This Week's Corrupt Cops Stories
A quiet week on the corrupt cops front this week. We've got a pill-poppin' New England trooper stealing from the dead and a former New Orleans cop caught trying to peddle dope. Let's get to it:[image:1...
View ArticleDEA Raiding Medical Marijuana Dispensaries in Denver! [FEATURE]
DEA and IRS agents backed up by Denver and other state and local law enforcement raided a number of Denver area medical marijuana dispensaries and grow operations Thursday. The US Attorney for...
View ArticleChronicle AM -- November 21, 2013
Movement toward legal marijuana commerce continues in Washington, movement toward dispensaries continues in Massachusetts, medical marijuana polls very well in Florida, and more. Let's get to...
View ArticleFort Worth Man Killed in Drug Raid
A Fort Worth, Texas, resident was shot and killed by members of the Tarrant County Narcotics Unit as they executed a search warrant Friday night. The as yet unidentified victim becomes the 36th person...
View ArticleChronicle AM -- November 26, 2013
Medical marijuana gets attention in the statehouse, another drug war atrocity in New Mexico, Greece's first safe injection site is open, and a gram of opium or a few pounds of pot can get you the death...
View ArticleThis Week's Corrupt Cops Stories
Cops in the drug war this week are accused of stealing snitch money, lying to get search warrants, growing and peddling pot, and engaging in a little coke-smuggling. Let's get to it:[image:1...
View ArticleChronicle AM--November 29, 2013
Uruguay's marijuana legalization bill passes another hurdle, a Berlin borough wants cannabis cafes, Chicago proposes tough medical marijuana regulations, Kentucky officials hound the DEA about hemp,...
View ArticleThis Week's Corrupt Cops Stories
There's something fishy going on in Florida, a former Arkansas police chief had a pain pill issue, and a veteran Philly cop lets family ties get the best of him. Let's get to it:[image:1 align:left]In...
View ArticleChronicle AM--December 9, 2013
A West Virginia man gets a first degree murder charge in his wife's accidental drug death, a Utah "Good Samaritan" overdose bill is moving, some US senators grumble about Zohydro ER, and we have a pair...
View ArticleCambodia Drug Detention Centers Rife With Abuse
Cambodian authorities illegally imprison hundreds of drug users and other "undesirables" in detention centers where they don't get drug treatment but instead face torture, sexual abuse, and forced...
View ArticleChronicle AM -- December 11, 2013
Uruguay legalizes the marijuana trade (and the usual suspects object), Denver provides a helpful guide to legalization there, Human Rights Watch scorches Louisiana for its AIDS-enhancing policies, and...
View ArticleThis Week's Corrupt Cops Stories
Busy, busy. Cops on pain pills, crooked drug task force commanders, and more. Let's get to it:[image:1 align:right]In Sunrise, Florida, the Sunrise Police Department has opened an investigation into...
View ArticleChronicle AM -- December 13, 2013
It looks like Washington state medical marijuana patients will continue to be able to grow their own, Seattle City Attorney Pete Holmes wants to welcome pot tourists, the Michigan Senate takes aim at...
View ArticleTwo More Drug War Deaths
A Minnesota man died late last month after being arrested on drug charges, and a Washington state man was shot and killed late last week in a drug bust gone bad. Philip Derks of St. Paul and as yet...
View ArticleChronicle AM -- December 17, 2013
Seattle and Denver get down to the nitty-gritty of dealing with the details of marijuana legalization, a conservative Southern congressman comes out for medical marijuana, Detroit cops go on mass...
View ArticleThis Week's Corrupt Cops Stories
More cops with pain pill problems, one who seemed like he was headed to (or from) a party, and a Texas parole officer gets too tight with a parolee. Let's get to it:[image:1 align:right]In Kaplan,...
View ArticleChronicle AM -- December 18, 2013
They may be smoking more pot in Washington state than anyone thought, the Florida medical marijuana signature-gathering campaign is going down to the wire, opium production is up in the Golden...
View ArticleChronicle AM--December 20, 2013
A pair of state appeals courts slap down cops who take people's medicine and won't give it back, there are problems with Kansas' drug testing law, Peru is buying shining new toys to prosecute its drug...
View Article"Obamacare" Heroin Hits the Market
Like any other businessmen seeking to differentiate their product from similar competitors, heroin dealers come up with brand names, too.read more
View ArticleOhio Woman Killed By Errant Shot in Drug Raid
A Ross County, Ohio, woman was shot and killed in an apparent accidental discharge of a deputy's weapon during a December 11 drug raid. Krystal Barrows, 35, becomes the 39th person to die in US...
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