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NY Times: Drug Agents Use Vast Phone Trove, Eclipsing NSA’s
New York Times details an operation between drug agents and AT&T, the Hemisphere Project, which grants access to phone data from as far back as 1987
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Eric Holder Pressed on DEA Use of NSA Intelligence
Five Democratic senators and three Democratic congressmen -- all senior members of the House Judiciary Committee -- have sent a letter to Eric Holder.
Armored Car Companies Is the Federal Government's Latest Attack On Legal Marijuana
The feds have given armored car companies in California notice to stop working with any cannabis-related business, which will effect several large...
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.
Feds Force Security and Armored Car Companies to Stop Servicing the Cannabis Industry
The Drug Enforcement Agency has informed security and armored car services that they can no longer render services to state-legal cannabis providers...
Video: Dr. Sanjay Gupta on Marijuana, We've Been Terribly Misled, DEA Has No Scientific Basis
Dr. Sanjay Gupta made a huge statement for cannabis reform, appearing on Piers Morgan last night and apologizing on air for opposing marijuana legalization
DEA Uses Spy Data for Criminal Investigations, Hides Origins
a DEA unit is feeding data from the NSA, as well as wiretaps and informants, to law enforcement around the country to launch criminal investigations.
Tenth Annual Olympia Hempfest
I attended and spoke at the Tenth Annual Olympia Hempfest at beautiful Heritage Park, which sits in the shadow of the WA State Capitol Building..
Medical Marijuana Update (2013.07.31)
Here's the latest major medical marijuana news around the United States from the past week, as of July 31, 2013:
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.
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?
Medical Marijuana Update (2013.07.24)
Here's the latest major medical marijuana news around the United States from the past week, as of July 24, 2013:
Advocates Appeal Marijuana's Federal Status to Supreme Court
ASA filed a petition for writ of certiorari today with the U.S. Supreme Court to appeal a marijuana's federal status as one of the most dangerous drugs.
Obama Administration Brought 80 Percent More Medical Marijuana Cases Than Bush
During the entire 8 years under Bush, the federal government saw 163 medical marijuana cases, or about 20 per year. With almost 1.5 years left, the Obama...
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US Approves Marc Emery's Transfer Home to Canada
The US government has approved a prisoner transfer application for Marc Emery, the Canadian marijuana activist serving a five year sentence in the US for selling marijuana seeds to fund pot legalization activism.
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Who Doesn't Want Marijuana Legal? Cops and Cartels
Both the drug war crusaders of law enforcement and their targets, organized crime, agree that marijuana should not be legal.
Marijuana Debated at Aspen Ideas Festival
In an interesting debate at the Aspen Ideas Festival, Drug Policy Alliance director Ethan Nadelmann is debating former DEA administrator Asa Hutchinson.