Is the Drug War a Well Polished Lie?
A leading Mexican journalist with deep knowledge of the drug war, claims that government corruption and back alley deals with the DEA carry a heavy load of responsibility for facilitating and encouraging the war.
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Ex-Drug Officer Says He Stole Cash, Planted Drugs Many Times
A disgraced ex-police officer testifying against his drug squad colleagues acknowledged Tuesday that he stole drug money, planted evidence and lied on police paperwork too many times to count. Jeffrey Walker told jurors that the Philadelphia Police Department drug squad targeted white "college-boy ... khaki-pants types" who were "easy to intimidate."
Pot Arrests Generate Bank for Law Enforcement, Have Racial Bias
Latino and Black people are over 3 times more likely to suffer harsh judicial consequences for cannabis possession than Caucasians, even though the rate of consumption is more or less the same.
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Pharmaceuticals, Alcohol Industry Among Biggest Opponents of Legal Weed
The biggest opponents of legal weed are pharmaceutical, alcohol and beer companies, private prison corporations and police unions. Among the largest donors to Partnership for Drug-Free Kids, a New York City-based nonprofit, are ...
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Alabama Takes Steps Towards Sensible Cannabis Laws
Marijuana proponents in the State of Alabama are working towards the port of legalization, but are currently tied at anchor by the resistance of marijuana prohibitionists. Efforts to make legalization a reality have, however, dramatically increased over the last couple years.
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Pasadena Police Refuse Court Order to Return Medical Marijuana
Despite a recent court order, Pasadena police in California have flat-out refused a judge's order to return over $8,000 of medical marijuana seized from a local resident...
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Officer's Record May Help Rapper He Arrested
A cop accused of falsely arresting Meek Mill over a "pot odor" cannot exclude evidence of prior unwarranted searches based on such "smells," a judge ruled.
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Two More Los Angeles Deputies in the Soup
Two former Los Angeles County Sheriff's deputies were charged with planting guns at a medical marijuana dispensary to support the arrest of two men in 2011.
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Troopers 'License Plate Profiling' in Idaho for Marijuana
An Idaho state trooper arrested and searched a 70-year-old Washington man solely because of his license plate from Colorado, where marijuana is legal, the man claims in a federal lawsuit.