All posts tagged "policing"

Legal

The Feds Crack Down on Colorado’s Underground Cannabis Market

With help from local police, federal officials last week arrested dozens of people, conducted about 250...

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Colorado Courts Tighten Legal Leash on Drug Dogs, With Fraught Implications for Cannabis

Colorado's Supreme Court ruled that thanks to the constitutional changes instated by the 2012 cannabis legalization...

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The DEA Has Found Someone to Burn 1,000 Pounds of Cannabis per Hour

But the news is flying under the radar because the clickbait excitement around the DEA looking...

Politics

NYC Moves to Cancel Future Pot Arrests Following Public Pressure

New York City Mayor Bill de Blasio made a major announcement about his city’s policing on...

Politics

NYC Mayor Bill de Blasio Warns Against Corporate Cannabis

Mayor Bill de Blasio took to the radio to voice his fears over cannabis legalization, but...

Politics

NYPD Under Fire For Continuing Racial Disparity in Pot Arrests

Despite repeated pledges by the New York Police Department and Mayor Bill de Blasio to lift the...

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The Racial Bias of Drug-Sniffing Police Dogs

A new report from NPR is detailing the steps that some police departments are taking —...

Politics

Denver Police Claim Illegal Grow Ops Are Increasing

Denver’s pot police say that they’ve had to double the number of undercover agents in their...

Politics

AG Sessions’ Home State Has ‘Biased’ MJ Law Enforcement

Arrest data from Attorney General Jeff Session's home state of Alabama —  where he served as...