Winnable Issues, Take Two

Back at the end of 2006 I posted an item about the need to focus on "winnable" areas of drug law and policy and to push actively for change in those areas. In response, both in the comments to the post and.

The Associated Press notes that Measure B was passed by voters in Medocino County yesterday, repealing a measure that set fairly liberal quantity limits on the amount of marijuana a medical marijuana patient can grow under state law. The reporter includes no.

Over at the California Policy Report, Frank Russo notes a tension between California Governor Arnold Schwarzenegger'sstated position on "the will of the voters" as expressed through initiatives and his approach to Prop. 36, the California initiative that allows first- and second-time nonviolent.

As reported by Chris Herring over at the Wall Street Journal Law Blog, the trial of former Bear Stearns hedge fund managers Matthew Tannin and Ralph Cioffi is scheduled to commence next Monday. And now the government has obtained Tannin’s e-mails from his private Google.

  The jumping off point is a long article published in the LA Times today (4/1/07) on Prop. 36, the 2000 California initiative that allows first- and second-time nonviolent drug offenders to be  sentenced to drug treatment rather than incarceration. The article.

When Joe Lanier pulled his work truck over to check on customer orders, he didn't think he wouldn't be driving the vehicle away. Lanier, 24, of Detroit and an exterminator was approached by a teenager who put a gun up to the.

A curious case on Prop. 36 out of the California Third District Court of Appeal today: People v. Hartley , C053925. The appellants in this case were on Prop. 36 probation in Yolo County, on their way to successful completion of the program..

Pharmaceutical giant Pfizer, inc., will pay $2.3 billion to the Federal government and 49 States to settle allegations that it violated federal regulations in promoting several drugs, as reported by the Atlanta Journal-Constitution. The settlement is the largest in U.S. history to date.

A 24-year-old man was shot last week by two officers of the Metro Police, as he attacked them with a wrench and a screwdriver. The incident was revealed on Wednesday by the Metro Police through a video captured by a body camera..

The first anniversary of the Michael Brown shooting brought with it a string of protests and arrests. However the violence that sparked outrage over the weekend was not repeated. No bullets were fired, no theft or vandalism was committed and peace was.