Tag: Texas

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August 14, 2013
08/14/2013
This Week’s Corrupt Cops Stories (2013.08.13)

This Week’s Corrupt Cops Stories (2013.08.13)

There’s trouble down South, and more out-of-control NYPD narcs cost the taxpayers. Let’s get to it: In New York City, NYPD narcs run amok in Queens have cost...
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August 7, 2013
08/07/2013
Great Music While High: Justin James Bridges

Great Music While High: Justin James Bridges

Justin James Bridges is a Texan who has made his home in Portland. When he brought his special style of Texas blues to Oregon, he changed music...
By: Anna Diaz
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August 7, 2013
08/07/2013
Broken Laws Shatter Happy Home: The Alexandria Hill Story

Broken Laws Shatter Happy Home: The Alexandria Hill Story

This story is absolutely heartbreaking but I think it is story that needs to be told. No commentary is necessary to highlight the (forgive my neologism) “f#@ked-upness”...
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July 16, 2013
07/16/2013
Great Movies While High: Dazed and Confused

Great Movies While High: Dazed and Confused

You knew Weedist was gonna pay homage to this film; I am just glad I am the lucky Weedist that got to do it. Dazed and Confused...
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July 15, 2013
07/15/2013
Army Veteran Denied Gun Due to High School Marijuana Charges

Army Veteran Denied Gun Due to High School Marijuana Charges

A retired Army veteran in Texas was recently barred from purchasing a gun after a background check turned up a misdemeanor marijuana conviction from 1971. Ron Kelly, who served...
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July 4, 2013
07/04/2013
This Week’s Corrupt Cops Stories (2013.07.02)

This Week’s Corrupt Cops Stories (2013.07.02)

Thuggery in Philly, protecting drug shipments in Houston and Detroit, sticky fingers in Los Angeles, and that’s not all. Let’s get to it: In Philadelphia, five undercover narcotics...
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June 25, 2013
06/25/2013
In Prison for Marijuana Possession, Texas Woman Becomes Victim of “Rape Camp”

In Prison for Marijuana Possession, Texas Woman Becomes Victim of “Rape Camp”

Arrested for possession of marijuana, a woman is placed in a Texas county jail while awaiting her day in court; once there she is repeatedly brutalized and...
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June 20, 2013
06/20/2013
This Week’s Corrupt Cops Stories (2013.06.19)

This Week’s Corrupt Cops Stories (2013.06.19)

Two of our three cases this week involve cops protecting their steroids dealers. Go figger. The other one is a crooked police chief who bragged, “I’m the...
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June 18, 2013
06/18/2013
Texas to Drug Test Some Unemployment Applicants

Texas to Drug Test Some Unemployment Applicants

With Republican Gov. Rick Perry’s signature Friday, a bill that would require some people seeking unemployment assistance to undergo drug tests has become law. But critics say...
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June 7, 2013
06/07/2013
This Week’s Corrupt Cops Stories (2013.06.05)

This Week’s Corrupt Cops Stories (2013.06.05)

It’s judges gone wild! Plus sticky-fingered narcs, lying narcs, crooked deputies, and more! Let’s get to it: In Philadelphia, a Philadelphia police officer was arrested May 23 for stealing...
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June 6, 2013
06/06/2013
Activists: Texas Getting Closer to Legalizing Marijuana

Activists: Texas Getting Closer to Legalizing Marijuana

Thanks to new FBI crime statistics showing incredible waste and racial inequality, activists in Texas are beefing up their attempts to gain support for legalizing marijuana. According...
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June 4, 2013
06/04/2013
Texas Unemployment Drug Testing Bill Passes

Texas Unemployment Drug Testing Bill Passes

The Texas legislature last week approved a bill that would require some applicants for unemployment benefits to undergo drug testing, but another bill that would have required...
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May 27, 2013
05/27/2013
Grab Prohibition by the Horns: TX NORML Conference, June 7-9

Grab Prohibition by the Horns: TX NORML Conference, June 7-9

It’s high time Texas grabbed prohibition by the horns! DFW NORML proudly presents the Texas Regional NORML Conference at the Norris Conference Center (304 Houston St. Fort Worth,...
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May 10, 2013
05/10/2013
Texas Lawmakers Reject Medical Marijuana Defense

Texas Lawmakers Reject Medical Marijuana Defense

Texas Representative Elliott Naishtat introduced HB 594, which would have allowed people arrested for marijuana to demonstrate their medical necessity as an affirmative defense, was killed without a...
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May 9, 2013
05/09/2013
This Week’s Corrupt Cops Stories (2013.05.08)

This Week’s Corrupt Cops Stories (2013.05.08)

Something is still rotten along Utah’s Wasatch Front, a DC cop gets popped for money-laundering, a Detroit-area cop pleads to running protection for traffickers, and a South...
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May 2, 2013
05/02/2013
A Rising Marijuana Reform Tide at the Statehouses

A Rising Marijuana Reform Tide at the Statehouses

In the wake of the marijuana legalization victories in Colorado and Washington last November, and buoyed by a series of national public opinion polls showing support for...
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April 25, 2013
04/25/2013
This Week’s Corrupt Cops Stories (2013.04.24)

This Week’s Corrupt Cops Stories (2013.04.24)

There are problems at a Maryland state prison in Baltimore, fallout continues from a bust of crooked cops in suburban Chicago, and a jail guard goes down...
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April 15, 2013
04/15/2013
Public Benefits Drug Testing Bills Move in Three States

Public Benefits Drug Testing Bills Move in Three States

Bills that would require recipients of public benefits, such as welfare or unemployment benefits, to submit to drug testing, have advanced in three states. On Monday, an...
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April 10, 2013
04/10/2013
Police Kill Texas Woman Fleeing Drug Warrants

Police Kill Texas Woman Fleeing Drug Warrants

A police officer in the suburban Dallas community of Richardson, Texas, shot and killed a woman with outstanding drug arrest warrants as she fled from an attempted...
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April 6, 2013
04/06/2013
Moms for Marijuana Cannabis Quilt Stolen

Moms for Marijuana Cannabis Quilt Stolen

The Moms for Marijuana Cannabis Quilt has been stolen! At approximately 6pm on April 5th, 2013, while traveling from Dallas, TX to Austin, TX on its way...
By: Anna Diaz
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