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The Police State’s War on Weed and Backyard Gardens

by John Whitehead | Aug 26, 2020 | Drug War, Police

“They came again this morning at about 8:00 o’clock. A large cargo-type helicopter flew low over the cabin, shaking it on its very foundations. It shook all of us inside, too. I feel frightened … I see how helpless and tormented I am becoming with disgust and...

Federal Grant Program Nationalizes Local Policing

by Mike Maharrey | Jun 25, 2020 | Drug War, Police

Unconstitutional federal funding helps drive local policing priorities. The Operation Relentless Pursuit (ORP) initiative serves as a prime example. Attorney General William Barr announced the program in December 2019. ORP is intended to take on violent crime in seven...

Trump Administration Wants to Resume Prosecuting Medical Marijuana Users in States Where It’s Legal

by Mike Maharrey | Feb 24, 2020 | Current Events, Drug War

The Trump administration wants to restore funding to the Department of Justice so it can prosecute medical marijuana users in states where medicinal cannabis is legal. President Trump’s proposed 2021 budget would end an existing policy that protects state...

Parchment and Plants: What Alcohol Prohibition Can Teach Us About the Drug War

by Suzanne Sherman | Apr 5, 2018 | Drug War

Republicans sure do love their “war on drugs.” During the Obama administration, Senator Ted Cruz (R- TX) chided the president for failing to enforce federal drug laws, even though his administration spent more on marijuana enforcement in just his first...

State Sovereignty and the War on Drugs

by Tenth Amendment | Jun 2, 2009 | Drug War

by RJ Harris The federal governmentâ€™s Constitutional authority to regulate drugs extends only so far as to prevent the movement of drugs across any state or federal border. The war on drugs is not about drugs, it is about state sovereignty. Once the federal...

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The Police State’s War on Weed and Backyard Gardens

Federal Grant Program Nationalizes Local Policing

Trump Administration Wants to Resume Prosecuting Medical Marijuana Users in States Where It’s Legal

Parchment and Plants: What Alcohol Prohibition Can Teach Us About the Drug War

State Sovereignty and the War on Drugs

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