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Chronicle Book Review: Race to Incarcerate: A Graphic Retelling
Marc Mauer is back with a new edition of the grounbreaking "Race to Incarcerate," this time with an updated graphic novel version designed to take his important message to a younger and broader audience.
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Medical Marijuana Update
A federal medical marijuana banking bill was introduced, an Oregon bill that would allow and regulate dispensaries heads to the governor's desk, Berkeley and Oakland fight the feds.
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Chronicle Book Review: Cannabis Nation and Marijuanamerica
We review two books on marijuana -- an academic treatise on marijuana policy in England, and a not-so-academic account of hanging out with pot outlaws in the California hills. Both have their virtues.
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Marijuana Decriminalization Bill Filed in DC
Is decriminalization coming to the nation's capital? A bill to do that was introduced Wednesday, and there is strong public support for it.
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Louisiana Drug Lifer Struggles For Freedom... Someday [FEATURE]
Louisiana has sentenced hundreds of people to life without parole as habitual offenders, even if the triggering offense was a minor drug offense. Jody Butler is one of them. He'd like to go home someday.
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This Week's Corrupt Cops Stories
More trouble for Philly and its rogue narcs, an Alabama jail guard goes down, so does a Mississippi narc, and a Calfornia narc cops a plea to stealing dope for resale.
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Ignoring Drug Advisors, Britain Bans Khat
Britain is about to become the latest European country (as well as Canada and the US) to ban khat, criminalizing the mild stimulant used by tens of thousands of African emigrants there. And it is ignoring its own drug advisors to do so.
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Oklahoma Welfare Drug Screening Finds Few Dopers
Oklahoma's welfare drug testing program has come a cropper in terms of saving money for the state, with only 2.2% of applicants being denied for failing drug tests or refusing to take them.
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Pennsylvania NAACP Says Legalize Marijuana
The Pennsylvania NAACP stepped up its support for a marijuana legalization bill with a 4th of July press conference calling for its passage.
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Massachusetts SWAT Team Kills Armed Man in Drug Raid
In the fifth drug war killing in the past two weeks, members of a Massachusetts SWAT team shot and killed an apartment dweller after he allegedly confronted them with a weapon during a pre-dawn drug raid.
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Author-Signed Copies of Three New Books for Our Members!
We are excited to announce that authors of three important new works have each agreed to sign at least 25 copies for our newest membership offer, which comes at a time when the organization needs your support.
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Medical Marijuana Update
At least the DEA didn't raid anybody this week, but some Michigan cops did. That and more in this week's update.
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Oregon Bills Easing Marijuana Penalties Become Law
Two bills reducing penalties for marijuana offenses have been signed into law in Oregon. They take effect immediately.
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Colorado Releases Temporary Marijuana Sales Rules
State revenuers in Colorado have released temporary rules for governing the state's looming legal marijuana commerce, but at this point, they are only a sketch of what is to come.
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This Week's Corrupt Cops Stories
Thuggery in Philly, protecting drug shipments in Houston and Detroit, sticky fingers in Los Angeles, and that's not all.
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Chronicle Book Review: High Price
Dr. Carl Hart went from the mean streets of Miami to the halls of academe. His new book, High Price, tells his story -- and delivers a blistering critique of drug policy, drug science and how it's understood, and race and class bias along the way. It's a gripping read, too.
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Malaysia Minister Talks Drug Decriminalization
A Malaysian government minister has said the Southeast Asian nation is shifting toward decriminalizing drug use, but her remarks suggest drug users could just trade jail cells for treatment beds.
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