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Notable news (and posts) on drug war issues

By Douglas A. Berman

Thanks to TalkLeft and other sources, I see that there is a lot of interesting and significant "war on drugs" news of late.  Specifically, check out all these recent posts of note from TalkLeft: "Marijuana is Safer" Debuts Aspen: Marijuana Dispensaries to Be Zoned Like Pharmacies Mexico Decriminalizes Drug Possession For Personal Use Also, I have been meaning to note this story from earlier this week detailing that "90 percent of U.S. bills carry traces of cocaine."  I wonder if this technically makes every ATM machine guilty of federal drug dealing offenses. Meanwhile, as detailed in this press release from the US Department of Justice this week, the traditional law enforcement approach to the drug war had a big "victory" through a major bust...continue to full post

Full post as published by Sentencing Law and Policy on August 22, 2009 (boomark / email).