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Qualified Immunity on the Chopping Block
A Mississippi federal judge has challenged the qualified immunity defense that police officers use to deflect responsibility for their degrading treatment of suspects and innocent citizens. In Jamison v. McClendon, U.S. District Court Judge Carlton Reeves recently concluded that Officer … Continue reading
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Hedonism and Weed Leads to Happiness
Sharp legal and social distinctions are often made between medicinal and recreational marijuana, with indistinguishable recreational marijuana typically having a dark cloud cast over it. Why the distinction? At universities in Zurich and The Netherlands the need for hedonism and … Continue reading
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Drug Wars and Racism in Foster Care
It’s as if everything the drug war touches is corrupted or destroyed. The U.S. child foster care system is no exception. From 2000 to 2011, researchers estimate one third of children in the U.S. were subject to a child neglect … Continue reading
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Little Proof that Drug Counseling Works
A study headed by Elizabeth O’Connor, PhD, at the Kaiser Permanente Evidence-based Practice Center in Portland, Oregon, has bad news for drug counselors and the youth-focused drug prevention industry: 26-MAY-2020–Bottom Line: The U.S. Preventive Services Task Force (USPSTF) has concluded … Continue reading
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Aerial Spraying to Resume in Colombia
Donald Trump has ordered the aerial fumigation of Colombian coca fields using the same controversial glyphosate herbicide employed in the past. The Latin American human rights organization WOLA is raising objections to more fumigation: On February 10, the Colombian government … Continue reading
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Border Wall Scaled with $5.30 of Rebar
Someone forgot to inform the federal government that drug traffickers are clever and resourceful: The ladders appear to be made by hand from two poles of 3/8-inch rebar and four thinner poles, fitted with steps and bent over at the … Continue reading
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Will a lawsuit stop Kansas?
The state that inspired the book ‘What’s the Matter with Kansas?’ continues to ignore cannabis prohibition’s uncanny ability to ignite a populist revolt whenever and wherever law enforcement exceeds its authority. Exceeding their authority, the Kansas Highway Patrol targets motorists … Continue reading
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Corporate Successes in the Drug War
The US Congress funds the drug war each year despite knowing for decades about the war’s ineffectiveness and disastrous consequences. How and why such a war continues has long been a matter of debate: To say that the war on … Continue reading
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Why can’t the FBI get high?
Chicago’s FBI Office recently tweeted a reminder to those applying for a job with the venerable agency: Illinois decriminalizes recreational marijuana on Jan. 1, but #DYK federal laws on marijuana aren’t changing? To apply to #FBI, you’ll still need to … Continue reading
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Drug Wars Promote Settler Colonialism
The Nasa—an Indigenous group in Colombia—want their land back, and they want it back now. To demonstrate their resolve, they’re employing eco-terrorism in an eco-friendly way to sabotage agricultural crops of colonial origins or ownership while simultaneously confronting Colombia’s illicit … Continue reading
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