The War on Drugs
End the War on Drugs, Say Noble Prize-Winning Economist
Alcohol vs Marijuana
Crime Lab Delays & Plea Mill Culture – Contribute to Drug-War Innocence Cases
How the War on Drugs Impacts Overcrowded Prisons
Federal Memo to Prosecutors About Drug Crimes
The Racist War on Weed
Four Decades Later, US Still Losing Global War on Drugs
DEA Testing for Cocaine on Cash: 1/3 of all $50 and $100 Bills Tested Positive
Even North Korea has a Liberal Policy of Drug Tolerance
Columbia University Scientist, Carl Hunt Wants Drug Policy to Go Where Science Takes It
How the War on Drugs has Infringed on U.S. Civil Liberties – by Gilbert G. Garcia & Baker Institute Viewpoints: Civil Liberties
Over-criminalization Task Force Could Rethink Drug Laws
Drug Control Strategy A Bust, Government Reports Claims
Drug sniffing dogs – Unconstitutional
Dog-scent lineup case OVERTURNED
Policing the Police
NYPD Cop – Gets Drunk & Shoots at People
New Investigations Underway at the Houston PD Crime Lab
Auditor Critiques State Law Enforcement Officer Licensing Agency for 2012 and 2013
Houston Law Enforcement Officers Charged with “Racing without a License”
Texas Drones Law Gets Touch on Public and Private Use
Bad Chemistry – More State Labs being Investigated
An Estimated 40,000 Defendants Affected by Former Massachusetts Chemist Accused of Faking Test Results at a State Drug Lab
Improper Behavior – Police Protest Eric Holder’s Marijuana Policy
Cops T-Shirt Tells the Story
Crime Labs in Crisis: Shoddy Forensics Used to Secure Convictions
REPORT: DEA Covers Up Surveillance Used to Investigate Americans
More than 1,200 DWI Cases May be Compromised
2 Texas State Troopers Indicted for their Role in a Roadside Full Body Cavity Search of 2 Women in Irving, TX
Roadside Full Body Cavity Search of 2 Women in Irving, Texas
Conviction overturn based on DPS lab worker misconduct, hundreds more likely to be challenged
Nearly 5,000 drug cases in question because a forensic examiner with Houston’s DPS lab did shoddy work
Drones in our local communities – like Montgomery County
Conviction overturned based on DPS lab worker misconduct
New Investigations Underway at the Houston PD Crime Lab
Auditor Critiques State Law Enforcement Officer Licensing Agency for 2012 and 2013
Houston Law Enforcement Officers Charged with “Racing without a License”
Texas Drones Law Gets Touch on Public and Private Use
Bad Chemistry – More State Labs being Investigated
An Estimated 40,000 Defendants Affected by Former Massachusetts Chemist Accused of Faking Test Results at a State Drug Lab
Improper Behavior – Police Protest Eric Holder’s Marijuana Policy
Cops T-Shirt Tells the Story
Crime Labs in Crisis: Shoddy Forensics Used to Secure Convictions
REPORT: DEA Covers Up Surveillance Used to Investigate Americans
More than 1,200 DWI Cases May be Compromised
2 Texas State Troopers Indicted for their Role in a Roadside Full Body Cavity Search of 2 Women in Irving, TX
Roadside Full Body Cavity Search of 2 Women in Irving, Texas
Conviction overturn based on DPS lab worker misconduct, hundreds more likely to be challenged
Nearly 5,000 drug cases in question because a forensic examiner with Houston’s DPS lab did shoddy work
Drones in our local communities – like Montgomery County
Conviction overturned based on DPS lab worker misconduct
Alcohol
Driver’s License
Marijuana
The Strange Political Bedfellows of the Pot Debate
Legalizing Marijuana Does Not Lead to More Teens Smoking Pot: Study
Retired Justice John Paul Stevens: Marijuana Should be Legal
More Marijuana Sales Numbers
Colorado Town Offers Pot Offenders Treatment
BIG Money in legalizing Marijuana
Majority of American Believe Pot Legalization is Inevitable
SCOTUS Rules Police have to Return Drugs Taken from Medical Marijuana Patients
Arizona Supreme Court Overturns Marijuana DUI Ruling
Anti-Drug Group Concedes that Marijuana Legalization is ‘Happening in America’
Marijuana Industry Finds New Allies Among Conservatives
Federal Government Signs Off on Study Using Marijuana to Treat Veterans’ PTSD
Colorado Court: Some Marijuana Case Can be Overturned
Colorado Recreational Weed Sales Top $14 Million in First Month
Many CPAC Attendees Say Marijuana Should be Legal
California Democrats Back Marijuana in Party Platform
Marijuana Policy Project New Push in Texas to Reform Marijuana Laws
Few Texans Would Keep Marijuana Illegal – New Polling Data
Early Numbers Show Legal Pot Really is BIG Business
Colorado Pot Market Exceeds Tax Hopes
Banks Get Guidance on Legalized Marijuana Business
How Texans are Buying Pot In Colorado: ‘It’s, Like, the New Tourism’
Bipartisan Effort In Maryland Aims to Decriminalize Small Amounts of Marijuana
Brave New Weed Laws
Will Marijuana Influence the 2016 Elections?
