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Scofflaws Hold Anti-Marijuana Campaign Event on Public Dime
Posted by admin in Political News on May 11, 2010
It is against the law to use federal funds to influence state politics, and that is exactly what these lawbreaking, badged Mafiosos are doing along with donut-eating contests and chest puffing. But hey, isn’t one of the perks of being law enforcement being above the law?
Various Federal statutes and regulations prohibit “lobbying” by federal em..
Marijuana Legalization Officially Qualifies for California B
Posted by admin in Political News on March 24, 2010
That’s right! Come November all of you need to do your duty and vote for this initiative so we can finally be free of the persecution by law enforcement for the use of our medicine. The bill will legalize the possession of up to one ounce and the personal cultivation of marijuana in an area up to 25 square feet.
Fake Pot That Acts Real Stymies Law Enforcement
There may be nothing like the real thing, but some industrious marijuana users have seized on an obscure but easily accessible substance that mimics the drug’s effects on the brain. I’m very interested on its effects… it sounds like a great loophole.
Vote for marijuana legalization by Feb 22nd!
Posted by admin in Political Opinion on February 15, 2010
The war on drugs has been waged long enough, and more lives have been destroyed and families torn apart by the prison system than by marijuana itself. Legalization of marijuana would save countless time and money from being wasted by law enforcement and by our courts. It would save national and state governments an…
Bill to Legalize Marijuana is Up In Smoke!
Posted by admin in Political News on January 16, 2010
Defeat is always the prelude to ultimate victory…or something like that……
Religious Faithful, Law Enforcement and Activists Hail Victory
SACRAMENTO, Calif., Jan. 15 /PRNewswire/ — The California Legislature formally proclaimed Assembly Bill 390 “dead on arrival” today as lawmakers rejected an 11th hour plan to save it from demise……
Frmr Police Chief Says: Legalize All Drugs
Posted by admin in Arts & Culture on December 16, 2009
Norm Stamper, a 34-year police veteran who was Seattle’s chief from 1994-2000, the author of Breaking Rank: A Top Cop’s Exposé of the Dark Side of American Policing and a Law Enforcement Against Prohibition member, lays out his case in an AlterNet post titled “Let’s Not Stop at Legalizing Marijuana.
Life in Prison for Growing Marijuana?
At a time of heightened national security post-911, a near-depression economy and state government budgets bleeding red coast to coast, what is the moral and economic imperative that compels some in law enforcement to seek lifetime sentences for small-time cannabis growers?
AMA strikes out smoke free delivery system medical marijuana
What caused this distancing from the position of many in the DEA, law enforcement, and medical communities who have repeated the argument for many years that there is no evidence that “smoked marijuana” has any medicinal benefits?
The Harvest (PICS)
Posted by admin in Arts & Culture on October 29, 2009
The ongoing battle between medical marijuana advocates and law enforcement has begotten some tricky legality, which has lead to all sorts of uncertainty regarding growth and distribution, and, ultimately, prosecution (or non-prosecution) of distributors.
Legalize Marijuana Now 2009
Posted by admin in Political Opinion on October 29, 2009
Retired Superior Court Judge James P. Gray testifies in favor of a marijuana legalization bill in the California Assembly on October 28, 2009. Judge Gray is a member of Law Enforcement Against Prohibition, which any citizen can join for free at:
http://www.CopsSayLegalizeDrugs.com
Los Angeles Prepares for Clash Over Marijuana
Posted by admin in Political News on October 18, 2009
Law enforcement officials and marijuana supporters disagree over how to regulate the dispensaries that have sprouted in the city since 2002.
A law enforcement view on marijuana
Posted by admin in Political Opinion on October 16, 2009
In my many years as a police officer, I never saw anyone hurt or killed from the use of marijuana. The only thing ever destroyed was an expedient bag of potato chips. In my experience, the greatest behavioral threat from an adult using marijuana is that the user fall asleep.
ACLU defends medical marijuana
The American Civil Liberties Union (ACLU) of Hawai’i has put the Hawaii County Council on notice that police helicopter flyovers for marijuana eradication are believed to be in violation of the Hawaii Constitution, the state’s medical marijuana law, and the county’s Lowest Law Enforcement Priority of Cannabis Ordinance.
US marijuana cuts into traffickers’ profits
Posted by admin in World News on October 12, 2009
The shifting economics of the marijuana trade have broad implications for Mexico’s war against the drug cartels, suggesting that market forces, as much as law enforcement, can extract a heavy price from criminal organizations that have used the spectacular profits generated by pot sales to fuel the violence and corruption that plague Mexico.
Citizens Protest Law Enforcement Attack On Medical Marijuana
Posted by admin in Political News on October 10, 2009
District Attorney Steve Cooley was one of dozens of guests at a conference in Montebello where the topic was the “eradication of medical marijuana dispensaries in the city of Los Angeles and Los Angeles County,”
“They’re selling marijuana basically over the counter, and that’s illegal,”
CA Supreme Court Lets Stand Medical Marijuana Grow Ruling
Posted by admin in Political News on September 25, 2009
“By refusing to review this case, the California Supreme Court sends a strong message that local law enforcement must uphold the medical marijuana laws of the state and not competing federal laws, The deputy was acting under color of California law, not federal law. Accordingly, the propriety of his conduct is measured by California law.”
BREAKING NEWS: Marijuana Arrests For Year 2008: 847,864
Police arrested 847,864 persons for marijuana violations in 2008, according to the Federal Bureau of Investigation’s annual Uniform Crime Report, released today. The total marks a three percent decrease in marijuana arrests from 2007, when law enforcement arrested a record 872,721 Americans for cannabis-related violations.
LEGALIZE MARIJUANA.
Posted by admin in Political Opinion on September 11, 2009
Lets face it. Were in tough times right now. Recession shouldn’t mean we just legalize every drug to make money, but its about god damn time we legalize marijuana. It would save BILLIONS every year in law enforcement and prison costs, as well as make BILLIONS in sales. Were a marijuana culture now; lets make it official.
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