Tag: alabama

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October 21, 2013
10/21/2013
Alabama Medical Marijuana Coalition Takes Tough Hits

Alabama Medical Marijuana Coalition Takes Tough Hits

My friend and transplant from Alabama, Urb Thrasher has been keeping up with cannabis politics in his home state, and it’s pretty grim. If not for Urb,...
By: Anna Diaz
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October 3, 2013
10/03/2013
This Week’s Corrupt Cops Stories (2013.10.02)

This Week’s Corrupt Cops Stories (2013.10.02)

Cops peddling pot, cops gobbling steroids, cops with sticky fingers, and, of course, a crooked prison guard. Just another week on the drug war corruption beat. Let’s...
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August 8, 2013
08/08/2013
This Week’s Corrupt Cops Stories (2013.08.07)

This Week’s Corrupt Cops Stories (2013.08.07)

A pair of Indiana prison guards get in trouble over weed in separate incidents, a Florida deputy is apparently having way too much fun, and an Alabama...
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August 1, 2013
08/01/2013
This Week’s Corrupt Cops Stories (2013.07.30)

This Week’s Corrupt Cops Stories (2013.07.30)

Deputies packing dope, jail guards smuggling dope, cops doing a little money laundering, and cops getting information for their dope dealer buddies. Just another week in the...
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July 11, 2013
07/11/2013
This Week’s Corrupt Cops Stories (2013.07.10)

This Week’s Corrupt Cops Stories (2013.07.10)

More trouble for Philly and its rogue narcs, an Alabama jail guard goes down, so does a Mississippi narc, and a Calfornia narc cops a plea to...
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June 12, 2013
06/12/2013
Colorado Marijuana Mogul Busted in Alabama for Possession

Colorado Marijuana Mogul Busted in Alabama for Possession

Vincent Keber, managing director of the company behind Dixie Elixirs, was arrested for possession May 18 at the Hangout Music Festival in Gulf Shores, Alabama. For the next...
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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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May 7, 2013
05/07/2013
Former ICE Agent Makes a Case for Legalization in Alabama

Former ICE Agent Makes a Case for Legalization in Alabama

In a great article on The Daily Chronic, former US Immigration and Customs Enforcement special agent Jamie Haase urges his fellow Alabama citizens to be the first...
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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 11, 2013
04/11/2013
Alabama, Pennsylvania See Marijuana Legalization Bills

Alabama, Pennsylvania See Marijuana Legalization Bills

And then there were eight. That is, as marijuana legalization bills have been formally introduced this month in Alabama and Pennsylvania, the number of states to see...
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April 8, 2013
04/08/2013
Bill to Legalize and Regulate Marijuana Introduced in Alabama

Bill to Legalize and Regulate Marijuana Introduced in Alabama

Many traditionally write off the southern United States as an area dead to cannabis law reform, but one representative is behind a new effort that can change...
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March 14, 2013
03/14/2013
This Week’s Corrupt Cops Stories (2013.03.13)

This Week’s Corrupt Cops Stories (2013.03.13)

Cops growing pot, cops stealing pain pills, cops doing rip-offs, and narcs up to shady doings. Just another week on the corrupt cops beat. Let’s get to...
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February 28, 2013
02/28/2013
This Week’s Corrupt Cops Stories (2013.02.27)

This Week’s Corrupt Cops Stories (2013.02.27)

Suspected dirty cops are under investigation in Texas and Alabama, a light-fingered (and well-connected) Philly cop gets suspended, a Texas cop gets in trouble for trying to...
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February 14, 2013
02/14/2013
This Week’s Corrupt Cops Stories (2013.02.13)

This Week’s Corrupt Cops Stories (2013.02.13)

A major police corruption bust in the Atlanta metro area, an Alabama deputy keeps the goodies he got doing drug buys, and an Ohio officer cops to...
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January 31, 2013
01/31/2013
Alabama to Consider Medical Marijuana Bill

Alabama to Consider Medical Marijuana Bill

Sponsored by Democratic Rep. Patricia Todd, Alabama’s medical marijuana bill will be considered next week by the House Health Committee. The Libertarian Party of Alabama also supports...
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January 8, 2013
01/08/2013
NORMLIZE CONGRESS: Marijuana Law Reform Heating Up in 2013

NORMLIZE CONGRESS: Marijuana Law Reform Heating Up in 2013

The votes this past November in Colorado and Washington to regulate marijuana for adults have sparked a fire of change that seems to be spreading across the...
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December 21, 2012
12/21/2012
US Law Enforcement Seeking To Use Drones For Domestic Policing

US Law Enforcement Seeking To Use Drones For Domestic Policing

012 Electronic Freedom Foundation board member and drug policy reform activist John Gilmore memo: EFF.ORG (where I’m on the board) filed a Freedom of Information request to FAA about...
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December 19, 2012
12/19/2012
This Week’s Corrupt Cops Stories (2012.12.18)

This Week’s Corrupt Cops Stories (2012.12.18)

04:54pm A small-town Florida department run amok loses its chief–at least temporarily–an Alabama cop gets caught delivering weed, four South Texas cops get caught running cocaine,...
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December 5, 2012
12/05/2012
Marijuana Charge Dropped Against NFL Lions’ Nick Fairley

Marijuana Charge Dropped Against NFL Lions’ Nick Fairley

A Mobile, Alabama municipal judge has dismissed a misdemeanor marijuana charge against Detroit Lions defensive tackle Nick Fairley.
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November 21, 2012
11/21/2012
Medical Marijuana Update (2012.11.20)

Medical Marijuana Update (2012.11.20)

012, 02:35pm It’s been fairly quiet on the dispensary front, but action is beginning to heat up at state houses in preparation for the 2013 legislative season....
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