Drug War Chronicle #654 - October 21, 2010

Phillip S. Smith, Editor - David Borden, Executive Director
Pro-Measure 13 Demonstration, Rapid City (courtesy South Dakota Coalition for Compassion)
Pro-Measure 13 Demonstration, Rapid City (courtesy South Dakota Coalition for Compassion)

Will South Dakota Voters Pass Medical Marijuana? [FEATURE]

South Dakota will vote on a medical marijuana initiative on election day. It came within four points in 2006. Maybe this time, the state can wipe away the stigma of being the only one to defeat medical marijuana at the ballot box.
Election Day not far away
Election Day not far away

SurveyUSA: Prop 19 Ahead 48% to 44%

The battle of the Proposition 19 polls continues, with a new SurveyUSA poll showing it with a four point lead, but still under 50%. Now, every vote is going to count.
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Fox News Poll: Prop 19 Marijuana Initiative in Dead Heat

The Prop 19 campaign is going down to the wire. A new Fox News poll has it losing by one point, but that's well within the statistical margin of error. It still leads by nearly four points in the average of all polls.
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Mexico Drug War Update

Mexican police seized 134 tons of marijuana Tuesday. They were still burning it as we went to press. Meanwhile, the violence south of the border continues unabated.
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evidence room

This Week's Corrupt Cops Stories

Crookedness in the Wayne County, Michigan, court system; endemic corruption in Camden; a tweaker cop in Iowa; and another pair of jail guards go bad.
lioness statue, National Law Enforcement Officers Memorial (courtesy wikipedia.org)
lioness statue, National Law Enforcement Officers Memorial (courtesy wikipedia.org)

Drug Policing Not a Very Dangerous Job, Stats Again Show

Some 48 law enforcement officers were murdered doing their job last year, according to the FBI. None of them died enforcing drug laws, despite how scary police like to make the drug war sound.

Justice Dept. to Enforce Marijuana Laws Regardless of Prop 19 Vote

US Attorney General Eric Holder has, unsurprisingly, come out against California's Prop 19 marijuana legalization initiative. He said in a Wednesday letter to former DEA chief and at a press conference Friday in Los Angeles that the feds will continue to enforce federal pot laws no matter the election results.
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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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