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August 17, 2012 - By Tommy McDonald

Here are the top drug policy news stories for the week of August 13, 2012:

Alternet 8/13/12
Why Are No Women Celebrity Stoners Willing to Come Out of the Greenhouse?

EastBayExpress 8/14/12
Update: Should Facebook Be Censoring Marijuana Law Reform Ads?

The Atlantic 8/17/12
How Falling Cocoa Prices Are Messing With Colombia's Drug Wars

LA Times 8/16/12
Facing orders to close, L.A. pot shop owners vow to overturn ban

Newsday 8/16/12
Filler: Medical heroin? We already have it

NBC 8/14/12
Marijuana Not Top U.S. Cash Crop: Book

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