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Events and quotes of note from this week's drug policy events of years past.
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All the drug busts in Mexico don't seem to make a difference. (image via Wikimedia)
All the drug busts in Mexico don't seem to make a difference. (image via Wikimedia)

Mexico Drug War Update

CIA agents and US mercenaries stationed at a military base in northern Mexico are helping fight the drug cartels. And the killing continues...
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The lure of drug prohibition's filthy lucre proves corrosive to honest law enforcement. (image via Wikimedia)
The lure of drug prohibition's filthy lucre proves corrosive to honest law enforcement. (image via Wikimedia)

This Week's Corrupt Cops Stories

One crooked sheriff gets indicted, while another cops a plea. Meanwhile, the border generates another three cases of corruption or thuggery.
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Support for marijuana legalization is reaching the tipping point. (image via Wikimedia)
Support for marijuana legalization is reaching the tipping point. (image via Wikimedia)

Poll Finds Majority Support Marijuana Legalization

For the third year in a row, Angus Reid polling shows majority support for marijuana legalization. That is more optimistic than other national polls, but only slightly more optimistic.
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Houston Deputies Kill Man Fleeing Drug Warrants

A Houston man attempting to evade arrest on drug and other charges was shot and killed by Harris County deputies after he did -- or did not -- hit one of them with his vehicle while trying to flee. That's US drug war death #33 for the year.
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British Lib Dems to Call for Drug Decriminalization

Britain's Liberal Democrats, junior partners in a governing coalition with the Conservatives, are set to call for drug decriminalization, a regulated marijuana market, and heroin maintenance.
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Could this man be the Rosa Parks of the marijuana legalization movement? (Image: Dana Walker)
Could this man be the Rosa Parks of the marijuana legalization movement? (Image: Dana Walker)

WA Man Refuses Marijuana Fines, Chooses Jail

Marijuana civil disobedience came to a Washington state courthouse last week. That's an idea that needs to spread!
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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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All the drug busts in Mexico don't seem to make a difference. (image via Wikimedia)
All the drug busts in Mexico don't seem to make a difference. (image via Wikimedia)

Mexico Drug War Update

You know things are messed up when the federal police are shooting at the head of the Ciudad Juarez police. Oh, and 216 more people were killed there in the drug wars last month.
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If the legislature won't make medical marijuana happen, the voters might do it for them. (image via Wikimedia)
If the legislature won't make medical marijuana happen, the voters might do it for them. (image via Wikimedia)

Massachusetts Medical Marijuana Initiative Filed

Massachusetts activists have taken the first formal step toward putting a medical marijuana initiative before the voters next year.
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This Week's Corrupt Cops Stories

Cops cutting corners to make arrests, a cop caught providing protection for a load of cocaine, and a police force fired for its misbehavior make this week's rogues' gallery.
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