Chronicle Magazine Review: The Baffler, No. 74, Altered States
WEBJun 20, 2024 · This smart and scrappy rag has earned it. Chronicle Magazine Review: The Baffler, No. 74, Altered States (June 2024,136 pp., $14 PB) Writing about drugs and drug policy doesn't have to come from academic presses or book-length journalistic reportage. Maia Szalavitz writes consistently cogent and well-informed short pieces on various aspects of ...
Drug War Chronicle Book Review: "Cop in the Hood: My Year …
WEBNov 28, 2008 · For a bit more than a year, the Eastern District was Peter Moskos' beat. The Harvard educated sociologist (now on the faculty of City University of New York's John Jay College of Criminal Justice) with an interest in police socialization joined the Baltimore Police Department to become a "participant-observer" on the sociology of policing in that department, enabling him to achieve a degree of ...
Drug War Chronicle - StoptheDrugWar.org
WEBThe California Senate has passed a pair of bills aimed at opening up markets for small marijuana growers and "cannabis cafes," the drug czar asks Congress to reauthorize his office, and more. Colombian President Gustavo Petro is pushing again for marijuana legalization. This will be the ninth try in the Congress. (Creative Commons)
WATCH: Mexico Cartel's Killer Clowns | StoptheDrugWar.org
WEBOct 16, 2019 · In recent years, the CJNGC has emerged as a major player among Mexico's drug cartels and is now the leading challenger to the remnants of Joaquin "El Chapo" Guzman's Sinaloa Cartel. Under the leadership of Nemesio "El Mencho" Oseguera Cervantes, the CJNG is responsible for sending tons of cocaine, meth, and fentanyl-laced heroin to the US and ...
Reforming Global Drug Policy | StoptheDrugWar.org
WEBStoptheDrugWar.org plays a leading role in US-based global drug policy reform. We advocate for drug policies prioritizing health, human rights and development. We call for revision of the three UN drug conventions in light of national moves toward marijuana legalization. On the basis of the supremacy of human rights under the UN charter, we assert countries' right to consider legalization or ...
Washington State Supreme Court Limits Vehicle Searches
WEBApr 9, 2012 · In an 8-1 decision last Thursday, the Washington state Supreme Court ruled that police must obtain a search warrant to search a vehicle even if they believe it contains evidence of the crime for which the person was arrested. The decision in State v. Snapp overturns the convictions of two men in unrelated but consolidated cases where police ...
Newsbrief: First Local Salvia Divinorum Ordinance Proposed
WEBJan 10, 2003 · The perceived increase has prompted Police Chief Tom Bishop to urge city officials to pass an ordinance outlawing the sale of Salvia divinorum to anyone under the age of 18. Police department spokesman Sgt. Dave Kuppler said the ordinance is needed to give police "as much ability to control [salvia] as the law can allow."
House to Vote on MORE Act Tomorrow; KY, SC Medical Marijuana …
WEBMar 31, 2022 · Marijuana Policy. House Committee Clears Way for Floor Vote on MORE Act Tomorrow.The House Rules Committee on Wednesday formally advanced a marijuana legalization bill, the Marijuana Opportunity, Reinvestment and Expungement (MORE) Act (), clearing the way for a House floor vote tomorrow.The committee also accepted a number of amendments while blocking others.
Tallahassee to Pay in Death of Informant Rachel Hoffman
WEBJan 8, 2012 · Rachel Hoffman, 23, a recent Florida State University graduate, inhabited student drug circles, but after she was busted and agreed to become a snitch in 2008, Tallahassee police sent her out into an entirely different world. They set up a "buy-bust" sting, giving Hoffman $13,000 in marked bills to buy ecstasy, cocaine, and a gun.
In Memoriam: Dr. John Beresford | StoptheDrugWar.org
WEBSep 28, 2007 · (courtesy Gaia Media Foundation and Erowid). Dr. John Beresford died on September 2, 2007 in a hospital in Canada. British-born John Beresford began his psychedelic research interests in 1961, when he resigned his post as an Assistant Professor of Pediatrics at the New York Medical College and founded the Agora Scientific Trust, the world's first research organization devoted to investigating ...