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Updating Incorporation Transparency Laws

Raymond Baker | Posted 11.24.2009 | Politics

Read More: Project Coronado, Chicago Parking Meter LLC, Limited Liability Corporation, Incorporation Transparency and Law Enforcement Act, Incorporation Laws, La Familia, Senate Bill 569, Drug Enforcement Agency, Drug Cartel, S. 569, War on Drugs, Dea, Politics News
Raymond Baker

It is time to update our anachronistic and unsafe laws of incorporation and strike back at criminals that for too long have been able to use our financial system for their game to our own detriment.

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Tobacco-Related Health Costs: $800; Booze-Related Health Costs: $165; Pot-Related Health Costs: $20 -- Any Questions?

Paul Armentano | Posted 11.19.2009 | Politics

Read More: Cannabis, Law Enforcement, Medical Cannabis, Smoking, Marijuana, Dea, Alcohol, Thc, Obama, Tobacco, Legalization, Prohibition, Politics News
Paul Armentano

A new study has directly compared the societal costs of marijuana and alcohol, as well as tobacco, and the final tally isn't pretty.

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Colorado Marijuana Busts: Taxpayer Dollars Wasted When Cops Bust Legal Growers

Glenwood Springs Post Independent | Robert Allen | Posted 10.26.2009 | Denver

Read More: Medical Marijuana, Dea, Summit County, Summit County Drug Task Force, Colorado, Colorado Department of Health, Department of Justice, Breckenridge, Eric Holder, Denver News

SUMMIT COUNTY, Colorado -- Sheriff's deputies recently searched a Summit County home where nearly 200 marijuana plants are under cultivation, but the ...

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Miguel Angel Caro Quintero, Mexican Drug Lord, Pleads Guilty To Smuggling Tons Of Drugs To Colorado

AP | IVAN MORENO | Posted 10.23.2009 | Denver

Read More: Sonora Cartel, But Could Serve as Little as 10 Years. He Is Expected to Be Sentenced Feb. 4. Caro Quintero, Balloon Fallout: Friend: Balloon Mom Will 'Go Down With the Ship' Mexican Drug Kingpin Pleads Guilty to US Charges AP * Buzz Up!0 Votes * Send O Email O IM * Share O Delicious O Digg O F, Drug Smuggling, Dea, 46, War on Drugs, Former Cartel Leader Rafael Caro Quintero, Mexican Drug Lord, Led the Sonora Cartel, Miguel Angel Caro Quintero, Which U.S. Authorities Say Smuggled Thousands of Tons of Marijuana and Cocaine to the United States in the 1980s. His Brother, Associated Press Writer , Was Convicted in the 1985 Torture-Slaying of Undercover Drug Enforcement Administration Agent Enrique "Kiki" Camarena Salazar. Rafael Caro Quintero, Associated Press Writer Ivan Moreno, Drug Lord Colorado, Denver News

DENVER — A Mexican drug kingpin who led a fearsome cartel for more than a decade pleaded guilty Friday to U.S. drug and racketeering charges. M...

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DEA 'Cartel' Claims Lack Facts, Again

Erin Rosa | Posted 10.21.2009 | Denver

Read More: Drug War, Marijuana, Dea, Cannabis, Obama Medical Marijuana, Medical Marijuana, Pot, Drug Legalization, Eric-Holder-Marijuana, Weed, Denver News
Erin Rosa

DEA agents in Denver have a sordid history when it comes to backing up their claims, and their most recent allegation that medical marijuana dispensaries are being supplied by 'cartels' is no different.

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Medical Marijuana: Increased Applicants In Colorado Lead Law Enforcement To Questions Pot Sources

The Denver Post | Mike McPhee and Victoria Barbatelli | Posted 10.21.2009 | Denver

Read More: Marijuana, Weed Dispensaries, Drug Cartels, Colorado Marijuana, Medical Marijuana, Dea, Denver News

Demand for medical marijuana in Colorado has grown so fast in the past few months that it has outstripped the production of legal "grow" operations an...

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Holder's Baby Step On Medical Marijuana

Chris Weigant | Posted 10.25.2009 | Politics

Read More: 2835, Necessity, Medical Necessity, President Obama, Glaucoma, Marijuana, Barney Frank, Dea, Doj, Raid, Oakland Cannabis Buyers Cooperative, Medical, Medical Marijuana, Obama, War on Drugs, Injustice, Drug, Eric Holder, California, Drug Enforcement Agency, Gonzales v Raich, Federal Prosecutor, Schedule I, Schedule, Ed Rosenthal, Marinol, Schedule II, Medical Use, US v Rosenthal, Drug War, Department of Justice, Justice, Federal Attorney, Oakland, Gag Rule, Federal, Attorney General, Necessity Defense, US v OCBC, Justice Department, Barack Obama, Holder, Controlled Substances Act, Ag, Cannabis, Chris Weigant, Ashcroft v Raich, hr2835, Drug Policy, Medical Necessity Defense, Raich, Ocbc, Rosenthal, Politics News
Chris Weigant

Obama's plan is good news for medical marijuana advocates, but although this is a historic shift in the War on Drugs, it does not go far enough because it does not resolve the illogic of the underlying legal issue.

