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Law Enforcement: This Week's Corrupt Cops Stories
by psmith, December 06, 2006, 05:40pm, (Issue #464)Pentagon Resists Pleas for Help in Afghan Opium Fight
from Los Angles Times, December 05, 2006Readers, Thanks for Your Help. Keep Those Corrupt Cop Story Tips Coming!
by psmith, December 04, 2006, 09:46pmWhat Will a Democratic Congress Mean for Drug Reform?
by psmith, December 04, 2006, 09:37pmSupreme Court Lets Stand 55-Year Term
from Associated Press, December 04, 2006Police Caught in Cross Hairs of Tijuana Violence
from San Diego Union-Tribune, December 04, 2006Offbeat: Make It Legal
from Sandusky Register, December 04, 2006Misguided Drug War Claims Another Victim
from Atlanta Journal-Constitution, December 02, 2006The House of Death: When 12 bodies were found buried in the garden of a Mexican house, it seemed like a case of drug-linked killings. But the trail led to Washington and a cover-up that went right to the top.
from The Observer [UK], December 02, 2006Supreme Court to Hear "Bong Hits 4 Jesus" Case
from Chicago Tribune, December 02, 2006Readers, I need your help! Where are the corrupt cops?
by psmith, December 01, 2006, 03:40pmTown Hall Meeting on APD Shooting
from WXIA-TV Atlanta, December 01, 2006Drug Raids: Cops Looking Worse and Worse as Facts Emerge in Deadly Atlanta Case
by psmith, December 01, 2006, 01:34am, (Issue #463)Marijuana: Lowest Priority Initiatives Coming to Maine
by psmith, November 30, 2006, 11:04pm, (Issue #463)Legalization: Vermont States Attorney Calls for Decriminalization of All Drugs
by psmith, November 30, 2006, 10:36pm, (Issue #463)Feature: World Bank-UN Report Offers Grim Assessment of Afghanistan Opium Battle, Says Winning Will Take Decades, Not Years
by psmith, November 30, 2006, 10:09pm, (Issue #463)Feature: Medical Marijuana Gets a Hearing in Michigan
by psmith, November 30, 2006, 09:04pm, (Issue #463)Sentencing: Correctional Supervision At All-Time High With Over Seven Million People Tied to the System
by psmith, November 30, 2006, 05:51pm, (Issue #463)Marijuana: Michigan Legalization Initiative Gets State Okay to Gather Signatures for 2008
by psmith, November 30, 2006, 02:25pm, (Issue #463)Southeast Asia: New Thai Government to Begin Investigating 2,500 Murders Committed During Thaksin's Drug War
by psmith, November 30, 2006, 02:22pm, (Issue #463)Southeast Asia: Myanmar Military Turns Blind Eye to Allied Ethnic Militias' Opium Trade
by psmith, November 30, 2006, 02:18pm, (Issue #463)Medical Marijuana: California Supreme Court Rules Patients Can Transport It
by psmith, November 30, 2006, 02:13pm, (Issue #463)Search and Seizure: US Supreme Court Lets State Rulings Barring Drug Dog House Searches and Restricting Traffic Stop Drug Searches Stand
by psmith, November 30, 2006, 02:10pm, (Issue #463)Survey: Meth Use Climbs on East Coast
from Associated Press, November 30, 2006Prescription Heroin Brings Ethical Dilemma
from Inter Press Service News Agency, November 30, 2006Surge in Violence Shocks Even Weary Mexico; Drug Killing Nearly Doubled in Past Year
from Washington Post, November 29, 2006Marijuana Bill Snuffed Out
from Lansing State Journal, November 29, 2006Anger Spills Over in Atlanta At Killing of Aged Woman
