Tag: law enforcement

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April 7, 2014
04/07/2014
What’s Up With the Multi Level Marketing of Hemp-Derived CBD?

What’s Up With the Multi Level Marketing of Hemp-Derived CBD?

Ladybud raises serious concerns about how the marketing of Hemp-Derived CBD is being conducted. “The whole topic has caused a huge deal of conflict in the Medical...
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April 3, 2014
04/03/2014
Obama Needs to Slap Down His Rogue DEA Chief

Obama Needs to Slap Down His Rogue DEA Chief

DEA Administrator Michele Leonhart told a congressional committee today her agency is “fighting back” against Justice Department policies tolerating marijuana in states where it is legal. The...
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April 3, 2014
04/03/2014
This Week’s Corrupt Cops Stories (2014.04.01)

This Week’s Corrupt Cops Stories (2014.04.01)

More jail guards gone bad, evidence has gone missing in Alaska, a Georgia cop sells pot from his patrol car, a North Carolina detective working prescription pill...
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April 3, 2014
04/03/2014
Minnesota Patients Air TV Ad Attacking Gov. Dayton for Opposing Medical Marijuana

Minnesota Patients Air TV Ad Attacking Gov. Dayton for Opposing Medical Marijuana

A battle is underway in Minnesota, where Gov. Mark Dayton is standing in the way of an otherwise widely supported medical marijuana bill because he does not want...
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April 2, 2014
04/02/2014
New Jersey Marijuana Prosecutors Reverse Course, Say It’s Time to Legalize

New Jersey Marijuana Prosecutors Reverse Course, Say It’s Time to Legalize

The New Jersey State Municipal Prosecutors Association now officially supports legalizing the possession of marijuana, which is quite an unlikely source of support, since they are the...
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April 1, 2014
04/01/2014
Study Finds Legalization of Medical Marijuana Does Not Increase Crime, May Decrease Violent Crime

Study Finds Legalization of Medical Marijuana Does Not Increase Crime, May Decrease Violent Crime

The 18-year-old question as to whether or not legalizing medical marijuana causes an increase in crime seems to be answered in a recent study by a team of researchers...
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March 31, 2014
03/31/2014
Colorado Cracking Down on High-Volume Pot Patients

Colorado Cracking Down on High-Volume Pot Patients

Colorado plans to crack down on medical marijuana patients, state health department authorities announced Friday, saying it would challenge patients and medical pot growers with permission for...
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March 31, 2014
03/31/2014
Minnesota Medical Marijuana Patients Slam Governor

Minnesota Medical Marijuana Patients Slam Governor

On Wednesday, medical marijuana patients and advocates held an emotional press conference slamming Gov. Mark Dayton for bowing to law enforcement and stalling on a medical marijuana bill currently...
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March 28, 2014
03/28/2014
Troopers ‘License Plate Profiling’ in Idaho for Marijuana

Troopers ‘License Plate Profiling’ in Idaho for Marijuana

An Idaho state trooper arrested and searched a 70-year-old Washington man solely because of his license plate from Colorado, where marijuana is legal, the man claims in...
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March 27, 2014
03/27/2014
As California Moves To Ban Dabs, Washington Wants To Legalize

As California Moves To Ban Dabs, Washington Wants To Legalize

Last week, we learned that a bill in California’s state legislature could ban dispensaries from legally selling high-THC cannabis concentrates, and now, it appears Washington is taking the opposite...
By: Andy Cush
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March 27, 2014
03/27/2014
This Week’s Corrupt Cops Stories (2014.03.25)

This Week’s Corrupt Cops Stories (2014.03.25)

More jail guards gone wild! Smuggling dope, smuggling meth, cooking marijuana butter. Plus, a Customs officer winks at semis full of weed blowing through his lane, a...
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March 25, 2014
03/25/2014
Study: Drug Dogs Most Likely to Err in Traffic Stop Scenarios

Study: Drug Dogs Most Likely to Err in Traffic Stop Scenarios

Dogs trained to detect the presence of illegal drugs are most likely to provide false alerts in situations involving the search of a motor vehicle, according to...
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March 25, 2014
03/25/2014
Police Using Social Media to Bust People for Marijuana

Police Using Social Media to Bust People for Marijuana

Posting photos of marijuana to various social media sites is considered reasonable suspicion, in the eyes of the law, and cops are now using these images to...
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March 25, 2014
03/25/2014
Will the Justice Department Crack Down on Medical Marijuana?

Will the Justice Department Crack Down on Medical Marijuana?

Washington’s legislature ended its session without new restrictions on medical marijuana. The Justice Department indicated in a memo that it would allow legalization to proceed only if...
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March 24, 2014
03/24/2014
California Could Ban Dabs

California Could Ban Dabs

California, utopia of quasi-legal cannabis, could soon ban the super-potent cannabis extracts known as dabs. A bill in the state legislature aimed at regulating the state’s medical industry would...
By: Andy Cush
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March 21, 2014
03/21/2014
Washington’s New Marijuana Law May Be Freeing Up Police Resources

Washington’s New Marijuana Law May Be Freeing Up Police Resources

A steep drop in the number of misdemeanor marijuana possession charges filed against adults over 21 in Washington state after legalization shows the new law is freeing...
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March 21, 2014
03/21/2014
Why Dianne Feinstein Opposes Marijuana Legalization

Why Dianne Feinstein Opposes Marijuana Legalization

California’s senior senator, Dianne Feinstein, has joined Governor Jerry Brown in voicing her disapproval of marijuana legalization. “The risk of people using marijuana and driving is very substantial,”...
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March 20, 2014
03/20/2014
Medical Marijuana Update (2014.03.19)

Medical Marijuana Update (2014.03.19)

A federal agency has given the okay for researchers to buy marijuana from NIDA for a PTSD study, which is a first, those CBD medical marijuana bills...
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March 20, 2014
03/20/2014
This Week’s Corrupt Cops Stories (2014.03.19)

This Week’s Corrupt Cops Stories (2014.03.19)

Two more prison guards go down, so does a Tulsa cop and a former San Antonio cop. Let’s get to it; In Tulsa, Oklahoma, a Tulsa police officer...
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March 20, 2014
03/20/2014
How Racist Is Your State’s War on Weed? Compare!

How Racist Is Your State’s War on Weed? Compare!

A new interactive website from the American Civil Liberties Union (ACLU) highlights how many lives are derailed and billions of dollars wasted fighting a racially-biased war on...
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