Crime Down In States With Medical Marijuana Dispensaries
The FBI's statistical data shows crime is down across California, and areas of country with most medical marijuana states.
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New York City’s Massive Marijuana Arrests
Despite decriminalizing possession decades ago, New York remains the marijuana arrest capital of the world.
Remembering Cheye Calvo
A drug war horror story: the case of an innocent Maryland mayor who had his home raided and two dogs shot and killed by police in a botched marijuana bust.
Cops Use Craigslist In Sex-For-Marijuana Sting
A sex-for-marijuana Internet sting by the Tigard Police Department is over because the Washington County district attorney's office stopped prosecuting the prostitution arrests.
Oh The Delectable Irony!
Remember Principal Ricky Nichols from Moulton High School? You know...the one who put a NARC in his small high school and caught a teen boy selling dime bags to his friends?
Device Offers a Roadside Dope Test
The system uses magnetic nanoparticles to detect traces of cocaine, heroin, cannabis, and methamphetamine.
California Cops Are Trained ‘Marijuana Is Not A Medicine’
A recent court case in San Diego has revealed some California police officers are basing their sworn court testimony in medical marijuana cases on badly outdated, legally inaccurate information.
War On Drugs ‘Cannot Be Won’, UK Officers Claim
The war on drugs cannot be won according to the majority of those officers tackling the illegal trade in the UK.
With Arrests Declining, Police Chase Cannabis Users
BEYOND PROHIBITION - Arrests are down across Canada this year and have been declining steadily for the past five years. However, a large chunk of Canadian society is actually being arrested at record levels. Thieves? Nope. Violent predators? Not them either. The group being targeted by police and arrested at all-time highs are those nefarious cannabis users.
There’s Nothing That Can Happen
6 months ago Massachusetts decriminalized cannabis possession, imposing a $100 fine/citation instead of criminal penalties. Now it appears that police are almost ready to give up issuing the citations because people are simply refusing to pay.
