Prisoner at center of ‘KopBusters’ campaign may soon be freed
• RawStory.comThe woman at the epicenter of a Texas filmmaker's crusade against allegedly corrupt police may soon be freed thanks to a federal judge's decision to vacate her sentence.
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Drug War
L.A. Agrees to Limit Medical-Marijuana Dispensaries
• Wall Steet JournalThe LA City Council delayed a vote on a much-anticipated medical marijuana ordinance, asking planning officials to return with information on how many dispensaries could be closed because they are near homes, schools and public gathering sites.
Euros become currency of drug cartels
• GuardianInternational drug cartels have abandoned the US dollar for high denomination euros to launder millions in illegal profits. Europol has revealed. The gangs no longer use $100 because 500 euro notes - the largest denomination of euro
Drugmakers, FDA move to curb painkiller abuse
• APPharmaceutical executives laid out plans to prevent the misuse of prescription painkillers, under pressure from regulators trying to stop hundreds of fatal overdoses each year. [bad news for chronic pain sufferers and their doctors]
Convicted Felon Meth Salesman Inadvertently Sends Text Message to Drug Task Force
• GinnAnother Drug Selling 101 Tip: Don't text a drug task force agent that you're selling meth.
Nullification at Work: Marijuana Law Advances in New Jersey
• Tenth Amendment CenterThis movement is not about waiting for Federal judges or Federal politicians to give us permission to exercise our rights – it’s about exercising our rights whether they want us to or not.
Failed War on Drugs: Bad Chicago Drug Cops Busted
• Mondo FrazierFour cops from an "elite" anti-drug task force are busted for shaking down drug dealers--in one case, withholding insulin from a man until he revealed where his "drug money" stash was.
Marijuana school opens in Michigan
• United Press InternationalDETROIT, Nov. 29 (UPI) -- A 24-year-old aspiring businessman says he's teaching Michigan residents how to grow medical marijuana at his new "Med Grow Cannabis College."
Los Angeles gets tough on medical marijuana shops
• ReutersLicensed Californian collectives that adhere to the rules say legitimate operations like theirs are being sucked into a sweep against what local prosecutors deem rogue pot shops. "We are low-hanging fruit for the cops," said the manager of a West
The Fall of Mexico
• The Atlantic / Philip CaputoIn the almost three years since President Felipe Calderón launched a war on drug cartels, border towns in Mexico have turned into halls of mirrors where no one knows who is on which side or what chance remark could get you murdered.
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War on Drugs: Store Bought Pills vs. Grow Your Own Meds
Frosty Wooldridge“Once upon a time in America a citizen had complete freedom, along with the personal responsibility, to discover and use anything they believed might help them with a medical problem,” said Officer Howard Wooldridge.
Marijuana Salesman Discovers Door-to-Door Sales is Risky Business
• GinnA door-to-door marijuana salesman gets busted. A few tips for aspiring doobie venders. #1 would be: avoid calling on off-duty cops at their homes.
Smokers quickly find tax loophole
• APTobacco for roll-your-own cigarettes saw a disproportionate leap, from $1.10 to $24.78 per pound. Some predicted the tax would kill the roll-your-own industry, which had offered a cheaper alternative to packaged cigarettes. But....
Government Drug Teleconference Punked by Stoners
• Denver WestworldWhat happens when the state decides to hold a last-minute meeting on a controversial topic like medical marijuana, then tries to hold it via a conference call using technology that apparently no one knows how to work? Comic genius.
Portland Opens First Medical Marijuana Cafe at Former Erotic Club Rumpspankers
• GinnPortland opened its first medical marijuana cafe in a building with a colorful history.
American Medical Association Calls For Scientific Review Of Marijuana's Prohibitive Status
• norml.org via Rense.comAmerican Medical Association Calls For Scientific Review Of Marijuana's Prohibitive Status.
Marijuana Moves Into the Open in a Ski Town
• NY TimesHigh-altitude partying is a deeply carved tradition in ski country, where alcohol in the open and illicit drugs in the shadows have been intertwined for years. Even before last week’s town vote here that decriminalized the possession of small amounts
Cocaine Vaccine
• arcleinBut one trial participant says he does know. He left Daytop after receiving all three shots and immediately started injecting megahits of cocaine with a lady friend over the course of a weekend—to no avail. This report is, of course, what scientists
Shhhhh.....On the "Q.T.," the US is legalizing marijuana
• Times of LondonDoes that mean I get my life and career back? Not likely, methinks.
Sacked – for Telling the Truth About Drugs (UK)
• Telegraph.co.uk via Rense.comThe (UK) Government's drugs tsar was forced to resign last night for stating his view that cannabis, ecstasy and LSD were less harmful than the legal drugs tobacco and alcohol.
Push to Legalize Marijuana Gains Ground in California
• NY TimesThese are heady times for advocates of legalized marijuana in California — and only in small part because of the newly relaxed approach of the federal government toward medical marijuana.
Bill would give leverage to federal medical marijuana defendants
• RawstoryThe "Truth in Trials Act," "enables individuals facing federal prosecution for marijuana-related offenses to provide evidence during trial that the activities they were engaged in were performed in compliance with their state’s duly-enacted medical m
Nick Sand the man who made Orange Sunshine.
Thomas CostanzoNick Sand served hard time for running a productive underground LSD operation - and he has no regrets. Nick your a hero in my book! [ED] Nick Sand was one of the foremost LSD scientist in the world and was the creator of the famous "Orange Sunshine
Drug-War Assassinations
• FFF / Jacob HornbergerThe Pentagon now has an assassination list for suspected drug dealers in Afghanistan. No arrests. No hearings. No attorneys. No judges. No trials. Just kill them.
Bong water is an illegal drug, Minn. Supreme Court rules
• City Pages via diggTime to dump your bong water in case the feds show up at your door. They might think you actually plan to drink it later
CONNECTING THE DOTS
War on Drugs: A Police Officer’s Nightmare
Frosty WooldridgeEnvision detectives arresting more child predators as they abandon the time spent arresting someone selling pot to an adult. All this becomes possible, when America abandons the prohibition approach to marijuana.”
LA's Top Prosecutor Vows to Target Pot Shops
• APHe wasn't expecting the phone call one August day when a voice said the police were outside and he needed to open up or they would bust down the door. His first thought, that it was a joke, turned to terror when he opened the door. Heavily armed o
New medical marijuana policy issued
• APThe Obama administration will not seek to arrest medical marijuana users and suppliers as long as they conform to state laws, under new policy guidelines to be sent to federal prosecutors, who will be told it is not a good use of their time to arrest
Will Mexican violence spill over border?
• ABCSo will it spill further into Texas? Absolutely, says the drug smuggler. "It will in the future. It will escalate, escalate and continue to escalate," he said. What does he think about us reporting from Juarez? "You might as well write your last will
Marijuana Phone Poll Confuses Many
• showmethefacts.orgI got a call from California this morning asking me to make a phone call to help legalize marijuana in that state. Here is what I found out - Ed.
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