The New Jersey attorney general's office has notified prosecutors that a lab technician failed to properly analyze evidence in a drug case, calling into question more than 7,800 criminal cases he's worked on over the last decade. Read article here: High Times
Tag: Drug
Has D.A.R.E. Changed Its Opinion on Marijuana as a Gateway Drug?
Earlier this week, a story went viral about how the Drug Abuse Resistance Education program (D.A.R.E.) had quietly removed cannabis from its list of gateway drugs. The information came from an observantRedditor, who noted on Wednesday that D.A.R.E had removed mariju… Read article here: High Times
Indiana Wants to Increase Drug Penalties, But Not for Marijuana Offenders
While some states have made the move in recent years to reduce the number of non-violent drug offenders the system locks away behind bars, the Indiana Legislature is considering a bill this session that aims to increase the penalties for those caught in possession of spec… Read article here: High Times
Federal Bill Would Prevent College Kids With Drug Convictions From Losing Financial Aid
A group of bipartisan lawmakers emerged this week with a piece of legislation intended to repeal the law that has crippled so many students from furthering their education because a drug offense disqualified them from financial aid. Read article here: High Times
Mexico Drug Use Survey Shows Steep Rise
Mexico opened a formal debate on marijuana policy on Tuesday after the country's latest drug use survey showed 17.2 percent of middle- and high-school students report having used drugs. Marijuana was the drug most frequently reported. Read article here: High Times
The Real Story of ‘Marijuana Truth Serum’ and the CIA’s Sordid History of Drug Use
The story about the marijuana truth serum and its use by America’s spy agency in the1940shas been around for a while. It’s important history, though, and worth re-telling. Read article here: High Times
French Health Minister: Botched Drug Trial Causing “Brain Death” Had Nothing to Do With Cannabis
Although a number of media reports have suggested that an experimental cannabis-based painkiller is what caused a “serious accident” during a clinical drug trial this week in France, leaving one person brain-dead and hospitalizing at least five others, the nat… Read article here: High Times
Radical Rant: Did ‘Making a Murderer’ Cops Shock You? Then You’ve Ignored the Drug War
As I read the reviews and discussions of “Making a Murderer,” I see Americans shocked that so much police and prosecutorial malfeasance came to bear on this one man and his family. To them, I say, welcome to our world. Read article here: High Times
Mexican President: Drug Lord El Chapo Re-Arrested
Mexican President Enrique Pena Nieto has written in his Twitter account that fugitive drug lord Joaquin "El Chapo" Guzman has been recaptured seven months after he escaped from a maximum security prison. Read article here: High Times
DNC Chair Accepts Huge Donations from Alcohol PACs, Claims Pot Is a Gateway Drug
In an interview with theNew York Times Magazine,U.S. Representative for Florida and head of the Democratic National Committee, DebbieWassermanSchultz, said she opposed legalization of marijuana and called it a gateway drug. Read article here: High Times