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Federal Court Prohibits Feds from Prosecuting Medical Marijuana Cases
A federal court ruled Tuesday that the Department of Justice cannot pay to prosecute people who are in compliance with state medical marijuana laws.
Post-Dispatch: DEA’s Failure to Reclassify Marijuana Tantamount to ‘Reefer Madness’
Drug Enforcement Administration officials must be smoking something if they actually believe that heroin and marijuana deserve to be listed in the same category as controlled substances posing extreme dangers to public health.
FBI Field Office in White Plains, NY, Moving to Nearby Rye with More Employees
The FBI field office in White Plains, New York, is moving to a larger space in nearby Rye to make room for more personnel.
Engineer Charged with Nuclear Espionage Claims FBI Tricked Him into an Interview
The FBI says Szuhsiung “Allen” Ho is the first person in the U.S. to be charged with nuclear espionage involving China.
Drug-Sniffing Border Patrol Dogs Help Find Nearly 100 Pounds of Meth
Drug-sniffing dugs for the Border Patrol alerted agents to a massive amount of methamphetamine over the weekend near the El Centro Sector.
Washington Post: More Research Needed to Reclassify Marijuana
The Drug Enforcement Administration made headlines last week for sticking to the status quo: The agency declined to change marijuana’s classification under the Controlled Substances Act to a lower, less strictly regulated schedule.
ATF Offers $10K Reward After 8 Milwaukee Businesses Were Set Ablaze
The ATF is offering a $10,000 reward for information leading to the capture and conviction of arsonists who set fire to eight Milwaukee businesses during an uprising over the weekend.
Parker: DEA Passes on Opportunity to Bring Rationality to Hemp Laws
Ross Parker was chief of the criminal division in the U.S. Attorney’s Office in Detroit for 8 years and worked as an AUSA for 28 in that office. He is the author of the book “Carving Out the Rule of Law: The History of the United States Attorney’s Office in Eastern Michigan 1815–2008″. By Ross…