Los Angeles Deputies Kill Armed Man, 80, in Marijuana Raid
[image:1 align:right]Los Angeles County Sheriff's deputies shot and killed an armed 80-year-old man as they served a search warrant on a marijuana grow operation in a remote part of the county early...
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Thuggery in Philly, protecting drug shipments in Houston and Detroit, sticky fingers in Los Angeles, and that's not all. Let's get to it:[image:1 align:right]In Philadelphia, five undercover narcotics...
View ArticleMedical Marijuana Update
At least the DEA didn't raid anybody this week, but some Michigan cops did. That and more in this week's update. Let's get to it:[image:1 align: left]ArizonaOn Wednesday, the first dispensary opened in...
View ArticleMassachusetts SWAT Team Kills Armed Man in Drug Raid
Members of a Massachusetts SWAT team serving a search warrant in a pre-dawn drug raid Wednesday in the town of Orange shot and killed the apartment resident after he allegedly confronted them with a...
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More trouble for Philly and its rogue narcs, an Alabama jail guard goes down, so does a Mississippi narc, and a Calfornia narc cops a plea to stealing dope for resale. Let's get to it:[image:1...
View ArticleChronicle Book Review: Cannabis Nation and Marijuanamerica
Cannabis Nation: Control and Consumption in Britain, 1928-2008, by James Mills (2013, Oxford University Press, 292 pp., $65.00 HB)Marijuanamerica: One Man's Quest to Understand America's Dysfunctional...
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Two Virginia top cops copped to drug corruption offenses this past week, and that's just for starters. There is more as well. Let's get to it:[image:1 align:right]In Halifax, Virginia, the former...
View ArticleWith Legalization Looming, Lessons from the Netherlands [FEATURE]
The US states of Colorado and Washington voted last year to legalize marijuana and are moving forward toward implementing legalization. Activists in several states are lining up to try to do the same...
View ArticleBaltimore Man Killed in Drug Possession Traffic Stop
A Baltimore man died Sunday night after scuffling with police who had pulled over the vehicle in which he was riding for "a traffic stop involving possible narcotics." Tyrone West, 44, becomes the 21st...
View ArticleIn Profit-Sharing Scheme, Oklahoma DA Used Contractor for Highway Drug Stops
An asset forfeiture scheme that utilized a private security contractor to stop vehicles on Interstate 40 in Caddo County, Oklahoma, has been shut down after garnering strong criticism. Caddo County...
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Four of the seven law enforcement personnel making our hall of shame this week were women. You've come a long way, ladies! Let's get to it:[image:1 align:right]In Washington, DC, a Prince Georges...
View ArticleTwo More Reasons Why Ray Kelly Is Full of It and Shouldn't Head DHS
[image:1 align:right caption:true]Criticisms have swirled around NYPD Commissioner Ray Kelly''s record on the "stop and frisk&qread more
View ArticleChronicle Book Review: Smuggler Nation
Smuggler Nation: How Illicit Trade Made America, by Peter Andreas (2013, Oxford University Press, 454 pp., $29.95 HB)Wow. With Smuggler Nation, Brown University political science professor Peter...
View ArticleArizona Man Holding Air Rifle Killed in Drug Raid
Tempe, Arizona, police in the Special Investigations/Narcotics Unit serving a drug search warrant Wednesday afternoon shot and killed a man in his backyard as he held an air rifle. John Wheelihan, 43,...
View ArticleDEA to Pay $4.1 Million to Man Forgotten in Cell
The DEA has agreed to pay $4.1 million to San Diego college student Daniel Chong after rounding him up in a drug sweep last year and then forgetting him in a holding cell for five days without food or...
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Deputies packing dope, jail guards smuggling dope, cops doing a little money laundering, and cops getting information for their dope dealer buddies.Just another week in the drug war. Let's get to...
View ArticleGeorgia Narc Killed in Car Crash En Route to Bust
An undercover officer with the Columbus, Georgia, Metro Narcotics Task Force was killed Tuesday and another seriously injured when their vehicle crashed as they rushed to assist in a drug bust traffic...
View ArticleDe Facto Hash Truce in Lebanon's Bekaa Valley
The Lebanese government will not attempt to eradicate marijuana fields blooming across the country's Bekaa Valley, Beirut's Daily Star newspaper reported Friday. Sources cited by the Star said it was...
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A pair of Indiana prison guards get in trouble over weed in separate incidents, a Florida deputy is apparently having way too much fun, and an Alabama cop gets nailed in a cocaine sting. Let's get to...
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