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Mexico Drug War Update
This year's death toll has surpassed 8,000, and a Ciudad Juarez newspaper asks the cartels to tell them what they can safely print.
News Brief
Vancouver's Insite safe injection site on East Hastings Street (Image courtesy Vancouver Coastal Health)
Vancouver Safe Injection Site Saves Lives, Report Finds
A new study of Vancouver drug overdoses shows they have decreased dramatically in the Downtown Eastside since a safe injection site opened there.
Samuel Birch reportedly did not want to go back to jail.
Ohio Man Killed, Officer Wounded in Drug Bust
A 24-year-old Toledo, Ohio, man is dead after firing on police who came to arrest him on drug charges.
Welfare recipients are the latest targets of Florida politicos. (Image via Wikimedia.org)
Florida Welfare Drug Testing Bills Advance
Florida legislators want to make poor people take a drug test -- and pay for it -- before they can get public benefits.
Drug prohibition funds the mayhem in Mexico. (Image via Wikimedia.org)
Mexico Drug War Update
Just when you thought it couldn't possibly get worse... 116 bodies turn up in a series of mass graves just south of the border.
The Jamaican government just might give this Rastaman something else to smile about. (Image via Wikimedia)
Jamaica to Look Again at Decriminalizing Marijuana
A decade ago, the Jamaican government quietly shelved a National Ganja Commission report calling for decriminalization. This week, it decided to take it up again.
packaged synthetics (image via wikimedia.org)
Czechs Ban New Synthetic Drugs, Salvia, Ketamine
Acting with great rapidity for a legislative body, the Czech Parliament has moved to ban dozens of synthetic drugs, and the stuff that gets you high in salvia divinorum, too.
Delaware State House, Dover (image via wikimedia.org)
Delaware Senate Passes Drug Sentencing Reform Bill
Simple drug possession is about to become a misdemeanor in Delaware, as a major drug sentencing reform bill awaits one last procedural vote.
Patients could still be arrested, but not convicted under the proposed law. (Image via Wikimedia.org)
Maryland Legislature Approves Medical Marijuana Defense Bill
Maryland looks set to approve a medical marijuana affirmative defense bill, with only one more pro forma Senate vote left before it goes to the governor for his signature.
The profits of prohibition tempt law enforcement. (Image via Wikimedia.org)
This Week's Corrupt Cops Stories
A typical corrupt cop week: Missing evidence, corruption on the border, greedy jail guards, and thuggish dope squad cops.