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Sunday, October 23, 2016

News from The War on Drugs

1) "On September 21st, as part of a six-target raid using "military-type" helicopters by the Massachusetts State Police and the National Guard, drug warriors halted the criminal enterprise of Margaret Holcomb, 81, of Amherst, seizing the one and only marijuana plant in her yard that she had planned to harvest soon for relief of her arthritis and glaucoma." [Daily Hampshire Gazette, 9-30-2016]

2) "In September, police in Thurmont, Md., announced the culmination of a two-month-long undercover drug operation at the Burger King with two arrests and a total seizure of 5 grams of marijuana and two morphine pills." [Frederick News-Post, 9-28-2016]

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