This Week’s Corrupt Cops Stories (2012.10.09)
Here's the latest news on corrupt cops and law enforcement around the United States from the past week, as of October 9, 2012.
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Colorado Amendment 64: Know the Lies, Part 4
Passing Amendment 64 would save people from the harm of marijuana arrests, and save vast amounts of money on law enforcement, courts, and prisons.
Two More Drug War Deaths -- Border Patrol Involved in Both
Two more drug war deaths as a housewife and a Border Patrol agent become the 48th and 49th persons to die in US domestic drug law enforcement operations...
Richard Lee's Mom Wows 'Em at NORML
Ann Lee, mother of Oaksterdam's Richard Lee, called for a Republican revolution against marijuana prohibition at the 41st National NORML conference...
Federal Trial Against Medical Marijuana Provider Set to Begin in LA
Aaron Sandusky, the operator of three state-compliant medical marijuana dispensaries, will be tried in federal court this week in Los Angeles.
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Aaron Sandusky Faces Federal Marijuana Trial Tuesday in LA
Aaron Sandusky, founder and owner of G3 Holistic that once had a store in Upland and Colton has been charged with six felony counts.
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Gary Johnson: Most Americans Get Legalizing Marijuana, When Will DC?
POTUS candidate Gary Johnson: The 'war on drugs', like 1920s Prohibition, has been a miserable failure. The US would be better-off with a legal marijuana...
Tom Hayden to NORML: US Needs Peace Movement to End Drug War
Tom Hayden, who co-founded the anti-war Students for a Democrat Society in 1966, is calling for a social justice peace movement to end the US drug war...
Women for Measure 80 Support Moms for Marijuana with Rally in Salem
Women for Measure 80 will join Moms for Marijuana on Monday, October 15, 2012 to support their joint venture with Overgrow the Government for the first...
Colorado Amendment 64: Know the Lies, Part 3 - War On Drugs
Even Gil Kerlikowske, our vaunted "drug czar", admits the War On Drugs is a failure.
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CO Presidential Debate Unwittingly Sets Precedent for Marijuana Reform
The first Presidential Debate of 2012 in Colorado, both the incumbent President and hopeful were in agreement about marijuana reform based on vital...
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Sir Richard Branson Labels US Drug Policy ‘Racist’
Sir Richard Branson labels US drug policy as racist, stating its a “war on black people” resulting in the jailing of too many African Americans.
This Week’s Corrupt Cops Stories (2012.10.02)
Here's the latest news on corrupt cops and law enforcement around the United States from the past week, as of October 2, 2012.
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NY Prisons Are Isolating Drug Users for 23 Hours a Day In Cells "the Size of a Typical Elevator"
A new NY Civil Liberties Union report details some horrific findings, e.g. NY prison system inmates caught using drugs, including marijuana, are punished...
MA Drug Lab Scandal Gets Special Court Sessions
MA Court administrators are setting up special court sessions for over a thousand people convicted for drug crimes based on fraudulent lab evidence...
Video: Roseanne Barr's Oaksterdam Speech
Roseanne Barr gave a pro-marijuana speech in Oaksterdam on September 27, 2012. Here's a video of it and some highlights...
Federal Cannabis Prohibition Turns 75-Years-Old Today
Today marks the 75th anniversary of the enactment of federal marijuana prohibition....
Peru Coca Crop Keeps Getting Bigger
Coca cultivation in Peru increased again last year, up 5.2% over 2010, according to the 2011 coca monitoring survey conducted by the United Nations...