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Mexico: Drug Cartels Tighten Grip Mexico Becoming 'Narco-State'
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Arizona Republic, 07 Feb 2010 - Rising Lawlessness Echoes State Of '90s-Era Colombia MEXICO CITY - For months, the leaders of Tancitaro had held firm against the drug lords battling for control of this central Mexican town. Then one morning, after months of threats and violence from the traffickers
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US CA: Medical Marijuana Dispensaries Rushing To Get In La
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Whittier Daily News, 07 Feb 2010 - LA PUENTE - With a new law regulating medical marijuana dispensaries set to take effect this week, potential owners are rushing to get in before it's too late. If their applications are approved before Friday's deadline, the number of dispensaries in La Puente wou
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US CT: Popular Drug Program Ends In Danbury, Elsewhere
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The News-Times, 06 Feb 2010 - DANBURY -- The iconic program that has taught and encouraged schoolchildren to avoid drugs and make wiser decisions in life has become a victim of the tough economy. Beginning this month, the Danbury Police Department no longer is offering the D.A.R.E. program -- Drug
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US DC: Majorities Polled in D.C. Back Gay Marriage, Medical Marijuana
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Washington Post, 07 Feb 2010 - District residents are generally supportive of the progressive, activist social agenda being pursued by the D.C. Council, putting their stamp of approval on efforts by government leaders to enact policies while Democrats control Congress. A Washington Post poll conduc
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CN AB: Column: Evidence Should Triumph Over Ideology On Needle Exchange
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The Daily Herald-Tribune, 03 Feb 2010 - Imagine kicking our politicians out of office for a while and replacing their cowardice and ideological stubbornness with the evidence-based, straight thinking of experts. Pot would have been legalized long ago. Perhaps a regime would have been set up for the
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US MI: Heavy Opposition to Proposed Medical Marijuana Rule in
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Flint Journal, 07 Feb 2010 - RICHFIELD TOWNSHIP, Michigan -- A proposed ordinance spelling out where medical marijuana dispensaries can be located in Richfield Township has met heavy opposition even before a public hearing on its language. "You are trying to stop people from growing altogether
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US NC: DA Investigates Citations Against Willie Nelson's Band
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Jacksonville Daily News, 06 Feb 2010 - District Attorney Dewey Hudson says he wants to make sure last week's moonshine and marijuana bust of Willie Nelson's band members was above board. Longtime Nelson bass player Dan Edward "Bee" Spears, 60, of Franklin, Tenn., and five other members of
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US CA: Pot Clinic Raid Nets 4 Arrests
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Daily Pilot, 06 Feb 2010 - Police Chief Says Operation, Which Addressed Local Complaints of Marijuana Smell and Heavy Traffic, Is One of Many to Come. Thursday's low-key police raid on a Costa Mesa marijuana dispensary operating illegally is a sign of things to come, Police Chief Chris Shawkey said
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