Tag: law enforcement

(468 posts)
March 17, 2014
03/17/2014
Students Say Counselor Played Cop in Sting

Students Say Counselor Played Cop in Sting

A high school counselor enlisted two students to uncover drug sales on campus by buying marijuana, and when one of the students was arrested, school officials tried...
March 14, 2014
03/14/2014
Does Medical Marijuana Equal Bad Parenting?

Does Medical Marijuana Equal Bad Parenting?

“Your baby doesn’t need to be subjected to marijuana,” an officer says, in an audio recording. The couple have legal prescriptions for the marijuana in their home. “I told...
March 14, 2014
03/14/2014
Say What? UNODC Panel Says Criminalizing Drug Use “Not Beneficial”

Say What? UNODC Panel Says Criminalizing Drug Use “Not Beneficial”

Yep, you read that right. The global anti-drug bureaucracy doesn’t think it’s a good idea to criminalize drug use. As the Drug Policy Alliance (DPA) notes: Today, a...
March 13, 2014
03/13/2014
This Week’s Corrupt Cops Stories (2014.03.12)

This Week’s Corrupt Cops Stories (2014.03.12)

More prison guards gone bad, another Philadelphia cop gets in trouble, a Kentucky narc has problems, and a DC-area cop gets her hand slapped. Let’s get to...
March 12, 2014
03/12/2014
Minnesota Medical Marijuana Bill Hits Stalemate

Minnesota Medical Marijuana Bill Hits Stalemate

A bill that would legalize medical marijuana in Minnesota was put on hold Tuesday at the Capitol after negotiations with law enforcement hit a stalemate. Rep. Carly Melin...
March 11, 2014
03/11/2014
“The New Jim Crow” Author Michelle Alexander Talks Race and Drug War

“The New Jim Crow” Author Michelle Alexander Talks Race and Drug War

On Thursday, Michelle Alexander, author of the bestselling and galvanizing The New Jim Crow: Mass Incarceration in the Age of Colorblindness sat down with poet/activist Asha Bandele of the Drug Policy...
March 11, 2014
03/11/2014
How Much the War on Drugs Impacts Our Overcrowded Prisons

How Much the War on Drugs Impacts Our Overcrowded Prisons

America’s prisons are dangerously overcrowded, and the war on drugs is mainly to blame. Over 50 percent of inmates currently in federal prison are there for drug offenses,...
March 6, 2014
03/06/2014
Medical Marijuana Update (2014.03.05)

Medical Marijuana Update (2014.03.05)

CBD medical marijuana bills are moving in states that have traditionally been unreceptive to medical marijuana, New Mexico moves to increase supply, Maryland promulgates draft rules, and...
March 6, 2014
03/06/2014
This Week’s Corrupt Cops Stories (2014.03.05)

This Week’s Corrupt Cops Stories (2014.03.05)

A major scandal envelopes five San Francisco police officers, a former Illinois probation officer heads for prison in the cocaine death of an Illinois judge, a Kentucky...
March 5, 2014
03/05/2014
How Marijuana Changed Your March Madness Bracket

How Marijuana Changed Your March Madness Bracket

Chane Behanan was a member of the Louisville basketball team. While they were at a hotel for a road game, he took a walk to get away and...
March 3, 2014
03/03/2014

Man Swallows Lit “Pot Cigar,” Gets Charged With “Tampering With Evidence” in Hell’s Kitchen

A 22-year-old man was smoking a “pot cigar” on the corner of 10th Avenue and West 39th Street last Saturday night, when he was approached by a police officer....
March 3, 2014
03/03/2014
Tempe, Arizona Compassion Club Busted for Pot Sales

Tempe, Arizona Compassion Club Busted for Pot Sales

Delta 9, a medical marijuana compassion club in Tempe, Arizona, was busted for providing medicine to members.
February 27, 2014
02/27/2014
This Week’s Corrupt Cops Stories (2014.02.26)

This Week’s Corrupt Cops Stories (2014.02.26)

A drug court probation officer parties down with one of his clients, a Georgia cop goes to prison for ripping off a drug dealer, and so does...
February 26, 2014
02/26/2014
NORML Argues Police May Not Question Based on Marijuana Odor

NORML Argues Police May Not Question Based on Marijuana Odor

NORML filed an “amicus curiae” brief with the Massachusetts Supreme Court on Tuesday, February 18, urging the court to place more limits on police questioning and searches...
February 26, 2014
02/26/2014
Minnesota Wants Medical Marijuana, But Police Are in the Way

Minnesota Wants Medical Marijuana, But Police Are in the Way

Minnesota residents and lawmakers want to legalize medical marijuana but police oppose, at least partly because they don’t want to lose funding.
February 26, 2014
02/26/2014
Maryland Police Chief Cites Fake News In Senate Hearing

Maryland Police Chief Cites Fake News In Senate Hearing

At a Maryland State Senate hearing to discuss decriminalizing marijuana Tuesday, a high-ranking law enforcement official betrayed his total ignorance about marijuana when he claimed that decriminalization...
February 19, 2014
02/19/2014
This Week’s Corrupt Cops Stories (2014.02.19)

This Week’s Corrupt Cops Stories (2014.02.19)

Bad cop, bad cop, whatcha gonna do when they come for you? A Seattle-area drug task force deputy defects to the life, a Louisiana deputy parties too...
February 13, 2014
02/13/2014
This Week’s Corrupt Cops Stories (2014.02.12)

This Week’s Corrupt Cops Stories (2014.02.12)

A felonious foursome of public servants made the Hall of Shame this week. Let’s get to it: In Savannah, Georgia, a Savannah-Chatham police sergeant was arrested Sunday for lying...
February 11, 2014
02/11/2014
“McGruff” Arrested with Grenade Launcher, 1,000 Weed Plants

“McGruff” Arrested with Grenade Launcher, 1,000 Weed Plants

Just wonderful: John Morales, an actor who played McGruff the Crime Dog in Galveston, Texas, was sentenced to 16 years in prison recently for possession of 1,000...
By: Andy Cush
February 7, 2014
02/07/2014
Medical Marijuana Update (2014.02.05)

Medical Marijuana Update (2014.02.05)

Project CBD takes on the skeptics on cannabidiol, medical marijuana bills move in Guam, but not in Michigan, and California counties continue to slug it out over...