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An 18-year-old teenager, Ramarley Graham, was killed in his home in the Bronx last week by plainclothes cops. A member of the narcotics unit shot the unarmed teenager in his bathroom.
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Enforcement of U.S. laws against marijuana possession serves to encourage and enrich Mexican drug cartels and the Asian and biker gangs that control the “B.C. Bud” market in Canada, according to two former top federal law enforcement officials.

In a case that has implications for Colorado and other medical marijuana states, Montana state Rep. Diane Sands, D-Missoula, has come under investigation by the federal Drug Enforcement Administration. Sands said she doesn’t know why she’s being investigated, but she suspects the investigation is related to her advocacy of liberalized marijuana laws.
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CANNABIS CULTURE - "I'll be smoking a super bowl today," someone posted to CalNORML's Facebook page on Sunday morning. It was appropriate, at least for those who, like me, turn on the Bread and Circus mostly for the pricey new ads and cultural references.
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