Legal Pot Sales Begin Amid Uncertainty
Why Legalization of Marijuana Could Save Your Child’s Life
State’s Rights and Marijuana
Why Legalizing Weed Makes Sense
Maine’s Marijuana Vote – The Next Domino??
False Positives of THC in Blood
Poll: Majority of Texans, Half Republicans Favor Marijuana Legalization
US Supreme Court Rejects Marijuana Reclassification Appeal
Marijuana, Sex and Amsterdam – Legalization is a no-brainer!
Amsterdam – An Example of a Safe Place, While also Having Legal Marijuana & Prostitution
DOJ Won’t Challenge Washington, Colorado Marijuana Laws
Texas focus on Marijuana Enforcement Expanded Since Turn of Century
Mayors Tell FED to Butt Out
Cannabis Plants in the U.S. on the Rise Despite the War on Drugs
Gupta Goes Green
Holder’s Proposal Is Insufficient: Congress Needs to Decriminalize Drugs
Marijuana compared to other substances
IRS Also Targeting Marijuana Groups
Vermont Decriminalizes Marijuana
The Cost of Marijuana Enforcement
Study Shows That Low Dose of TCH Can Protect the Brain from Long-Term Cognitive Damage
Poll Reveals Shocking News on Marijuana Legalization
OAS Drug Report Envisions Legalization
Marijuana Linked to Lower Bladder Cancer Risk
Canadian Kids Smoke the Most Marijuana
Of course Marijuana is SAFER than alcohol – so why is the punishment not equivalent?
How will the Federal Government deal with Marijuana Legalization Issues?
72% of Americans do not see it useful to prosecute marijuana cases
Small states make BIG changes to Marijuana laws
Maryland Decriminalizes Marijuana
Maryland Approves Medical Marijuana
Colorado debates Marijuana DUI law
California voters overwhelmingly support pot reform
Medical Marijuana conference in Washington, D. C.
Czech Republic approves medical marijuana
Republican leader, Mitch McConnell supports bill to legalize hemp
Bloomberg – Marijuana arrest in NJ will be given a ticket, not jail time
7 States to legalize Marijuana
Marijuana Legalization Bill – federal taxation measure set for introduction in Congress
Marijuana Possession arrests exceeds violent crime arrests
Marijuana news around the Country
Legalizing Marijuana Does Not Lead to More Teens Smoking Pot: Study
Retired Justice John Paul Stevens: Marijuana Should be Legal
More Marijuana Sales Numbers
Colorado Town Offers Pot Offenders Treatment
BIG Money in legalizing Marijuana
Majority of American Believe Pot Legalization is Inevitable
SCOTUS Rules Police have to Return Drugs Taken from Medical Marijuana Patients
Arizona Supreme Court Overturns Marijuana DUI Ruling
Anti-Drug Group Concedes that Marijuana Legalization is ‘Happening in America’
Marijuana Industry Finds New Allies Among Conservatives
Federal Government Signs Off on Study Using Marijuana to Treat Veterans’ PTSD
Colorado Court: Some Marijuana Case Can be Overturned
Colorado Recreational Weed Sales Top $14 Million in First Month
Many CPAC Attendees Say Marijuana Should be Legal
California Democrats Back Marijuana in Party Platform
Marijuana Policy Project New Push in Texas to Reform Marijuana Laws
Few Texans Would Keep Marijuana Illegal – New Polling Data
Early Numbers Show Legal Pot Really is BIG Business
Colorado Pot Market Exceeds Tax Hopes
Banks Get Guidance on Legalized Marijuana Business
How Texans are Buying Pot In Colorado: ‘It’s, Like, the New Tourism’
Bipartisan Effort In Maryland Aims to Decriminalize Small Amounts of Marijuana
Brave New Weed Laws
Will Marijuana Influence the 2016 Elections?
Legal Pot Sales Begin Amid Uncertainty
Why Legalization of Marijuana Could Save Your Child’s Life
State’s Rights and Marijuana
Why Legalizing Weed Makes Sense
Maine’s Marijuana Vote – The Next Domino??
False Positives of THC in Blood
Poll: Majority of Texans, Half Republicans Favor Marijuana Legalization
US Supreme Court Rejects Marijuana Reclassification Appeal
Marijuana, Sex and Amsterdam – Legalization is a no-brainer!
Amsterdam – An Example of a Safe Place, While also Having Legal Marijuana & Prostitution
DOJ Won’t Challenge Washington, Colorado Marijuana Laws
Texas focus on Marijuana Enforcement Expanded Since Turn of Century
Mayors Tell FED to Butt Out
Cannabis Plants in the U.S. on the Rise Despite the War on Drugs
Gupta Goes Green
Holder’s Proposal Is Insufficient: Congress Needs to Decriminalize Drugs
Marijuana compared to other substances
IRS Also Targeting Marijuana Groups
Vermont Decriminalizes Marijuana
The Cost of Marijuana Enforcement
Study Shows That Low Dose of TCH Can Protect the Brain from Long-Term Cognitive Damage
Poll Reveals Shocking News on Marijuana Legalization
OAS Drug Report Envisions Legalization
Marijuana Linked to Lower Bladder Cancer Risk
Canadian Kids Smoke the Most Marijuana
Of course Marijuana is SAFER than alcohol – so why is the punishment not equivalent?
