This Week's Corrupt Cops Stories
In Fort Lauderdale, a Broward County sheriff's deputy was arrested Tuesday on multiple charges related to prescription drugs. Deputy Eduardo Mesa, 40, went down for a particularly ghoulish act of...
View ArticleOhio Man Kills Self During Marijuana Farm Raid Standoff
An Ashville, Ohio, man shot and killed himself after a two-hour standoff at a property where he was growing marijuana Tuesday evening. Timothy Sturgis, 42, becomes the 32nd person to die in US domestic...
View ArticleChronicle AM: Massive Pot Poll, Saudis Behead Four For Drugs, CA...
Massive pot poll has good news, Cornhuskers ponder pot legalization "problems," another Florida medical marijuana poll is out, a California defelonization initiative quietly advances, another drug war...
View ArticleChronicle AM: Brit Lib Dems Consider Drug Decrim, Legal Marijuana; W Post on...
Two majors newspapers have special reports on law enforcement related to the drug war, a staunch Kansas Republican says marijuana should be decided by the states--not the feds--Illinois is now taking...
View ArticleWorld Leaders Call for Regulatory Alternatives to Drug Prohibition [FEATURE]
In a report released last night and in a New York City press conference this morning, a number of global leaders, including former heads of state, called for drug decriminalization and the regulation...
View ArticleChronicle AM: Philly Will Decriminalize Pot, Global Commission on Drugs...
Philly will decriminalize, the Global Commission on Drugs issues a ground-breaking new report, LEAP's Norm Stamper testifies on police militarization, Jodie Emery runs for parliament, there's medical...
View ArticleChronicle AM: House Won't Block DC Decrim, Asset Forfeiture Under Attack,...
The House backs off on DC decrim, Maryland awaits medical marijuana draft rules, asset forfeiture is in the news, so is SWAT, Russia says "nyet" to drug legalization, and more. Let's get to it:[image:1...
View ArticleThis Week's Corrupt Cops Stories
A storied Chicago narc finally goes down, a Michigan reserve cop admits trying to trade speed pills for sex, and a whole raft of jail and prison guards get themselves in trouble. Let's get to...
View ArticleChronicle AM: Mexican Coca, Saudis Behead Another Trafficker, Feds Raid LA...
A federal CBD medical marijuana bill picks up more sponsors, so does a federal asset forfeiture reform bill, Georgia advocates whole whole plant medical marijuana, Mexico's first coca patch is busted,...
View ArticleOklahoma Woman Killed Fleeing Police in Drug Bust
An Oklahoma City woman was shot and killed by police as she attempted to drive away from a drug bust and hit an officer on foot earlier this month. Karen Cifuentes, 19, becomes the 33rd person to die...
View ArticleChronicle AM: WaPo Just Says No, WV Pain Clinics Using Narcs, More (9/15/14)
The Washington Post just says no to the DC marijuana initiative, the Oregon initiative sees a lively debate, the Madison, WI, police chief says legalize it, another drug war death, West Virginia pain...
View ArticleBill Filed to Rein in Police Militarization [FEATURE]
Concerns about the militarization of American policing have been on the increase for some time now, but have crystallized in the wake of the heavy-handed police response to the killing earlier this...
View ArticleThis Week's Corrupt Cops Stories
More cops with pill problems, more jail and prison guards in trouble for drug smuggling and selling. Just another week on the drug war corruption front. Let's get to it:[image:1 align:left]In New...
View ArticleChronicle AM: Joe McNamara Passes, Rand Paul Speech, OAS Drug Resolution,...
Oregon's Measure 91 picks up a nice endorsement, a marijuana legalization vote in York, Maine, is snuffed out, decrim advances in the US Virgin Islands, Rand Paul tells the GOP to reach out on drug...
View ArticleThis Week's Corrupt Cops Stories
Three more cops with apparent pill problems, and one of them was slinging weed on the side, too. Just another week on the corrupt cops front. Let's get to it:[image:1 align:right]In Alpine, New Jersey,...
View ArticleDid Miami Police Wrongfully Execute Four, Including Their Informant? [FEATURE]
Special to the Chronicle by Clarence Walker, cwalkerinvestigate@gmail.comPart II of his series on ATF Fake Drug Stings Across America.[image:1 align:left]During the 1980s, Miami was a rich, glittering,...
View ArticleChronicle AM: OR Pot Poll, Colombia Drug Accord, More...(9/26/14)
A new poll is surely leading to nail-biting in Oregon, a dirty narc is costing Philadelphia prosecutors dozens of drug cases, Colombia reveals details on drug accords with the FARC, a Canadian drug...
View ArticleChronicle AM: Pot Policy in US Senate Races, Stanton Peele on Disease Theory...
Pot politics is popping up in some US Senate races, pot arrests are still going up in some states, the Guam medical marijuana initiative faces a legal challenge, Stanton Peele takes on the disease...
View ArticleChronicle AM: UMass Student Snitch Policy Review, Baby Bou Bou SWAT Raid...
Medical marijuana news from several states today, the Baby Bou Bou SWAT raid case is before a grand jury, UMass examines it's student snitch policy, DA candidates in Houston are fighting over drugs,...
View ArticleChronicle AM: Decrim in Jamaica/MD/Philly, Chris Christie Talks Drugs, PA ODs...
Decrim comes to Maryland and Philadelphia, and Jamaica is working on it, too; the Oregon initiative campaign heats up, Chris Christie talks drugs, a SWAT reporting bill in Michigan gets a hearing, and...
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