DEA Must Pay $3 Million in 2010 Killing of LA Teen
A federal judge awarded $3 million to the family of an 18-year-old honors student who was gunned down by undercover DEA agents in a parking garage in 2010.
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Needless victims of our failed drug war
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New Orleans Cop Jailed in 2012 Drug War Killing
Chronicle tallied 63 drug war deaths in 2012. Eight were law enforcement officers. Of the 55 civilian deaths, only two resulted in an officer being charged.
San Diego Dad Says Medical Pot Use Cost Family Custody
There was no evidence to suggest that either child was in danger in the time it would have taken to obtain a protective custody warrant.
Medicinal Marijuana Needy: The Story of Michael Brooks, Part 2
Weedists: Meet Michael Brooks. "Weedists are the people who are out there fighting the good fight and these are their stories." Michael represents a new...
Broken Laws Shatter Happy Home: The Alexandria Hill Story
The story of Alexandria Hill, a two year old from Texas, is absolutely heartbreaking, but I think it is story that needs to be told. Does cannabis use...
What is One Person's Life Worth? The Story of Michael Brooks
Michael Brooks tends to watch the clock a little differently, and he understands the one of life's most precious values, time. Suffering from hepatitis-C...
Judge Threatens to Arrest Observers for Advocacy in Hearing
In a display of rage in the courthouse, Judge Peter Gallagher ranted at Victor Marion for choosing to have supporters in the courtroom for his sentencing.
DEA to Pay $4.1 Million to Man Forgotten in Cell
Chong said that despite repeatedly pounding on the door and calling for help, no DEA personnel came. Chong spent 4 days in the cell without food or water.
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Obama Administration Spending $180,000 Per Day to Undermine State Marijuana Laws
The report found that the Obama administration has spent $300,000,000 in its fight against voter-approved medical marijuana laws across the country.
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Head Shop CCTV Catches Police Informant Planting Crack
An informant sent by police as an undercover investigator was caught red-handed planting crack in the business he was sent to investigate.
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Time - The Zimmerman Mind-Set
This mind-set has fueled a brutal war on drugs, a get-tough movement and a prison-building boom unprecedented in world history." -Michelle Alexander, Time
DEA Medical Cannabis Offensive May Have Cost $13.3 Million
These raids constitute one of President Obama’s single biggest days of paramilitary action on medical cannabis providers, but what did this offensive cost?
Deanna Jean, Minnesota Mom, Fights for Medical Marijuana
Deanna Jean, or DJ as she is known in her community, is a medical cannabis patient due to a traumatic brain injury she sustained a couple of years ago...
Prosecutor Claims All Medical Cannabis Patients Are Guilty Until Proven Innocent
Attorneys Rogers and Fairfax argued their clients, - medical cannabis patients and seriously ill Dennis and Deborah Littles’ - right to privacy was violated
Needless Suffering of Medical Marijuana Patient Embodies Federal-State Conflict
Douglas Hiatt, brought me face-to-face with cases of persecuted, ill and disabled patients caught up in the federal-state conflict on medical marijuana.
San Diego Superior Court Judge Denies Collective's Defense
A superior court Judge prohibited defense from bringing evidence to support that cannabis patients may lawfully collectively cultivate medical cannabis.
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NYT: As a Religion, Marijuana-Infused Faith Pushes Limits
He points out that the court is unlikely to find Mr. Christie not guilty because we could each have our own religions which require cannabis or other drugs.
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Oregon Dispensary Law Won't Stop Pending Cases
Oregon's recently-passed medical marijuana dispensary law won't help owners and operators that were arrested before its passage.