The attorney for medical-marijuana advocates said state Attorney General Bill Schuette, a critic of the state’s medical-marijuana law, should fight a federal request for patients’ confidential records. The federal government filed a cour…
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AG Should Push for Medical Marijuana Patients
January 14, 2011 | 0 views | No Comments
Posted in NewsDEA Emergency Ban on Synthetic Marijuana NOT in Effect
January 13, 2011 | 42 views | No Comments
Contrary to previous reports that a DEA emergency ban on synthetic cannabinoids had gone into effect on December 24, that emergency ban has been delayed. The DEA published a notice in the federal register dated Ja…
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Meet Mephedrone, the Latest “Drug Menace” [FEATURE]
January 12, 2011 | 198 views | No Comments
Poison control centers, hospital emergency rooms, and law enforcement are all raising the alarm about a new, uncontrolled stimulant drug, and the first moves to ban the drug at the state level have already taken p…
Posted in NewsNational Guard in Federal Raid Raises Questions
January 6, 2011 | 3 views | No Comments
On Nov. 30, the Drug Enforcement Agency raided a facility in Meridian Township. Along with ground forces, the Michigan National Guard provided two Blackhawk helicopters to assist in the operation.
The facility was a joint growing operation by sever…
Posted in NewsDid CVS Buy Its Way Out of a Meth Indictment? [FEATURE]
January 5, 2011 | 17 views | No Comments
special to Drug War Chronicle by Clarence Walker
[Editor's Note: Clarence Walker is a veteran Houston-based journalist who writes on criminal justice issues and who dearly wishes this piece was called "C…
Posted in NewsBush Holdover Unanimously Confirmed To Head U.S. Drug Enforcement Administration
January 4, 2011 | 0 views | No Comments
[Editor's note: This post is excerpted from this week's forthcoming NORML weekly media advisory. To have NORML's media advisories delivered straight to your in-box, sign up for NORML's free e-zine here.]
The U.S. Senate has confirmed Michelle Leonhart by unanimous consent to head the United States Drug Enforcement Administration (DEA). Miss Leonhart had served as interim [...]
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