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Japan plans tighter scrutiny of Internet drug sales
Moreover, while there is a bit of flexibility for imported medicines – this only applies when a person is physically entering the country with drugs for personal use in their possession, so any website selling directly into Japan is technically a rogue …
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Looking back on 2013
This month, six arrests were made by the Kingsburg Police Department for burglary, possession of drugs and stolen property charges. Kingsburg High wrestler Javier Gasca III placed third in the 132-pound weight class at the CIF State Wrestling … In …
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Convicted police sergeant charged anew with criminal contempt
Federal prosecutors have charged now-fired Sgt. Raul Iglesias with contempt for posting undercover investigative recordings on a law enforcement website and on YouTube, in an effort to smear the reputations of fellow officers who helped build the …
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Cannabis Prohibition — American Criminal Justice's Feeder
Since 2000, on average, over 650,000 citizens were arrested annually in America on cannabis-related charges—almost 90% for possession-only. Since the late 1990s there has been a shift by law enforcement away from arresting citizens on 'hard' drug …
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'House of Lies' Actress, Ayelet Ben–Shahar, Allegedly Caught Stealing Groceries
… a DUI </a>on May 27, 2007 but was <a href="http://www.people.com/people/article/0,,20047886_20047878,00.html" target="_hplink">arrested again</a> — and this time for cocaine possession, too — after a brief car chase in Santa Monica on July 24, 2007.
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Police Beat
A 25-year-old New Castle, DE man was arrested for DUI and other charges, 2 a.m., Dec. 27, on Rte. … A 33-year-old man from Hawaii was arrested for DUI, 2 a.m., Dec. 28, at Spring … Drugs A Glen Mills man was arrested for drug possession, 2 a.m., Dec.
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Couple charged in pot bust sue former Ada County sheriff's deputy
A judge in 2011 decided that Stephen Craig lied when he applied for a search warrant that led to marijuana trafficking charges against a Boise couple. … Representing themselves after initially having an attorney assist them, they are seeking …
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Utah State basketball: Jarred Shaw rejoins Aggies after guilty plea
After missing five games, Utah State basketball player Jarred Shaw has been reinstated to the team after he pleaded guilty to a drug charge Friday. Shaw pleaded guilty to a third-degree felony marijuana possession charge, which could be reduced to a …
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Jodi LaClaire enters the courtroom during her trial. (Kayla Rice/Reformer)
But in August, the Windham County state's attorney and the Vermont attorney general's office announced that all charges against Grega would be dismissed due to complications in DNA analysis. Nonetheless, the Grega case may not yet be … Caraballo was …
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Benton: Judicial picks continue to haunt Bay State
The Bay State today may well have the distinction of possessing the nation's most soft-on-crime judiciary, thanks to appointments made over the past seven years by Gov. Deval Patrick. Last week's … Jerry Brown refused to recognize the legality of the …
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The year in misery: 2013
A damning Human Rights Watch report released at the beginning of this year noted the U.S. prison system was characterized by “practices contrary to human rights principles, such as the death penalty, juvenile life-without-parole sentences, and solitary …
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Marijuana laws the real 'crime'
Australia's pot laws vary from state to state – the drug is illegal in NSW, Queensland, Victoria and Tasmania. Possession of marijuana mostly attracts fines in the ACT and NT, while WA users receive mandatory drug diversion counselling if caught with …
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Marijuana laws the real crime: pot party
Australia's pot laws vary from state to state – the drug is illegal in NSW, Queensland, Victoria and Tasmania. Possession of marijuana mostly attracts fines in the ACT and NT, while WA users receive mandatory drug diversion counselling if caught with …
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minimum sentencing puts justice, fairness at risk
The recent package of new laws that aim to restrict the activities of gangs of motorcycle riders in Queensland has received wide media coverage throughout Australia and drawn attention to the long-running debate about whether or not mandatory minimum …
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British gov't safety message: drugs abroad
Mark Simmonds, minister for consular affairs, says: “People continue to be astonished at some of the penalties handed down for certain crimes overseas. In some countries possessing small amounts of marijuana can lead to decades in prison. In the last …
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Carl Sagan Also Smoked Pot Decades Ago. Here's What He Had To Say About It.
Sagan's involvement with pot began as a secret, when he penned an essay in 1969, at the age of 35, under the pseudonym "Mr. X." The piece, in which Sagan described the benefits he felt from using marijuana, later appeared in Dr. Lester Grinspoon's 1971 …
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