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theagitator.com

The drug war stopped being about smoking weed a long, long time ago. Today, it quite literally has become about whether or not we're comfortable with letting the government kill its citizens in the name of promoting virtue.

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NY Times

Federal appellate judges here ruled a terminally ill woman using marijuana was not immune to federal prosecution simply because of her condition, and in a separate case a federal judge dismissed most of the charges against a prominent advocate for th

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North Jersey News

They threw their hands into the air when SWAT officers thundered into the room. In the moment that it took one teen to give his companions a look like, "What's going on?" an officer struck him in the face with the butt of his gun. He bl

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North Jersey News

"These raids leave a very small margin for error," he wrote. "A wrong address, bad timing, or bad information can -- and frequently does -- bring tragedy." Radley Balko said the use of SWAT teams to serve narcotics warrants is ero

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USA Today

Federal prison sentences for possessing or selling crack have far exceeded those for powder cocaine for two decades. House Crime Subcommittee chairman Robert Scott, D-Va., a longtime critic of such sentencing policies, plans to hold hearings on crack

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Reuters

Native Americans have known about the therapeutic powers of "divine sage" for centuries, and it is still legal in most parts of the US. But there are moves afoot to outlaw what some describe as a mind-altering drug similar to LSD.

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Playfuls.com

"Just because it's legal, just because it's not classified, just because it's not a controlled substance doesn't mean that it's healthy and safe," DEA official Rodney Benson said. (Another substance the government will

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Classically Liberal

DA Paul Howard “will seek criminal charges, including felony murder, against three Atlanta narcotics officers involved in a botched drug raid”. It is not the botched part that makes them criminals but that they lied to the get the warrant and acted i

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The Weekly Standard

Lots bad things happen when ordinary Americans drive drunk. Fines. Prison sentences. Deaths. When celebrities drive drunk—and there's a swerving parade of them—the closest these celebrities come to disgrace is a preciously befuddled mug shot.

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Arizona Republic

"Most of the meth on the street right now is crystal meth from Mexico, I have no doubt about that," Goddard said. "It has created a national phenomenon, where a few years ago it was a regional phenomenon."

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The Tennessean

The man who told Williamson County residents that he would crack down on drugs now faces drug charges of his own. Sheriff Ricky Headley was arrested on prescription drug fraud charges. Headley has received "thousands of Lortab and Soma pills

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AP

Osiel Cardenas, the alleged Gulf cartel leader who was believed to still be running his gang from jail in Mexico, was sent north Friday along with 13 others wanted by U.S. authorities after their appeals against extradition ran out, the office of Mex

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Reuters

More than 12 Colombian politicians agreed in 2001 to cooperate with right-wing paramilitary criminals, says a document, fueling the country's worst political scandal in years. 3 members President Uribe's coalition sent to prison for links wi

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LA Times

Federal drug agents raided 11 medical marijuana outlets in Los Angeles, seizing several thousand pounds of processed marijuana, along with weapons and money, as part of an ongoing investigation, a Drug Enforcement Administration spokeswoman said.

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Time

In April of 2005, Jeremy Robbins was arrested attempting to traffic 2 tons of marijuana from Arizona to Tennessee. Indicted on federal drug conspiracy charges, Robbins was assessed a $1.1 million fine from Tennessee's Dept. of Revenue.

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USA Today

A Food and Drug Administration official told representatives of 65 companies selling unapproved drugs that the agency plans to step up efforts to remove such products from the market. "We do intend to accelerate removal of unapproved drugs this

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