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http://www.mapinc.org/pix/xmlpower.gifUS GA: PUB LTE: Drug War Puts Brave Police Officers In Dangerous Spot
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Atlanta Journal-Constitution, 15 Nov 2020 - The drug war needs to end. If the AJC investigated, it would likely find most of the violence is drug war-related. The police are doing the job they were given. You may not like the way they do it, but do not blame them for doing their highly dangerous job. Either make drugs legal, or let the government compete with the drug lords by taking confiscated drugs and giving them free to drug addicts in a special recovery program. If drugs are free or legal, there is no reason for drug lords to exist. They cannot compete with free. This is the way to end most of the violence and social injustice. Not all of it, I am sorry to say, but it would be a start. L.O. COX, CONYERS - --- MAP posted-by: Matt Cox, L. O.Atlanta Journal-ConstitutionDrugnews - Georgia2020-11-15US GA: PUB LTE: Pot Legislation A Good First Step
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Atlanta Journal-Constitution, 11 Oct 2017 - As an African-American woman who has seen the negative ramifications an ounce of marijuana can have on one's life, I found the article "Atlanta Mayor Reed to review, sign changes to city marijuana laws," hopeful. According to ACLU, African-Americans are more than four times as likely to be arrested as white adults. By reducing the penalty and eliminating jail time, fewer African-Americans will have a criminal record. In Atlanta, African-Americans make up 92 percent of those arrested for marijuana possession. By decriminalizing marijuana and reducing the penalty, the crime rate amongst African-Americans will decrease. Blackmon, AlexisAtlanta Journal-ConstitutionDrugnews - Georgia2017-10-11US GA: Suspect Killed During Drug Raid
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Macon Telegraph, 13 Dec 2016 - A Crawford County man was shot and killed Monday after he allegedly fired a shotgun at police officers who were serving a search warrant in a drug case. About eight officers working with the Peach County Drug Task Force were dressed in protective gear as they went to the home of Rainer Tyler Smith, 31, at 6750 Ga. 42 South shortly after 2 a.m., said J.T. Ricketson, of the GBI. Fabian, LizMacon TelegraphDrugnews - Georgia2016-12-15US GA: Locals Weigh In On Pot Category
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Rome News-Tribune, 23 Aug 2016 - The DEA announces it will keep marijuana on the list of most dangerous drugs. In the eyes of the U.S. Drug Enforcement Administration, marijuana is still considered dangerous enough to remain among the likes of heroin, LSD, and ecstasy as a Schedule I drug. Lahr, SpencerRome News-TribuneDrugnews - Georgia2016-08-24US GA: More States Lift Welfare Restrictions for Drug Felons
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Walker County Messenger, 17 Aug 2016 - ATLANTA - Twenty years after a federal law blocked people with felony drug convictions from receiving welfare or food stamps, more states are loosening those restrictions - or waiving them entirely. In April, Gov. Nathan Deal, a Republican, signed a criminal justice reform bill that lifted the ban on food stamps for drug felons in Georgia. Alaska followed suit in July, although applicants must prove they are complying with parole and are in treatment for substance abuse. And in Delaware, a bill to lift cash assistance restrictions for drug felons passed out of committee in June. The legislative session ended before the bill could be put to a vote. Wiltz, TeresaWalker County MessengerDrugnews - Georgia2016-08-16US GA: PUB LTE: GOP Will Guarantee Clinton Win In Nov.
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Atlanta Journal-Constitution, 22 Jul 2016 - The GOP's rejection of medical marijuana shows just how out of touch the party really is. They're a half-century behind the times. How can they possibly think they have a viable political platform? It's just another reason why they will guarantee Hillary Clinton's election. Varn, DonaldAtlanta Journal-ConstitutionDrugnews - Georgia2016-07-25US GA: Medical Cannabis Resolution Overwhelmingly Approved
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Times-Herald, 24 Apr 2016 - Delegates at the Third District Republican Convention last weekend overwhelmingly voiced their support for the expansion of Georgia's laws on cannabis/marijuana-derived medicine, and for allowing the medicine to be produced in Georgia. A resolution supporting expanding the number of conditions that can be treated with oil containing cannabidiol (CBD), a component of marijuana, and in-state cultivation of cannabis used to make the oil, passed with very little opposition at the convention, held April 16 in Newnan. Campbell, Sarah FayTimes-HeraldDrugnews - Georgia2016-04-24US GA: Macon Lawyer Pleads Guilty In Federal Drug Case
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Macon Telegraph, 20 Apr 2016 - A Macon attorney admitted Wednesday she participated in a drug deal in the parking lot of a Church's Chicken restaurant on Hardeman Avenue, near Interstate 75 and downtown Macon, in June 2015. [name redacted], 36, pleaded guilty to possession of oxycodone and methamphetamine, with intent to distribute both drugs, during a hearing in U.S. District Court for the Middle District of Georgia. Womack, Amy LeighMacon TelegraphDrugnews - Georgia2016-04-20US GA: OPED: Government Power Invites Corruption
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Rome News-Tribune, 13 Apr 2016 - Sometimes the curtain is pulled aside, allowing us to see what's going on in the often-opaque worlds of government and finance. Such an occasion has been happening with what's being called the Panama Papers, released by the International Consortium of Investigative Journalists. It's going to take not months, but years, to wade through the estimated 11 million documents leaked from a Panamanian law firm that specializes in crafting tax shelters. But initial disclosures are both troubling and offer insight. "The documents reference 12 current or former world leaders, as well as 128 other politicians and public officials," CNN reported. Implicated, in particular, are associates of Russian President Vladimir Putin; FIFA, the global soccer governing body, 40 of whose officials were indicted in 2015 by the U.S. Justice Department on corruption charges; and Iceland's Prime Minister Sigmundur David Gunnlaugsson. Rome News-TribuneDrugnews - Georgia2016-04-14More Headlines
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