Former “sheriff of the year” arrested and sent to jail named after him
• news.yahoo.comSullivan, a nationally renowned law enforcement leader, was arrested on drug charges and is now being detained in the Denver area jail that bears his name.
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Drug War
Mexican Smugglers Exploit the Corrupt Reputation of U.S. Border Officers
• Phoenix New TimesMichael Angelo Atondo's U.S. Border Patrol truck is backed up to the Arizona-Mexico border near an opening in the fence. The three men with him stand on the south side of the border next to a pair of Jeep Cherokees also parked close to the gap.
US military admits to guarding, assisting lucrative opium trade in Afghanistan
• www.prisonplanet.comUS military has been specifically tasked with guarding Afghan poppy fields, from which opium is derived, in order to protect this multibillion dollar industry that enriches Wall Street, the CIA, MI6, and various other groups that profit big time from
Cops Raid Cannabis Cup in Amsterdam
• opposingviews.com via RTR.ORG postEarly this morning, Dutch authorities raided the HIGH TIMES Cannabis Cup in Amsterdam.
At least 20 bodies found in western Mexico
• www.cnn.comAbout 43,000 people have been killed in drug-related violence since Mexican President Felipe Calderon announced a crackdown on cartels in December 2006, according to the U.S. Drug Enforcement Administration.
Another Glorious Drug War Victory
• The AgitatorDEA shuts down mom n’ pop business because meth dealers use its otherwise perfectly legal product. But drug enforcement is coming down hard on Wallace’s humble homemade solution concocted to help backpackers purify water.
Medical Marijuana Trade Shaken by Crackdown
• NY TimesAn intensifying federal crackdown on growers and sellers of state-authorized medical marijuana has badly shaken the billion-dollar industry, which has sprung up in California since voters approved medical use of the drug in 1996, and has highlighted
Ron Paul: War on drugs undermines civil liberties
• rawstory.comTexas Rep. Ron Paul said during Tuesday night’s Republican presidential debate that the war on drugs should end.
Pentagon’s War on Drugs Goes Mercenary
• wired.comAn obscure Pentagon office designed to curb the flow of illegal drugs has quietly evolved into a one-stop shop for private security contractors around the world, soliciting deals worth over $3 billion.
Bummer - Barack Obama turns out to be just another drug warrior.
• reason.comIt is not hard to see how critics of the war on drugs got the impression that Barack Obama was sympathetic to their cause. Buuuuut...
Debating Bush’s drug czar on legalization
• www.salon.comLast Thursday at Brown University, I debated former Bush drug czar John Walters on the virtues of drug legalization, and the video is below.
Nebraska refuses pot-promoting vanity plate, ACLU sues
• ReutersThe American Civil Liberties Union is suing Nebraska's motor vehicle department for refusing to issue a personalized license plate that refers to an unofficial holiday known as National Pot Smoking Day.
Hospital refuses liver transplant for medical marijuana patient
• RawstoryCedars-Sinai Medical Center in Los Angeles has denied a liver transplant to a patient with inoperable liver cancer because he uses medical marijuana. But the marijuana was prescribed by the very same hospital, according to the advocacy group American
Feds raid Washington state medical marijuana dispensaries
• ReutersFederal agents and police raided state-sanctioned medical marijuana dispensaries across western Washington, targeting storefronts deemed to be engaged in illegal drug trafficking and money laundering. The dispensaries singled out by the U.S. Drug Enf
Reefer Madness
• NY Times Op EdWhen he ran for president, Barack Obama defended the medical use of marijuana and said that he would not use Justice Department resources to override state laws on the issue. He lied.
Liquor Liberation in Washington State
• Reason magazineYesterday voters in Washington State smacked down the state liquor monopoly. Thanks to a $22.7 million campaign headed up by Costco, grocery stores and other large retail establishments will soon be allowed to sell booze. What's particularly neat
Losing Hearts and Minds in the Drug War
• CATO InstituteIn the forty years since Richard Nixon declared a “War on Drugs,” Americans’ perceptions of that war are finally beginning to shift. Receding support for Prohibition is happening in large part because of virally circulated news accounts and videos
California's medical marijuana outlets threatened in government crackdown
• www.guardian.co.ukObama administration accused of betraying election promises as it gives scores of outlets until Saturday to shut up shop
Endless Evil: The Drug War’s Continuing Collateral Damage, Part 2 - by Radley Balko
• Future of Freedom Foundation“The Fourth Amendment has been virtually repealed by court decisions,” Yale law professor Steven Duke told Wired magazine in 2000, “most of which involve drug searches.” The rise of no-knock raids and SWAT teams is one example (discussed in part o
Justice, Injustice, Or Payback?
• .DUI is special. Prosecutors aren’t supposed to drop charges. This is a legal rule in addition to a political rule. Many states decided that it is better to put innocent people on trial than risk having prosecutors set guilty people free.
Crack sentence cuts begin, thousands of innocent victims may go free
• ReutersA reduction in federal prison sentences for crack cocaine took effect on Tuesday in a move that could let an estimated 12,000 inmates go free early. The changes reduce federal penalties for more addictive crack cocaine to bring them more in line w
Feds to target radio, newspapers for medical marijuana ads
• californiawatch.orgThis month, U.S. attorneys representing four districts in California announced that the government would single out landlords and property owners who rent buildings or land where dispensaries sell or cultivators grow marijuana. Now, newspapers and ot
Valley 'pot clubs' growing in popularity
• www.abc15.comPHOENIX - A legal battle is brewing over so-called pot clubs that have popped up in the wake of Arizona's new medical marijuana law.
Endless Evil: The Drug War’s Continuing Collateral Damage, Part 1
• Future of Freedom FoundationShortly after Ayers returned to his car from the ATM, a black Escalade tore into the parking lot. Three police officers, all undercover, got out of the vehicle and raced toward Ayers’s car. The startled pastor started his car and attempted to flee th
Chicago may decriminalize marijuana
• www.breitbart.comSeveral Windy City councilmen said Thursday they plan to introduce a local law that would decriminalize possession of small amounts of marijuana in order to cut costs and free up police to handle more serious crimes.
Submachine Guns Drawn, Police Break Down Door of Medical Marijuana Patient for 2 Tiny Plants
• .The Seattle Police Department and the mayor's office have repeatedly insisted that marijuana possession, per city law, is the lowest law enforcement priority. They also adhere, they say, to a state law that makes it legal for authorized patients to u
LEAP: Legalizing drugs may benefit the country
• www.stgeorgeutah.comAccording to a report released by the FBI in September, 1.6 million individuals were arrested on drug-related offenses in 2009. That is an arrest every 19 seconds. The same report indicated that 82 percent of the drug arrests were for drug possession
Stockton Homeowner Wants Police To Fix Trashed House
• CBS News (video)The San Jose Police Department stormed into a Stockton home searching for an accused killer, but they left without him, and left behind a complete mess. “I feel like a war was taken on here, and we lost,” homeowner Joann Rice told CBS13. Almost
Officials Use Terror At High School To Clear Halls For Drug Search
• .At Wolcott High School one morning this week, an urgent announcement crackled over the intercom: a threatening intruder was in the building and students were told to immediately take refuge in classrooms. Doors were locked and police, with dogs, m
Drivers face drug checkpoints on highways near Flint
• Detroit Free PressMotorists driving on expressways around Flint are getting surprised by a stunning tactic that the Genesee County sheriff has been using to fight the flow of illegal drugs -- one that legal experts said will not withstand a court challenge. At leas
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