Category Archives: Drugs
Police Find Cocaine Hidden in Amputee’s Prosthetic Leg
South Carolina state trooper says he found cocaine hidden in an amputee’s prosthetic leg after pulling over a car for going too slow on an interstate highway. A judged ruled at a preliminary trial Friday there was enough evidence that … Continue reading
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Global Report Suggests Decriminalization Of Marijuana
This year, Portugal enjoys the tenth year of its experiment with decriminalizing all drugs. Since making this bold policy move in 2001, Portugal has seen crime, use rates, addiction rates, overdose deaths, and blood-borne diseases all decrease significantly. A paper published in … Continue reading
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Michigan Accidentally Repeals Penalties For Some Drug Crimes
LANSING, Mich. – Possessing drugs such as synthetic marijuana and an Ecstasy-like substance called BZP won’t result in jail time or fines in Michigan because lawmakers accidentally repealed the penalties for those crimes. A bill that took effect in October … Continue reading
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Parents in Maryland Can Rent Drug Dogs to Find Kids’ Stash
The Associated Press Thursday, October 21, 2010; 11:41 AM BALTIMORE — Forget urine tests, parents in Maryland can hire dogs to sniff out whether their kids are using drugs. The nonprofit group Dogs Finding Drugs uses canines that can detect … Continue reading
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Medical Marijuana Is Now Legal, What about Medical Mushrooms?
‘Magic Mushroom’ Hallucinogen Might Help Cancer Patients A controlled dose of the main ingredient in hallucinogenic mushrooms appears to reduce anxiety and lift spirits in people battling advanced cancer, researchers report. In a small pilot study, the compound psilocybin appeared … Continue reading
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Our Voice: Michigan May Be First State To Use Roadside Drug Testing, Unfair to Medical Marijuana Users
Michigan drivers could become the first in the nation subject to roadside drug testing under a bill introduced Wednesday in the Legislature. The legislation would authorize police to administer a roadside saliva test for illegal drug use, just as they … Continue reading
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Our Voice: Crack Cocaine Offenders Shouldn’t Slip Through The Cracks
On Tuesday, President Obama signed into law the Fair Sentencing Act, which lessened the difference in penalties between crack cocaine offenses and powder cocaine offenses. Previously and as discussed in an earlier blog, someone caught with 500 grams of powder … Continue reading
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National Black Police Association Supports California’s Marijuana Legalization Initiative
Proposition 19, the marijuana legalization initiative, picked up the support Thursday of a national organization that represents African American police officers, as the campaign for legalization continues to try to build support in the black community and among law enforcement … Continue reading
Our Voice: Racially Unfair Federal Sentencing Guidelines Should Be Reformed
For as long as most people can remember there has been a seemingly racially motivated bias in the Federal Sentencing Guidelines for drug convictions. Specifically, the weight of crack or rock cocaine has been multiplied by 100 when applying the … Continue reading
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J.A.M.S (Jail Alternatives for Michigan Services)
J.A.M.S is a drug testing program the courts use to test you for drug or alcohol use. If you have been given probation on an alcohol or drug related charge, J.A.M.S will most likely be one of the terms of … Continue reading
