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Valley 'pot clubs' growing in popularity

10-31-2011 • www.abc15.com

PHOENIX - A legal battle is brewing over so-called pot clubs that have popped up in the wake of Arizona's new medical marijuana law.

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Pot legalization measure goes up in smoke, 57-43%

11-03-2010 • AFP

The so-called Proposition 19 -- one of a series of referendums held at the same time as mid-term polls -- were rejected by 57 percent against 43 percent in favor, said CNN, while Fox News and the LA Times also forecast a No vote. Growing and selli

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CIA punished 16 officers in 2001 Peru plane shootdown of Muskegon missionary, infant daughter

11-02-2010 • AP

In a footnote to a tragic mistake, the CIA revealed Monday that 16 retired and current officers were given administrative punishments for their role in Peru’s 2001 shootdown of a plane that killed two innocent Americans from Muskegon. American mis

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U.S. Plans Border ‘Surge’ Against Any Drug Wars

1-9-2009 • NY Times

Homeland Security said the plan called for aircraft, armored vehicles and special teams to converge on border trouble spots, with the size of the force depending on the scale of the problem. Military forces would be called upon

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Brutal Drug War Fueled By U.S. Appetite

12-17-2008 • CBS

With the arrest of Eduardo Arellano-Felix, the once powerful cartel is in disarray. The unintended consequence of success: a bloodbath, as the next generation of gangsters battles for dominance. [over-the-top transference]