This Week's Corrupt Cops Stories (2012.11.14)
Here's the latest news on corrupt cops and law enforcement around the United States from the past week, as of November 14, 2012...
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RI and ME Lawmakers to Announce Recreational Marijuana Initiatives Tomorrow; VT and MA to Follow
State legislators from Rhode Island and Maine via a teleconference call, will announce that they are introducing initiatives to tax and regulate marijuana.
WA Governor Meets with DOJ on Marijuana Legalization
Washington state Governor Chris Gregoire met Tuesday with Deputy Attorney General James Cole to discuss her state's passage last week of an initiative...
Citing Marijuana Legalization Vote, Latin Leaders Call for Policy Review
Last Tuesday's legalization votes are reverberating not just across the country, but across the hemisphere. 5 conservative Latin American heads of state...
Medical Marijuana Stock Prices Soar Following Legalization Votes
The Medical Marijuana Business Daily reports that several publicly traded companies serving the medical cannabis industry have soared in the stock market.
Will CO and WA Campuses Change Their Marijuana Policies?
A USA Today article predicts colleges in Colorado and Washington won't be changing their marijuana policies soon and campuses...
Another Reason for Mexico to End Its Drug War
Along with catalyzing devastating violence that has claimed 60,000 lives thus far, there's another good reason for Mexico to end its ill-fated drug war...
Marijuana Votes Have Mexicans Talking Legalization
With US public support for marijuana legalization now at the 50% mark, and state legalization efforts now starting to come to fruition, Mexicans...
Colorado Dems to Seek Federal Exemption from Marijuana Prohibition
3 Democratic members of Colorado's Congressional delegation are planning legislation that would exempt states enacting legalization systems for marijuana...
Seattle Police Legal Marijuana Guide Features Gandalf and Bilbo
The SPD Blotter posted a new Seattle marijuana law guide & used an embedded video from the Lord of The Rings movie of Gandalf and Bilbo blowing smoke rings
Hundreds of Marijuana Cases Were Dismissed in Washington This Week
Two county prosecutors in Washington State have dismissed 220 pending marijuana cases for possession, in response to the passage of I-502, according to...
Congressional Medical Cannabis Champions Win Big in Reelection & Senate Bids
Next year will mark the first time that the public supporters of safe access to medical cannabis will be joining the United States Senate.
Feds Unsure What to Do About State Legalization
A Washington Post story reports that federal officials don't know what they are going to do about marijuana legalization in Colorado and Washington...
What Legal Marijuana Will Look Like in Washington State
Jacob Sullum has a detailed discussion on Reason called "What Legal Pot in Washington Will Look Like," comparing WA's I-502 with CO's Amendment 64...
Medical Marijuana Advocates Take Fight to DC
As the Executive Director of Americans for Safe Access, it’s my privilege to meet & facilitate the work of medical marijuana advocates throughout the nation
I-502 Fact Sheets from WA State and ACLU of WA
The Washington State Liquor Control Board and the ACLU of Washington have both issued facts sheets on the implementation of I-502...
Colorado and Washington Legalized Marijuana Tuesday, What Happens Now?
The states of Colorado and Washington sent a clear message to the federal government that they no longer wish to enforce the futile prohibition on marijuana
And the Federal Fast Talking Has Started...
It turns out that federal fast talking on cannabis hasn't even needed feds to get started, a "Network Media Fail" analysis by Peter Guither demonstrates: