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New Washington State Marijuana Legalization Initiative Filed
There is a new effort underway to put a pot legalization initiative on the ballot in Washington state next year.
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This Week's Corrupt Cops Stories
Ah, the crooked prison guards are back. We missed them last week, but we knew they wouldn't stay away long.
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Montana Approves Medical Marijuana Initiative Petition
Signature-gathering is about to get underway for an effort to overturn or suspend Montana's harsh new medical marijuana law.
Dakta Green jailed in New Zealand for the herb. (daktagrower.blogspot.com)
Dakta Green Jailed for New Zealand Cannabis Club
New Zealand's marijuana reform community has seen one of its leading lights jailed for eight months, but that never stopped Dakta Green before.
Fake pot goes under many brand names. Spice is one. (image via wikimedia.org)
More States Go After Synthetic Drugs
When confronted with new intoxicating substances, legislators' prohibitionist reflexes kick in. Just ask fake pot and "bath salts" users.
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Lebanese Police Destroying Marijuana Fields Attacked
The Lebanese police's annual marijuana eradication campaign in the Bekaa Valley got off with a bang Monday, as police were attacked at least twice.
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Mexico Drug War Update
Mexico's president feels "misunderstood" about his bloody drug war, but the killings continue despite his hurt feelings.
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Bolivia to Quit United Nations Drug Convention Over Coca
We may be about to see the first defection from the legal backbone of global drug prohibition, the 1961 UN Convention on Single Drugs. Bolivia is ready to dump it, at least temporarily, over its classification of coca as an illicit drug.
The profits of prohibition fuel the violence in Mexico. (Image via Wikimedia.org)
Mexico Drug War Update
Last Wednesday was a bloody day in Nuevo Leon, and last weekend was a bloody one in Michoacan. And those are just the high-lights.
There will be no drug testing of residents at Lake Parc Place or any other CHA properties. (Image courtesy CHA)
CHA Drops Plan to Drug Test Public Housing Residents
The Chicago Housing Authority's proposal to require suspicionless drug tests for public housing residents excited lots of opposition. Now it's dead.