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marijuana fields just before they are burned (image via wikimedia.org)

Lebanese Police Destroying Marijuana Fields Attacked

The Lebanese police's annual marijuana eradication campaign in the Bekaa Valley got off with a bang Monday, as police were attacked at least twice.
lime powder container (used traditionally in coca chewing), 1st-7th-century, Colombia (Quimbaya), Metropolitan Museum of Art, NY
lime powder container (used traditionally in coca chewing), 1st-7th-century, Colombia (Quimbaya), Metropolitan Museum of Art, NY

Bolivia to Quit United Nations Drug Convention Over Coca

We may be about to see the first defection from the legal backbone of global drug prohibition, the 1961 UN Convention on Single Drugs. Bolivia is ready to dump it, at least temporarily, over its classification of coca as an illicit drug.
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Defenders of the War on Marijuana Don't Have a Clue Who They're Hurting

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The debate over New York City's out-of-control marijuana arrest crusade is getting heated, which is exactly what needs to happen. Forced at last to defend this grand travesty before an angry public, the mayor's office is now trying to convince everyone that this epidemic of constitutional violations and racial profiling is somehow good for the community:

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This Week in History

Events and quotes of note from this week's drug policy events of years past.
The profits of prohibition fuel the violence in Mexico. (Image via Wikimedia.org)
The profits of prohibition fuel the violence in Mexico. (Image via Wikimedia.org)

Mexico Drug War Update

Last Wednesday was a bloody day in Nuevo Leon, and last weekend was a bloody one in Michoacan. And those are just the high-lights.
There will be no drug testing of residents at Lake Parc Place or any other CHA properties. (Image courtesy CHA)
There will be no drug testing of residents at Lake Parc Place or any other CHA properties. (Image courtesy CHA)

CHA Drops Plan to Drug Test Public Housing Residents

The Chicago Housing Authority's proposal to require suspicionless drug tests for public housing residents excited lots of opposition. Now it's dead.
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This Week's Corrupt Cops Stories

It never ends, does it? Another week, another set of crooked cops. At least this week, the jail and prison guards managed to stay out of the news.
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