Chronicle AM: More Pot Bills, Asset Forfeiture Action, Silk Road Conviction,...
The marijuana reform bills keep on coming, Oregon activists fight to protect legalization there, the feds get a conviction in the Silk Road case, there's news on the asset forfeiture front, and more....
View ArticleFive Drug War Killings Since Monday
Five people have been killed by police doing drug related enforcement operations since Monday. They become the 3rd, 4th, 5th, 6th, and 7th persons to die in US domestic drug law enforcement operations...
View ArticleChronicle AM: Jamaica Decrim a Step Closer, DC Legalization Battles, Pot and...
The fight over legalization continues in DC, Jamaica is now one vote away from decriminalizing ganja, the NHTSA has a study out saying there is no evidence pot use increases the risk of crashes, and...
View ArticleChronicle AM: Drug Czar Confirmed; ME, OH Pot Initiatives Get Going; WY Asset...
2016 pot legalization initiatives efforts are taking first steps in Maine and Ohio, Alaska lawmakers try to deal with implementing legalization there, Wyoming passes a bill ending civil asset...
View ArticleThis Week's Corrupt Cops Stories
A suburban Philly cop is under suspicion in a case of missing drug evidence, a former Philly cop who worked with a dealer to rip off other dealers is heading to prison, and so is a former Virginia cop...
View ArticleChronicle AM: Asset Forfeiture Reform Blocked in VA, WY; AL Life Sentence for...
A New Jersey coalition for marijuana reform has formed, an Alabama judge sentences a man to life in prison over 2 1/2 pounds of pot, the Hawaii legislature advances a dispensary bill, asset forfeiture...
View ArticleThis Week's Corrupt Cops Stories
An Arizona narc gets caught sleeping with the enemy, a Hawaii prison guard goes away for smuggling contraband to gang members, and an Illinois police dispatcher is in trouble for snatching pain pills....
View ArticleAlabama Man Killed in Pre-Dawn SWAT Drug Raid
A Birmingham, Alabama, man was shot and killed by a member of the Homewood, Alabama, tactical squad (SWAT team) as the team executed a pre-dawn search warrant on his residence Friday morning. The as...
View ArticleThis Week's Corrupt Cops Stories
A Georgia head narc gets popped for drunk driving, a Detroit cop is in trouble for ripping off "Scarface" memorabilia during a drug raid, a San Francisco sergeant heads to prison for ripping off drug...
View ArticleMaraschino Cherry Mogul Kills Self As Cops Discover Huge Marijuana Grow
The owner of historic maraschino cherry company in Brooklyn, New York, committed suicide at his plant Thursday morning moments after officers discovered a massive marijuana grow-up behind a false wall...
View ArticleChronicle AM: Nationwide Majority for Pot Legalization, WV Welfare Drug Test...
The General Social Survey for the first time has a majority for marijuana legalization, DC cops start returning arrestees' marijuana, a Utah medical marijuana bill is still alive, Canada's Tories...
View ArticleThis Week's Corrupt Cops Stories
[image:1 align:left]This week, the focus is on bad departments. We have two cases where cities and the departments that police them are running into trouble. Let's get to it:In Detroit, the US...
View ArticleFlorida SWAT Cop Guns Down Unarmed Man in Marijuana Raid
A Volusia County sheriff's deputy on a dawn SWAT team pot raid shot and killed an unarmed resident of the home Tuesday. Derek Cruice, 26, becomes the 10th person to die in US domestic drug law...
View ArticleChronicle AM: NH Decrim Bill Advances, Fallout from Florida SWAT Killing,...
Decrim is moving in New Hampshire, Georgia families rally for medical marijuana, Louisianans will rally for Bernard Noble (13 years for two joints), roommates of a Florida man killed in a SWAT pot raid...
View ArticleFlorida Cops Sell Man Drugs in Sting, Then Gun Him Down
Police conducting an undercover, street-level, reverse drug sting in Putnam County, Florida, shot and killed one of their targets Friday night as he attempted to drive away from the scene. Andrew...
View ArticleThis Week's Corrupt Cops Stories
A Marianas Islands cop gets nailed for smoking meth, a Customs office cops to helping traffickers get marijuana into the US, and a Michigan cop gets in trouble for trying to use drugs to entice sexual...
View ArticleNew Report Shows How Western-Imposed Prohibition Policies Hurt Poor Countries
The article was published in collaboration with AlterNet and first appeared here.Wealthy Western countries are undermining good governance and social and economic development in poor, drug-producing...
View ArticleBlack Maryland Man Killed Fleeing Bust, Cop Claims Suspect Tried to Run Him Down
A 37-year-old black Maryland man was shot and killed Wednesday by a Cecil County sheriff's deputy after being pulled over with a load of heroin. According to police, Terry Garnett, Jr. was attempting...
View ArticleFleeing California Meth Suspect Crashes Cycle, Has Gun, is Killed
A man attempting to elude police on a motorcycle crashed his bike, then allegedly pulled a gun and was shot and killed. James Richard Jimenez, 41, becomes the 13th person to die in US domestic drug law...
View ArticleChronicle AM: Chicago Cops Still Target Blacks for Pot, VT Ibogaine Bill, TX...
Chicago is still arresting way more blacks than whites for pot possession, marijuana bills are moving in Missouri, Texas sees full-blown medical marijuana bills filed, an ibogaine bill gets filed in...
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