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Drug Arrests

Alleged Fireworks Battle Between Frats Leads To Pot Bust

The Huffington Post | Katherine Bindley | Posted 08.21.2012 | College

Two fraternities from Miami University in Oxford, Ohio, were allegedly engaging in a fireworks "battle" -- which involved shooting the fireworks off t...

Watch Your Step: There Might Be a Needle on the Sidewalk

Erin N. Marcus, M.D. | Posted 09.26.2012 | Miami
Erin N. Marcus, M.D.

Given the state's current political climate, it's unlikely Florida will change its drug paraphernalia laws any time soon, which means the residents of inner city Miami will need to continue to watch their step.

John Rudolf

Florida Prisoners Serving 194 Percent More Time For Drugs Than In 1990s, Study Finds

HuffingtonPost.com | John Rudolf | Posted 06.06.2012 | Crime

Florida inmates convicted of non-violent drug crimes spent 194 percent more time behind bars in 2009 than they did in 1990, costing the state billions...

Advocacy Groups Launch Campaign To End Marijuana Possession Arrests

The Huffington Post | Lucia Graves | Posted 06.05.2012 | Politics

A major coalition of advocacy groups is launching an effort to end New York's arrests of individuals for possessing small amounts of marijuana in publ...

Police, Prosecutors Try New Tactics To Tackle Heroin Use

AP | JIM SUHR and JIM SALTER | Posted 06.14.2012 | Chicago

ST. LOUIS — With heroin becoming cheaper than a six-pack and as easy to obtain as pot, police and prosecutors are turning to more aggressive tac...

17 Texas Christian University Students Arrested On Drug Charges

The Huffington Post | Caitlin Brown | Posted 02.15.2012 | College

After a six-month police investigation, seventeen current students and two former students at Texas Christian University were arrested on drug charges...

New Rhetoric, Same Old Drug War Policies: Drug Czar Addresses African American Community

Tony Newman | Posted 01.22.2012 | Politics
Tony Newman

It is simply Orwellian for the drug czar to focus on the disproportionate impact of our nation's drug problem on African-American communities without acknowledging the disproportionate racial impact of drug law enforcement.

Police: Man On Drugs Crashed Car Before Jumping Into Another Car

Posted 12.31.2011 | Chicago

A Chicago man was arrested Friday after allegedly speeding his Dodge Durango through a red light into a stopped car and leaping headfirst into a passi...

It's Time to Declare Peace in the War Against Drugs

Doug Bandow | Posted 12.19.2011 | Politics
Doug Bandow

Prohibition advocates are brutally determined to impose their will on everyone else, turning the Drug War into a broad assault on a free society. It is time to end the Drug War. The U.S. government should declare Drug Peace.

Teen Exiting Amtrak Train Caught With 45 Pounds Of Pot

Posted 12.17.2011 | Chicago

A Florida teenager was arrested and charged after police claim he was caught with 45 pounds of marijuana as he exited an Amtrak train in Naperville, I...

Cops Find Heroin In Redmond O'Neal's Car

AP | Posted 10.02.2011 | Los Angeles

SANTA MONICA, Calif. -- The son of Farrah Fawcett and Ryan O'Neal is in jail in Southern California after police stopped him for a traffic violation a...

Cops Asked To Stop Making Low-Level Marijuana Arrests

Posted 09.27.2011 | Chicago

When Cook County Board President Toni Preckwinkle took office, she inherited a serious budget shortfall, and called on nearly all county departments t...

Hilarious Family Feud Clip: 'Name Something That Gets Passed Around'

Tony Newman | Posted 05.25.2011 | Politics
Tony Newman

This video is amusing and another sign of how mainstream marijuana use has become in American society.

Wrong Text Leads To 3 Drug Arrests

AP | Posted 05.25.2011 | New York

PINE PLAINS, N.Y. — An errant text message is costing three New York drug-dealing suspects dearly. Police say the suspects made a mistake when ...

28 Arrested In Drug Raids In Amsterdam Houses

nydailynews.com | By John Lauinger | Posted 05.25.2011 | New York

Authorities took down rival drug crews yesterday that had infested the Amsterdam Houses next to Lincoln Center, dealing in cocaine, crack and heroin -...

Ryan Grim

FBI Report: One Drug Arrest Made Every 18 Seconds

HuffingtonPost.com | Ryan Grim | Posted 05.25.2011 | Politics

Someone is arrested in the United States for a drug-law violation every 18 seconds, an FBI report released Monday shows. More than four-fifths of th...

Brazil Slums Riot Against Drug Arrests

AP | ALAN CLENDENNING | Posted 05.25.2011 | World

SAO PAULO — Slum dwellers rioted after the arrest of drug dealers in a Sao Paulo shantytown Wednesday, burning vehicles and tires, pelting polic...