State’s attorney Anita Alvarez says her office will try to send people caught with small amounts of cannabis and hard drugs into treatment instead of jail.
Tag: Drug War
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A fix from Mayor Emanuel for the state’s drug laws
A political ploy is also a sensible drug reform.
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Marijuana legalization needs to be a gateway to broader drug reform
A new stance on pot can lead the nation’s retreat from its misguided drug war.
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Swimming in the muck (of Chicago politics)
Suddenly it’s election season again—and swimming season too.
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Coming soon: The lauded drug-war documentary Narco Cultura
Noting the under-the-radar release of Saul Schwarz’s feature about the narcocorrido music business
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Great popular art, past and present, and the rest of this week’s movies
Noting new and notable movies playing in Chicago between August 9 and 15
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In Johnnie To’s Drug War, a tapestry in code
In Johnnie To’s Drug War, the master of the violent showdown weaves a tapestry in code.
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New pot law hasn’t ended grass gap
Chicago police are busting fewer people for marijuana offenses—but only in certain neighborhoods
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Pot busts of the week
Image indy_slug via Flickr/Creative Commons Attribution 2.0 Mick Dumke usually does these posts, but he reached his marijuana news quota a few days ago, so I’m taking over this week. Let’s find out how America’s limitless tax dollars are being used!
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Pot busts of the week: delivery problems
Maybe this explains why people aren’t using the postal service like they used to: Middletown police say the search is over for the main suspect who was attempting to receive more than 56 pounds of marijuana through the mail. Theodore Freeman, Jr., 43, walked into police headquarters Monday and turned himself in on drug charges, […]
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Pot busts of the week: the dangers of asking for directions, spending your own cash, and grabbing a burger to go
Yet another reason to use GPS, from the Patch site in Wilton, Connecticut: Kristine Marie Rodak, 21, of Garrison, NY , Zachary Seeip, 18, of Wappingers Falls, NY and Colin Budds, 23, of Cortland Manner NY were charged with possession of marijuana of less than 4oz and possession of drug paraphernalia on June 4, according […]
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State Reps Demand More Action From Daley on Violence: ‘What We’ve Been Doing Isn’t Working’
In April state legislators John Fritchey and LaShawn Ford called for the national guard to help Chicago police fight violence. Now they’re going even further, saying some Chicagoans get better policing than others and arguing in favor of decriminalizing pot.
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Drug war collateral damage
Fact-based legal drama “American Violet” has a free preview screening Tuesday.