How will the Federal Government deal with Marijuana Legalization Issues?
72% of Americans do not see it useful to prosecute marijuana cases
Small states make BIG changes to Marijuana laws
Maryland Decriminalizes Marijuana
Maryland Approves Medical Marijuana
Colorado debates Marijuana DUI law
California voters overwhelmingly support pot reform
Medical Marijuana conference in Washington, D. C.
Czech Republic approves medical marijuana
Republican leader, Mitch McConnell supports bill to legalize hemp
Bloomberg – Marijuana arrest in NJ will be given a ticket, not jail time
7 States to legalize Marijuana
Marijuana Legalization Bill – federal taxation measure set for introduction in Congress
Marijuana Possession arrests exceeds violent crime arrests
Marijuana news around the Country
Record Cleaning
Probation, Jail & Prison
One in 27 Texas adults in prison, jail, on probation or parole
Texas Jails Couldn’t Hold All the State’s Probation Absconders
Recidivism Among Probationers Declining – Especially DWI
Texas – Youth Sentencing
Texas Prison Protects Weapons Not Prisoners from Extreme Temperature: 13 DIE!
U.S. Spends Astonishing Amount Caring for Elderly Prisoners
Beyond Bars
A Conservative Critique of Speculative Jail Privatization: Montgomery County edition
Bill offers strong, positive incentive to succeed on probation
Texas Jails Couldn’t Hold All the State’s Probation Absconders
Recidivism Among Probationers Declining – Especially DWI
Texas – Youth Sentencing
Texas Prison Protects Weapons Not Prisoners from Extreme Temperature: 13 DIE!
U.S. Spends Astonishing Amount Caring for Elderly Prisoners
Beyond Bars
A Conservative Critique of Speculative Jail Privatization: Montgomery County edition
Bill offers strong, positive incentive to succeed on probation
District Attorneys, Judges & The Court System
Official: Millions in Court Costs Illegally Collected, Probations Wrongly Revoked: New Court of Criminal Appeals Opinion
District Judge Resigns in Texting Case
Texting While Judging: Judge texted Assistance to Prosecutor During Trial(s) – YES, You read that Correctly: Unbelievable!
Redemption of a Prosecutor – An Amazing story of a former prosecutor
Criminal Charges Filed Against former Nueces County District Attorney
BIG NEWS……Arrest warrant issued for former Williamson County District Attorney Ken Anderson – probable cause to believe Anderson withheld critical evidence in Michael Morton’s 1987 murder trial
Texas District Attorney Caught Drunk Driving
Houston Chronicle: ‘Too many troubling moments” on DA training video
Cleaning out the snake pit in Williamson Co DA’s Office
Harris County – Ethics training at DA’s office confirms fears about prosecutors’ mindsets
District Judge Resigns in Texting Case
Texting While Judging: Judge texted Assistance to Prosecutor During Trial(s) – YES, You read that Correctly: Unbelievable!
Redemption of a Prosecutor – An Amazing story of a former prosecutor
Criminal Charges Filed Against former Nueces County District Attorney
BIG NEWS……Arrest warrant issued for former Williamson County District Attorney Ken Anderson – probable cause to believe Anderson withheld critical evidence in Michael Morton’s 1987 murder trial
Texas District Attorney Caught Drunk Driving
Houston Chronicle: ‘Too many troubling moments” on DA training video
Cleaning out the snake pit in Williamson Co DA’s Office
Harris County – Ethics training at DA’s office confirms fears about prosecutors’ mindsets
State Law
Increased Penalties for Hit & Run
Texas Poor and Disparate Justice
The Use & Abuse of Civil Forfeiture
A Discovery Bill to help defendants – TX Senate Unanimously Approves the Michael Morton Act
HB 1790 – Offers strong, positive incentives to succeed on probation (2013)
Bipartisan push to lower penalties for petty crime
Texas Poor and Disparate Justice
The Use & Abuse of Civil Forfeiture
A Discovery Bill to help defendants – TX Senate Unanimously Approves the Michael Morton Act
HB 1790 – Offers strong, positive incentives to succeed on probation (2013)
Bipartisan push to lower penalties for petty crime
Crime FACTS
The National Registry of Exonerations in 2015
FBI 2012 Crime Statistics – Know the FACTS!
1 In 25 Americans Arrested in 2011
Texas Spends the 9th LEAST on Education
ACLU Report Confirms that Nonwhites Make Up Most of the Marijuana Arrests
New Research ties the leaded-gasoline ban to a drop in violent crime
FBI 2012 Crime Statistics – Know the FACTS!
1 In 25 Americans Arrested in 2011
Texas Spends the 9th LEAST on Education
ACLU Report Confirms that Nonwhites Make Up Most of the Marijuana Arrests
New Research ties the leaded-gasoline ban to a drop in violent crime
