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GCSO Summary – Port St. Joe Star

GCSO Summary Port St. Joe Star On Jan. 2, Deputy George Desrosier arrested Dixie Lee McDaniel, of Wewahitchka, on outstanding warrants out of Bay County. An arrest order for Fleeing and Eluding a Law Enforcement Officer, Possession of Cocaine, and Possession of Drug Paraphernalia …

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Nearly 100 Years After Marijuana Was Made Illegal In Texas, Fight To Legalize … – KERA News Breakthroughs

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Nearly 100 Years After Marijuana Was Made Illegal In Texas, Fight To Legalize … KERA News Breakthroughs This weekend, drug reform advocates are gathering in Dallas for the first major drug policy conference of 2014, hosted by Mothers Against Teen Violence. Shaun McAlister, 29, leads DFW NORML – the north Texas chapter of … A 2013 poll in Texas … and more »

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Trey Radel’s cocaine conviction means he isn’t qualified to drive a school bus … – PolitiFact

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Trey Radel's cocaine conviction means he isn't qualified to drive a school bus … PolitiFact Last year, California considered a bill that would have made possession a "wobbler," meaning it could have been charged as a misdemeanor or a felony. A bill analysis said that 13 states plus the District of Columbia have misdemeanor drug possession laws. Congressman Radel faces cocaine charge; admits alcoholismThe News-Press all 29 news articles »

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Is Decriminalization the Best Approach to Vermont’s, and Nation’s, Drug Abuse … – Huffington Post

Read more... Is Decriminalization the Best Approach to Vermont's, and Nation's, Drug Abuse … Huffington Post Rather than maintain their own failing laws, they decided to treat drug abuse as a health issue, not a criminal justice one, and decriminalized the personal possession and use of all drugs in 2000. No drugs were legalized, but people caught with small … and more »

Black, White and Hispanic Males Are Being Arrested At Insane Rates in Drug War – PolicyMic

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Black, White and Hispanic Males Are Being Arrested At Insane Rates in Drug War PolicyMic To understand America's changing views on race and drug use, one needs to only look back as recently as 1986, when Congress passed the Anti Drug Abuse Act . The law mandated a minimum sentence of 5 years for possession of 5 grams of crack cocaine, … and more »

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Buffalo man gets maximum for witness tampering through Facebook – Buffalo News

Buffalo man gets maximum for witness tampering through Facebook Buffalo News “Maybe the State Legislature will take a look at the law,” she said. She said … The jury acquitted McKithen on additional counts of intimidating and tampering with another witness, and it did not reach a unanimous verdict on a drug–possession charge.

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Gang past of Yandina Five revealed – NEWS.com.au

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Read more... Gang past of Yandina Five revealed NEWS.com.au Steve Smith's brother-in-law. – Suspended 14 month jail sentence in 2012 over supply of 2gm of cocaine in 2010. – Fined a year ago over possession of speed, ammunition and loaded semi-automatic pistol he told police was for "protection" in 2012. – Held … Yandina Five member released on bail despite drug chargesFraser Coast Chronicle all 65 news articles »

The Canadian Press looks back at what made news in 2013
8: After more than 13 years of legal wrangling, the Federal Court ruled that the more than 600,000 Aboriginal Peoples estimated to be living off-reserve are “Indians” under a section of the Constitution Act, and fall under federal jurisdiction. The …
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Court Report
Anthony Martin Lavadour, 59, of Salt Lake City, was charged with drug possession and driving with a measurable controlled substance in the body. On Dec. 18, 2013, law enforcement officers stopped Lavadour on Interstate 80 in Summit County on suspicion …
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Minimum reforms
Dick Durbin and Utah Republican Sen. Mike Lee, federal inmates sentenced under the old law could apply to have their sentences reduced. Revisions to the law reduced the racially unjust disparity between crack and powder cocaine sentences. For example …
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Time for minimum sentencing reforms
Dick Durbin and Utah Republican Sen. Mike Lee, federal inmates sentenced under the old law could apply to have their sentences reduced. Revisions to the law reduced the racially unjust disparity between crack and powder cocaine sentences. For example …
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