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War On Drugs
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Trump and Sessions Reveal Historical Links Between White Supremacy and the War on Drugs
While Trump’s defense of white nationalists, Nazis and the KKK in Charlottesville was appalling and disgusting, anyone who…
Trump Won Places Drowning in Despair… Can He Save Them?
ABERDEEN, Wash. (AP) — One-hundred-fifty baskets of pink petunias hang from the light posts all over this city,…
Philippines: Duterte Calls for Genocide Against Drug Users
Police in the Philippines killed 32 people in a wave of anti-drug operations north of the capital, Manila—making…
Can Jeff Sessions Use the Cole Memo to Undermine Legal Marijuana States?
Although we have written often about the Obama-era Cole Memo which, in another lifetime, Attorney General Jeff Sessions called…
Police Are Tracking Phone & Web Habits to Snare Drug Crime
When it comes to indiscriminately sweeping up metadata from internet and cellphone users, Australia is the worldwide leader.…
Duterte Still Defiant on Draconian Drug War
The Philippines’ ultra-hardline President Rodrigo Duterte met in Manila on Tuesday with U.S. Secretary of State Rex Tillerson and…
Jeff Sessions’ Letters to Legal Weed States Were Full of Mistaken Facts
Attorney General Jeff Sessions is on a letter-writing spree to legal marijuana state governors, accusing them of things…
Task Force on Marijuana Law Offers Little on New Policies
BY SADIE GURMAN ASSOCIATED PRESS WASHINGTON (AP) — The betting was that law-and-order Attorney General Jeff Sessions would…
Philippines: Youth Protest Drug War ‘Dictatorship’
Some 7,000 protesters marched on the Philippines’ House of Representatives in the Batasan district of Manila on Monday as ultra-hardline President Rodrigo Duterte gave his…
A History of the Legalization (and Illegalization) of Pot
With marijuana legalization spreading across the country, more and more people are open to taking a toke for…