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- Feature: DEA Raids More California Medical Marijuana Dispensaries, Prompting Obama Administration to Reiterate Pledge to Stop Them
- Feature: Is This the Year New York's Rockefeller Drug Laws Will Be Repealed?
- Alert: Keep the Promise, President Obama -- Stop the Medical Marijuana Raids!
- Drug Raids: Virginia Man Found Guilty of Manslaughter in Shooting of Police Officer Battering His Door Down
- Law Enforcement: This Week's Corrupt Cops Stories
- Medical Marijuana: South Dakota Bill Killed, House Votes to Ban Salvia Divinorum for Good Measure
- Pain Relief: FDA Panel Urges Ban on Darvon, Related Drugs
- Marijuana: New Hampshire Legislator Introduces Decriminalization Bill
- Marijuana: Vermont Legislators Introduce Decriminalization Bill
- Southwest Asia: US NATO Commander in Afghanistan Backs Down on Order to Kill Any Drug Traffickers
- Canada: BC Judge Rules Medical Marijuana Restrictions Unconstitutional
- East Asia: Tokyo Metro Government Annoyed but Helpless Over Pro-Marijuana Mag
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- Job Opportunity: Executive Director, Rhode Island Patient Advocacy Coalition, Providence
- Editorial: Sometimes a Drug Warrior is a Little Too Honest
- Feature: Prisons Under Pressure -- Corrections Budgets in the Age of Austerity
- Feature: New Mexico Issues Regulations for Nonprofit Medical Marijuana Grows
- Prohibition: UN Drug Chief Says Black Market Drug Profits Propped Up Global Banking System Last Year
- Afghanistan: US Commander Orders NATO to Kill All Opium Dealers -- NATO Balks
- Drug Testing: Chess Federation Caves, Ivanchuk Will Not Be Suspended
- Law Enforcement: This Week's Corrupt Cops Stories
- ONDCP: Obama Appoints Edward Jurith Acting Drug Czar
- Salvia Divinorum: Nebraska Man is Acquitted of Sales Charge, But the Plant is Under Continued Attack There and Elsewhere
- Drug Task Forces: House Passes Economic Stimulus Bill with Byrne Grant Funds Intact, Reform Advocates Mobilize
- Search and Seizure: US Supreme Court Okays Passenger Frisks During Traffic Stops
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- Feature: Narcs Cheer -- House Economic Stimulus Bill Would Give Byrne Grant Program $3 Billion Over Three Years
- Feature: After Decriminalization Victory, Massachusetts Activists Fight Rear-Guard Action Against Recriminalizers
- The White House: Obama on Drug Policy
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- Medical Marijuana: DEA Hits California Dispensary in First Raid of Obama Administration -- New President Promised End to Raids
- Medical Marijuana: Bill Introduced in Minnesota, One to Come Tuesday in South Dakota
- Medical Marijuana: Montana Bill to Require Patients Who Drive to Take Drug Tests or Face Revocation of Registration Card Gets Hearing
- Marijuana: Kalamazoo Next for a Lowest Law Enforcement Priority Initiative
- Search and Seizure: Supreme Court to Hear Case of School Girl Strip-Searched for Ibuprofen
- Sentencing: Texas Judges Call for Reducing Drug Possession Penalties
- Methamphetamine: Grassley, Feinstein Reintroduce Candy-Flavored Meth Bill, Despite Little Evidence the Stuff Even Exists
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- Announcement: "Unintended Consequences -- Global Drug War Poster and Video Contest," Hungarian Civil Liberties Union
- Editorial: How Much Reality is Too Much?
- Feature: Politics Trumps Science as DEA Rejects Researcher's Request to Grow Marijuana for FDA-Approved Studies
- Feature: Obama and Calderón Meet Amidst Rash of Dire Warnings on Mexican Drug Violence
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- Law Enforcement: This Week's Corrupt Cops Stories
- The Border: El Paso City Council Folds in Face of Threats, Reverses Call for National Debate on Drug Legalization
- Free Speech: Cop Smeared and Fired Over Decriminalization Advocacy Wins Big Settlement from Small Town
- The Drug Czar: Harm Reductionists, Treatment and Recovery Advocates Come Down on Different Sides of Rumored Ramstad Nomination
- Think Tanks: Substance Abuse Center "Join Together" Merges With Califano's Controversial CASA
- Marijuana: Washington State Decriminalization Bill Filed
- Canada: BC Supreme Court Rejects Challenge to Marijuana Law
- Southeast Asia: Philippines President Names Herself Drug Czar, Orders Random Testing of All High School Students, More to Come
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- Feature: DEA Rejects Yet Another Rescheduling Petition, But the End Game Lies Far Down the Road
- Feature: Proposed Medical Marijuana Rules in Michigan Stir Chorus of Complaints
- Drug Legalization: El Paso City Council Unanimously Calls for National Debate, Mayor Vetoes Resolution Same Day, Override Vote Set For Next Week
- The Border: US Prepares "Surge" In Case Prohibition Violence in Mexico Spills Over
- Law Enforcement: This Week's Corrupt Cops Stories
- Salvia Divinorum: Banned in Ohio in 90 Days
- Obama Administration: Surgeon General Nominee Gupta Hates Marijuana, Sort of Supports Medical Use
- Marijuana: Arizona Supreme Court to Hear Case Asserting Religious Right to Use, Possess
- Drug Testing: Chess Players Rebel
- West Africa: Here Come the Narcs
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- Feature: The Good, the Bad, and the Ugly -- The Top 10 Drug Policy Stories of 2008
- Feature: Gazing Into the Crystal Ball -- What Can We Expect in 2009?
