Quick Hits (News)Major Marijuana Farms Found in MountainsBy: Staff Reporter (Fresno Bee) AUBERRY, Calif. -- Nearly 700 marijuana plants were ripped Thursday from a remote mountaintop northeast of Auberry, a day after more than 1,600 other plants were found about 10 miles away, state narcotics officials said. Click here for the full story. Bush Lawyer Blasts State Marijuana LawsBy: Anne Gearan (AP) SAN FRANCISCO (AP) - California and other states that want to make marijuana available to sick or dying patients are flouting federal drug laws in much the same way that Southern states defied national civil rights laws, a senior Bush administration lawyer said. Click here for the full story. California Doctor Faces Sanctions Over PotBy: Toshi Maeda (AP) OAKLAND, Calif. (AP) - In a state where doctors are allowed to suggest marijuana for medical purposes, a medical panel is trying to suspend or revoke the license of a physician who has written 7,500 marijuana recommendations for his patients. Click here for the full story. States Face Growing Prison PopulationBy: Curt Anderson, (AP) WASHINGTON (AP) - America's prison population grew again in 2002 despite a declining crime rate, costing the federal government and states an estimated $40 billion a year at a time of rampant budget shortfalls. Click here for the full story. |
Growin' Our Own (Feature stories)Whadda Ya Mean I'm Under Arrest?By: Elmore Stone In my travels and travails throughout the State of California, A.K.A. State of Confusion, on my trusty motorcycle I have met some real interesting people. Some cool and some real assholes, just like we all have. No matter, it seems, where I end up or who I'm talking with the conversation eventually turns to weed. Not that there is anything wrong with that. It just happens. Click here for the full story. Computer NutsBy: Rodger Beasley, (Fiction. No living intelligent individuals are represented in this writing) I got up from the table, where I had meticulously and methodically laid out the parts to the computer that I was in the process of dismantling. There were about eight nuts holding the cover on and maybe a half dozen on the inside holding various components in place. Putting in a new modem did not appear to be an overly daunting task. Click here for the full story. The Drug War Goes Up in SmokeBy: Sasha Abramsky The war on terror may be too new to declare victory or defeat. But this nation has been fighting a war on drugs for more than a quarter-century, ever since New York Governor Nelson Rockefeller mandated harsh drug sentencing in 1973--and it may be time to announce that this is one war we've lost. More than a million people are serving time in our prisons and jails for nonviolent offenses, most drug- related, at a cost to the public of some $9.4 billion a year. Many billions more are spent by the states and the federal government on drug interdiction, drug-law enforcement and drug prosecutions. Harsh laws that require lengthy minimum sentences for the possession of even small amounts of drugs have created a boom in the incarceration of women. Much of the country's costly foreign-policy commitments--especially in Latin America and the Caribbean--are determined by drug-war priorities. And yet drug use has actually soared, with twice as many teenagers reporting illegal drug use in 2000 as in 1992. Click here for the full story. Justice is Blind to Bad JuristsBy: Douglas Feiden (Daily News Staff Writer) There's an old courthouse joke dating to the 19th century: The only way to get a judge off the bench is if he dies or murders someone. Click here for the full story. |
Pipeline (Other stuff)Study Finds No HarmBy: Norml (press release) University of California, San Francisco (UCSF), Study Finds No Harm to HIV+ Patients with Short-Term Medical Cannabis. Click here for the full story. U.S. Notches World's Highest Incarceration RateBy: Gail Russell Chaddock (Christian Science Monitor) More than 5.6 million Americans are in prison or have served time there, according to a new report by the Justice Department released Sunday. That's 1 in 37 adults living in the United States, the highest incarceration level in the world. Click here for the full story. Viewing the Tip of the Prosecutorial Misconduct IcebergBy: USA Today Analysts look at the ethical line that's crossed when the desire to win turns zealous prosecution into misconduct The star witness in a case that has been called the worst miscarriage of justice in Texas history got all the headlines recently, after a judge found that he lied in court in order to convict 38 people -- 36 of them black -- on drug charges. Click here for the full story. DNA Database Tracks Pot TraffickingBy: Matt Apuzzo (AP) State forensic scientists are compiling a DNA database to track the nation's marijuana distribution network. It is built upon two principles: Genetic material does not lie, and drug dealers always grow the most potent marijuana possible. Click here for the full story. |
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