Earl Blumenauer at Brookings marijuana legalization forum, April 2013
Congressman Predicts Current Congress Will Legalize Hemp
[image:1 align:right caption:true]I attended a forum on marijuana legalization at The Brookings Insti
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This Week's Corrupt Cops Stories
There's something rotten in the Salt Lake Valley and maybe in Middle Tennessee, too. Meanwhile, an Arkansas cop heads to prison for protecting dope loads and a Mississippi narc gets nailed for his pill habit.
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Illinois House of Representatives Passes Medical Marijuana Bill
[image:1 align:right caption:true]Word just came out that the Illinois House has passed medical marijuana legislation, after several tries. Now it has to go to the Senate.
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Kansas Governor Signs Public Benefits Drug Test Bill
A "reasonable suspicion" public benefits drug testing bill has been signed into law in Kansas.
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Medical Marijuana Update
More DEA raids in Los Angeles, federal prison bureaucrats ignore a Michigan medical marijuana prisoner's medical needs, and there is lots of action in state legislatures.
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Professor Lyle Craker (maps.org)
Federal Appeals Court Rejects Researcher's Bid to Grow Medical Marijuana
A federal appeals court has upheld the DEA's decision to not allow UMass-Amherst Professor Lyle Craker to grow marijuana for medicinal research purposes, capping a 12-year odyssey.
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Are We Really "Going Dark"? -- The DEA and Apple's iMessage [FEATURE]
A recently leadked DEA memo suggested that the feds couldn't crack the encryption on Apples's iMessage communications system. There's both more and less to it than meets the eye.
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Vermont House Passes Marijuana Decriminalization
The Vermont House has approved marijuana decriminalization. It still has to get through the state Senate.
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Gavin Newsom
CA Lt. Gov. Newsom Calls for Legalizing Marijuana
In what could be the opening shot in the 2014 California gubernatorial race, Lt. Gov. Gavin Newsom came out strong for marijuana legalization and against the war on drugs Saturday.
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Dana Rohrabacher
House Members File Bipartisan "Respect States' Marijuana Laws Act" [FEATURE]
A bipartisan group of House members have introduced a bill that would exempt states that have passed medical marijuana or marijuana legalization law from federal marijuana law enforcement.
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Public Benefits Drug Test Bills Move in Three States
Bills that aim to impose drug testing on people seeking public benefits are moving in Arkansas, North Carolina, and Texas.
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Obama's 2014 drug budget came out Wednesday. (whitehouse.gov)
Modest Changes in Obama's FY 2014 Drug Budget
The White House released the FY 2014 drug budget Wednesday. Its "21st Century drug policy" still has some 20th Century priorities.
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Medical Marijuana Update
Rhode Island is set to see its first dispensary open next, Mendocino County faces down the feds, and more news from around the country.
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Alabama, Pennsylvania See Marijuana Legalization Bills
With Alabama and Pennsylvania officially coming on board, there are now eight states that have seen marijuana legalization bills introduced this year.
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This Week's Corrupt Cops Stories
Some Utah narcs are having a spotlight shone on them, an NYPD cop goes down for robbing drug dealers, and a Florida deputy gets caught buying pain pills and stealing them from his aunt.
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Celebrities Urge Obama Forward on Drug, Sentencing Reform [FEATURE]
A slew of celebrities, including some not-so-usual suspects (the Kardashians!?), as well as faith, academic, and media figures, have signed on to a letter to President Obama urging him to press forward on drug and sentencing reform.
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Emily Josephine Krumrei (Smith County SO)
Police Kill Texas Woman Fleeing Drug Warrants
A young Texas woman with drug warrants is dead after fleeing a traffic stop. Did she hit a cop before he shot her or vice versa?
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Maryland Solons Approve Medical Marijuana Bill
Medical marijuana legislation has cleared the Maryland legislature, and the governor has said he will sign it, but it's unclear just when and where patients will be able to obtain their medicine.
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Marijuana Legalization Bill Moving in Oregon
Marijuana legalization bills have been introduced in eight states this year. One is actually moving in Oregon.