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National Guard Helicopter Descends On 81-Year-Old Grandma’s Home Over Single Pot Plant

October 6, 2016October 6, 2016 Asa J 806 Views 81-year-old grandmother, Amherst, arthritis, Chief Scott Livingstone, Civil rights, copblock, copblock.org, Drug war, end the drug war, glaucoma, grandmother, helicopter, Illegal search and seizure, Margaret Holcomb, marijuana, marijuana caregivers, marijuana legalization, marijuana raid, Mashpee, Massachusetts, Massachusetts National Guard, massachusetts state police, medical card, Medical marijuana, medical marijuana card, medical marijuana dispensary, military-style helicopter, National Guard Helicopter, Plymouth, Police State, regulations, regulatory impediments, scary as hell, shocking, single marijuana plant, South Amherst, state monopoly, thermal imager, Tim Holcomb, unlawful surveillance

In a raid that used a military-style helicopter, the Massachusetts National Guard and State Police descended onto the property of

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state-sanctioned class warfare

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The Drug War is State-Sanctioned Class Warfare

May 4, 2016July 24, 2016 Lorelei McFly 962 Views Civil asset forfeiture, civil liberties, Civil rights, civil rights violations, class warfare, classism, cocaine, Colorado, crack, crack vs cocaine, DoJ, drug prohibition, Drug war, drug war is state-sanctioned theft rape and murder, drug war propaganda, economic discrimination, Edward Byrne Memorial Justice Assistance Grant Program, Human rights, incentives, law enforcement against prohibition, LEAP, marijuana, marijuana legalization, Matthew Fogg, meth, Methamphetamine, methamphetamine crisis, Occupational licensing, Oregon, police crime, Policing for Profit, pot prohibition, pseudoephedrine, Racism, sentencing disparities, state-sanctioned class warfare, unintended consequences, victimless crimes, war on drugs, wealth redistribution, working class

This is the fourth and final article in a series on how the “War on Drugs” is state-sanctioned theft, rape,

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Researchers Boast DEA Approval Of Smoked Cannabis Study For PTSD As A Breakthrough

May 1, 2016 Isiah Holmes 498 Views arrest reform, ARTICLE, cannabis, conflict, cop block, copblock, copblock.org, Corruption, DEA, DEA head, decriminalization, Dishonesty, double-standards, drug black market, drug policy, drug reform, Drug war, drugs, Harassment, Illegal search/entry, journalism, journalist, Justice System, LSD, marijuana legalization, media, medial use, mushrooms, police, police abuse, police accountability, police and drugs, Police State, political motivaitons, political usefulnes, prison industrial complex, psychadelic study, ptsd, share, smoking marjuana, study marijuana, teenager, US, veteran's, war, weed, writing

The passing of 2016’s unofficial cannabis holiday, 4/20, brought with it encouraging news from the DEA. America’s prohibition dragon head

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DEA To Consider Rescheduling Cannibis As The World Opens Up To Drug Reform

April 16, 2016April 16, 2016 Isiah Holmes 707 Views Accountability, addictive and problematic nature, America 2016, anxiety free cannabis consumption, ARTICLE, Aunt Lucy, cannabis, Charlie, China White, Chuck Rosenberg, Civil rights, cocaine, comprehensive research, cop block, copblock.org, Corruption, DEA, DEA administrator, drug decriminalization, drug enforcement, drug enforcement administration, drug reform, drug research, Drug war, drugs, Elizabeth Warren, federal government, federal reform, federal restrictions, freedom, ganja, generation defining decision, hallucinogenics, Harassment, Herb, heroin, Huffpost Politics, inconsistencies, journalism, Justice System, law enforcemet, LSD, marijuana, marijuana legalization, medical cannabis, Medical marijuana, medically accepted benefit, news, no victim no crime, optimistic response, petition, police, police accountability, police drug war, pot, pot garden, predation of state legal programs, prohibition, protest, Psychedelics, reform, rights, schedule 1, schedule 2, science, senators, street slang, the war on some drugs, Transparency, UN, University of Mississippi, white powder

With prohibition’s political utility eroding away into nothing, even the Drug Enforcement Administration must adapt. Perhaps that’s why the DEA’s

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Drug War Don Don: US To Push For Drug Decriminalization At Upcoming UN Assembly

March 18, 2016March 18, 2016 Isiah Holmes 846 Views Accountability, addiction, america, America 2016, american police, ARTICLE, blog, Civil rights, cop block, copblock.org, Corruption, cultur, culture, Dishonesty, double-standards, drug abuse, drug cartels, drug enforcement, drug policy, drug reform, drug reseach, drug treaties, Drug war, drugs and police, freedom, Harassment, health, health care issues, Illegal search/entry, jourmalist, journalism, Justice System, legalization, marijuana, marijuana legalization, militarized police, news, no victim no crime, police accountability, police reform, Police State, prison industrial complex, rights, share, state department, surveillance state, UN, UN assembly, United Nations, War on (Some) Drugs, war on drugs, white house, writing

Relatively few people truly grasp the global ramifications wrought by US drug prohibition. Whether it’s how foreign police forces handle

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Mass. Supreme Court Rules Police Cannot Make Stops For Marijuana Possession

September 24, 2015November 19, 2015 Asa J 754 Views ACLU, ACLU of Massachusetts, Bay State Repeal, civil liberties, copblock, copblock.org, Drug war, Elivette Rodriguez, Justice Margot Botsford, Justice Robert Cordy, Lawyer John L. Calcagni III, Legal director Matthew Segal, marijuana, marijuana decriminalization, marijuana legalization, marijuana possession, Marijuana Stops, Massachusetts, Massachusetts constitution, Massachusetts Supreme Court, Matthew Segal, Medical marijuana, medical marijuana dispensary, New Bedford police, Supreme Judicial Court, victimless crime, victimless crimes

The Massachusetts Supreme Court ruled Tuesday that police cannot preform vehicle stops based solely on the suspicion that motorists are

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Marijuana: From Full Prohibition To Total Legalization in Ohio

April 5, 2015April 4, 2015 Chuck U Farley 525 Views Civil rights, cop block, copblock.org, Drug Laws, drug prohibition, Drug war, election, freedom, from full prohibition to full legalization, marijuana, marijuana legalization, Medical marijuana, no victim no crime, OH, Ohio, police, recreational use, Responsible Ohio, ResponsibleOhio, rights, The Stoners Cookbook, voting

Ohio could be the first state to go from full prohibition to full legalization of medical and recreational marijuana. According

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