Medical Marijuana: Five Arrested, 13 Dispensaries Raided by DEA in San Diego
Just a week after the US House of Representatives voted to continue funding Justice Department raids on medical marijuana patients and providers in states where it is legal, the feds struck again. Five people have been arrested in a series of DEA and local police raids Thursday hitting 13 medical marijuana dispensaries in San Diego County. Some people are being charged under state marijuana distribution laws in the cooperative federal-local effort. More arrests are expected, local law enforcement officials said.
Lynn Zimmer Dies at 59
Professor Lynn Zimmer, a sociologist at Queens College in New York, was widely regarded among both drug policy scholars and activists as the most original thinker on drug issues in the United States. She died at her home this past Sunday. Please visit the Drug Policy Alliance's blog at http://blog.drugpolicy.org/2006/07/in-memoriam-lynn-zimmer-1947-2006.html to post your respects and memories.
Presbyterian Church Joins Other Major Denominations in Support of Medical Marijuana
The General Assembly of the Presbyterian Church, USA (PCUSA) voted recently to support access to medical marijuana for people who have a doctor's recommendation.
Two More Mexican Beheadings
Authorities found two more human heads in Acapulco, accompanied with threatening messages linked to a turf war in the drug trade.