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Hemp Protest at DEA Leads to Arrests

Anna Brones | Posted 10.14.2009 | Green

Read More: Hemp Industries Association, Hemp, Dea, Drug Enforcement Administration, Green News
Anna Brones

In the eyes of farmers and members of the hemp industry, legalizing industrial hemp production is not only a question of economics, but national interest.

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DEA And NYPD Storm Wrong Apartment In Washington Heights

New York Daily News | Rocco Parascandola and Alison Gendar | Posted 11.11.2009 | New York

Read More: Jessica Suriel, Drug Enforcement Agency, Carlos Ruiz, Dea, Nypd, Washington Heights, New York Crime, Calixta Guerrero, Gabriel Gorenstein, Barry Weinstein, New York News

They came hellbent on finding drugs and a gang boss - but it was the wrong apartment, a shaken Washington Heights family said on Thursday. Authoritie...

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Marijuana Use By The Numbers

Paul Armentano | Posted 11.10.2009 | Politics

Read More: Incarceration, Norml, Marijuana, Dea, Obama, Heroin, National Survey on Drug Use and Health, Prohibition, Cannabis, Drug Enforcement Administration, Surveys, Alcohol, Drug Use, Samhsa, Thc, Drug War, Substance Abuse, Drug Policy, Cocaine, Politics News
Paul Armentano

By age 25, 54 percent of the population has admittedly used marijuana. Does anyone still believe that marijuana prohibition is working -- or that all of these people deserve to be behind bars?

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Task Force Raids LA Marijuana Dispensaries, Shoots Dog (HuffPost Exclusive: Search Warrant)

Anthony Citrano | Posted 12.11.2009 | Politics

Read More: Raids, California, Marijuana, Medical Marijuana, Obama Drug Policy, Dea, Los Angeles, Eric Holder, Exclusive, Drug Policy, Politics News
Anthony Citrano

There hasn't been a more confusing legal environment regarding marijuana than there is now in California, as recent multi-agency raids on two L.A. medical marijuana dispensaries demonstrate.

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Drug Wars: Brazil's Amazon The New Rio Grande

Eric Ehrmann | Posted 09.08.2009 | World

Read More: Bill Clinton, Council on Foreign Relations, Venezuela, Hugo Chavez, Latin America, Lula, Farc, Mexico, Dea, Obama, Brazil, Plan Colombia, Kgb, France Iran, Hip Hop, Colombia, Michele Bachelet, Alvaro Uribe, Vladimir Putin, Hillary Clinton, Drug War, Celso Amorim, Cuba, Amazon, Sivam, World News
Eric Ehrmann

The last thing president Lula and Brazilian democracy need is the United States on its northern border using the drug war to interfere in internal politics like it has done in the past with Mexico.

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DEA Raids Michael Jackson's Doctor's Clinic

AP | JUAN A. LOZANO and JUSTIN PRITCHARD | Posted 08.22.2009 | Entertainment

Read More: Dr. Conrad Murray, Michael Jackson, Michael Jackson Doctor, Conrad Murray, Michael Jackson Drugs, Dea, Entertainment News

HOUSTON — The Michael Jackson investigation took a stunning turn Wednesday as authorities raided the offices of the doctor who was with the pop ...

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Honduras... The Big Backstory

Eric Ehrmann | Posted 08.20.2009 | World

Read More: Iran-Contra, Otto Reich, Chicago, Havana, Arias, Obama, Ros-Lehtinen, South America, Ortega, China, Organization of American States, Iran, Oas, Zelaya, Saudi Arabia, Russia, Harry Potter, Panama Canal, Nicaragua, Bill Clinton, Hugo Chavez, Mara Salvatrucha, Latin America, Kremlin, Venezuela, Hugo Llorens, Israel, Hillary Clinton, Gangs, Hutchinson Whampoa, Cuba, Soto Cano, War on Drugs, Palmerola, Sandinista, Dea, Mossad, World News
Eric Ehrmann

The White House denounced the action in Honduras as "illegal." But that call requires Washington to cut off all but humanitarian aid and could jeopardize the big Soto Cano base outside Tegucigalpa.

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A Ban on Painkillers Helps No One

Joshua Lyon | Posted 08.07.2009 | Living

Read More: Percocet, Prescription Painkillers, Dea, Prescription Drugs, Banning, Painkillers, Prescription Pills, Vicodin, Pills, Prescription Medication, Fda, Health, Living News
Joshua Lyon

We can't combat painkillers like any other drug epidemic by trying to eliminate the source. The medications must remain available to people who are living with debilitating diseases.

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AP source: DEA joins Jackson death investigation

AP | MICHELE SALCEDO | Posted 08.01.2009 | Entertainment

Read More: Michael Jackon, Michael Jackson Autopsy, Dea, Michael Jackson Dead, Michael Jackson Dies, Michael Jackson Death, Entertainment News

WASHINGTON — The Drug Enforcement Administration is joining the investigation into Michael Jackson's death, a law enforcement official said late...

