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Comprehensive coverage of the War on Drugs since 1997

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    Pot plants, Wheeler's Ranch_15.jpg

    Colorado Marijuana Commerce Bills Approved

    It went down to the wire, but on the last day of the session, the Colorado legislature passed bills to regulate the state's looming legal marijuana market.
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    MMJ leaf and stethoscope KY ODCP_81.jpg

    Medical Marijuana Update

    Marijuana rescheduling is headed for the US Supreme Court, the California Supreme Court upheld local dispensary bans, the feds strike again in Berkeley and Washington state, and there is action in state legislatures, too.
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    pile-of-cash_113.jpg

    This Week's Corrupt Cops Stories

    Something is still rotten along Utah's Wasatch Front, a DC cop gets popped for money-laundering, a Detroit-area cop pleads to running protection for traffickers, and a South Texas cop heads for prison for shipping guns to Mexico.
  • Rep. Bobby Scott (D-VA) is one of 10 task force members.
    Rep. Bobby Scott (D-VA) is one of 10 task force members.

    Congress Forms "Over-Criminalization" Task Force

    Remember when we used to say "You don't have to make a federal case out of it?" Well, we did. Now, we have more than 4,500 federal criminal laws, and some members of Congress are ready to do something about it.
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    Lindsey Idaho Three.jpg

    Idaho Seizes Medical Marijuana Activists' Kids [FEATURE]

    Three Idaho medical marijuana activists are now caught up in a child endangerment battle after authorities seized their kids when a schoolmate got sick from what is alleged to have been marijuana that allegedly came from one of their homes.