Sessions/Trump Pull Off an Amazing Feat -- Making the DEA Look Reasonable...
This article was produced in collaboration with AlterNet and first appeared here.The Drug Enforcement Administration (DEA) has never been known as a forward-thinking place when it comes to drug and...
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A dirty Des Moines cop goes down for planting evidence, plus more jail guards gone bad. Let's get to it:[image:1 align:right]In Raleigh, North Carolina, a Wake County jail guard was arrested July 28...
View ArticleChronicle AM: White House Seeks MA MedMJ Data, Ecstasy for PTSD Advances,...
The White House is sniffing around Massachusetts medical marijuana patient data, the FDA has granted breakthrough drug status for MDMA as a treatment of PTSD, the DEA warns of a looming tide of...
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Yee-haw, it's getting crazy out there: A Philly drug task force officer gets nailed for exchanging drugs for sex, a Pennsylvania cop gets busted after being found ODing on stolen drugs on the evidence...
View ArticleChronicle AM: Trouble in the Philly Narc Squad, TN Cops Misused Seizure...
We're seeing progress on pot policy in gubernatorial candidates in Minnesota and Virginia, Tennessee cops get scorched for asset forfeiture spending abuses, black Philly narcs charge their bosses are...
View ArticleChronicle AM: House Blocks Sessions Civil Asset Forfeiture Move, More......
The House votes to defund Attorney General Sessions' newly revived Equitable Sharing asset forfeiture program, Maine lawmakers want a 20% sales tax on weed, Duterte allies in the Philippines vote to...
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An Illinois DA gets indicted for asset forfeiture abuses, a Boston cop pleads guilty to extorting cocaine from a drug dealer, and more. Let's get to it:[image:1 align:left]In Ottawa, Illinois, a...
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A Louisiana cop gets nailed for having sex and peddling dope on the job, a sticky-fingered Pennsyvlania cop gets nailed for stealing drug money, a South Carolina cop gets nailed -- nine years after the...
View ArticleChronicle AM: MA Drug Lab Scandal Redux, PA Pot Poll Shows Strong, Rising...
Pennsylvania support for pot legalization is strong and rising, Attorney General Sessions mixes drug and immigration policy, another federal court rules against Stingray, a second Massachusetts drug...
View ArticleChronicle AM: FBI: Drug Arrests Up Last Year, Colombia Coca Conflict, More......
The FBI's latest Uniform Crime Report shows an increase in drug arrests last year, there's conflict in the coca fields in Colombia, British Columbia gets set to figure out how it's going to handle...
View ArticleFEATURE: Drug Arrests, Marijuana Arrests Both Up Last Year, FBI Reports
This article was produced in collaboration with AlterNet and first appeared here. Despite spreading marijuana legalization and despite a growing desire for new directions in drug policy, the war on...
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Busy, busy: A long-time fugitive rogue Chicago cop gets cop, a DHS agent gets nailed for taking big bucks to help a Cali Cartel operative make an indictment go away, a Vermont cop plied a woman addict...
View ArticleChronicle AM: Houston Quits Trying "Trace Amount" Drug Cases, US Chides...
San Antonio quits arresting small-time pot violators, Houston quits prosecuting folks caught with trace amounts of drugs, Vermont begins pondering how to do pot legalization, the US chides Colombia on...
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We've only got a couple this week, but they're both pretty juicy and involve federal law enforcement officials. Let's get to it:[image:1 align:left]In New Orleans, a DEA agent and a Hammond police...
View ArticleChronicle AM: Trump Drug Czar Nominee Withdraws, NFL Endorses Sentencing...
Stories pile up when you spend a week at the drug reform conference: Trump's choice for drug czar is out, the NFL endorses sentencing reform, California's governor signs a sentencing reform bill, and...
View ArticleChronicle AM: Dallas Ends Marijuana Possession Arrests, Drug Czar Nominee...
Dallas gives up on arresting pot possessors, the DOJ gives up on prosecuting the Kettle Falls Five, there's a new list of possible drug czar nominees, and more.[image:1 align:left...
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A Florida narc gets a case of sticky fingers, and a whole bunch of jail and prison guards break bad. Let's get to it:[image:1 align:left]In Jacksonville, Florida, a Jacksonville narcotics detective was...
View ArticleChronicle AM: New Gallup Poll Has Record Support for Marijuana Legalization,...
Nearly two-thirds of Americans now support marijuana legalization, and even more in Connecticut, the House passes a bill increasing funding for drug interdiction, the GAO reports on five years of US...
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Sticky-fingered pill-stealing cops get themselves in trouble in Florida, and more. Let's get to it:[image:1 align:left]In Palm Beach, Florida, a Palm Beach deputy was arrested last Thursday on charges...
View ArticleFour Reasons Black Incarceration Rates Are Going Down, While White Rates Are...
It's long been a given that tremendous racial disparities plague the nation's criminal justice system. That's still true -- blacks are incarcerated at a rate five times that of whites -- but the racial...
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