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In another raid, State Police hit beer distributor, Origlio's

http://www.philly.com

Pennsylvania State Police have staged another beer raid, confiscating about a dozen cases from a leading distributor in Northeast Philadelphia and ordering it to stop selling several well-known imports, including Duvel, a popular Belgian beer sold throughout the Philadelphia region.

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35 years for possessing a plant

http://www.thelibertyhub.com

A man has been sentenced to 35 years in jail for possessing marijuana

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Company Offering Insurance For Medical Pot

http://www.blinkx.com

Company is first in the nation to offer protection for medical marijuana growers, sellers and buyers.

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Ithaca NY Police Kill Drug Suspect

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The "War on Drugs" claims another victim in the quiet little liberal city of Ithaca. Police executing a search warrant on a car try to arrest the driver. As the driver attempts flee he knock over an officer in his path. Other officers shoot him 4 times killing him.

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Five Things You May ‘Know’ About Marijuana That Aren’t True

http://newsjunkiepost.com

When speaking to members of the general public, I’m often struck (and stop that! It hurts) with the wide prevalence of beliefs about marijuana that have been scientifically disproven for years.

How many of these myths have you trusted lately?

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Obama & Corporate Media Are Aggressively Undermining Pot Normalization

http://www.alternet.org

While marijuana is more mainstream than ever, legalization still faces backlash from the powers that be.

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Marijuana has higher approval ratings than Congress

http://www.howtogrowbud.com

Monday’s Gallup poll showing that a record 44% of Americans favor making marijuana legal has brought increased attention to the need for an open, national debate on marijuana policy.

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Please Help Jon Sloan Fight the Illegal Raid on His Lawful Business.

http://www.savejon.org

On Feb 4, 2010 the FDA, Kansas Bureau of Investigation and local law enforcement--24 officers in all, raided a lawfully run botanical shop and warehouse. With guns drawn, they burst in and proceeded to handcuff everyone in the building including 65- year-old, white-haired grandmas and grandpas and young, single mothers.

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First City in America to Criminalize Marijuana Passes Resolution

http://www.alternet.org

The El Paso city council has gone on record as condemning current US drug policies and demanding a shift to a smarter, more humane approach to drug sales and use.

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Medical marijuana for ADD and it's good for kids!

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An MSNBC news piece featuring medical marijuana advocate Dr. Claudia Jensen.

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CBS Corporation Bans Ad Calling for Marijuana Legalization

http://www.alternet.org

The fifteen-second ad, asserting that taxing and regulating the adult use and sale of marijuana would raise 'billions of dollars in national revenue,' was rejected out of hand

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Despite Obama’s promise, DEA raids medical marijuana growers

http://rawstory.com

Colorado man grows legal medical marijuana. Man goes on TV news to say "I'm definitely living the dream now." The next day the feds raid his place and put him in a jail cell. Turns out Obama admin is expanding the drug war.

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Thousands of Indian victims of the drug war

http://www.heraldtribune.com

SELLS, Ariz. — An eerie hush settles in at sundown on the Tohono O’odham Nation, which straddles 75 miles of border with Mexico.

The roads crawl with the trucks of Border Patrol agents, who stop unfamiliar vehicles, scrutinize back roads for footprints and hike into the desert wilds to intercept smugglers carrying marijuana on their backs and droves of migrants trying to make it north.

By the bad luck of geography, the only large Indian reservation on the embattled border is caught in the middle, emerging as a major transit point for drugs as well as people.

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NYC Police Accused of 'Anal Assault' Over Marijuana Use

http://www.alternet.org

New York City police have arrested over 300,000 people for low-level marijuana possession since 1997, sometimes employing outrageous methods to humiliate citizens.

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Cops jail 2 men for 'crack' that turns out to be candy

http://www.nydailynews.com

Cops arrest 2 guys and hold them in jail for 5 days for "drugs" that turned out to be candy. Oh yeah, it smelled like candy too, but neither a $0 sniff test or a $20 field test to determine the mens guilt or innocence was performed before they were sent off to jail.

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Seattle’s New City Attorney Will Dismiss All Marijuana Cases

http://blog.mpp.org

Pete Holmes, the newly elected Seattle city attorney, is already making good on his campaign promise to dismiss any marijuana possession charges that come through his office, the Seattle Times reported last week. Holmes dismissed two marijuana-related cases on his first day on the job, and several others are about to be dismissed, including cases taken up by the previous city attorney.

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Sheriff May Have To Buy Patient $40,000 Worth Of Marijuana

http://www.tokeofthetown.com

A California medical marijuana patient may soon be receiving almost $40,000 from the sheriff's department for six pounds of unlawfully seized and destroyed cannabis.

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Calif. judge orders police to return 60 pounds of marijuana

http://rawstory.com

A Los Angeles judge has ordered that 60 pounds of pot confiscated by the California Highway Patrol during an arrest be returned to the defendant.

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Despite laws, 'meth has not gone away'

http://www.jconline.com

After a 2005 Indiana law limited how much cold or allergy medicine containing ephedrine or pseudoephedrine an individual could buy, law enforcement saw a decline in homegrown meth labs.
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Those cold and allergy active ingredients were commonly used to make methamphetamine.

But meth abuse is still a significant concern.

"Like any other law or tactic, people will find a way around it. Meth has not gone away," Holeman said.

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AP: New meth formula avoids anti-drug laws

http://news.yahoo.com

This is the new formula for methamphetamine: a two-liter soda bottle, a few handfuls of cold pills and some noxious chemicals. Shake the bottle and the volatile reaction produces one of the world's most addictive drugs....

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