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Barney Frank Introduces Marijuana Legislation

Chris Weigant | Posted 07.23.2009 | Politics

Read More: Dangerous Controlled Substance, White House, President Obama, Marijuana, Ron Paul, Barney Frank, Dea, Medical Marijuana, Obama, Drug, President, Drug Enforcement Agency, John Stuart Mill, Schedule I, Schedule, Schedule II, Medical Use, Bill Maher, Committee, House, Frank, Democrat, Henry Waxman, Paul, Democrats, Barack Obama, Marijuana Patient Protection Act, Dana Rohrabacher, Chris Weigant, Controlled Substance Act, Drug Policy, Personal Use, Rohrabacher, Politics News
Chris Weigant

How many Democrats do we need to elect to Congress before such commonsense laws are passed to rein in some of the excesses of past eras?

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DEA Forcing Agents To Illegally Work In Afghanistan, Claim Pilots

McClatchy | Marisa Taylor | Posted 07.23.2009 | World

Read More: Obama Afghanistan, Afghanistan, Afghanistan Drug War, Dea Afghanistan, Drug Enforcement Administration, War Wire, Dea Forcing Agents to Work, Dea, Drug Enforcement Administration Afghanistan, World News

WASHINGTON -- As the Obama administration ramps up the Drug Enforcement Administration's presence in Afghanistan, some special-agent pilots contend th...

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DEA Agents: Administration Forcing Us To Afghanistan

McClatchy | Marisa Taylor | Posted 07.22.2009 | Politics

Read More: Dea Agents Afghanistan, Dea Agents Forced to Afghanistan, Dea Afghanistan, Drug Enforcement Administration, Dea, Dea Agents Sent to Afghanistan, Drug Enforcement Administration Afghanistan, Politics News

As the Obama administration ramps up the Drug Enforcement Administration's presence in Afghanistan, some special-agent pilots contend that they're bei...

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25 Years In Prison For Pot? Congressman's Proposal Is Just Plain Dumb

Paul Armentano | Posted 07.16.2009 | Politics

Read More: Cannabis, Mark Kirk, Marijuana, Barney Frank, Dea, Medical Marijuana, Thc, Obama, Pot, War on Drugs, HR 2835, Legalization, The Medical Marijuana Patient Protection Act of 2009, Weed, Potency, Health, Politics News
Paul Armentano

Facts play virtually no role in political drug policy debate, and ignorance hardly disqualifies someone from holding elected office.

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"That's What Real Policemen Do; They Stand Up for Each Other"

Norm Stamper | Posted 06.25.2009 | Politics

Read More: Drug Prohibition, Police Corruption, Narcs, Drug War, Dea, Drug Busts, Cleveland, War on Drugs, Narcotics Officers, Politics News
Norm Stamper

Cops lie for reasons embedded in the history, structure, and culture of the institution itself. Too many drug cops wind up lying to their bosses.

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What Do You Know, the Ex-Drug Czar Is Still Full of Sh*t!

Paul Armentano | Posted 06.07.2009 | Politics

Read More: Cannabis, Governor Arnold Schwarzenegger, Marijuana, Drug Enforcement Administration, John Walters, Mexico Drug Cartels, Dea, Drug Czar, Medical Marijuana, Thc, Arnold Schwarzenegger, Politics News
Paul Armentano

Walters demonstrated that he remains an unrepentant liar -- even though he's no longer paid by the federal government to be one.

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Venezuela Applauds US For Drug Seizure In Rare Gesture

AP | CHRISTOPHER TOOTHAKER | Posted 05.10.2009 | World

Read More: Venezuela, Foreign Affairs, Advocacy, United States, U.S. Coast Guard, Coast Guard, Drugs, War on Drugs, Coast Guard Drug Seizure, Tareck El Aissami, Dea, Drug Enforcement Administration, World News

CARACAS, Venezuela — Venezuela gave the U.S. Coast Guard credit on Thursday for cooperation in a large drug seizure _ a break in bitter squabbli...

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Question For Obama: How About A Science-Based Drug Policy?

Chris Weigant | Posted 04.25.2009 | Politics

Read More: Dangerous Controlled Substance, White House, President Obama, Marijuana, Dea, Attorney General, Medical Marijuana, Science, Obama, Plan B, Drug, Barack Obama, President, Drug Enforcement Agency, Government, Morning After, Nasa, Schedule I, Chris Weigant, Fda, Space, Controlled Substance Act, Schedule, Prescription, Morning After Pill, Schedule II, Medical Use, Over the Counter, Food and Drug Administration, Drug Policy, Open for Questions, Politics News
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Don't Shoot Mexicans

Michael B. Laskoff | Posted 03.31.2009 | Politics

Read More: Second Amendment, Marijuana, Mexico, Gun Control, Dea, Mexico Drug Wars, Nra, Eric Holder, Politics News
Michael B. Laskoff

US guns are being used to allow some very bad Mexicans to shoot a lot of their countrymen. This isn't just a tragedy for Mexico: it's also a national security for the US -- one that we are causing.

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