A powerful drug cartel is buying off journalists in northern Mexico to work as spies and smother coverage of a spike in killings on the U.S. border in the latest attack on the media in Mexico.
CANNABIS CULTURE - Chris Bennett is preparing for battle in his quest to become the first Canadian legally permitted to use marijuana for religious purposes.
At least 14 states this year will consider legalizing pot for medical purposes or lessening the penalties for possessing small amounts for personal use.
CANNABIS CULTURE - High Times Editor Steve Hager and retired DEA agent Robert Stutman fought Head to Fed in a debate about marijuana legalization at the University of South Alabama.
Though crime rates are falling, Canada's Conservative government is planning "major construction initiatives" to the country's prison system and has released spending estimates showing a 43 per cent increase in penitentiary capital costs.