Chronicle AM: Mexico Drug War Flares Up, Colombia Coca Crops Up, Global Call...
Mexico drug war flares, Colombia coca production jumps, a Texas decrim bill is moving, so is a Hawaii dispensary bill and a Louisiana medical marijuana bill. And more.[image:1 align:left...
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A ring of crooked North Carolina deputies gets popped, so do some Connecticut cops involved in a steroids rings, and so do more jail and prison guards. And more. So it goes. Let's get to it:[image:1...
View ArticleColombia Suspends Use of Aerial Herbicide to Kill Coca Crops [FEATURE]
[This article was written in collaboration with AlterNet and originally appeared here.][image:1 align:right caption:true]Colombian President Juan Manuel Santos announced today that he is halting the...
View ArticleTwo Mississippi Cops Killed in Traffic Stop Turned Drug Search
The two Hattiesburg, Mississippi, police officers killed last Saturday died after a traffic stop turned into an attempted search for drugs and other contraband. Officers Benjamin Deen and Liquori Tate...
View ArticleThree Marijuana Reform Bills Filed in Louisiana
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Philly's dirty narcs escape criminal convictions, a Georgia cop is in trouble for stealing dope from the evidence room, and a San Francisco cop heads to prison for ripping off drug dealers and...
View ArticleMay Drug War Mayhem: Five Civilians, Two Police Officers Dead in Separate...
Police enforcing the drug laws killed five people in separate incidents last month. The victims become the 25th, 26th, 27th, 28th, and 29th persons to die in US domestic drug law enforcement operations...
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Another jail guard goes down, a probation officer may need probation himself, and a Florida sheriff's officer was looking up information he wasn't supposed to. Let's get to it:[image:1 align:right]In...
View ArticleChronicle AM: AMA Wants Protection for Pot Docs, LA Marijuana Sentencing...
Another GOP presidential contender weighs in on marijuana policy, the nation's harshest pot laws are about to get a little better, the AMA sticks up for medical marijuana, er, cannabis, doctors, and...
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Cops hauling pot, cops protecting loads of cocaine, cops selling ecstasy, and a whole bunch of cops with apparent prescription pill problems, Let's get to it:[image:1 align:left]In Pennsauken, New...
View ArticleChronicle AM: OR Pot Sales Compromise, CO Employers Can Fire MedMJ Patients,...
A legislative compromise would let Oregon counties where voters opposed legalization ban pot shops, the Colorado Supreme Court rules in favor of employers over medical marijuana patients, two big...
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Four Chicago-land cops get popped for testilying, a New York cop tried to impress a woman and ends up on probation, another jail guard goes down, and more. Let's get to it:[image:1 align:right]In...
View ArticleChronicle AM: DE Decriminalizes, Supreme Court Makes Synthetic Drug...
The marijuana reform bandwagon rolls through Delaware, federal bills on opiates and racial profiling get filed, the Supreme Court issues an interesting decision on synthetic drug sales, and more....
View ArticleChronicle AM: Dalai Lama on MedMJ, OH Initiative Shenanigans, First MA...
Ohio's political establishment gears up to block a controversial legalization initiative, the Dalai Lama supports medical marijuana, the Obama administration removes a barrier to marijuana research,...
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Two southern sheriff's deputies and a New England jail guard make the dishonor roll this week.[image:1 align:left]In Tazewell, Tennessee, a former Claiborne County sheriff's deputy was arrested last...
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A lying narc goes to jail, a bribe-taking probation officer gets indicted, a deputy's pill habit gets the best of him, and a woman cop's heroin dealing gets her in trouble. Let's get to it:[image:1...
View ArticleThree More Drug War Deaths in June
An Indiana man died after eating drugs during a traffic stop, an Ohio man wanted on drug charges was killed by police during a traffic stop, and an Oregon man was killed by police breaking up an...
View ArticleChronicle AM: Iran Drug Executions Increasing, Feinstein Pressed on MedMJ, OH...
Midwest marijuana legalization initiatives make news, Sen. Feinstein feels some heat, some European countries keep giving Iran anti-drug aid despite a rising number of executions, California's governor...
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A New Mexico cop gets hoisted by his own petard, a DC cop won't get to keep her drug-money Maserati, a border guard gets popped stealing pain pills from drivers, and more. Let's get to it:[image:1...
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The beat goes on. Cops stealing weed in Texas, heroin in DC, and big sums of cash in Virginia, jail guards dealing smack, and more. Let's get to it:[image:1 align:right]In Sullivan City, Texas, a...
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