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Police Used Drug Forfeiture Funds For Weed, Hookers & Booze
Nice work, if you can get it! The former police chief of Romulus, Mich,, along with his wife and 5 officers, on Tuesday were charged with using drug forfeiture money to pay for prostitutes, marijuana and alcohol.www.tokeofthetown.com
Police Chief Busted For Growing Marijuana; Suing Sheriff
A small-town Montana police chief was arrested Tuesday for allegedly growing marijuana in a barn near his home. Roosevelt County deputies arrested Poplar Police Chief Chad A. Hilde at his rural home. Chief Hilde, who faces up to 10 years in prison on t…
Police Refuse Judge’s Order To Return Man’s Marijuana
Posted by admin in World News on June 17, 2010
The Snoqualmie, Washington Police Department is contesting a King County Superior Court judge’s order to return 10 ounces of cannabis to a medical marijuana patient. Defying the court order from Judge Sharon Armstrong, the arrogant police chief seems t…
Police Chief Comments Excite Pot Legalization Advocates
Posted by admin in Political News on May 29, 2010
Comments made by Columbia, Mo., Police Chief Ken Burton last week have excited marijuana legalization advocates, and the chief is standing by his statement that he does not know how to enforce the city’s marijuana laws.
Columbia, Missouri Police Chief on Board With Legalizing Mar
Posted by admin in Political News on May 25, 2010
I’ve been fairly hard on Columbia, Missouri Police Chief Ken Burton since video emerged of his department’s SWAT raid on a marijuana offender. But to be fair,
Columbia, Missouri Police Chief endorses marijuana legalizat
Posted by admin in Political Opinion on May 21, 2010
Missouri Police Chief wants to puff, puff, pass
Police Chief: Legalize Marijuana and Stop Banning Fake Weed
Posted by admin in Political News on March 5, 2010
Regarding bills to ban K2 (synthetic marijuana), pro-legalization top cop Norm Stamper asks, “When are K3 and K7 going to appear somewhere in the country? I’m not being facetious. There are any number of drugs – designer drugs – that could in fact crop up and no doubt will, given the ingenuity of Americans. So we’ll be back at the drawing board.”
Former Police Chief: Lets Not Stop at Marijuana Legalization
Posted by admin in Political Opinion on December 21, 2009
A new poll shows that most Americans are ready to legalize marijuana, but not drugs like cocaine or heroin. A 34-year police vet says it’s time to legalize them all.
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.
Police Chief Says Legalize ALL Drugs – Not Just Marijuana
Posted by admin in Political News on December 15, 2009
The former top cop in Seattle notes a recent poll showing majority support for marijuana legalization but not for ending prohibition of other drugs. The chief urges legalization advocates to consider how prohibition makes dangerous drugs even more dangerous for users and nonusers alike.
Redding, CA police chief warns pot dispensers
Posted by admin in Political News on September 29, 2009
Police Chief Peter Hansen sent letters to nine Redding medical marijuana dispensaries and their landlords today reminding them in no uncertain terms that marijuana is still illegal under federal law, despite California voters’ legalization of medicinal pot 13 years ago.
Thoughts on Pot vs. Alcohol from a Former Police Chief
Posted by admin in Political Opinion on August 28, 2009
If one of these two drugs is implicated in dire health effects, high mortality rates, and physical violence — and the other is not — what are we to make of our nation’s marijuana laws?
Norm Stamper: A Former Police Chief on New Marijuana Book
Posted by admin in Political News on August 21, 2009
I do not believe drug policy reform should end with the legalization of marijuana. Yet, when asked to contribute a foreword to the new book Marijuana is Safer: So Why Are We Driving People to Drink, I eagerly accepted.
A Former Police Chief on New Marijuana Book
I’m a drug “legalizer,” not an “incrementalist.” I do not believe drug policy reform should end with the legalization of marijuana. Yet, when asked to contribute a foreword to the new book, Marijuana is Safer: So Why Are We Driving People to Drink, I eagerly accepted.
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