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Drug War Chronicle and Why Your Help Matters Now More Than Ever
Last week we reached out for help from Drug War Chronicle supporters to keep our newsletter at full strength in one of the most critical moments in the issue to date. Many responded, but your help is needed too.
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This Week's Corrupt Cops Stories
Cops stealing dope from the evidence room, cops helping drug gangs, cops doing drug rip-offs to help drug gangs. Just another week of drug war law enforcement corruption.
This drug stops heroin overdoses -- 600 so far in San Francisco (wikimedia.org)
San Francisco Marks 600th Overdose Death Prevented
San Francisco distributes the opioid antagonist naloxone as a harm reduction measure to reduce overdose deaths. It's saved 600 lives in eight years.
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One Dead in Houston Drug Stakeout Shoot-Out
A Houston-area drug stakeout turned into a deadly melee when hijackers attempted to rip off a drug-laden truck deputies had under surveillance.
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Cop Says Marijuana Legalization Could Cause Window Washers to Fall From Large Buildings and Land on People
[image:1 align:right]Yeah, marijuana legalization sounds like such a great idea…until a bucket of soapy water, or even an entire human body, comes crashing down on top of you and turns your
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Video: Former Drug Czar Gets Destroyed in Legalization Debate
This recent debate between former Drug Czar John Walters and blogger/author Glenn Greenwald is worth watching in its entirety.
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Obama Pardons Three for Marijuana, Frees Crack Prisoner
President Obama has pardoned three marijuana offenders and commuted the sentence of a woman serving more than 20 years for a crack cocaine offense.
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Two More Drug War Deaths
A man gets shot and killed in a drug raid and a young woman dies after trying to hide drugs inside her body. They are the 43rd and 44th persons to die in US domestic drug enforcement operations so far this year.
If the Copenhagen City Council has its way, hash buyers will no longer have to go to Christiania to score. (wikimedia.org)
Copenhagen Moves Closer to Legalizing Marijuana
The Copenhagen city council has advanced a plan to create a system of legal, regulated marijuana sales, but it will require approval by the Danish parliament.