers realizará audiencias
En su lucha contra los dispensarios de marihuana medicinal, la DEA ha traÃdo su campaña de correspondencia de intimidación a caseros a San Francisco. Ahora, los dispensarios están tramitando una demanda en tribunal federal y el Comité de la Cámara sobre el Judiciario va a realizar audiencias sobre el asunto.
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Policial: Las historias de policÃas corruptos de esta semana
Un destacamento antidroga de Indiana enfrenta algunos interrogatorios por bienes incautados, la PolicÃa de Nueva York no logra encontrar algunas pruebas en casos de delitos de drogas, un laboratorio de pericia criminal tejano se pone ganancioso, asà como un policÃa de Indiana.
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Law Enforcement: Chicago's Courts Are in Crisis, and the Drug War Is a Big Contributor, Report Finds
Chicago's 26th Street Criminal Court Building handles more than 28,000 felony cases a year, more than half of them drug cases. That's too much, says a new report, which offers some recommendations for reducing the burden.
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Law Enforcement: This Week's Corrupt Cops Stories
Busy, busy this week, with miscreants in blue popping up all over the place. A New York City drug squad is under scrutiny, while a New Mexico drug squad gets back to work, a Boston cop goes to prison, and cops from Florida, Ohio, and Minnesota get busted for their shenanigans, as do a pair of Texas jailers.
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Europe: Finland to Set Guidelines for Medical Marijuana Use
After one patient successfully challenged an agency's stance that Finnish law absolutely forbids it, the Finnish government is moving to craft guidelines to allow for medical marijuana use.
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Drug War Chronicle Book Review: "Snitch: Informants, Cooperators, and the Corruption of Justice," by Ethan Brown (2007, Public Affairs Press, 273 pp., $25.95 HB)
Author Ethan Brown examines the rhyme and reason of the controversial "stop snitching" movement, and the abuses in drug law and enforcement that caused it to come to be.
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Grow-ops Growing Bigger
RCMP crime analyst,Parvin Girn did a master's thesis on marijuana grow ops.She says the average grow-op is now located in a house on a large lot,hidden behind bushes and growing more dope than ever.This is due to the recent crack down by authorities,she reports.She does give a mention to the collusion of the power company but only as a side bar.The average grow,sits on a 18,113 foot lot.She claims police have a harder time getting warrants due to having to remain off site to do observations.Any-one that buys that ,I have a bridge in Brooklyn you can buy,cheap.The average grow op has expanded to 488 plants from 277 with 178% more lights.Shipments have gone from 50 lbs to 500.Grows use more than 93 kws.
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Canada: The Drug Business is Booming, Says Mounties Report
The Royal Canadian Mounted Police (RCMP) has released its latest annual report on drugs and drug trafficking in Canada. It's sobering reading for anyone who thinks countries can enforce their way out of a drug problem.
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Mexico: Marijuana Decriminalization Bill Introduced
An opposition deputy has introduced a bill that would "decriminalize" marijuana possession in Mexico. Instead of jail time, users would face "informative or educational" sanctions.
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Death Penalty: Malaysia to Execute Man for Marijuana, China to Execute Man for Meth
Even as the UN General Assembly condemned the death penalty this week, China condemned one man to death for methamphetamine trafficking and Malaysia condemned another to death for having less than two pounds of marijuana.
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Federal Budget: Drug Czar's Ad Campaign Takes a Hit, DC Can Do Needle Exchange, But More Funding for Law Enforcement
The 2008 federal budget is a done deal now. The drug czar's youth anti-drug media campaign takes a well-deserved hit and DC wins the right to spend its own money on needle exchanges. But the drug war juggernaut just keeps rolling on along as law enforcement wins big bucks.
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Sentencing: New Jersey Moves to Shrink "Drug-Free Zones," Cops Protest
New Jersey's governor, all 21 county prosecutors, and the state sentencing commission all want to reform the state's "drug-free zone" law, but some New Jersey cops like things just the way they are.
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Drug Treatment: Federal Budget Provides Same Funding or Small Increases for Treatment, Prevention Programs, But Reduces Safe and Drug-Free Grants Program
As part of its massive omnibus appropriations bill passed this week, Congress has, for the most part, funded treatment and prevention programs at or slightly above previous levels.
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Weekly: This Week in History
Events and quotes of note from this week's drug policy events of years past.