The Good, the Bad, and the Ugly: The Top Ten US Drug Policy Stories of 2017...
It was the best of times; it was the worst of times. Tens of thousands die of drug overdoses, hundreds of thousands get arrested for drugs, yet marijuana is seeing boom times. As we bid adieu to 2017,...
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[image:1 align:left caption:true]1. In the Philippines, Duterte's Bloody Drug War Rages OnUndeterred by international criticism, Filipino President Rodrigo Duterte continued his murderous war on...
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A state prison guard, a small town cop, and an Arkansas prosecutor's investigator all go down. Let's get to it:[image:1 align:left]In Little Rock, Arkansas, an investigator for the Arkansas County...
View ArticleFederal Marijuana Justice Act Filed in House [FEATURE]
Attorney General Sessions' announcement last week that he was rescinding Obama-era guidance to federal prosecutors to generally leave law-abiding marijuana operations alone in states where it is legal...
View ArticleMontana Prosecutor Calls for "Immediate Crackdown" on Pregnant Drug and...
This article was produced in collaboration with AlterNet and first appeared here.Taking the war against pregnant women to a whole new level, a Montana prosecutor called this week for an "immediate...
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The Baltimore cop who accidentally recorded himself planting drugs gets indicted, two Indiana jail guards go down in separate cases in two days, a Pennsylvania probation officer gets in trouble for...
View ArticleEight Things That Do (or Don't) Happen When We Legalize Marijuana [FEATURE]
The great social experiment that is marijuana legalization is now five years old, with six states already allowing legal marijuana sales, two more where legal sales will begin within months, and yet...
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It's been a pretty quiet week on the corrupt front, but we've got another prison guard breaking bad and a police dispatcher who picked the wrong husband. Let's get to it:[image:1 align:left]In...
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A Florida cop with his very own forfeiture program heads to prison, a Maryland cop gets nailed peddling pain pills, and more. Let's get to it:[image:1 align:left]In Fort Lauderdale, Florida, a former...
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A massive Baltimore corruption case comes to an end, a former Homeland Security agent heads to prison for taking bribes from a Cali cartel capo, and more. Let's get to it:[image:1 align:left]In...
View ArticleTrump's Drug Budget Doubles Down on the War on Drugs
The Trump administration released its proposed Fiscal Year 2019 budget Monday, and it looks like a return to last century's failed law-and-order drug war policies. While paying lip service to the...
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Sticky-fingered cops go down, so do inmate-serving prison guards. Let's get to it:[image:1 align:right]In Wichita, Kansas, a former Sedgewick County sheriff's deputy was arrested last Tuesday for...
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Two LAPD cops go away for a long time for sexually assaulting female drug suspects, a Pennsylvania attorney general's narc gets popped for a drug cash rip-off scheme, a Washington state local cop gets...
View ArticlePutting Pressure on the Philippines: Activists Call Out Drug War Human Rights...
It was deadly serious street theater (see video below) outside the Philippine embassy in Washington Wednesday afternoon as protestors demanding an end to the country's murderous drug war waved signs,...
View ArticleChronicle AM: Good IL, MI Pot Polls, Denver Psilocybin Initiative, ACLU...
Pot polls in a pair of key Midwest states are looking good, the ACLU seeks to influence district attorney races around the nation, a Denver magic mushroom initiative is getting underway, and...
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Pretty quiet on the corrupt cops front this week. Thank goodness for jail guards! Let's get to it:[image:1 align:left]In Tucson, Arizona, a Pima County jail guard was arrested last Wednesday on charges...
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A Vermont cop was wooing girlfriends with dope from the evidence locker, a Pennsylvania narc goes down for ripping off drug money, a Mississippi cop goes away for dealing weed, and more. Let's get to...
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There must be something in the water in Memphis, a Massachusetts dope squad is under investigation for thuggery, more prison guards go down, and more. Let's get to it:[image:1 align:right]In...
View ArticleThis Week's Corrupt Cops Stories
This week brings a full hand of cops arrested on various drug charges, including a South Carolina police chief with a pill habit and a New Jersey cop with a drug-dealing habit. Let's get to it:[image:1...
View ArticleFeds Indict Maine Marijuana Users for Buying Guns
This article was produced in collaboration with AlterNet and first appeared here.Less than a month ago, AlterNet published 4 Ways Using Even Legal Marijuana Makes You a Second Class Citizen, which...
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