- Law Enforcement: This Week's Corrupt Cops Stories
- Marijuana: Massachusetts Decriminalization Goes Into Effect Today -- Includes Hashish
- Medical Marijuana: Maine Activist Wins Acquittal on Growing, Trafficking Charges
- Drug Testing: Federal Judge Rejects West Virginia School Board's Random Tests of Teachers
- Coerced Snitching: Fall-Out Continues in the Case of Murdered Informant Rachel Hoffman
- Europe: Dutch Appeals Court Rules Five-Plant Home Growers Cannot Be Prosecuted, No Matter How Big the Harvest
- Latin America: Peru's Shining Path Making a Comeback?
- Europe: Austria, Germany Latest to Ban Herbal Drug "Spice"
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- Report Review: New Federal Drug Threat Assessment Finds Prohibition Greatest Drug-Related Menace
- Feature: New Jersey Medical Marijuana Bill Heads for Senate Floor After Favorable Committee Vote
- Appeal: Please Make a Year-End Gift for Our 2009 Campaigns
- Law Enforcement: This Week's Corrupt Cops Stories
- Salvia Divinorum: Ohio House, Senate Pass Ban Bill, Governor Expected to Sign
- Student Drug Testing: ACLU Sues Northern California High School Over New Expanded Policy
- Europe: Leading Dutch Bank Shuns Cannabis Coffee Shop Accounts
- Europe: Government Must Support Employers in Hiring Drug Users, British Drug Watchdog Group Warns
- East Asia: Marijuana Use Sparks Concern in Japan
- Latin America: Venezuela Could Renew Cooperation With DEA, Chávez Says
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- Volunteers Needed: Envelope Stuffing and Phone Campaign in DC, Writers from Anywhere
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- Feature: In Holland, Cannabis Politics Heats Up
- Feature: West Virginia School Board's Random Teacher Drug Testing Plan Headed for Court
- Appeal: Tax-Deductible Donations Needed for StoptheDrugWar.org's Educational Work
- Appeal: New Times Bring New Opportunities for Drug Policy Reform
- Law Enforcement: This Week's Corrupt Cops Stories
- Law Enforcement: Woman Charged With Killing FBI Agent in Drug Raid Will Argue She Thought She Was Defending Her Home from Intruders
- Law Enforcement: Atlanta Cops Try to Gut Civilian Review Board Created After 92-Year-Old Woman Killed in Drug Raid
- Sentencing: US Jail and Prison Population Hits All-Time (Again) -- 2.3 Million Behind Bars, Including More Than Half a Million Drug Offenders
- Methamphetamine: Graphic Montana Scare Campaign May Not Work After All, Study Finds
- Latin America: This Years' Death Toll in Mexico's Prohibition Wars Passes 5,000
- Europe: Germany Opens Door to Medical Marijuana
- Africa: Debate Over Marijuana Legalization in Morocco Hits the Airwaves
- Webmasters: Please Post StoptheDrugWar.org's New Banner on Your Site!
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- Feature: On the 75th Anniversary of the Repeal of Prohibition, Reformers Ponder the Past and Look to the Future
- Feature: South Dakota Medical Marijuana Backers Take Aim at the Statehouse
- Fun Feature: Pictures from Alcohol Prohibition
- Appeal: New Times Bring New Opportunities for Drug Policy Reform
- Appeal: Tax-Deductible Donations Needed for StoptheDrugWar.org's Educational Work
- Law Enforcement: This Week's Corrupt Cops Stories
- Medical Marijuana: US Supreme Court Declines to Hear Challenge to Appeals Court Ruling Protecting State Medical Marijuana Laws
- Marijuana: "Substantial" Settlement in Lawsuit in Case of DC Quadriplegic Who Died in Jail While Serving 10-Day Sentence for a Joint
- Marijuana: Chicago Heights Decriminalizes
- Europe: Swiss Vote to Make Heroin Prescription Permanent, But Reject Marijuana Legalization
- Europe: Dutch Magic Mushroom Ban Clears Final Hurdle, Now In Effect
- Death Penalty: Another Month of Drug War Extremism, and America's Hands Are Bloody
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- Job Opportunity: Communications Assistant, Marijuana Policy Project, Washington, DC
- Volunteers Needed: Phone Campaign in DC, Writers from Anywhere
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- Feature: The Kids Are Alright -- The SSDP 10th International Conference
- Drug War Chronicle Book Review: "Cop in the Hood: My Year Policing Baltimore's Eastern District," by Peter Moskos (2008, Princeton University Press, 245 pp., $24.95 HB)
- Appeal: Deductible and Non-Deductible Donations Needed for StoptheDrugWar.org's Educational and Lobbying Work in 2009
- Law Enforcement: This Week's Corrupt Cops Stories
- Clemency: President Bush Commutes Cocaine Sentences for Two, Grants 12 Pardons
- Medical Marijuana: California Supreme Court Tightens Definition of "Caregiver," Ruling Will Push Patients Toward Co-ops and Dispensaries
- Europe: At Cannabis Summit, Dutch Mayors Try to Address "Backdoor Problem" of Coffee Shop Supply, Broader Status of Pot
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