Mexican Police Find 13 Bodies After Latest Drug War Shooting
Police found thirteen semi-naked bodies piled one atop the other outside a convenience store in western Mexico on Monday, local authorities said.
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Tribal Police in Arizona Seize Cars of Medical Marijuana Patients
Medical marijuana patients don't have the right to carry their medicine in the Salt River Pima-Maricopa Indian Community
Medical Marijuana Bills Filed in Florida House, Senate
A state budget crunch that won’t quit, legislative reapportionment and gaming are expected to crowd the legislative season that starts in Tallahassee Tuesday — but for some, nothing has quite the same buzz as an effort to allow the medical use of marijuana.
California Celebrates 1 Year of Decriminalized Marijuana
On January 1, 2011, a law passed by the California State Legislature and signed by then-Governor Arnold Schwarzenegger went into effect that removed criminal penalties for possession of up to an ounce of marijuana, making the violation a civil citation similar to a parking ticket.
US Prison Population in First Decline Since 1972
In two reports released last week, the Bureau of Justice Statistics (BJS) announced that for the first time since 1972, the US prison population had fallen from the previous year and that for the second year in a row, the number of people under the supervision of adult correctional authorities had also declined.
Hypocritical NYPD Continues Racist Pot Arrest Crusade
Since the police commissioner told the NYPD to follow the books on marijuana arrests, all that's changed are the court proceedings that unfairly criminalize thousands.
Judge Says No To Return of Marijuana Seized From Compassion Club
The smell of marijuana was strong in Courtroom 2D at the Kamloops Law Courts this morning (Jan. 5) as the owner of a North Shore compassion club raided by police in November pleaded with a judge to get his seized "medicine" back.
The Silly, The Stupid, and The Just Plain False: The Top Ten ‘Reefer Madness’ Stories of 2011
From the pizza driver who snitched on a pot patient to cannabis 'deaths' and vodka tampons, 2011 was a year of great drug propaganda.
Judge Dismisses Medical Marijuana Suit By Arizona
A U.S. District Court judge Wednesday dismissed Arizona’s lawsuit seeking to clarify whether its voter-approved medical-marijuana law trumps federal drug laws.
Legal Pot? Washington State Initiative for Marijuana Legalization is Likely to Qualify for November Ballot
With some 350,000 signatures handed in -- enough to account for duplicate and invalid signatures -- the campaign to legalize and regulate pot should make the ballot.
