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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war on drugs
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Imagine if the Media Covered Alcohol Like Other Drugs
An ongoing drug epidemic has swept the US, killing hundreds and sickening thousands more on a daily basis. The widespread use of a substance called "alcohol" — also known as "booze" — has been linked to erratic and even dangerous behavior, ranging from college students running naked down public streets to brutal attacks and robberies.
Border Patrol Turns Immigration Checkpoint Into Drug Trap
If the border patrol is just becoming the DEA with a new name, we have some serious problems on our hands. One such incident occurred in early May near the New York/Canadian border.
Law & PoliticsLink
New DEA Chief Claims He Will Not Focus on Marijuana
While the domestic War on Drugs has been supported for nearly four decades by Michele Leonhart, it appears as though some of her misguided policies, mostly those rooted in Reagan’s anti-reefer regime, may finally come crashing down with the recent appointment of the new leader of the DEA.
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The End of the War on Drugs and the Emergence of the Venture-Backed Cannabis Industry
When news broke that Founders Fund, the proudly contrarian venture firm helmed by PayPal co-founder Peter Thiel, was going to invest a major $75 million in Privateer Holdings, a company focused on producing, distributing and educating consumers about legal marijuana, it opened the floodgates for other investors to barrel in.
Law & PoliticsLink
Do Marijuana Prisoners Deserve Amnesty?
What to do with the prisoners of a failed war? Since 2012, when voters in Colorado and Washington approved the tax and sale of recreational marijuana, the cognitive dissonance of America's drug penalties has become even more absurd.
There Is No Excuse to Bring Up Freddie Gray's Drug History
Freddie Gray's criminal background of several drug related offenses has been being tossed around quite a bit by people who bring it up as though it somehow justifies what happened to him.
Cop Sexually Assaults Teen Caught With Weed, Avoids Felony Charge and Keeps Law Enforcement Certificate
Nebraskan law enforcement officer, Cory Cooper, discovered a small amount of cannabis during a traffic stop, and proceeded to use it to extort a teenager into performing sexual acts on him.
Back-Fire: How Getting Busted Made Me a Drug-Policy Activist
My experience, seeing the unfairness of the drug war laid bare before me, crystallized in my mind to form the nucleus of all my drug war efforts.
Law & PoliticsLink
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."
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DEA Used Drug War as an Excuse to Spy on American Citizens
An exposé published last week by USA Today reveals that the practice of spying on American citizens had nothing to do with monitoring terrorist activity post 9/11, but that it was actually a program launched in the early nineties by the Drug Enforcement Administration as a means to further combat the drug war.
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Obama Commutes 22 Drug Sentences, Instantly Doubling the Number of Commutations He's Issued
President Barack Obama commuted the sentences of 22 individuals on Tuesday, more than doubling the number of commutations he has issued in the six-plus years he's been in office. The men and women granted the reprieves had been imprisoned under an "outdated sentencing regime," the administration concluded. Eight of the 22 inmates ...
Parents 4 Pot 'Help-a-Family' Program Helps Families All Year
Those selected for the Help-A-Family program include families with children who face life-threatening illnesses and need cannabis treatments, as well as families that have been torn apart by the drug war and struggle to make ends meet.
Bill Maher Champions Legal Weed On Real Time
Maher said the generic, canned justification politicians give about their pot past is to claim that they were just young and stupid; a silly child who learned a lesson and never did it again.
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Obama Talks Marijuana Decriminalization and Reclassification
Only recently, with no more elections to fight for his party, has Obama started to tell interviewers that he wants softer treatment of a popular drug that shares Schedule I status with far deadlier substances like heroin and LSD. In an interview with Vice, after a semi-apologetic question from Shane Smith, Obama expressed optimism that marijuana could be reclassified.
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DEA Agent Speaks Out: We Were Told Not to Enforce Drug Laws in Rich Communities
As the lies that keep the drug war alive begin to come unglued, many of the police officers and government agents who made it possible are now going public with the truth of their experience. Matthew Fogg, a former US Marshal, and DEA agent is one of those people. Ever since leaving law enforcement...
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Bales of Cannabis Thrown Out of Car Window During High-Speed Police Chase
Alleged drug smugglers were speeding down Interstate 8 near Casa Grande when police spotted their SUV going over 100 mph. The police embarked on a high-speed pursuit, and the vehicle's occupants began to throw bales of what seemed like an endless supply of marijuana out of the SUV's back window.
Unarmed FL Man Gunned Down in Cannabis SWAT Raid
An entire SWAT team raided a suspected cannabis operation. Immediately, one of the officers shot Derek Cruice, a 26 year old unarmed man, in the face, killing him.