By Paul Armentano, NORML Deputy Director Dogs trained to detect the presence of illegal drugs are most likely to provide false alerts in situations involving
BIRMINGHAM, MICHIGAN- A former law enforcement officer told a Michigan radio program that “marijuana users do not cause trouble” and enacting legalization of marijuana could
Minnesota Representative Carly Melin has been trying to bring medical marijuana to her state. When she set out to achieve this goal, she assumed that
On December 19, 2013 the Burleson County Sheriffs Office executed a search warrant on the home of Henry Goedrich Magee. One of the officers that
Office of National Drug Control Policy Deputy Director Michael Botticelli testified about the Obama administration’s marijuana policy to the House Committee on Oversight and Government
By Phillip Smith Criticism is mounting over reported remarks last week of DEA chief Michele Leonhart in a speech to the Major Counties Sheriffs Association.
By Phillip Smith Alexis Sanchez Agostini, who shot a member of the Puerto Rico Police Department’s Mayaguez Drugs division and then allegedly killed himself, becomes the
By John Payne The following review of Rise of the Warrior Cop: The Militarization of America’s Police Fores by Radley Balko appeared in The American Conservative on January 2. On
By Phillip Smith A San Diego man detained by the Border Patrol after being caught carrying three pounds of marijuana died in a holding cell
Founded on March 16, 2002, LEAP is a 501(c)3 nonprofit organization made up of current and former members of the law enforcement and criminal justice
In November, voters in Jackson, Michigan voted to pass a city ordinance that decriminalized possession of up to one ounce of marijuana. The ordinance applies to those
By Phillip Smith DEA and IRS agents backed up by Denver and other state and local law enforcement raided a number of Denver area medical
Have you seen someone using the device that is shown in the picture in the upper right hand corner of this article? If so, did
Missouri has one of the strongest chances of reforming marijuana laws in 2014 out of any of the states. I know it comes as a
I have always said that no one should have to go to jail for marijuana possession. There are real criminals out there that need to
OK, legal beagles, explain this one for me – how do Denver Cops legally justify seizing my less than one ounce of marijuana at the
It’s been a wild week for police officers and marijuana comments on Facebook. I recently wrote about a Missouri police officer that inferred marijuana activists
By John Payne The following is an open letter to Vice President of the Missouri Narcotics Officers Association Kevin Glaser. It was published on our blog on
Lawsuit Highlights Cruel Practices and Ineffectiveness of Undercover Narcotics Operations in Schools The parents of a 17-year-old special needs student arrested in an undercover police
I just read a very disturbing story out of Indiana. It appears that a fifth grade boy was bitten by a police dog while the
By Major Neill Franklin, Executive Director, Law Enforcement Against Prohibition We are thrilled to announce the launch of Law Enforcement Against Prohibition’s crowdfunding campaign, “Cops
GRAND RAPIDS- A criminal complaint lodged a week ago against 27 people alleged to have participated in a scheme to grow and distribute marijuana in
The FBI Uniform Crime Report for 2012 is in. Once again, police arrested almost 750 thousand marijuana consumers, sellers, and growers, despite the passage of legalization in
by Sabrina Fendrick, Director of Women’s Outreach In late 2012, a Riverside County, California police officer infiltrated a local high school, befriended a vulnerable, special
