Ron Paul: CIA Using The Drug War To Fund Covert Ops

05-20-2014 • http://www.dailypaul.com, by Allegory

Ron Paul: CIA Using The Drug War To Fund Covert Ops

DEA Seizes Kentucky's Hemp Seeds Despite Congressional Legalization

05-15-2014 • http://www.dailypaul.com, by Diamond Dog

The Drug Enforcement Administration has seized a batch of seeds that were intended to be part of the launch of Kentucky's legal hemp industry following congressional legalization of the crop for research purposes.

House GOP Passes Bill To Force Obama To Crack Down On Legal Weed

03-15-2014 • Libertycrier.com

Arizona Reps Salmon, Schweikert, and Franks voting AYE, Gosar not voting; and all AZ Dems vote NO...

Marijuana export could pay off Hawaii’s debts, lawmaker says

01-24-2014 • .

Cabanilla hopes to legalize cultivation, manufacturing and exporting of marijuana and marijuana food products in Hawaii to pay off the state’s billions of dollars in unfunded liabilities as well as make infrastructure repairs and fund public educatio

St. Louis a DUI No Refusal Zone – Driver Blood Tests Required Starting on New Year's Eve

12-31-2013 • .

City Circuit Attorney Jennifer Joyce is establishing a DUI “no refusal zone” inside the city limits of St. Louis. Starting today, drivers may face a blood test without consent if they are suspected of driving under the influence.

Smoke A Joint, Lose Your Kids

10-04-2013 • by Radley Balko (Huffington Post)

You'd think that in the age of medical pot, legal pot in Colorado and Washington, and a majority of Americans in favor of legalizing the drug, we'd at least have ended the 1980s practice of snatching kids from pot-smoking parents. You'd be wrong.

War on illegal drugs failing, medical researchers warn

09-30-2013 • BBC News

Illegal drugs are now cheaper and purer globally than at any time over the last 20 years, a report has warned. The International Centre for Science in Drug Policy said its report suggested the war on drugs had failed.

Ariz. ruling orders return of medical marijuana

01-10-2013 • Huffingtonpost.com

An Arizona appellate court has ruled that the Yuma County sheriff must return marijuana that was seized from a woman with a California medical marijuana authorization honored by Arizona. Read more: http://www.sfgate.com/news/crime/article/Ariz-rul

Los Angeles City Council repeals ban on pot shops

10-04-2012 • Los Angeles Times

But council opponents of dispensaries said they would try to find other ways to shut down marijuana shops by using laws that are already on the books. Councilman Englander called on the city to prosecute medical marijuana businesses for violating

Armed Alabama Agents Confiscate Home Brewing Supplies

09-22-2012 • .

Kraig has received all the necessary permits to open except one – the liquor license from the Alabama Beverage Commission. Kraig applied for this license, included floor plan for home brewing supplies. Home brewing is illegal in Alabama, but

Why Gary Johnson Won't Shut Up About Marijuana

09-22-2012 • http://www.theatlantic.com,

Catching up with Libertarian Party nominee Gary Johnson, who's made marijuana legalization a centerpiece of his 2012 presidential campaign

The Failed War on Drugs: An Infographic

09-21-2012 • http://www.dailypaul.com, P.Au.L

Courtesy the Online Criminal Justice Degree Project

Narco dollars for Beginners: How the Money Works in the Illicit Drug Trade

09-21-2012 • http://www.dailypaul.com, KingWm

Reading an article here on the DP about real estate by Catherine Austin Fitts, I found a link in the comments section at the site of the original article which lead me to this article on illicit drug money.

Nita Ghei’s Column On BATFE’s New Asset Forfeiture Authority

09-09-2012 • The Agitator

In practice, expanding BATFE authority to seize and administratively forfeit for controlled substance offenses is granting BATFE authority to use fill-in-the-blank catch-alls for seizures and forfeitures.

Cocaine-hub Peru emerges as massive U.S. dollar counterfeiting capital

09-08-2012 • RawStory.com

Peru, one of Latin America’s fast-growing economies and a hub of the global cocaine trade, has emerged as a producer of counterfeit US dollars being used both abroad and at home.

Medical Marijuana Laws Make Your Head Spin?

09-04-2012 • Marc J. Victor

Are you so confused by Arizona’s Medical Marijuana law that is makes your head spin? The disparity between State and Federal law is enough to make anyone pause. And what you don’t know can easily spell trouble.

The CFR, the CIA, and the Banks

09-04-2012 • Lew Rockwell blog

While most conservatives were opposed to the Wall Street bank bailouts under Bush and Obama, they haven’t a clue that protection of the CFR oligarchs' bankocracy has always been paramount. It has its deepest roots in the origins the CIA:

Two killed in Brazil slum drug sweep

09-02-2012 • AFP

2 people were killed during a counter-narcotics operation by an elite police in a Brazilian slum, angering residents who blocked a main road into the city. The mayor’s central operations office in Rio de Janeiro reported that Brasil Avenue, which run

Legalize Marijuana...so sorry, Treaty Law trumps State Law

08-26-2012 • The Agitator

Alternet.org has a very thoughtful article by three members of the New York City Bar Association’s Drugs and the Law Committee on the way international treaties impact efforts to legalize marijuana in the U.S.