Report: Mexican Military Chopper Crosses Into US, Shoots At Border Agents
• lasvegas.cbslocal.comBorder Patrol agents in Arizona were reportedly fired upon by a Mexican military helicopter that traveled across the border.
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Regional SWAT squad claims it is a private organization, not subject to public records law
• http://thefreethoughtproject.com, PivacySOS.orgToday the ACLU released a major report, tracking the militarization of the police in the United States.
Mexican Kingpin El Chapo Guzman's Most Prolific Cocaine Courier Was A 90-year Old WWII Veteran
• forbes.comIt would have been hard to imagine that Leo Sharp, a successful 90-year old day-lily grower, World War II veteran and mild-looking great-grandfather, was in fact the most prolific drug mule that U.S. law enforcement had ever tracked.
Texas Sheriffs Form Warrantless Checkpoints in Guadalupe River, Searching Witless Inner Tube Riders
• by Martin Hill, LibertyFight.comThere were 6 uniformed Sheriffs, wearing their hip-boots, forming a human blockade; a CHECKPOINT in the river, blocking every innertube from passing by. They had their sunglasses on, their hands on their hips and their arms
FDA to Review Schedule 1 Status for Cannabis
• Next News NetworkThe Food and Drug Administration will review the status of cannabis as a schedule 1 drug. A request for a review was filed with the agency by the Drug Enforcement Administration. The FDA still considers cannabis to have no medical benefit. Howeve
Please, Let's Lose the Drug War for Good
• news.yahoo.comIt turns out that Dick Cheney isn't the only Bush administration muckety-muck still fighting the last war.
Bolivian president gives U.N. chief coca birthday cake
• ReutersUnited Nations Secretary-General Ban Ki-moon got an unusual treat for his 70th birthday on Friday when the president of Bolivia, Evo Morales, presented him with a cake made with coca leaves.
High Desert Highwaymen: More Scenes from the Drug War in Treasure Valley
• by William N. Grigg (Pro Liberate)40% of all pot confiscated in Idaho is medicinal marijuana legally obtained in Oregon. A medical marijuana user who lives in Idaho, describes the anxious trip home from Oregon as being akin to "crossing the Berlin Wall.
Texas teenager faces 99 years over pot brownies
• ReutersA 19-year-old Texas man suspected of baking and selling pot brownies was shocked to learn that he faces between five and 99 years in jail.
Moving Into the Sacred World of DMT with Nick Sand
• arcleinThe world of DMT is incredibly vast. What DMT opens in us is so profound that it is impossible to truly express. I have been making, using, and initiating people into DMT use, for around 40 years. I was the one who first discovered that the free-base
Chicago announces cash rewards for reports of illegal tobacco sales
• Chicago TribuneChicagoans who report sales of illegal smokes could be in for a payday. A new city program by the mayor and the Chicago Department of Public Health, offers $100 cash rewards to people who alert inspectors to illicit tobacco sales.
Road Pirates and Prohibition Profiteers...
• http://www.lewrockwell.com, By William Norman GrigOne of the risks of operating a medical marijuana dispensary is the possibility of attracting unwanted attention from violent, dishonest people willing to defraud and even kill others in order to indulge their addiction.
Road Pirates and Prohibition Profiteers: Scenes from the Drug War in Treasure Valley
• by William N. Grigg (Pro Liberate)What the 45th Parallel staff didn't know was that "Hankins" had committed interstate wire fraud, suborned Dr. Mallari into falsifying medical records, and obtained a counterfeit Idaho driver's license. Nor did they know
DEA targets doctors linked to medical marijuana
• Boston Globe"Here are your options," Dr. Samuel Mazza said he was told by Gregory Kelly, a DEA investigator. "You either give up your [DEA] license [to prescribe] or give up your position on the board . . . or you challenge it in court."
Lacrosse Seniors Banned From Team and State Championship Over Cigars
• Jonathan TurleyTwo high school seniors have been kicked off their lacrosse team (and will be barred from the state championship) because they were photographed smoking victory cigars at their graduation ceremony.
