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Legal Pot Coming Soon? 50-State Marijuana Law Roundup. – Reason
Legal Pot Coming Soon? 50-State Marijuana Law Roundup. – Reason
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Legal Pot Coming Soon? 50-State Marijuana Law Roundup.
Reason Five states may decriminalize possession, replacing criminal penalties with civil fines. Of the 20 states that do not have a push underway this year, 12 have already OK'd medical marijuana or decriminalization. Additionally, activists in at least three … Candid conversation needed before marijuana is legalized |
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Jim Patterson, Andy Vidak push new bill aimed at jails’ revolving doors – Fresno Bee
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Jim Patterson, Andy Vidak push new bill aimed at jails' revolving doors
Fresno Bee At a downtown Fresno news conference (video), Patterson and Vidak said that law has been a public-safety disaster because county jails are already overcrowded and aren't designed to handle inmates serving long sentences. If SB 957 is approved, it would … |
Toronto Mayor Rob Ford Bashes Rainbow Protest Flag
Toronto Mayor Rob Ford bashes rainbow protest flag
TORONTO — Toronto Mayor Rob Ford wants to remove a rainbow flag at City Hall that protests Russia's law restricting gay-rights activities, and he hoisted a Canadian flag in his office window in response on Friday. Some city halls across Canada raised …
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Can dealers face murder charges in Hoffman's death?
(CNN) — Earlier this week, New York police arrested four people suspected of selling heroin to actor Philip Seymour Hoffman, who later died from a heroin overdose. But the police haven't yet connected them to the drugs that killed Hoffman. Assuming …
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This Is Why So Many Reasonable People Think Anti-Marijuana Crusaders Look …
When pressed by Angell and The New York Times' Jack Healy for citations that could support the graphic's claims, DFAF first responded with a link to a website with questionable marijuana data, called UnmaskingMarijuana.org. Then the organization …
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How Schapelle Corby Obsessed a Nation – Stuff.co.nz
How Schapelle Corby obsessed a nation – Stuff.co.nz
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How Schapelle Corby obsessed a nation
Stuff.co.nz Convicted Australian drug trafficker Schapelle Corby covers her face as she is escorted by policeman while leaving a beauty salon near Sanglah hospital in Indonesia's island of Bali in July 2008. Schapelle Corby. Reuters … Donald Rothwell, professor … What is it about Schapelle Corby? | PHOTOS The family, suppoters and accusers of Schapelle Corby, 10 years on |
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2 people released after drug arrests, cocaine possession charges amid Hoffman … – Minneapolis Star Tribune
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2 people released after drug arrests, cocaine possession charges amid Hoffman …
Minneapolis Star Tribune Their apartment is one of two police searched Tuesday in a Manhattan building. A resident of the other apartment has been charged with possessing heroin with the intent to sell. Two law enforcement officials say a tipster said he believed Hoffman got … 3 arrested in Hoffman probe face drug charges Broadway mourns Hoffman as 3 face drug charges Friday Talking Points — Freedom From Job Lock |
College Student From Bergen County Arrested in Connection With Philip Seymour …
College student from Bergen County arrested in connection with Philip Seymour …
Police removed 350 packets of heroin from Vineberg's apartment; two bags of cocaine were removed from the apartment Luchkiw shared with Rosenblum, according to The New York Post. … the wrong place at the wrong time, her lawyer Stephen Turano remarked …
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White House seeks candidates for clemency in drug cases
Speaking at a New York State Bar Association event in New York, Deputy Attorney General James M. Cole explained the unprecedented step of curtailing penalties in low-level drug cases, and of encouraging defense lawyers to recommend inmates who the …
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Citing Lack of Evidence, Circuit Tosses Drug Conviction
The U.S. Court of Appeals for the Second Circuit took the unusual step of finding insufficient evidence to support a jury's verdict that Jeremiah Clark, handcuffed and placed in the back of a police car, could have possessed the crack discovered by …
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The Family, Supporters and Accusers of Schapelle Corby, 10 Years on – Sydney Morning Herald
The family, supporters and accusers of Schapelle Corby, 10 years on – Sydney Morning Herald
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The family, supporters and accusers of Schapelle Corby, 10 years on
Sydney Morning Herald James Kisina: Schapelle's half-brother was ''very remorseful and committed to his family'', his lawyer said last November, when the Queenslander escaped a jail term but was fined $ 750 for possessing cocaine. Kisina has struggled to keep his nose clean … How Schapelle Corby obsessed a nation What is it about Schapelle Corby? | PHOTOS |
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SWAT teams net drugs, guns in ‘Block Boyz’ crackdown – The Advocate
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SWAT teams net drugs, guns in 'Block Boyz' crackdown
The Advocate “This morning was law enforcement holding up our end of the bargain,” Baton Rouge Police Chief Carl Dabadie Jr. said at a Friday afternoon press conference. The calculated raids took place at 5:30 a.m. Friday. East Baton … Timothy Prater, 18, 1849 … Baton Rouge gang crackdown nets 7 arrests Friday morning Multi-agency roundup nets 7 members of 'Big Money Block Boyz' |
Three Calgary Men Charged in Multi Million-Dollar Smuggling and Trafficking Ring
Three Calgary Men Charged In Multi Million-Dollar Smuggling And Trafficking Ring
15 arrests are the result of a joint investigation between Alberta law enforcement teams and the United States Drug Enforcement Administration. Charges against the trio include conspiracy to import cocaine, conspiracy to traffic cocaine, possession …
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Police warning to uninsured drivers
Chief Superintendent Dickie Whitehead, who leads Operation Viper, said: “Uninsured drivers are a menace to law abiding motorists who pay increased insurance premiums to mitigate the losses incurred by those who drive, and crash, without insurance …
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Kenyan court fines Chinese ivory smuggler 3000 under new law
Magistrate William Oketch said that Tang Yong Jian, who pleaded guilty to charges of illegal possession and dealing in ivory, could not claim ignorance given the huge publicity surrounding the illicit ivory trade. Jian, 40, was caught with 3.4kg …
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