from New York Times, November 29, 2006Latest on Atlanta Police Killing of Elderly Woman in Drug Raid
by psmith, November 28, 2006, 01:58amArmy Protecting Opium Trade in Myanmar
from Asia News, November 27, 2006Jesus Blancornelas, 70; wrote exposes on Tijuana drug cartels
from Los Angeles Times, November 25, 2006Drug Raids: Atlanta Police Kill Woman, 92, Who Shot Invading Officers
by psmith, November 24, 2006, 12:21pm, (Issue #462)Marijuana: San Francisco Supervisors Approve Lowest Law Enforcement Priority Policy
by psmith, November 24, 2006, 11:41am, (Issue #462)Canada: BC Business-Academic Panel Tells Government to Consider Legalizing Drugs
by psmith, November 23, 2006, 09:14pm, (Issue #462)Europe: Give Addicts Prescription Heroin, Says British Police Commander
by psmith, November 23, 2006, 04:29pm, (Issue #462)Feature: Students Lobby and Learn in DC as SSDP Comes to Town
by psmith, November 23, 2006, 03:17pm, (Issue #462)Merced Pot Grower Convicted; Jury Takes Just Two Hours to Return Verdict; Medical Marijuana Defense Fails
from Fresno Bee, November 23, 2006Along the Northern Mexican Border, Fear Rules
from , November 23, 2006Questions Surround Fatal Shooting of Woman, 92; Police Say They Had Made Drug Buy at Home
from Atlanta Journal-Constitution, November 22, 2006Europe: British Drug Expert Calls for Downgrade on LSD, Ecstasy
by psmith, November 22, 2006, 05:34pm, (Issue #462)Harm Reduction: Yet Another Study Finds Vancouver's Safe Injection Site Benefits Users Without Harming Community
by psmith, November 22, 2006, 04:40pm, (Issue #462)Europe: Italian Government Loosens Marijuana Possession Limits
by psmith, November 22, 2006, 03:31pm, (Issue #462)Sentencing: Veteran Houston Judge Calls for Shorter Sentences for Drug Possession
by psmith, November 22, 2006, 03:27pm, (Issue #462)Law Enforcement: This Week's Corrupt Cops Stories
by psmith, November 22, 2006, 03:23pm, (Issue #462)Racial Profiling: It Never Went Away on the New Jersey Turnpike
by psmith, November 22, 2006, 03:21pm, (Issue #462)Police Kill Woman, 92, in Shootout [Atlanta Drug Raid Gone Bad]
from Associated Press, November 22, 2006Italian Lawmaker Claims He Planted Marijuana in Parliament
from Reuters, November 22, 2006Police Chief Says Give Heroin to Addicts
from ITV News, November 22, 2006Injection Site Hasn't Led to Crime, Study Finds
from Toronto Globe & Mail, November 21, 2006Police Chiefs to Debate Drug Fight [UK]
from Press Association (UK), November 21, 2006Judge Calls for Easing of Drug Penalty; Citing Felony Docket Loads, He Asks Perry to Cut Sentences for Minor Possession
from Houston Chronicle, November 21, 2006Is It Time for Direct Action to Shut Down DEA Headquarters?
by psmith, November 21, 2006, 01:51pmUK is Europe's Worst Offender for Cocaine Use
from Press Association (UK), November 20, 2006SSDP Conference Invigorates and Educates Students and Non-Students Alike
by psmith, November 19, 2006, 11:58amPot Seizures Foretell Bumper Crop [in Mexico]
from Associated Press, November 19, 2006Judge Rejects San Diego Challenge to Medical Marijuana Law
from Associated Press, November 17, 2006Heading to DC for SSDP!
by psmith, November 15, 2006, 09:14pmI'm sick and tired of begging my fellow citizens to not throw me in jail...
