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Medical Marijuana Update

Medical marijuana wars continue in California, a Michigan town gets intrusive, Nevada prepares to rake in the dough from dispensaries, and Washington patients organize in the face of legalization.
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Chronicle Book Review: Too High to Fail

From the big picture of the origins and state of marijuana prohibition in America to the close-up portrait of one of the country's most pot-friendly and -dependent local economies, Doug Fine delivers with "Too Big to Fail."
Blacks are 3.7 times more likely to get busted for marijuana possession than whites. (aclu.org/marijuana)
Blacks are 3.7 times more likely to get busted for marijuana possession than whites. (aclu.org/marijuana)

Blacks Targeted in Wasteful War on Marijuana, ACLU Finds

The war on marijuana is disproportionately waged against Black America, the ACLU finds in a new report based on federal statistics. And it costs a whole lot of money and isn't achieving much.
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The US-Mexico border (wikipedia.org)

Mexico to Rein In US Agencies in Drug War

The fledgling adminstration of Mexican President Pena Nieto is moving to strengthen its control over US law enforcement and intelligence agencies operating there, a change of course from the policies of his predecessor.
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Medical Marijuana Update

More DEA raids in Los Angeles, federal prison bureaucrats ignore a Michigan medical marijuana prisoner's medical needs, and there is lots of action in state legislatures.