**UPDATE** The DUI charge was dropped on December 29, 2016. (One day after this post was published – #JusSayin) Joseph Schwab was pulled over in the Northern California county of Solano in August of 2015. In spite of a breathalyzer indicating he had no alcohol whatsoever in his system, he was arrested and forced to […]
9th Circuit Appeals Court Rules Federal Government Can Ban Medical Marijuana Patients From Buying Guns
This week the 9th Circuit Court of Appeals, located in San Francisco, ruled that a ban by the Federal Government on the sale of firearms to medical marijuana cardholders does not violate the Second Amendment. The ruling was made in regard to a lawsuit by S. Rowan Wilson over her attempt to buy a gun […]
DEA Will Kill Thousands Banning Kratom
This headline is not hyperbole. When the Drug Enforcement Administration outlaws kratom by making it a Schedule I substance on September 30, it will be setting off waves of overdoses and suicides that will claim thousands of lives. And they are fully aware of what they are doing. We are on the precipice of yet […]
Yet Another Cop Caught Stealing Drugs From the Prescription Drop Box in Ventura, California
Senior Deputy Matthew Volpe of the Ventura County Sheriff’s Office is just the latest in a string of cops caught “sampling the goods” from a police department prescription drop box. The drop boxes are supposed to represent a way for citizens to turn over old or unneeded prescription drugs for proper disposal that eliminates contamination […]
Sandusky, Ohio Sheriff Kyle Overmyer Indicted on 43 Charges Including 38 Felonies
Sheriff Kyle Overmyer of Sandusky, Ohio was pretty much the shoe-in to win re-election to the post he was originally appointed to after the previous sheriff died and a nice little raise that goes along with it in November. Although, the Republican Party hasn’t decided whether they should withdraw their support just yet, the fact […]
Jim McMahon, Chicago Bears Superbowl QB, Urges NFL to Allow Medical Marijuana Use
Jim McMahon, the Superbowl XX winning quarterback from the 1985 Chicago Bears, a team which is often considered one of the best all-time teams and arguably the best defense in the history of the NFL, has joined the long list of people advocating for the medical use of marijuana. Currently, McMahon is battling symptoms attributed […]
The Drug War is State-Sanctioned Murder
This is the third article in a series on how the “War on Drugs” is state-sanctioned theft, rape, murder, and class warfare. Read Part ONE, “Theft” and Part TWO “Rape”. State-Sanctioned Murder There are multiple ways that the War on Drugs promotes murder. One major example is the rampant narcoterrorism in Mexico and Central America, caused by major […]
Gloucester Police Department’s “Angel Program” Sends Drug Addicts To Rehab, Not Prison
The following post was submitted to the CopBlock Network by Isiah Holmes, who has been featured several times previously on Cop Block, via the CopBlock.org Submissions Page. In this post, Isiah discusses a program recently started by Gloucester Massachusetts Police Chief Leonard Campanello in which, rather than treating drug abuse as a criminal issue, it’s […]
Mount Vernon Ohio Detective Arrested for Drug Dealing and Extortion
Last week, the FBI arrested Matt Dailey, a detective with the Mount Vernon (Ohio) Police Department, on drug trafficking charges related to the sale of marijuana, meth, ecstasy, coke, and opiate-based pain pills. In addition, he faces charges of extortion and the use of a gun while engaging in drug sales. Detective Dailey had previously […]
One City Stopped Arresting Drug Addicts, Offered Help Instead… And It’s Working! (REPOST)
Gloucester, MA — Situated on the coast of Massachusetts, Gloucester’s claims to fame include its status as“America’s original seaport” as well as being the real-life location on which events in the movie The Perfect Storm (2000) were based. Now, the small town has a new reason to be the center of attention: Its police have […]
