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The Las Vegas Metro Police K-9 unit is part of the state and federal Interdiction Team (Image: LVMPD)
The Las Vegas Metro Police K-9 unit is part of the state and federal Interdiction Team (Image: LVMPD)

Two More Drug War Deaths

Two more drug war deaths this week, and these ones were bizarre.
Linn State Technical College
Linn State Technical College

ACLU Blocks Missouri College Drug Testing

A Missouri technical college's plan to force students to take suspicionless drug tests is on hold after the ACLU of Eastern Missouri filed suit and won a temporary restraining order.
uphill climb for reform this year
uphill climb for reform this year

Drug Policy Prospects on Capitol Hill This Year [FEATURE]

Between now and the seating of a new Congress after the 2012 elections, drug reform is going to be a tough slog on Capitol Hill. But that doesn't mean reformers are going away, or that there aren't battles to be fought and won.
Hawaii teachers won't have to provide these to keep their jobs. (image via Wikimedia)
Hawaii teachers won't have to provide these to keep their jobs. (image via Wikimedia)

Hawaii Teachers Defeat Random Drug Testing

The Hawaii teachers' union has finally, definitively fended off state demands that it accept random suspicionless drug testing of teachers.
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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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This Week's Corrupt Cops Stories

A dirty Chicago cop goes to prison, a crooked small-town New York officer faces the same fate, a Florida cop facing trial for peddling meth has gone on the lam, and four suburban Chicago cops are being sued.
Hemp field at sunrise. Will California farmers be able to enjoy its fruits? (votehemp.org)
Hemp field at sunrise. Will California farmers be able to enjoy its fruits? (votehemp.org)

California Hemp Bill Awaits Governor's Signature

A bill to allow a four-county, eight-year pilot project for industrial hemp production has passed the California legislature and awaits Gov. Jerry Brown's signature.