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Sixty-six people died of a heroin dose in 2011, up from 50 in 2010. Last week alone, seven people succumbed to the drug in Cowlitz County alone. Last month, another seven died in King County over a three day period. Heroin is cheap and in demand, but there’s another drug that could be quite popular if people only knew it existed. [read more..]

Last week, police ran up the stairs of an apartment building, donned with MP5 submachine guns. Holding a battering ram, they pounded on the door of 50 year old Will Laudanski. The disabled veteran was tying his robe and reaching to open the door when the police pushed past him in a rush. [read more..]

The Seattle Times is running a special report on the prevalence of illegal marijuana growing operations in the state’s Indian reservations. With about 8,000 square miles of the state set aside for the 29 federal recognized tribes, the reservations provide serious cover for large scale marijuana crops. [read more..]

Seattle 911 is a police blog ran online through the Seattle PI. This week they published an interesting question with an equally interesting answer—all about how Seattle cops view marijuana possession and enforcement. [read more..]

A recent state Supreme Court ruling has medical marijuana patients and advocates up in arms. The court determined that a doctor’s order for marijuana is not enough to keep a person from being arrested, that the right to possess the marijuana is something to be determined at trial. [read more..]