Category: Needless Victims

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Needless victims of our failed drug war

August 31, 2012
08/31/2012
Montana’s First Medical Marijuana Caregiver Dies in Prison

Montana’s First Medical Marijuana Caregiver Dies in Prison

03:15pm The first person to register as a caregiver under Montana’s now gutted medical marijuana program has died in federal prison. Richard Flor, 68, died at...
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August 23, 2012
08/23/2012
This Week’s Corrupt Cops Stories (2012.08.22)

This Week’s Corrupt Cops Stories (2012.08.22)

03:48pm It never stops, and there are so many varieties of law enforcement misdoing. Let’s get to it: In Wagner, South Dakota, the Wagner police chief resigned...
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August 21, 2012
08/21/2012
Drug Court for Marijuana: Good or Bad Idea?

Drug Court for Marijuana: Good or Bad Idea?

Reason’s Mike Riggs has a well written and must read article about the pitfalls of choosing Drug Court Marijuana. I have taken issue with Riggs’ work before...
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August 21, 2012
08/21/2012
Iowa City Man Killed in Undercover Drug Operation

Iowa City Man Killed in Undercover Drug Operation

012, 04:00pm Members of the Johnson County Drug Task Force conducting an undercover operation at a run-down trailer park just outside the Iowa City city limits shot...
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August 20, 2012
08/20/2012
New Orleans Cop Indicted in Drug Raid Killing

New Orleans Cop Indicted in Drug Raid Killing

012, 03:23pm In an unusual step, the New Orleans police officer who shot and killed an unarmed young man during a March drug raid aimed at small-time...
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August 17, 2012
08/17/2012
Three More Drug War Deaths

Three More Drug War Deaths

05:49pm Three more people have died in drug war-related incidents in recent days, including a Puerto Rican police officer. They are the 40th, 41st, and 42nd persons...
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August 15, 2012
08/15/2012
Marijuana Edibles Gets Nashville Officer Fired

Marijuana Edibles Gets Nashville Officer Fired

Edward Karl lost his job as a Nashville, TN police officer because he was caught in a “fake drug check point” with marijuana edibles while driving back...
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August 15, 2012
08/15/2012
Marijuana Runner Had No Phone GPS Privacy Right, Court Says

Marijuana Runner Had No Phone GPS Privacy Right, Court Says

Melvin Skinner, a man convicted in Texas of marijuana trafficking, had no reasonable expectation of privacy with the mobile phone he was using when apprehended, a U.S....
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August 14, 2012
08/14/2012
Redefining the English Language to Fight the Drug War

Redefining the English Language to Fight the Drug War

12:54am The tendency of the courts to trash our privacy rights in a pathetic attempt to prevent marijuana smoking is so routine that I seldom bother to...
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August 14, 2012
08/14/2012
Disabled Veteran Arrested for Rejecting Morphine Addiction

Disabled Veteran Arrested for Rejecting Morphine Addiction

Weedists: Meet Ken Unger “Weedists are the people who are out there fighting the good fight and these are their stories.” Kenneth Unger is a disabled Navy...
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August 13, 2012
08/13/2012
NYPD Shoot Dead Man in Times Square During Marijuana Bust

NYPD Shoot Dead Man in Times Square During Marijuana Bust

The NYPD fired 12 shots and killed Darrius Kennedy, a 51-year-old African-American man in the heart of Times Square surrounded by tourists on Saturday afternoon during a...
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August 13, 2012
08/13/2012
You’re Eight Times More Likely to be Killed by a Police Officer than a Terrorist

You’re Eight Times More Likely to be Killed by a Police Officer than a Terrorist

Jim Harper of the Cato Institute writes “You’re Eight Times More Likely to be Killed by a Police Officer than a Terrorist” which he theorizes is from the...
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August 13, 2012
08/13/2012
Denver City Council Hearing on Outdoor MMJ Ad Ban TONIGHT!

Denver City Council Hearing on Outdoor MMJ Ad Ban TONIGHT!

Tonight, Monday August 13, the Denver City Council is set to vote on CB 586, a state bill aimed at making it illegal for medical marijuana dispensaries...
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August 13, 2012
08/13/2012
Obama’s “Fast and Furious” Assault on Medical Marijuana

Obama’s “Fast and Furious” Assault on Medical Marijuana

Truthout shares an excerpt from Martin A. Lee’s book “Smoke Signals: A Social History of Marijuana – Medical, Recreational and Scientific” which alleges Eric Holder and the Obama...
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August 10, 2012
08/10/2012
Online Cartoon Casts Critical Light on Obama’s Failed Medical Marijuana Policies

Online Cartoon Casts Critical Light on Obama’s Failed Medical Marijuana Policies

No matter the media medium, the tragic story of the federal government’s war against a beloved plant and the people who’re keen to it, can’t be told...
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August 10, 2012
08/10/2012
Arizona Governor Signs Waiver Allowing AG to Attack Medical Marijuana

Arizona Governor Signs Waiver Allowing AG to Attack Medical Marijuana

Arizona Governor Jan Brewer has signed a waiver that will allow Attorney General Tom Horne to try to close down the marijuana dispensaries that her state health...
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August 9, 2012
08/09/2012
Bill O’Reilly Shouts Dumb Stuff About the Drug War Again

Bill O’Reilly Shouts Dumb Stuff About the Drug War Again

10:25pm I don’t even want to know how many times I’ve written about the reckless idiocy of this man, but what am I supposed to do,...
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August 8, 2012
08/08/2012
This Week’s Corrupt Cops Stories (2012.08.07)

This Week’s Corrupt Cops Stories (2012.08.07)

07:02pm It never stops, does it? Here’s another seven bad apples. Let’s get to it: In Los Angeles, an LA County sheriff’s deputy was charged last Tuesday with...
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August 7, 2012
08/07/2012
Private Prisons and Politicians: Destroying Our Nation for $

Private Prisons and Politicians: Destroying Our Nation for $

Private prisons and politicians have turned the United States into a prison nation, simply for greed. The Young Turks host Cenk Uygur covers the story of Pedro...
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August 7, 2012
08/07/2012
Pot Found Growing at Apartment Complex for Senior Citizens

Pot Found Growing at Apartment Complex for Senior Citizens

In the small town of Marvell, Arkansas, investigators found a modestly-sized pot field behind an apartment complex for senior citizens. The grower had been watering the young plants with a garden hose. One person...
By: Lateralus
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