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California Police Charge Man With “Driving Under the Influence” of Caffeine

December 28, 2016March 2, 2017 Kelly W. Patterson 585 Views Accountability, BAC, Benzodiazepine, blood alcohol level, California, California department of alcoholic beverage control, carisoprodol, Chief Deputy District Attorney Sharon Henry, Civil rights, cocaine, coffee, copblock, copblock.org, Corruption, Dishonesty, driving under the influence, Drug war, dui, dwi, forensic toxicologist, Harassment, impair to an appreciable degree, Jeffrey Zehnder, Justice System, kelly patterson, mdma, Methamphetamine, misdemeanor driving under the influence of a drug, motion to dismiss, no victim no crime, opiates, oxycodone, police, police accountability, Police State, rights, Solano County, Stacey Barrett, THC, the war on some drugs, war on drugs, zolpidem

**UPDATE** The DUI charge was dropped on December 29, 2016. (One day after this post was published – #JusSayin) Joseph

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9th Circuit Appeals Court Rules Federal Government Can Ban Medical Marijuana Patients From Buying Guns

September 1, 2016September 1, 2016 Kelly W. Patterson 551 Views 2nd amendment, 9th Circuit Court of Appeals, Accountability, alcohol abuse, CA, California, Civil rights, cop block, copblock.org, database, Department of Motor Vehicles, Dishonesty, dmv, double-standards, drug abuse, Drug war, Due Process, dui, dwi, federal ban, freedom, gun ban, Harassment, HIPAA, Justice System, kelly patterson, Medical marijuana, no victim no crime, opiates, opioids, ovi, police, Police State, prescription drugs, rights, S. Rowan Wilson, San Francisco, Second Amendment, Senior District Judge Jed Rakoff

This week the 9th Circuit Court of Appeals, located in San Francisco, ruled that a ban by the Federal Government

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DEA Will Kill Thousands Banning Kratom

August 31, 2016September 1, 2016 Lorelei McFly 1057 Views chronic pain, civil liberties, Civil rights, civil rights violations, DEA, Drug Enforcement Agency, drug prohibition, drug schedule, Drug war, heroin, Human rights, incentives, kratom, kratom ban, kratom saves lives, marijuana, opiates, opioid addiction epidemic, opioids, police crime, Policing for Profit, pot prohibition, self-medicating, Self-ownership, state-sanctioned murder, undertreatment, victimless crimes, war on drugs

This headline is not hyperbole. When the Drug Enforcement Administration outlaws kratom by making it a Schedule I substance on

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Articles Toxic Cops

Yet Another Cop Caught Stealing Drugs From the Prescription Drop Box in Ventura, California

August 27, 2016August 27, 2016 Kelly W. Patterson 1021 Views Accountability, alprazolam, bargain bin for cops, CA, California, cop block, copblock.org, Corruption, Dishonesty, double-standards, drug disposal drop box, Drug war, East Valley station, embezzlement, facing a stiff fine, grazing, Hydrocodone, Hypocrisy, Justice System, kelly patterson, misdemeanor, no victim no crime, OH, Ohio, old or unneeded prescription drugs, Olsen Road, opiates, opioids, paid vacation, petty theft, police, police accountability, policeman's discount, possession of a controlled substance, revenue generation, sampling the goods, Sandusky, Senior Deputy Matthew Volpe, Sheriff Kyle Overmyer, someone wearing a sheriff's office uniform, Surveillance, the war on some drugs, Thousand Oaks, Thousand Oaks Police Motor Unit, VCSO, ventura county, Ventura County District Attorney, Ventura County Sheriff's Office, Ventura County Star, victimless crime, war on drugs

Senior Deputy Matthew Volpe of the Ventura County Sheriff’s Office is just the latest in a string of cops caught

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Sandusky, Ohio Sheriff Kyle Overmyer Indicted on 43 Charges Including 38 Felonies

August 26, 2016September 22, 2016 Kelly W. Patterson 763 Views Accountability, Attorney General Mike DeWine, Carol Hamilton O'Brien, cop block, copblock.org, Corruption, deceived physicians and pharmacists, deception to obtain a dangerous drug, deception to obtain drugs, Delaware County prosecutor, Deputy Sean O'Connell, Dishonesty, doctor shopping, double-standards, drug disposal drop box, Drug war, felony charges, fifth-degree felony, filing false financial disclosure reports, first degree misdemeanor, fourth-degree felony, Furtherance of Justice, Good Sheriff, grand jury, Hydrocodone, indictment, Judge Patricia Cosgrove, Justice System, kelly patterson, leaking files, OH, Ohio, Ohio Attorney General's Office, Ohio Bureau of Criminal Investigation, opiates, opioids, oxycodone, Percocet, police, police accountability, prescription drugs, Sandusky, Sandusky County, Sheriff Kyle Overmyer, Special Agent Jeff Cook, special prosecutor, take-back prescription pill boxes, tampering with records, theft in office, theft of drugs, TheNews-Messenger.com, third degree felony, whistle blower

Sheriff Kyle Overmyer of Sandusky, Ohio was pretty much the shoe-in to win re-election to the post he was originally

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Jim McMahon, Chicago Bears Superbowl QB, Urges NFL to Allow Medical Marijuana Use

