Tag Archives: Drugs & Vice

How Congress and drug company lobbyists worked to neutralize the DEA

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“The law was the crowning achievement of a multifaceted campaign by the drug industry to weaken aggressive DEA enforcement efforts against drug distribution companies that were supplying corrupt doctors and pharmacists who peddled narcotics to the black market. The industry worked behind the scenes with lobbyists and key members of Congress, pouring more than a million dollars into their election campaigns.”

Read more: https://www.washingtonpost.com/graphics/2017/investigations/dea-drug-industry-congress/

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Abolish the Drug Enforcement Administration, Help The Poor Instead

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“The DEA oversees a multibillion-dollar enterprise whose primary purpose is to criminalize millions of people for the use of drugs. Nearly half of those incarcerated in federal prison are there for drug violations, including 60 percent of all female inmates. The DEA has kept marijuana on the list of Schedule 1 drugs in the face of widespread evidence of its benign nature. Racial disparities in the policing of the drug war remain profound.”

Read more: https://www.thenation.com/article/abolish-the-drug-enforcement-agency/

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Trump, Duterte, Congress, and the Philippine Drug War Killings

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“The Philippine National Police (PNP) acknowledge over 3,900 people have been killed in anti-drug operations under the Duterte administration, plus nearly 2,300 more drug-related murders and thousands still ‘unexplained.’ Our statement also notes the Philippines saw a roughly 50% increase in its official homicide rate, starting immediately when Duterte took office – hard to explain in the absence of an official policy of extrajudicial killing.”

Read more: https://stopthedrugwar.org/chronicle/2017/nov/17/update_and_action_alert_trump

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Detroit undercover cops brawl in drug sting gone wrong

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“Video from the scene captured arguing and shoving among some of the two dozen officers there, Craig said. The video has not been released but is being reviewed as part of the investigation that will be turned over to the Wayne County Prosecutor’s Office to determine whether charges will be filed.”

Read more: https://www.usatoday.com/story/news/nation-now/2017/11/14/detroit-police-officers-neighboring-precincts-brawl-undercover-sting-gone-wrong/861410001/

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More Broke States Trading In Vice Enforcement For Tax Revenue

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“Pennsylvania is in the midst of a budget crisis. Seeing New Jersey success is raising revenue from Internet gambling, the Pennsylvania House of Representatives  suggested that to avoid a tax increase, they would follow suit. This week, after years of haggling, Gov. Tom Wolf signed a measure to make Pennsylvania the fourth state to legalize online gaming – a move that is projected to bring in $426.3 million in tax revenue from 2017 to 2022.  Michigan is also considering making a move, and guess who the chief opponent is?”

Read more: https://fee.org/articles/the-feds-should-leave-gambling-policy-to-the-states/

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Two NYPD Cops Charged with Raping Teen After Busting Her for Marijuana

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“They didn’t find any drugs on her, but handcuffed the teen anyway before coercing her into sex, her attorney, Michael David, told the New York Post.  The detectives, from NYPD’s Brooklyn South narcotics squad, have not denied that they engaged in sex acts with the alleged victim, but claimed they were consensual.”

Read more: https://stopthedrugwar.org/chronicle/2017/oct/31/two_nypd_cops_charged_raping

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Cops Claim Teen Consented to Sex — While Handcuffed In Custody

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“After their DNA was found on 18-year-old ‘Anna Chambers’ in September, the two Brooklyn narcotics officers who she accused of raping her admitted to sex with the young woman. But they claimed the contact—which occured after police pulled over Chambers on a traffic stop, found loose prescription pills in her bag, and took her into their custody—was consensual. Now they’re trying to discredit her by pointing prosecutors to her ‘provocative’ social-media selfies and to tweets where she lashes out at someone accusing her of lying.”

Read more: https://reason.com/blog/2017/10/23/nypd-slut-shames-teen-who-says-she-was-r

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Feds Caught Illegally Prosecuting Medical Marijuana Patients

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“The brief filed in regards to the Kettle Falls Five notes that ‘This court determined that Rohrabacher-Farr prohibits the Department of Justice from spending funds for the prosecution of individuals who engaged in conduct permitted by the state medical marijuana laws and fully complied with the laws.'”

Read more: https://technical420.com/cannabis-article/feds-caught-illegally-prosecuting-marijuana-patients

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WSJ: How MDMA Went From Club Drug to ‘Breakthrough Therapy’

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“MDMA, aka ecstasy, is emerging as one of the most promising treatments for intractable post-traumatic stress disorder.”

Read more: http://www.cetusnews.com/life/How-MDMA-Went-From-Club-Drug-to-%E2%80%98Breakthrough-Therapy%E2%80%99.HJNwGYJFxHT-.html

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Dark side of Ca. pot legalization: a bonanza of government jobs

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“The state is on a hiring binge to fill what eventually will be hundreds of new government positions by 2019 intended to bring order to the legal pot economy, from keeping watch on what’s seeping into streams near cannabis grows to running background checks on storefront sellers who want government licenses. Thousands of additional jobs are expected to be added by local governments.  Last January, just 11 full-time workers were part of what’s now known as the Bureau of Cannabis Control, the state’s chief regulatory agency overseeing the pot market. Now, it’s more than doubled, and by February the agency expects to have more than 100 staffers.”

Read more: http://www.latimes.com/local/lanow/la-me-pot-jobs-20170930-story.html

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