Reed College in Portland, Oregon, has a decades-old reputation for rigorous academics and counterculture values. Now, after two Reed students died of heroin overdoses in two years, state and federal prosecutors are lowering the boom, starting with this weekends' annual end of school-year party.

San Francisco has become only the second city in America to host a drug user union, after New York City. But the movement is spreading internationally.

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MS sufferer John Wilson walked out of a New Jersey prison Thursday, free on appeal for growing 17 plants last summer. A month after he was sentenced in December, New Jersey became the 14th medical marijuana state. Now, there is a renewed effort to win a pardon for him.

No letup in Mexico's prohibition-related violence this week, with another 208 killings to add to the toll.

If you want to reduce "drug-related" violence, sending in more cops and cracking down harder is exactly the wrong thing to do, a review of 20 years worth of studies has concluded.

For five years, Dr. Stephen Schneider and his wife, Linda, operated a pain management clinic in Haysville, Kansas. Now, they are on trial as drug dealers in a federal prosecution that revisits the ongoing conflict between the imperatives of pain treatment and those of drug law enforcement.

A New York cop heads to prison for dealing dope and groping women, a pair of Texas cops land in hot water, and California seems to have something of a problem with its drug lab techs.

Medical marijuana in Tennessee?!?! Well, not this year, but a plan to form a study group for next year is gaining ground.

If you're in Florida and you're a fan of pipes or bongs, it's time to stock up. They're going to be hard to find for sale in the Sunshine State in the near future. Marijuana use is expected to decrease as a result (just kidding).

The leader of Britain's largest nurses' union has called for prescribing heroin to addicts through the National Health Service. His union debated the issue this week, but made no decision.

Events and quotes of note from this week's drug policy events of years past.

"A New Marijuana Legalization Campaign," "Florida Cops Repeatedly Arrest Quadriplegic for Medical Marijuana," "If You Kids Don't Quit Partying, We'll Prosecute Your College," "Banning Pot Didn't Work, So Let's Try Banning Bongs," "DC's Medical Marijuana Law Needs Your Support Now," "Will Medical Marijuana Lead to Full Legalization?," "How to Build a Movement," "Will DEA Help States Implement Medical Marijuana Laws?"

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