Because of theridiculous lifestyles, celebrities quiteoften have equally absurd run-ins with the law. Here are 7 bizarre celebrity arrests. High Times
Tag: Arrests
Senate Majority Leader Harry Reid: Marijuana Has Medical Value and Marijuana Possession Arrests are Waste of Law Enforcement Time and Resources
Statement from Drug Policy Alliance: More Senators Should Follow Reid’s Lead In an interview today with the Las Vegas Sun, Senate Majority Leader Harry Reid (D-NV) said Nevada cities should move in the direction of making medical marijuana legal. “If you’d asked me this question a dozen years ago, it would have been easy to […]
Bloomberg Era Ends with Hundreds of Pot Arrests at Phish Concerts
The jam band Phish staged a four-night run at New York City’s famed Madison Square Garden culminating in an epic three-set concert on New Year’s Eve. However, before the band took the stage on December 31, the NYPD had alreadyarrested at least 228 people… High Times
Mexico Arrests Gulf Cartel Leader Ramírez Trevino
Despite a pledge to take a progressive approach on the Mexican Drug War, the relatively new administration ofPresident EnriquePeñaNietohas apparentlyregressed back to the militant stylefavored by his predecessor…. High Times
Blacks Are Singled Out for Marijuana Arrests
Black Americans were nearly four times as likely as whites to be arrested on charges of marijuana possession in 2010, even though the two groups used the drug at similar rates, according to new federal data. This disparity had grown steadily from a decade before, and in some states, including Iowa, Minnesota and Illinois, blacks […]
The National Disgrace Of Marijuana Possession Arrests
The New Inquiry, sociologist Harry Levine explains the terrible mechanics propelling apartheid-style law enforcement in America: Police arrest mostly young and low-income men for marijuana possession, disproportionately blacks and Latinos. In the last 15 years, police and sheriff ’s departments in every major U.S. city and county have made over 10 million of these possession […]