News Brief

Grayson County, Texas, is nothing special, just your average heartland county. That's what makes a review of its court cases so revealing.

It's an unusual week for the corrupt cops stories, with a narc caught thieving, a cop caught making false arrests, a jail guard caught trafficking in a big way, and a state judge caught with methamphetamine and precursors.

Who would have thought the world's premier marijuana law reform rally would have to sue one of the most progressive cities in the country?

The drug czar's office wants to make sure drugs kill -- to prove that drugs kill.

Another sheriff who couldn't resist temptation, another drug-dealing cop, and something smells mighty bad in a Mississippi anti-drug task force.

Despite billions of dollars in US aid, Colombian cocaine production remains at near record levels. Or is it even more? A new report raises serious questions.

Upstart New York Democratic Party gubernatorial candidate Tom Suozzi and New York Attorney General Eliot Spitzer parted ways on the issue of medical marijuana.

Vincent Dole, a legendary figure in addiction treatment who has countless saved lives to his credit, has passed at age 93.

The cops need to get a warrant before asking power companies to record electricity usage, an Alberta court says.

Not just your usual weekly batch of law enforcement miscreants, although we do have the mandatory crooked jail guard or two.