Ex-Brooklyn Prosecutor Charles J. Hynes Accused of Misuse of Funds
• New York TimesA NYC Dept of Investigation implicated Charles Hynes, the Brooklyn district attorney, in the improper use of money seized from drug dealers and other criminal defendants to pay a political consultant more than $200,000
A Drug War "Victory" in Oregon
• by William N. Grigg (Lew Rockwell blog)Reduced to its essence, the defendants' supposed crime was to provide a substance legally recognized as medicine to people who needed it – most of whom were senior citizens with chronic pain or similar condition – through free exchanges at a rate the
Richard Branson: The War on Drugs Has Failed, So Let's Shut it Down
• http://www.dailypaul.com, by telepathicIf I started a business and it was clearly failing, I would shut it down. The war on drugs has failed -- why isn't it being shut down?
U S House Votes to End Funding for Federal Medical Marijuana Raids
• Next News NetworkThe House of Representatives in Washington passed a resolution that would end all funding for federal raids on legal medical marijuana dispensaries. The move came as an amendment to a little-noticed bill, sponsored by Sam Farr, a Democrat, and Re
Thousands of prisoners apply for Obama's drug clemency program
• Yahoo! News blogBut many of the 18,000 prisoners who began the clemency process almost certainly do not meet the requirements set out by the Justice Department, advocates and administration officials stressed.
The Baby-Burning Stormtroopers of Habersham County, Georgia
• by William N. Grigg (Pro Liberate)The world Terrell inhabits is one in which police – acting as righteousness incarnate – kick in doors at 3:00 am and hurl incendiary devices into homes in order to arrest people on suspicion of non-violent drug offenses.
3 Months Since Legalizing Marijuana
• arcleinLegal cannabis sales in the United States are projected to reach as high as $2.57 billion this year, split among the 21 states that allow the sale of some form of marijuana. That's up from $1.53 billion a year ago. As time goes on, the marijuana ind
Reagan-Appointed Judge Posner Wants to Legalize Cocaine, Heroin, Meth, LSD
• arcleinRichard Posner, who sits on the U.S. Court of Appeals for the 7th Circuit, writes in The New Republic that he believes alcohol and tobacco may do more harm than illegal drugs and treats the legalization of marijuana as inevitable:
Silk Road Reduced Violence in the Drug Trade, Study Argues
• http://www.wired.com, By Andy GreenbergThe dark web may have a silver lining, according to a pair of academics: A new class of geekier, less violent drug dealers.
Drug task force that burned a toddler this week also killed an innocent pastor in 2009
• Washington PostAfter Georgia's Mountain Judicial Circuit Narcotics Criminal Investigation and Suppression Team burned a toddler with a flashbang grenade during a drug raid on Wednesday, Habersham County Sheriff Joey Terrell told Access North Georgia:
Congress "restricts" the DEA (with a $35 million budget increase)
• Free Press PublicationsAt the end of May, the US House of Representatives made headlines for voting on an amendment that would restrict the Drug Enforcement Agency from obstructing state industrial hemp programs, and from cracking down on medical marijuana facilities. An e
Benched: Third Broward County Judge Arrested For DUI
• Jonathan TurleyBroward Circuit Judge Lynn Rosenthal was arrested for DUI after she not only struck a car while driving drunk but it turned out to be a cruiser of the Broward County Sheriff's Department. She is the third such judge in the county to be arrested.
Meet the Ragtag Vigilantes at War With Mexico’s Cartels
• http://www.wired.com, By Pete BrookAt first glance, Ross McDonnell’s ambrotypes resemble 19th century portraits of desperados.
Gag Reflex
• Simple Justice“She was having a conversation with a female agent, and trying to give the agents the lock code,” Ilana Lipsen claimed. Then this one agent charged at her, threw her, kicked her legs out from under her, and when she was falling,
Bradley County eyes crackdown on vaping, e-cigarettes
• ."We don't know all the health effects of e-cigarette vapor yet, but we don't need to wait to address this issue," she said. "I know I don't want to have to breathe all those chemicals, and I don't think the public should either."
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