by psmith, November 10, 2006, 02:22pmElection 2006: Arizona Voters Take a Step Backwards on Sentencing Reform
by psmith, November 10, 2006, 12:46am, (Issue #461)Election 2006: Drug Reformers in Third Party Statewide Bids Poll Single Digits, But One Wins a State House Seat in Washington
by psmith, November 10, 2006, 12:10am, (Issue #461)Election 2006: Massachusetts Voters in Four More Districts Continue the Clamor for Marijuana Law Reform
by psmith, November 09, 2006, 10:11pm, (Issue #461)Law Enforcement: This Week's Corrupt Cops Stories
by psmith, November 09, 2006, 10:07pm, (Issue #461)Election 2006: Local Marijuana Initiatives Win Across the Board
by psmith, November 09, 2006, 06:20pm, (Issue #461)Election 2006: Initiatives Defeated in Colorado and Nevada, But Hundreds of Thousands Voted to Legalize Marijuana
by psmith, November 09, 2006, 04:59pm, (Issue #461)Dwight Gooden is Released From Prison After Seven Months
from Bloomberg News, November 09, 2006Election 2006: South Dakota Medical Marijuana Initiative Backers Vow to Try Again After Narrow Defeat
by psmith, November 09, 2006, 02:10pm, (Issue #461)[Mexican] Marijuana Harvest Yields Bumper Crop
from KVOA-TV Tucson, November 09, 2006Sentencing: US Supreme Court to Try to Clean Up Post-Booker Ruling Issues
by psmith, November 08, 2006, 02:26am, (Issue #461)Looking Bad for the Statewide Marijuana Initiatives
by psmith, November 08, 2006, 02:20amSentencing: Public Hearings on Illinois SMART Act Pack 'Em In
by psmith, November 07, 2006, 04:29pm, (Issue #461)Medical Marijuana: First New Federal Prosecution in Three Years Underway in California
by psmith, November 07, 2006, 04:24pm, (Issue #461)Let's Not Forget Massachusetts
by psmith, November 06, 2006, 02:22pmMore Take the Rehab Way Out; [Enron's] Fastow is the Latest Corporate Convict to Seek Counseling to Cut Time Off Sentence
from Houston Chronicle, November 06, 2006Tories Blocked Needle Sites Despite Internal Poll Results; 56% of Canadians in Favor of More Injection Facilities
from Ottawa Citizen, November 06, 2006Cloudy Future For Marijuana As Medicine
from Associated Press, November 06, 2006Kelo TV Poll: Medical Marijuana [South Dakota, Losing 35% to 60%]
from KELO TV Sioux Falls, November 05, 2006Gathering Will Mark 10 Years of Medical Marijuana Use
from Los Angeles Times, November 04, 2006Federal Official Criticizes Medical Marijuana Issue
from Associated Press, November 04, 2006Afghan Farmers Likely to Match Harvest [Record 2007 Crop Predicted]
from Associated Press, November 03, 2006Higher Education: Federal Court Dismisses Challenge to HEA Drug Provision
by psmith, November 02, 2006, 10:23pm, (Issue #460)Feature: Colorado and Nevada to Vote on Marijuana Legalization Measures Tuesday
by psmith, November 02, 2006, 07:17pm, (Issue #460)Feature: Alabama Drug Reformer Loretta Nall Accidentally Becomes the "Cleavage" Candidate
by psmith, November 02, 2006, 05:32pm, (Issue #460)Drug Reform and Drug Reformers in the 2006 Elections -- The List
by psmith, November 02, 2006, 03:52pm, (Issue #460)93% of Canadians Okay With Medicinal Pot
from CanWest News Service, November 02, 2006Medical Marijuana: Patients Challenge DEA Head at San Diego Conference, Seven Arrested
by psmith, November 02, 2006, 02:38am, (Issue #460)South Pacific: Sympathy for Marijuana Growers in Vanuatu
by psmith, November 02, 2006, 02:02am, (Issue #460)Marijuana: Massachusetts Gubernatorial Candidate Favors Legalization, Just Not During His Term
by psmith, November 02, 2006, 01:58am, (Issue #460)Middle East: After Lebanon War, Israeli Cannabis Prices Spike
by psmith, November 02, 2006, 01:52am, (Issue #460)Coming Down to the Wire in Nevada and Colorado
by psmith, November 01, 2006, 05:44pmUnproven Meth, Cocaine "Remedy" Hits Market; Reseachers Debate Quick Fix: Is It Good Medicine or Just Marketing?
from MSNBC, November 01, 2006[South Dakota] Bill Pits Attorney General Against Medical Marijuana Proponents
from Rapid City Journal, November 01, 2006Medical Marijuana Advocates Arrested
from Fox News 6 San Diego, November 01, 2006Africa: As Marijuana Growing Expands, Swaziland Begins to Ponder Hemp
by psmith, November 01, 2006, 03:34am, (Issue #460)Law Enforcement: This Week's Corrupt Cops Stories
by psmith, November 01, 2006, 03:27am, (Issue #460)Prescription Painkillers Becoming More Popular Than Marijuana, SAMHSA Says
from Join Together Online, October 31, 2006California Seizes Record Number of Pot Plants
from Associated Press, October 31, 2006Russia Raises Afghanistan Drugs Issue With EU
from Novosti News Agency, October 31, 2006The Cartels Are Coming, the Cartels Are Coming! (Or A New Meme Emerges)
by psmith, October 30, 2006, 02:44pmPot Proponents Shout Down Governor
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