Study: Those Arrested for Minor Pot Offenses Unlikely to Subsequently Commit Violent Crimes
Arresting and prosecuting low level marijuana offenders in New York City has little or no impact on law enforcement efforts to reduce violent crime...
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This Week’s Corrupt Cops Stories (2012.11.20)
Here's the latest news on corrupt cops and law enforcement around the United States from the past week, as of November 20, 2012...
Law Enforcement Call on DOJ to Respect State Marijuana Laws
Tues morning Former Baltimore narcotics officer Neill Franklin delivered a letter signed by 73 current and former law enforcement, judges, prosecutors to...
This Week's Corrupt Cops Stories (2012.11.14)
Here's the latest news on corrupt cops and law enforcement around the United States from the past week, as of November 14, 2012...
Seattle Police Legal Marijuana Guide Features Gandalf and Bilbo
The SPD Blotter posted a new Seattle marijuana law guide & used an embedded video from the Lord of The Rings movie of Gandalf and Bilbo blowing smoke rings
Hundreds of Marijuana Cases Were Dismissed in Washington This Week
Two county prosecutors in Washington State have dismissed 220 pending marijuana cases for possession, in response to the passage of I-502, according to...
This Week’s Corrupt Cops Stories (2012.11.07)
Here's the latest news on corrupt cops and law enforcement around the United States from the past week, as of November 07, 2012...
Washington Police and Prosecutors Winding Down Marijuana Possession Cases
Washington prosecutors won't charge marijuana possession cases anymore, starting December 6th...
Chronicle Book Review Essay: Two Faces of the Drug War
Book reviews: 'Cornbread Mafia: A Homegrown Syndicate's Code of Silence and the Biggest Marijuana Bust in American History' & 'Operation Fly Trap: LA Gangs
Utah Undercover Cops Kill Woman Heroin User
Danielle Misha Willard, 21, becomes the 56th person to die in US domestic drug law enforcement operations so far this year. A relapsed heroin user...
This Week’s Corrupt Cops Stories (2012.10.31)
Here's the latest news on corrupt cops and law enforcement around the United States from the past week, as of October 31, 2012...
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Man 'Returns' Marijuana, Pipe to Walmart
A Florida man was arrested for possession of less than 20 grams of marijuana and possession of paraphernalia while trying to return a printer at Walmart...
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Norwood, Massachusetts Chief of Police: Marijuana is Not Medicine
Norwood Police Chief William Brooks has declared that marijuana is not medicine, we'll have to check on his medical credentials and get back to you on that.
Marijuana Arrests Decline in 2011, but Still Total Half of All Illicit Drug Violations
Police made 757,969 arrests in 2011 for marijuana-related offenses and marijuana arrests now comprise one-half of all illicit drug arrests in the US.
TX Trooper in Chopper Fires on 'Drug Load;' Two Dead
Marco Antonio Castro and Jose Leonardo Coj Cumar become the 54th and 55th persons to die in US domestic drug law enforcement operations so far this year...
Two More Drug War Deaths on Tuesday
Stephanie Melson, 31, and Victor Gaddy, 41, become the 52nd and 53rd persons to die in US domestic drug law enforcement operations so far this year.
Study: Over 200,000 Marijuana Arrests in Colorado Over Past 25 Years
In the 25 years from 1986 to 2010, police and sheriffs’ departments in Colorado made 210,000 arrests for the crime of possessing small amounts of marijuana.
Drug Forfeiture Laws: An Assault on Property Law and Common Sense
The Institute for Justice has a video on the dangers Drug Forfeiture Laws pose to Citizens and how government can take your property without Due Process.