Tag: Texas

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May 7, 2014
05/07/2014
Over 2,000 Texans Protest Unjust Marijuana Laws With DFW NORML

Over 2,000 Texans Protest Unjust Marijuana Laws With DFW NORML

On Saturday, over two thousand Texans joined DFW NORML in Ft. Worth to rally against the prohibition of marijuana. The rally was part of an all day event hosted...
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May 1, 2014
05/01/2014
This Week’s Corrupt Cops Stories (2014.04.30)

This Week’s Corrupt Cops Stories (2014.04.30)

It’s a veritable cornucopia of corrupt cops this week. Major corruption scandals wind down in the Chicago suburbs and the Rio Grande Valley, LA deputies get popped...
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April 24, 2014
04/24/2014
This Week’s Corrupt Cops Stories (2014.04.23)

This Week’s Corrupt Cops Stories (2014.04.23)

An Alabama deputy gets stung, a Baltimore cop gets jail for beating on a drug suspect, and a Texas jail guard gets to see the other side...
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April 9, 2014
04/09/2014
This Week’s Corrupt Cops Stories (2014.04.08)

This Week’s Corrupt Cops Stories (2014.04.08)

Another jail guard dope smuggler, another cop with a pain pill problem, another cop brought down by a sting, another cop selling cocaine, and yet another cop...
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March 27, 2014
03/27/2014
McGruff the Crime Dog Sentenced to 16 Years in Prison

McGruff the Crime Dog Sentenced to 16 Years in Prison

This bit of news looks like something that tumbled out of a Second City improv sketch, but, as usual, truth is stranger than fiction. An out of...
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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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March 13, 2014
03/13/2014
This Week’s Corrupt Cops Stories (2014.03.12)

This Week’s Corrupt Cops Stories (2014.03.12)

More prison guards gone bad, another Philadelphia cop gets in trouble, a Kentucky narc has problems, and a DC-area cop gets her hand slapped. Let’s get to...
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March 3, 2014
03/03/2014
Legalize Marijuana Group Sets Up Shop in Austin

Legalize Marijuana Group Sets Up Shop in Austin

Marijuana Policy Project has set up in Austin, Texas and hopes to legalize marijuana in the state within 5 years.
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February 13, 2014
02/13/2014
Wendy Davis Backs Medical Marijuana

Wendy Davis Backs Medical Marijuana

Texas governor hopeful, Wendy Davis, supports medical marijuana and would consider decriminalization.
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February 11, 2014
02/11/2014
“McGruff” Arrested with Grenade Launcher, 1,000 Weed Plants

“McGruff” Arrested with Grenade Launcher, 1,000 Weed Plants

Just wonderful: John Morales, an actor who played McGruff the Crime Dog in Galveston, Texas, was sentenced to 16 years in prison recently for possession of 1,000...
By: Andy Cush
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January 17, 2014
01/17/2014
Activists Detained at Six Flags for Pro-Marijuana Shirts

Activists Detained at Six Flags for Pro-Marijuana Shirts

For the second time, activists were detained at Six Flags in Arlington, Texas for wearing pro-marijuana shirts.
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December 27, 2013
12/27/2013
2013: The Year in Review – NORML’s Top 10 Events That Shaped Marijuana Policy

2013: The Year in Review – NORML’s Top 10 Events That Shaped Marijuana Policy

NORML and NORML Foundation are supported by cannabis consumers and other caring citizens. Please see our annual report and help us to keep going strong into 2014 by making...
By: NORML
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October 22, 2013
10/22/2013
Houston Texans Cut 3 Players for Marijuana Use

Houston Texans Cut 3 Players for Marijuana Use

Sam Montgomery, Cierre Wood and Willie Jefferson were cut from the Houston Texans Monday, allegedly for marijuana use.
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October 10, 2013
10/10/2013
This Week’s Corrupt Cops Stories (2013.10.09)

This Week’s Corrupt Cops Stories (2013.10.09)

More cops with pain pill issues, a Texas deputy goes down for slinging cocaine, and a former Milwaukee cop gets slapped for putting his hands in the...
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October 9, 2013
10/09/2013
Bigger in Texas: Support for Marijuana Legalization

Bigger in Texas: Support for Marijuana Legalization

They say things are bigger in Texas and, according to new survey data just released by Public Policy Polling, that includes support for marijuana law reform. PPP’s...
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October 1, 2013
10/01/2013
Two More Drug War Deaths

Two More Drug War Deaths

A Texas marijuana grower and a California man who might have been a drug dealer were killed by police in separate incidents last week. The two men...
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September 26, 2013
09/26/2013
Texas Lawmen Want to Be Stars

Texas Lawmen Want to Be Stars

Texas lawmen broke into a woman’s house without a warrant to arrest her on bogus marijuana charges, and filmed it for a constable’s YouTube reality show, the...
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September 5, 2013
09/05/2013
This Week’s Corrupt Cops Stories (2013.09.04)

This Week’s Corrupt Cops Stories (2013.09.04)

Even corrupt cops take the Labor Day weekend off. We’ve only got two this week, and they’re both from before the holiday, but they’re doozies. Let’s get...
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August 29, 2013
08/29/2013
This Week’s Corrupt Cops Stories (2013.08.28)

This Week’s Corrupt Cops Stories (2013.08.28)

by Phillip Smith, August 28, 2103 Two Texas cops lose their jobs, a California jail guard gets busted at the playground, a Tennessee sheriff’s lieutenant cops to...
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