This Week's Corrupt Cops Stories
A former Texas DA partied a little to hearty, cops in New York and California get nailed for dirty dealing, and more. Let's get to it:[image:1 align:left]In Litchfield, Minnesota, a former Meeker...
View ArticleChronicle AM: Obama Says Federal Pot Prohibition "Not Tenable" After Tuesday,...
Marijuana Policy President Obama Says Federal Pot Prohibition in Question After Tuesday's Vote. Appearing on the Bill Maher Show Friday night, President Obama said federal marijuana prohibition will...
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A Border Patrol agent goes down for dirty-dealing, an NYPD cop gets nailed for peddling cocaine and ecstasy, an Indiana narcotics supervisor gets caught with his hand in the cookie jar, and more. Let's...
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A Pennsylvania DARE officer didn't heed his own lessons, a Florida cop fell for a money-laundering come-on, and more. Let's get to it:[image:1 align:left]In Center Township, Pennsylvania, a Beaver...
View ArticleChronicle AM: Organic Foods Group Disses Kratom, DPA Releases Opioids Plan,...
An organic foods group says allowing kratom would be "dangerous," the Drug Policy Alliance comes out with a plan for heroin and prescription opioids, Iowa shuts down its asset forfeiture unit, and...
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A bunch of Des Moines drug cases are now in doubt after a pair of cops are accused of planting drugs, a former New York cop gets sent away for selling "date rape" drugs, and more. Let's get to...
View ArticleChronicle AM: Trump Names Drug Warrior for DHS, Congress Funds Opioid...
Another Trump nominee raising eyebrows and concerns among drug reformers, Congress passes a health care omnibus bill that includes $1 billion for opioid treatment, Montana dispensaries are cleared to...
View ArticleSeven More Drug War Deaths
When police in Charlotte, North Carolina, shot and killed Keith Lamont Scott in September in an incident that began when they spotting him rolling a joint in his car, the city was shaken by angry...
View ArticleChronicle AM: Mexico Senate Approves MedMJ, WI Lawmaker Wants HS Drug...
With the backing of the president, Mexico's Senate has approved medical marijuana; Kentucky's attorney general identifies the opioid epidemic as the state's biggest problem, Nevada drug dogs trained to...
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A former Ohio sheriff goes to prison for stealing pills, a former New Mexico cop is in trouble for buying sex with meth, and more. Let's get to it:[image:1 align:left]In Las Cruces, New Mexico, a...
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A Homeland Security agent was living large on stolen dope money, a New York state cop was slinging coke and weed, and more. Let's get to it:[image:1 align:left]In Niagara Falls, New York, a former...
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A Maryland police drug lab director gets caught with her hand in the cookie jar, a Texas border town cop gets nailed for ripping off cocaine, and more. Let's get to it:[image:1 align:right]In...
View Article2016: People Still Died in the Drug War at the Rate of One a Week [FEATURE]
With 2016 now behind us, it's time for some year-end accounting, and when it comes to fatalities related to drug law enforcement, that accounting means tallying up the bodies. The good news is that...
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A newly elected West Virginia sheriff has a meth problem, a Kentucky drug detective develops a case of sticky fingers, and more. Let's get to it:[image:1 align:left]In Spencer, West Virginia, the newly...
View ArticleCalifornia's Six Largest Cash Crops: Marijuana is a Monster [FEATURE]
This article was produced in collaboration with AlterNet and first appeared here.California's agricultural bounty is fabled, from the endless olive and almond groves of the Central Valley to the...
View ArticleChronicle AM: Guam Gov Files Legalization Bill, More Iran Drug Executions,...
Marijuana legalization bills get filed in Guam and the District of Columbia, the Global Drug Policy Commission asks Obama to commute more sentences, Chris Christie vows to fight drug addiction during...
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This week, it should be "This Week's Corrupt Jail Guards," since that's all we've got. Let's get to it:[image:1 align:left]In Houma, Louisiana, a Lafourche Parish jail guard was arrested last Tuesday...
View ArticleStingray: Privacy, Surveillance, the War on Drugs, and Your Phone [FEATURE]
special to Drug War Chronicle by independent investigative journalist Clarence cwalkerinvestigate@gmail.comRaymond Lambis is a free man -- at least for now.[image:1 align:left]He was looking at 10...
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It's been a quiet week on the corrupt cops front, but there's still a bit of nefariousness afoot. A Pennsylvania cop gets nailed for ripping off heroin for his own use, and more. Let's get to...
View ArticleChronicle AM: More State Forfeiture Bills, Colombia Drug Farmers Organizing,...
Colorado high court rules cops don't have to give your legal weed back if they seize if, changes in the Arkansas medical marijuana law go to the governor, there's more asset forfeiture activity in the...
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