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July 8, 2012
07/08/2012
Drug War Snapshot: Nueces County, Texas

Drug War Snapshot: Nueces County, Texas

06:00pm, (Issue #742) Nueces County, Texas (pop. 340,000), sits on the Gulf Coast halfway between Houston and the Mexican border, astride drug trafficking corridors headed from...
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July 8, 2012
07/08/2012
Drug War Snapshot: Volusia County, Florida

Drug War Snapshot: Volusia County, Florida

04:51pm, (Issue #742) Volusia County, Florida, situated midway up the state’s Atlantic Coast, has just under half a million people, and if its July 6 county...
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July 6, 2012
07/06/2012
This Week’s Corrupt Cops Stories

This Week’s Corrupt Cops Stories

02:57pm A crooked narc scandal in Florida just keeps on giving, a sticky-fingered Kansas City cop goes to jail, a former Arizona cop is in trouble...
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July 5, 2012
07/05/2012
Medical Marijuana Update

Medical Marijuana Update

07:38pm California continues to have conniptions over medical marijuana, a scientific review finds marijuana’s Schedule I status “untenable,” and much, much more: National On Monday, the Open...
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July 3, 2012
07/03/2012
Video: Excessive Force Used On Long Beach Marijuana Dispensary Employee During Raid

Video: Excessive Force Used On Long Beach Marijuana Dispensary Employee During Raid

Check out this LA Weekly article on the bullshit June 19th raid by police on the THC Downtown Collective, aka The Happyending Collective (video below). This is a...
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July 2, 2012
07/02/2012
Five More US Drug War Deaths

Five More US Drug War Deaths

04:53pm At least five people have been killed in the drug war on America’s streets in the past few weeks. They become the 30th through the 34th...
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July 2, 2012
07/02/2012
Nevada Drug Dog Troopers Allege Official Misconduct

Nevada Drug Dog Troopers Allege Official Misconduct

05:58pm A group of Nevada Highway Patrol troopers and a retired police sergeant have filed a lawsuit against the Patrol and the Las Vegas Metro Police...
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June 29, 2012
06/29/2012
Colombia High Court Okays Drug Decriminalization

Colombia High Court Okays Drug Decriminalization

04:09pm Colombia’s Constitutional Court has approved the government’s proposal to decriminalize the possession of small amounts of drugs for personal use. The opinion (scroll down to item three,...
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June 27, 2012
06/27/2012
Medical Marijuana Update

Medical Marijuana Update

06:35pm The feds continue to play hardball in California and local elected officials across the state are grappling with the issues. Meanwhile, Vermont moves ahead on...
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June 26, 2012
06/26/2012
Video: Chris Hayes, Ross Douthat, and Michael Ian Black Discuss Politics of Marijuana

Video: Chris Hayes, Ross Douthat, and Michael Ian Black Discuss Politics of Marijuana

Up host Chris Hayes and his guests, including New York Times columnist Ross Douthat and comedian Michael Ian Black, discuss the surprising politics of the debate over...
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June 25, 2012
06/25/2012
Decriminalization Advances in Chicago

Decriminalization Advances in Chicago

05:01pm After hours of querulous questioning, the Chicago City Council’s Public Safety Committee voted 13-1 to send Mayor Rahm Emanuel’s marijuana decriminalization to the full council for...
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June 21, 2012
06/21/2012
NH Governor Vetoes Medical Marijuana Bill

NH Governor Vetoes Medical Marijuana Bill

04:53pm New Hampshire Gov. John Lynch (D) Thursday made good on his threat to veto a medical marijuana bill, Senate Bill 409, approved by the legislature. Lynch...
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June 19, 2012
06/19/2012
How to Score Political Points by Stopping Marijuana Arrests

How to Score Political Points by Stopping Marijuana Arrests

08:01pm Chicago Mayor Rahm Emanuel shows how you can please almost every political constituency by not arresting people for marijuana possession.   In giving his blessing...
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