Video: Harborside Health Center Press Conference July 12 2012
A 67 minute mobile video of this morning's press conference in response to the Obama administration's latest assault on the Harborside Health Center...
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Needless victims of our failed drug war
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Feds Target California's Highest Profile Dispensary
by Phillip Smith, July 11, 2012, 09:54pm, (Issue #742) Harborside Health Center , California’s largest and most well-known medical marijuana dispensary, has been targeted for closure by federal prosecutors. Workers at the…
This Week's Corrupt Cops Stories (2012.07.11)
A former Missouri sheriff heads to federal prison, a former Kansas City cop is headed there, too, and a former South Carolina deputy is looking at drug charges. Let’s get to it:…
NJ Governor Christie Is an Enigma on War on Drugs
Am I alone in being puzzled by New Jersey Governor Chris Christie’s stance on the war on drugs? Yesterday while speaking at the Brookings Institution , Christie said “…the war on drugs,…
Houston Family | Ages 7 and up | San Diego, CA | May 2012
Willie Houston in San Diego is wrongly arrested and house is nearly burned down in botched marijuana raid. Black smoke pours out of the 2nd story where two women & a 7…
Video: The Young Turks Shreds DEA For Equating Dead Children With Winning War On Drugs
The Young Turks Network shreds Drug Enforcement Agency Chief Michele Leonhart for saying “ It may seem contradictory, but the unfortunate level of violence is a sign of success in the fight…
Drug War Snapshot: Ocean City, Maryland
by Phillip Smith, July 08, 2012, 07:04pm, (Issue #742) Ocean City, Maryland, is a popular East Coast beach vacation destination, but it’s also the scene of a major push for marijuana arrests,…
Drug War Snapshot: Nueces County, Texas
by Phillip Smith, July 08, 2012, 06:00pm, (Issue #742) Nueces County, Texas (pop. 340,000), sits on the Gulf Coast halfway between Houston and the Mexican border, astride drug trafficking corridors headed from…
Drug War Snapshot: Volusia County, Florida
by Phillip Smith, July 08, 2012, 04:51pm, (Issue #742) Volusia County Courthouse (volusia.org) Volusia County, Florida, situated midway up the state’s Atlantic Coast, has just under half a million people, and if…
This Week's Corrupt Cops Stories
by Phillip Smith, July 04, 2012, 02:57pm A crooked narc scandal in Florida just keeps on giving, a sticky-fingered Kansas City cop goes to jail, a former Arizona cop is in trouble…
Video: Excessive Force Used On Long Beach Marijuana Dispensary Employee During Raid
Check out this LA Weekly article on the bullshit June 19th raid by police on the THC Downtown Collective, aka The Happyending Collective (video below). This is a clear use of excessive…
Five More US Drug War Deaths
The War on Drugs…causing crime scenes daily. At least five people have been killed in the drug war on America’s streets in the past few weeks. They become the 30th through the…
Nevada Drug Dog Troopers Allege Official Misconduct
Drug sniffing dogs can be trained to alert on cue. (US Navy) A group of Nevada Highway Patrol troopers and a retired police sergeant have filed a lawsuit against the Patrol and…
A Wrong Reading of the Right Ruling
Mike Riggs at Reason writes about an important decision recently handed down by the Ninth Circuit Court of Appeals but the article also gives an excellent example of poor decision reading. It…
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Feds Harass Robert Platshorn aka The Black Tuna
“Famed marijuana smuggler turned tireless pot activist Robert Platshorn (a.k.a. The Black Tuna) has been facing a series of threats from federal parole board officials in recent weeks, seemingly due to his…
Jose Guerena | Age 26 | Tucson, AZ | May 2011
Jose Guerena , a U.S. Marine veteran who served in the Iraq War was killed in his Tucson, Arizona home, on May 5, 2011, by officers of the Pima County SWAT team.…
Wendell Allen | Age 20 | New Orleans, LA | March 2012
On March 7, 2012, 20 year old Wendell Allen of New Orleans was killed by the NOPD, whose rich history of brutality & racism is well known. ...
Trevon Cole | Age 21 | Las Vegas | June 2010
Trevon Cole ‹ › On June 11, 2010 21 year old Trevon Cole was killed by the LVPD in his own apartment with his nine months pregnant fiancée present. The LVPD’s search…