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http://www.mapinc.org/pix/xmlpower.gifUS: Neighbors Flinch At Pot Shops
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New York Times, 05 Jul 2018 - Finding a place to house a medical marijuana dispensary is rarely an easy task, but MariMed Advisors, which specializes in developing cannabis businesses, encountered especially aggressive pushback working for a client in Annapolis, Md., last year. The company reviewed several hundred potential locations for the client's proposed dispensary before finally finding one that met nearly every one of the strict requirements demanded by officials of Anne Arundel County. It had the proper zoning classification and the necessary road access. It was not within 1,000 feet of a school. And, as an added plus, the storefront was discreet, located below ground level and behind another building. Prevost, LisaNew York TimesCorruption - United States2018-07-05US NY: Legalize Pot In New York? A State Panel Says Yes
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Buffalo News, 18 Jun 2018 - ALBANY -- A Cuomo administration panel will recommend New York State legalize recreational use of marijuana, the state's health commissioner said Monday. But the long-awaited report by the group has still not been released as the State Legislature looks to end its 2018 session on Wednesday -- leaving action for this year on the matter all but impossible. Precious, TomBuffalo NewsCorruption - United States2018-06-18US MD: Baltimore Police Corruption Trial Reveals Deep Reach Of City's
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Baltimore Sun, 13 Feb 2018 - One target drove a Mercedes and lived in a waterfront condo on Boston Street; another was homeless, essentially living out of a storage unit where he kept his money balled up in a sock. One lived with his extended family in a house he bought with a lead poisoning settlement; yet another had a half-million-dollar home on two acres of land in Westminster. The circumstances of the people who were targeted for robbery by the Baltimore Police's Gun Trace Task Force ranged widely, according to witnesses in the federal trial of two of its former members. The sums allegedly taken went from three figures up to six. Marbella, JeanBaltimore SunCorruption - United States2018-02-13US PA: Feds: Philly Officer Sold Drugs Stolen By Corrupt Baltimore
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Philadelphia Daily News, 14 Nov 2017 - Federal agents arrested a Philadelphia police officer Tuesday, accusing him of conspiring with officers in Baltimore to sell cocaine and heroin seized from that city's streets. Prosecutors say that Eric Troy Snell, 33, earned thousands of dollars serving as a conduit between corrupt members of a Baltimore police task force who stole the drugs and his brother, who sold them in Philadelphia. Roebuck, JeremyPhiladelphia Daily NewsCorruption - United States2017-11-14US: Trump's Effort To Blame Obama For The Opioid Epidemic
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Washington Post, 11 Aug 2017 - "Federal drug prosecutions have gone down in recent years. We're going to be bringing them up and bringing them up rapidly. At the end of 2016, there were 23 percent fewer than in 2011. So they looked at this scourge and they let it go by, and we're not letting it go by." President Trump -- who two days after this briefing said he would declare the opioid epidemic to be a national emergency -- not so subtly tried to pin the blame on the Obama administration. "They looked at this scourge and they let it go by," the president said, citing statistics that federal drug prosecutions have declined 23 percent since 2011. Kessler, GlennWashington PostCorruption - United States2017-08-11US KS: We'll Never Be The Same
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The Ada Evening News, 29 Jul 2017 - Hydroponic Tomato Garden Inspired Police To Raid Family's Home WASHINGTON - The police report would claim it all kicked off at 7:38 a.m., but Bob Harte later thought it had to be earlier. His 7:20 a.m. alarm had just yanked him awake. Got to get the kids - a boy in seventh grade, a girl in kindergarten - ready for school. Then he heard, like a starter's pistol setting everything into motion, the first pounding on the front door of his home in Leawood, Kansas, a bedroom suburb south of Kansas City. It was thunderous. It didn't stop. Should I get up? Bob thought. Should I not? Sounded like the house was coming down, he would recall later. Swenson, KyleThe Ada Evening NewsCorruption - United States2017-08-01US: OPED: Striking The Right Balance On Asset Seizures
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Wall Street Journal, 27 Jul 2017 - A critical way of ensuring crime doesn't pay is for law enforcement to seize the proceeds of drug deals or other illegal activity. This process, called asset forfeiture, is a valued part of a comprehensive criminal-justice program, but proper oversight is needed to prevent abuse. Last week Attorney General Jeff Sessions restarted the longstanding practice, suspended by the Obama administration in 2015, of allowing state authorities to use federal forfeiture procedures. Mr. Sessions also introduced important safeguards to protect innocent people. Terwilliger, George J.Wall Street JournalCorruption - United States2017-07-27US: Column: The Crisis In Americaas Crime Labs
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Ottawa Sun, 16 Jul 2017 - Junk science endangers lives. Forensic junk science in the hands of overzealous prosecutors, ignorant police detectives and reckless experts threatens liberty. There is a crisis in America's government-run crime labs - and it's not just the result of a few rogue operators. The problem is long-festering and systemic. Malkin, MichelleOttawa SunCorruption - United States2017-07-17US FL: Desperate For Help, Heroin Addicts Get 'Hijacked' To Florida
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Philadelphia Daily News, 23 Jun 2017 - Alfred LubranoWest Chester addiction psychologist Drew Alikakos dials a number for a local addiction treatment center that he suspects has been illicitly re-routed to a Florida facility. His own phone number was "hijacked" in such a manner. Alfred Lubrano works for the enterprise team. Previously, he wrote about poverty, and before that, he was a feature writer and columnist. Lubrano, AlfredPhiladelphia Daily NewsCorruption - United States2017-06-23More Headlines
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