June 20, 2016June 20, 2016 Kelly W. Patterson 1232 Views acupuncture, advocacy for cannabis use, alternative medicine, angry, Baltimore, Baltimore Ravens, best defense of all time, cannabis, Cannabis World Congress and Business Expo, Charlie Adams, chicago, Chicago Bears, CO, Colorado, concern for the safety or health of players, concussion, CTE, defensive lineman, Denver, Denver Broncos, depression, difficulty sleeping, drug use in general, dying from painkillers, early dementia, Eben Britton, Eugene Monroe, fl, Florida, football, frustrated, HBO’s Real Sports, healing state of being, hemp, horrible pharmaceutical medications, IL, Illinois, improper care for concussions in the past, increased heart rate, innocuous substance, irritable, jacksonville, Jacksonville Jaguars, Jim McMahon, la, Leonard Marshall, living in the dark ages, Louisiana, Louisiana Superdome, made me feel crazy, Medical marijuana, medical rights, memory loss, mooning during the Superbowl, Nate Jackson, national Footbal League, new orleans, New York, New York Daily News, New York Giants, nfl, ny, nydailynews.com, offensive tackle, one of the best teams in history, opiate abuse, opiates, pain relief, painkillers, Percocet pills, Pete Rozelle, pharmaceutical drugs, prescription pills, QB, quarterback, recreational use, releived from stress, safe and non addictive option, severe headaches, Sporting News, Sports, Superbowl XX, tight end, too many concussions, vicodin, video, Washington, wide receiver

Jim McMahon, the Superbowl XX winning quarterback from the 1985 Chicago Bears, a team which is often considered one of

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The Drug War is State-Sanctioned Murder

May 2, 2016July 24, 2016 Lorelei McFly 1222 Views adderall, cash, cash is criminal, chronic pain, Civil asset forfeiture, civil liberties, Civil rights, civil rights violations, crime clearance rates, criminogenic, DEA, drug cartels, Drug Enforcement Agency, drug prohibition, drug schedule, Drug war, drug war is state-sanctioned theft rape and murder, felony homicide, felony murder, hepatitis c, heroin, HIV, Hsiu-Ying “Lisa” Tseng, Human rights, incentives, Joey Rovero, kratom, legal highs, marijuana, Matthew Lowery, Medical marijuana, narcoterrorism, needle-exchange, opiates, opioid addiction epidemic, opioids, police crime, Policing for Profit, pot prohibition, Rush Limbaugh, self-medicating, state-sanctioned murder, undertreatment, victimless crimes, Violent Crime Clearance Rates, war on drugs

This is the third article in a series on how the “War on Drugs” is state-sanctioned theft, rape, murder, and class warfare.

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Gloucester Police Department’s “Angel Program” Sends Drug Addicts To Rehab, Not Prison

February 2, 2016February 3, 2016 Kelly W. Patterson 964 Views Accountability, albert einstein, amnesty, Angel Program, antimedia, breaking operational standards, Campanello model, Chief of Police Leonard Campanello, Civil rights, Claire Bernish, contingent of volunteers, cop block, copblock, copblock.org, counter current news, CVS, decriminalization, Deo, detox, door to door Narcon delivery, drug addiction, drug crimes, drug policy, drug rehab, Drug war, dying addicts, Dylan Donnelly, empathy fueled leap of faith, facebook, film the police, Filming police, freedom, Gary Langis, get on board with the revolution, Gilbert Hospital, Gloucester, Gloucester Chief of Police Leonard Campanello, Gloucester Initiative Angel Program, Gloucester Police Department, Gloucester Times, Glouceter PD, Harassment, harm reduction activist, heroin, heroin ravaged community, isiah holmes, Justice System, kelly patterson, legalizing marijuana, ma, marginalized and demonized, mass, Massachusetts, narcotics, narcotics policy, nasal narcan, no victim no crime, opiates, opioid, opioid addiction epidemic, opioid blocking drugs, overdose, overdose antidote, pharmacies, police, police accountability, Police State, prescription drugs, recovery, rehab center, repost, requesting help, rights, rigid behavioral or ideological loop, severe overdose, the war on drugs is over, the war on some drugs, trailblazing initiative, vice, video, war on drugs, washington post, world anew, WWLP-22News

The following post was submitted to the CopBlock Network by Isiah Holmes, who has been featured several times previously on

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Mount Vernon Ohio Detective Arrested for Drug Dealing and Extortion

October 7, 2015October 7, 2015 Kelly W. Patterson 1027 Views Accountability, CI, coke, Colombus, Confidential Informant, copblock, copblock.org, Corruption, Detective Matt Dailey, Dishonesty, drug dealer, Drug Task Force, drug trafficking, Drug war, drugs, ecstasy, extortion, FBI, federal bureau of investigation, Justice System, kelly patterson, Knox County Sheriff's Office, marijuana, meth, Mount Vernon, Mount Vernon Police Department, MVPD, OH, Ohio, opiates, paid administrative leave, paid suspension, paid vacation, pain pills, police, police abuse, police accountability, prescription drugs, use of a gun while engaged in drug sales, War on (Some) Drugs, war on drugs

Last week, the FBI arrested Matt Dailey, a detective with the Mount Vernon (Ohio) Police Department, on drug trafficking charges

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One City Stopped Arresting Drug Addicts, Offered Help Instead… And It’s Working! (REPOST)

August 23, 2015August 23, 2015 Chuck U Farley 870 Views Accountability, amnesty, antimedia, Campanello model, Chief of Police Leonard Campanello, Claire Bernish, cop block, copblock, copblock.org, counter current news, CVS, decriminalization, detox, drug addiction, drug crimes, Drug war, facebook, film the police, Filming police, freedom, Gloucester, Gloucester Chief of Police Leonard Campanello, Gloucester Initiative Angel Program, Harassment, heroin, Justice System, Massachusetts, nasal narcan, no victim no crime, opiates, opioid, opioid addiction epidemic, opioid blocking drugs, overdose, Perfect Storm, police accountability, Police State, Portugal, repost, rights, the war on drugs is over, war on drugs, washington post

Gloucester, MA — Situated on the coast of Massachusetts, Gloucester’s claims to fame include its status as“America’s original seaport” as

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