Drug War Chronicle #680 - April 21, 2011
The battle is joined over dispensaries in Washington, and the clock is ticking. (Image via Wikimedia.org
Fed Threat Puts Washington Medical Marijuana Dispensary Bill in Doubt
Federal prosecutors threw a stink bomb in the room just as the Washington legislature was finalizing a medical marijuana dispensary bill. Now, the bill's future is in doubt.
Marc Emery leading a rally in Calgary during happier times (image via wikimedia.org)
Marc Emery Denied Transfer to Canadian Prison
Canadian marijuana activist Marc Emery will not be allowed to do his time in Canada because of "the seriousness of the offense" and "law enforcement concerns."
Vermont could be the next medical marijuana dispensary state. (Image via Wikimedia.org)
Vermont Senate Passes Medical Marijuana Dispensary Bill
Vermont is another step closer to medical marijuana dispensaries after the state Senate approved a bill Friday. But there were trade-offs.
Welfare recipients are the latest targets of Florida politicos. (Image via Wikimedia.org)
Florida Welfare Drug Testing Bills Advance
Florida legislators want to make poor people take a drug test -- and pay for it -- before they can get public benefits.
Vancouver's Insite safe injection site on East Hastings Street (Image courtesy Vancouver Coastal Health)
Vancouver Safe Injection Site Saves Lives, Report Finds
A new study of Vancouver drug overdoses shows they have decreased dramatically in the Downtown Eastside since a safe injection site opened there.
Prohibition's filthy lucre is too much for some to resist (Image via Wikimedia)
This Week's Corrupt Cops Stories
Cops stealing drug money, jail guards smuggling dope, deputies helping traffickers... and narcs gone wild in Peoria. Just another week in the drug war.
The busts and arrests go on, but so does the violence. (Image via Wikimedia)
Mexico Drug War Update
Skinning people alive!? Just when you thought it couldn't get any more gruesome.
Samuel Birch reportedly did not want to go back to jail.
Ohio Man Killed, Officer Wounded in Drug Bust
A 24-year-old Toledo, Ohio, man is dead after firing on police who came to arrest him on drug charges.
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This Week in History
Events and quotes of note from this week's drug policy events of years past.
candlelight vigil, 2009 DPA conference, Albuquerque
Drug Policy Alliance 2011 Grants Program LOI Deadline
The annual Drug Policy Alliance is accepting Letters of Inquiry -- due by April 29 -- for its 2011/2012 Promoting Policy Change grants program.
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