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AskMen.com June 29, 2003 Bernie Alexander |
Worldwide Marijuana Sanctions This article explores the way the justice systems of different countries, such as the Netherlands, Mexico and Thailand, deal with crimes involving marijuana |
Reason Aug/Sep 2009 Jacob Sullum |
Step Away From the Car: Rare Fourth Amendment victory In April the U.S. Supreme Court said police may no longer routinely search the vehicles of recently arrested people, a practice that was considered constitutional for nearly three decades. |
Reason January 2002 Michael W. Lynch |
Battlefield Conversions Reason talks with three ex-warriors who now fight against the War on Drugs... |
ifeminists February 1, 2006 Matthew Reed |
How to Fight Back Against Pat-Downs by Airport Security Screeners You must use 911 and *677 to call the police first and get them on your side... The second the security screener goes over your breasts or genital area with their hands after wanding you... If the local police don't arrest the screeners... etc. |
Reason April 2002 Jacob Sullum |
Pot Stops In the United States, it's clearly not true that no one gets arrested for smoking pot anymore. But it looks like that will soon be the case in Britain, home of Europe's harshest drug laws... |
Salon.com August 31, 2000 David Tuller |
Striking down medical marijuana San Francisco's pro-pot district attorney discusses the long-term implications of the Supreme Court's ruling. |
Reason February 2009 Jacob Sullum |
Bongs Away! How the crusade against drug paraphernalia punishes controversial speech |
Reason July 2009 |
Neighborhood Watch What do you do when a city is too cash-strapped to pay for adequate policing? If you're Chicago, you consider giving private security guards the authority to issue tickets for littering, graffiti, parking violations, and other minor infractions. |
Reason February 2009 Jacob Sullum |
Pot Holders Rejoice Drug decriminalization -- in November, Massachusetts voters approved Question 2, a ballot initiative that eliminates criminal penalties for possessing up to an ounce of marijuana |
Reason Aug/Sep 2001 Gene Callahan & William Anderson |
The Roots of Racial Profiling Why are police targeting minorities for traffic stops? |
AskMen.com |
"Arrest Me!" A man rebuffed in an attempt to get arrested, finally got his wish when he went for an officer's handgun. |
Popular Mechanics January 2008 Glenn Harlan Reynolds |
Watching the Watchers: Why Surveillance Is a Two-Way Street If governments and businesses can keep an eye on us in public spaces, we ought to be able to look back. |
Job Journal June 22, 2008 |
Career Snapshot: Security Guard Protecting you and your valuables, at home or at work. |
Reason March 2009 Jacob Sullum |
Briefly Noted: Pot Mythology "Marijuana is not anti-establishment because it's illegal," writes High Times Executive Editor David Bienenstock in his new book. "It's illegal because it's anti-establishment." |
Reason September 2005 Jacob Sullum |
Data: Pot Bust If you have any lingering doubts about the political establishment's hypocrisy when it comes to drugs, consider this: Marijuana arrests reached an all-time high during the administration of the first acknowledged pot smoker to occupy the White House. |
Reason Aug/Sep 2008 Radley Balko |
Collateral Damage Public outrage in Tallahassee, Florida, after a drug-dealer-turned-police-informant is killed while under cover. |
Mother Jones February 2001 Evelyn Nieves |
Half an Ounce of Healing The desperately ill members of a Santa Cruz marijuana club aren't growing pot to get high or make money. They just want to find some relief... |
AskMen.com |
The War On The War On Drugs Mexico enacted a controversial law Thursday decriminalizing possession of small amounts of marijuana, cocaine, heroin and other drugs while encouraging free government treatment for drug dependency. |
AskMen.com Luke Arnott |
9 Tips To Get Through Airport Security To get through airport security you need to understand airport procedures; then, you should do what you can to maximize your own efficiency. Here's how. |
Salon.com May 15, 2001 Daniel Forbes |
Let them eat chemo Will the Supreme Court's ostrich-like ruling shut down the medical marijuana movement? |
