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Softening Law on Hard Drugs Creates Unlikely Bedfellows – San Francisco Chronicle

Softening law on hard drugs creates unlikely bedfellows – San Francisco Chronicle

Softening law on hard drugs creates unlikely bedfellows
San Francisco Chronicle
Law enforcement agencies have been aggressively pursuing a war on drugs – particularly hard drugs like crack cocaine and heroin – for decades. So imagine the uproar if someone proposed that the charge for all drug possession – even heroin – should be 

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Drug bust nets 22 arrests in western North Dakota – Contra Costa Times

Drug bust nets 22 arrests in western North Dakota
Contra Costa Times
The arrests "show that federal, state and local law enforcement agents and prosecutors are committed to working together to fight increased organized drug distribution activity in the Bakken region," U.S. Attorney Timothy Purdon said Wednesday in a

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Jindal: Medical Marijuana OK if Tightly Controlled

Jindal: Medical marijuana OK if tightly controlled
Twenty-six states and the District of Columbia have legalized, decriminalized or reduced sentences involving marijuana possession. Medical marijuana is legal in Arizona, Delaware, Hawaii, Illinois, Michigan, Montana, New Hampshire, New Jersey and New …
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Marijuana legalization: Well-funded advocates soften voters; governments eye
A spokesman for the Marijuana Policy Project in Denver, which led the campaign to legalize the drug, said Colorado has left "marijuana prohibition behind" and opened the door for a new taxable commodity. "Adults are using marijuana in every state …
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DailyDAC, LLC Founder Jonathan Friedland Selected to the 2014 Illinois Super
APC River Partners LLC, Charles R. Cuddy, Eric Bressler, Internal Revenue Service, IPFS Corporation, Julius F. Klein and Law Offices of Anthony Capetola are listed as some of the unsecured creditors. David J. ….. 13-bk-13110 in the New Hampshire …
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Florida Congressman Radel Resigns After Cocaine Charge – Chicago Tribune

Florida congressman Radel resigns after cocaine charge – Chicago Tribune

Florida congressman Radel resigns after cocaine charge
Chicago Tribune
Radel, 37, elected to the House of Representatives in 2012 backed by the conservative Tea Party movement, returned to Congress in January, six weeks after he pleaded guilty to cocaine possession and checked into a rehabilitation clinic. Related; File

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Shifting To Senior Status, Sessions Reflects On Mandatory Minimums, And The … – Vermont Public Radio

Shifting To Senior Status, Sessions Reflects On Mandatory Minimums, And The
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But Sessions says the bigger rulings for him were a case involving Vermont's campaign finance law, a case that went to the U.S. Supreme Court, as well as a case on equal pay for women. “Usually I'll get one, two or three significant cases a year, with
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New Lawsuit Alleges Illegal NM Body Cavity Search

New lawsuit alleges illegal NM body cavity search
ALBUQUERQUE, N.M. (AP) — Another lawsuit has been filed over a body cavity search by a New Mexico law enforcement agency along the Mexico border, the latest in a handful of similar cases. The lawsuit filed in U.S. District Court in Albuquerque alleges …
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Drugs vs. the drug war: A response to Michael Gerson
Their argument is that drug use enslaves drug users with addiction, and that were drugs to be made legal, we'd all be robbed of the benefits of living in a populace of responsible citizens. Use and addiction would be common, thus shredding the moral …
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Pleas, Penalties as Court Continues – Daily Sentinel Star

Pleas, penalties as court continues – Daily Sentinel Star

Pleas, penalties as court continues
Daily Sentinel Star
Quentin Williams, who was charged worth possession of cocaine with intent, pleaded guilty to a lesser charge of possession of cocaine. He was sentenced to 20 years with the MDOC. After serving eight years, Williams will be placed on probation for 12 years.

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Mount Laurel man indicted in international drug ring – South Jersey Local News

Mount Laurel man indicted in international drug ring
South Jersey Local News
The charges are the result of “Operation Next Day Air,” a multi-agency investigation led by the New Jersey State Police, the U.S. Drug Enforcement Administration (DEA) and the Division of Criminal Justice, which began in March 2011 when law enforcement 

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Authorities crack two Buffalo-area drug rings – Buffalo News

Warwick Man Arrested After FBI Agents Seize 2 Kilos of Cocaine – the Providence Journal

Warwick man arrested after FBI agents seize 2 kilos of cocaine – The Providence Journal

Warwick man arrested after FBI agents seize 2 kilos of cocaine
The Providence Journal
PROVIDENCE, R.I. — Two men are in federal custody on drug trafficking charges after their arrest during the seizure of 2 kilos (about 4.4 pounds) of cocaine by the Rhode Island FBI Safe Street Task Force, federal law enforcement officials announced
Two Detained on Federal Drug Trafficking Charges as Rhode Island FBI Safe 7thSpace Interactive (press release)

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Drugs vs. the drug war: A response to Michael Gerson – Washington Post


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Drugs vs. the drug war: A response to Michael Gerson
Washington Post
Their argument is that drug use enslaves drug users with addiction, and that were drugs to be made legal, we'd all be robbed of the benefits of living in a populace of responsible citizens. Use and addiction would be common, thus shredding the moral

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