DEA to Pay $4.1 Million to Man Forgotten in Cell
San Diego student Daniel Chong did not even have to file suit.
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North Carolina Welfare Drug Testing Bill Passes
A bill that would require public benefits recipients to take a drug test upon suspicion they are using drugs passed won final approval in the North Carolina legislature late last week and now heads for the governor's desk.
Business Slow During D.C.’s First 2 Days of Medical Marijuana
"It is incredibly exciting to finally open our doors after a couple years of hard work," Scott Morgan, the communications director for Capitol City Care, told U.S. News Tuesday afternoon.
Marc’s Prison Blog: Transfer Home, Justin Trudeau & Sensible BC
Eight years ago today, on July 29th 2005, the U.S. Drug Enforcement Administration and Vancouver Police raided my store in downtown Vancouver and had me arrested while in Halifax for a medical marijuana event. I faced extradition to the United States and life in federal prison, along with my employees Greg Williams and Michelle Rainey. I was extradited on May 20th 2010 for a five-year plea deal, and I'm told Canada has changed since I've been imprisoned here.
Feds Raid WA Medical Pot Dispensaries — Could More Regulation Save the Coming Legal Market?
A strong, state-based regulatory system appears key to avoiding the crackdown.
US Prisoner Count Declines Again, But 330,000 Still Doing Time for Drugs
For the third year in a row, the number of people in state and federal prisons in the US has declined, the Justice Department's Bureau of Justice Statistics reported Thursday.
Vermont, Other States Clash With Federal Law Over Hemp Cultivation
Some Vermont farmers want to plant hemp now that the state has a law setting up rules to grow the plant, a cousin of marijuana that’s more suitable for making sandals than getting high.
DEA Raids Puget Sound Medical-Pot Shops Despite State Law
At least 14 Puget Sound-area medical-marijuana dispensaries were swept up in a long-expected law-enforcement raid that ranks as the largest since the state approved medical marijuana.
New Hampshire Now 19th Medical Marijuana State
All of New England is now medical marijuana territory, as New Hampshire Gov. Maggie Hassan (D) Tuesday afternoon signed into law a bill allowing it in the Granite State.
What Growing Up With an Incarcerated Father Taught Me About the Drug War
Children often face the gravest consequences of America's draconian drug policy.
