Tag: law enforcement

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October 17, 2012
10/17/2012
Maine Police Return 17 Stolen Marijuana Plants to Caregiver

Maine Police Return 17 Stolen Marijuana Plants to Caregiver

Although concerned about violating federal law, Ellsworth, Maine police returned 17 stolen cannabis plants to a licensed medical marijuana caregiver worth an estimated $12,800.
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October 16, 2012
10/16/2012
Comics, Economics and the War On Drugs

Comics, Economics and the War On Drugs

War on Drugs is a powerful, well-produced comic that purveys a message that cannabis advocates empathize with. For some time, Milton Friedman and his fellow economists have witnessed the ills...
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October 15, 2012
10/15/2012
Prohibition Must Stop: Botched Drug Raid Literally Burns 12-Year-Old Girl

Prohibition Must Stop: Botched Drug Raid Literally Burns 12-Year-Old Girl

Prohibition must stop. A 12-year-old girl suffered 2nd degree burns from a flash grenade thrown by Montana SWAT. The fact it was the wrong house makes it...
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October 12, 2012
10/12/2012
Louisiana Man Dies in Car Crash Fleeing Drug Bust

Louisiana Man Dies in Car Crash Fleeing Drug Bust

05:00pm A Morgan City, Louisiana, man was killed Wednesday when he got into a fatal car crash while attempting to flee deputies doing a narcotics investigation....
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October 10, 2012
10/10/2012
This Week’s Corrupt Cops Stories (2012.10.09)

This Week’s Corrupt Cops Stories (2012.10.09)

05:34pm Some Michigan narcs were up to no good, a New Mexico probation officer gets caught carrying pounds of weed, a New York City prison guard...
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October 9, 2012
10/09/2012
Colorado Amendment 64: Know the Lies, Part 4

Colorado Amendment 64: Know the Lies, Part 4

Legalization would save huge amounts of law enforcement resources as well as protect vast numbers of people from losing their livelihoods. This Weedist series is dedicated to...
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October 9, 2012
10/09/2012
Two More Drug War Deaths — Border Patrol Involved in Both

Two More Drug War Deaths — Border Patrol Involved in Both

07:16pm A San Diego housewife and an Arizona Border Patrol agent were both killed in recent, separate incidents involving drug law enforcement. Housewife Valeria Tachiquin-Alvarado and...
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October 4, 2012
10/04/2012
Colorado Medical Marijuana Enforcement Division Accepting Vendor Applications – Friday Only

Colorado Medical Marijuana Enforcement Division Accepting Vendor Applications – Friday Only

The staffers at the state Medical Marijuana Enforcement Division have announced that they will be taking a limited number of new vendor applications this Friday, October 5.
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October 3, 2012
10/03/2012
This Week’s Corrupt Cops Stories (2012.10.02)

This Week’s Corrupt Cops Stories (2012.10.02)

07:37pm It’s been a fairly quiet week on the corrupt cop front, but we’ve still got some Missouri jail guards in trouble, a Houston cop accused...
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October 3, 2012
10/03/2012
MA Drug Lab Scandal Gets Special Court Sessions

MA Drug Lab Scandal Gets Special Court Sessions

01:59am Court administrators in Massachusetts are scrambling to set up special court sessions to address the cases of more than a thousand people imprisoned after being...
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September 28, 2012
09/28/2012
Chemist Annie Dookhan Faked Drug Test Results, Could Unravel Thousands Of Convictions

Chemist Annie Dookhan Faked Drug Test Results, Could Unravel Thousands Of Convictions

A Massachusetts chemist, Annie Dookhan, who tested more than 60,000 drug samples submitted in the cases of about 34,000 defendants over nine years has admitted to faking drug sample results, according...
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September 26, 2012
09/26/2012
This Week’s Corrupt Cops Stories (2012.09.25)

This Week’s Corrupt Cops Stories (2012.09.25)

04:55pm It’s been a fairly quiet week on the corrupt cop front, but we’ve still got some Missouri jail guards in trouble, a Houston cop accused...
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September 25, 2012
09/25/2012
Baltimore Man Swallows Drugs During Arrest, Dies

Baltimore Man Swallows Drugs During Arrest, Dies

06:26pm A 46-year-old Baltimore man died Friday night after allegedly swallowing drugs as police attempted to arrest him. The as yet unidentified man becomes the 47th person...
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September 24, 2012
09/24/2012
Latino and Black Law Enforcement Groups Endorse Colorado Marijuana Initiative

Latino and Black Law Enforcement Groups Endorse Colorado Marijuana Initiative

Two national law enforcement organizations, Blacks in Law Enforcement of America and the National Latino Officers Association, announced their support last Thursday for Amendment 64, the ballot initiative to...
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September 21, 2012
09/21/2012
Marijuana Activist Dana Larsen Launches BC Canada Pot Petition

Marijuana Activist Dana Larsen Launches BC Canada Pot Petition

Marijuana activist, and former New Democratic Party leadership candidate, Dana Larsen has launched an initiative petition to stop British Columbia police from enforcing simple possession laws for...
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September 19, 2012
09/19/2012
This Week’s Corrupt Cops Stories (2012.09.18)

This Week’s Corrupt Cops Stories (2012.09.18)

04:28pm A Virginia prison guard smuggles heroin, a Pennsylvania cop steals and uses it, and a New Jersey cop pays off a prostitute with it, and...
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September 17, 2012
09/17/2012
Massachusetts Crime Lab Scandal Endangers 34,000 Drug Cases

Massachusetts Crime Lab Scandal Endangers 34,000 Drug Cases

05:27pm Some 34,000 eastern Massachusetts drug cases could go up in smoke in the wake of a still unfolding scandal around a state laboratory analyst who...
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September 14, 2012
09/14/2012
Drug Sentences Driving Federal Prison Population Growth, Government Report Finds

Drug Sentences Driving Federal Prison Population Growth, Government Report Finds

04:58pm In a report released Wednesday, the Government Accountability Office (GAO) found that growth in the federal prison population is outstripping the Bureau of Prisons’ (BOP) rated capacity...
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September 13, 2012
09/13/2012
This Week’s Corrupt Cops Stories (2012.09.12)

This Week’s Corrupt Cops Stories (2012.09.12)

12:23pm A Louisiana cop gets strung out in a hurry; a Florida cop has car problems; a Kentucky state trooper has perv problems; and one member...
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September 11, 2012
09/11/2012
Weedist Remembers 9/11

Weedist Remembers 9/11

On this day, 11 years ago, our nation suffered a terrible loss of life when we fell victim to the terrorist attacks of 9/11/2001. As one of...
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