In November of 2016, I discussed a then new report indicating that “at least 100,000 people in America each year plead guilty to drug charges supported by police-conducted drug field tests that do not reliably indicate whether a substance tested is an illegal drug.” This problem has persisted in the years since, as I have addressed in reports in January of 2019 on the continuing use of the faulty tests to justify arrests and in October of 2021 on the faulty tests also being used in jails and prisons as a reason to impose enhanced restrictions on inmates.
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George Washington University Law School Professor Jonathan Turley provides in his new editorial at The Messenger an informed rebuke of the Colorado Supreme Court’s Tuesday ruling barring the name of Donald Trump, the far ahead leader in the race for the Republican presidential nomination, from the Republican primary ballot in Colorado and even preventing the counting of write-in votes for him in the state. In reaching its decision, Turley assesses that “the Colorado Supreme Court steered off the constitutional map” and “put this country on one of the most dangerous paths in its history.”
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A Pantry Full of Marijuana
Colorado Governor Jared Polis signed into law on Thursday legislation that doubles to two ounces the amount of marijuana individuals age 21 and older may legally possess in the state. This is a welcome expansion of respect for the freedom of people in Colorado.