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Newsby Staff WriterSeptember 7, 2016

Legal Weed States Have Trouble Defining "High" Driving

It turns out, measuring a person's THC is actually a poor indicator of intoxication. Unlike alcohol, THC gets stored in your fat cells, and isn't water-soluble like alcohol, says Thomas Marcotte, co-director of The Center for Medicinal Cannabis Research at the University of California, San Diego.

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Newsby Staff WriterAugust 23, 2016

California Crime Measure Results in 52,000 Fewer Arrests, Crime Rate Rising

Recent state Department of Justice statistics show the number of felony arrests plummeted 28.5 percent last year, while misdemeanor arrests rose about 9 percent over 2014. That resulted in 52,000 fewer arrests overall and the lowest arrest rate since record-keeping began in 1960.

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Newsby Staff WriterAugust 11, 2016

DEA Says "No" to Loosening Marijuana Restrictions

The gap between permissive state laws and a restrictive federal policy has become increasingly untenable in the minds of many doctors, patients, researchers, business owners, and legislators.

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Newsby Staff WriterJune 2, 2016

Video: Deputies Rammed by Suspect Justified In Opening Fire During Drug Sting

Centeno started the car and rammed the Cave Springs officer's truck, causing the officer to fall to the ground. The suspect then swerved the car toward the deputy who told him to show his hands and continued to swerve until he struck the deputy.

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Newsby Staff WriterMay 16, 2016

FBI Finds $2.3 million Linked to Drug Ring in House Near Disneyland

About a block from Disneyland, federal agents seized $2.3 million in cash that allegedly came from a drug-trafficking and money-laundering group with links to the hometown of the notorious drug lord Joaquin "El Chapo" Guzman, authorities said.

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Newsby Staff WriterMay 10, 2016

Chicago Police Making Fewest Drug Arrests in Decades

Chicago Police are on pace to make 13,000 narcotics arrests by year’s end. That would be the smallest annual tally since 1973, two years after President Richard Nixon declared a national war on drugs.

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Newsby Staff WriterApril 1, 2016

Feds Arrest Hundreds of Gang Members in 'Project Shadowfire' Raids

More than 900 people associated with gangs like MS-13 and the Bloods were arrested across the country as part of a five-week U.S. Immigration and Customs Enforcement-led operation

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Newsby Staff WriterApril 1, 2016

Video: Undercover Alabama Officer, Suspect in Critical Condition After Shootout

The officer, who family members say was shot in the leg and lower abdomen, went into surgery this morning to have part of his lower intestine removed.

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Newsby Staff WriterMarch 20, 2016

Indiana Deputy Killed in Mobile Home Shootout

A Howard County, IN, deputy was fatally shot while serving a warrant early Sunday morning, according to Indiana State Police.

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Newsby Staff WriterMarch 14, 2016

Video: South Carolina Officer Shot Serving Warrant, 2 in Custody

A man wanted on drug charges is accused of shooting a Woodruff, SC, police officer while the officer was serving an arrest warrant.

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