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The corrupt cops stories are back. Really, they never went away.
Since 2014, Congress each year has included language in the annual CJS (Commerce-Justice-Science) appropriations prohibiting the government from using any of the funds to prevent states from ...
The program for the Harm Reduction International Conference 2025 (HR25) is out!
StoptheDrugWar.org commends the arrest by Philippine authorities this morning of former President Rodrigo Duterte, under an International Criminal Court warrant served by Interpol. During his ...
What should have been a citation for drug paraphernalia gets turned into an outrageous attempt to lock a hapless drug user up for decades. The American Civil Liberties Union (ACLU) of Minnesota has ...
Another bill aimed at combatting the fentanyl trade advances in the House, the Florida marijuana legalization initiative campaign is getting very spendy, and more. Hemp Companies Sue California over ...
A Virginia prosecutor turns pot peddler, an Illinois cop gets caught with weed, cash, and testosterone, and more. Let's get to it: In Springfield, Illinois, a former Springfield police officer was ...
More Than 200,000 Arrested for Marijuana Last Year, FBI Reports. The latest FBI data shows that at least 200,000 people were arrested on marijuana charges in 2023, with, as usual, simple possession ...
The Illinois Supreme Court rules the odor of burnt weed is not probable cause to search a vehicle, Mexico's president says the US shares the blame for cartel violence in Sinaloa, and more. Illinois ...
The country's first experiment with state-level decriminalization of drug possession is over, but what will change -- other than more drug arrests? The nation's first experiment with state-level ...
North Dakota lawmakers have come up with a revenue and expense estimate if a marijuana legalization initiative passes, a Swedish labor court has ruled for employers in a drug testing case, and more.
The Olympia, WA, city council has voted to decriminalize natural psychedelics, the former head of the British Virgin Islands is headed to a US prison for drug trafficking, and more. Dallas City ...