Job Journal October 28, 2007 |
Career Snapshot: Police Officer Police officers can be sure of steady demand for their courage and dedication. |
Reason April 2006 Radley Balko |
Government Goons Murder Puppies! Among hundreds of botched raids, the ones that are most disturbing are the ones where the SWAT officers shoot and kill the family dog. |
Salon.com March 29, 2001 Daryl Lindsey |
Up in smoke The U.S. Supreme Court seems poised to close down California's pot buyer's clubs... |
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Is Weed Recession Proof? Machete-wielding police officers have hacked their way through billions of dollars worth of marijuana in the country's top pot-growing states to stave off a bumper crop sprouting in the tough economy. |
Salon.com October 12, 2000 Gary Kamiya |
Reefer madness America's surreal hypocrisy about recreational drugs has reached the full-blown Dali stage... |
Reason January 2006 Jacob Sullum |
That Chemo Cachet Medical marijuana and kids: Hard as it is to believe, it appears that promoting marijuana as a medicine for cancer and AIDS patients does not make it seem cooler to American teenagers. |
Salon.com March 27, 2000 Fiona Morgan |
"Humanitarian cease-fire" in the war on drugs A Maine sheriff wants the Legislature to let authorities dole out confiscated pot to people who need medicinal marijuana. |
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Going Whole Hog Maine police say a man took a cash machine from inside a convenience store and drove off with it in the back of a stolen pickup truck. |
Job Journal April 8, 2007 Rich Heintz |
Providing a Sense of Security Private security jobs on the upswing in an anxious America. |
Salon.com January 5, 2001 Daniel Forbes |
New Mexico thumbs its nose at the war on drugs A panel convened by Gov. Gary Johnson calls for the legalization of marijuana and a shift in focus from penal measures to treatment for drug offenders... |
InternetNews April 7, 2005 Sean Michael Kerner |
Microsoft System Tracks Pedophiles Launched in Canada and developed with the U.S. Department of Homeland Security, the system will eventually go global to nab child predators. |
Popular Mechanics November 28, 2006 Glenn Harlan Reynolds |
SWAT Overkill: The Danger of a Paramilitary Police Force This guest editorial from a law professor and instapundit.com blogger argues that overaggressive tactics and surplus military gear have turned some police units into a dangerous menace. |
Reason February 2007 Greg Beato |
Pot Clubs in Peril Are San Francisco zoning boards a bigger threat to medical marijuana than the DEA? |
Reason January 2008 Jacob Sullum |
Data: High Risk Overall, marijuana arrests in the U.S. have increased more than 150% since 1990. |
AskMen.com |
Punishment In 2010 An East Tennessee woman has been charged with forcing her 5-year-old son to smoke a cigarette. |
Reason July 2003 Jacob Sullum |
Jury Ragging: Medical pot in federal courts When Ed Rosenthal was convicted on federal marijuana cultivation charges last winter, his friends and supporters were not the only ones who were upset. So were the people who convicted him. |
Salon.com August 2, 2001 Jared Manasek |
Smoke signal Police in London's gritty Brixton neighborhood are losing the war on drugs, so the police chief is experimenting with not enforcing cannabis laws. |
National Defense June 2005 Joe Pappalardo |
Law Enforcement Takes to Boats Around Vital Waterways There is a nationwide trend to place more law enforcement into boats. Coordination among U.S. Coast Guard personnel, state police, first responders and local cops is essential to enhancing security on the nation's waterways. |
IDB America June 2004 Charo Quesada |
The People's Police Why the residents of Bogota have come to love their police force, after years of suspicion and resentment. |
National Defense October 2013 Stew Magnuson |
Police Want Unpiloted Aircraft for Routine Tasks, Not Snooping, Former Chief Asserts Police departments would probably use them for more routine tasks, said Donald Shinnamon, a business development executive at UAV-maker Institu Inc., and one-time chair of the aviation committee of the International Association of Chiefs of Police. |