Oakland Fights the DEA- Oaksterdam Raid

Oakland Fights the DEA- Oaksterdam Raid – Oakland residents took to the streets this morning to express themselves on the issue of the recent Oaksterdam University raid. The school was just one of many things being shut down this morning, and the residents are not happy about it.

Oakland man sentenced to death in 2005 triple slaying

Filed under: Drug Use Oakland

An Oakland man proclaimed his innocence Friday shortly before he was sentenced to the death penalty for murdering three people in a shooting in 2005 and killing a fourth person in 1997. … He said Mills killed Gardner because he was a rival drug dealer.
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Through the eyes of a teacher: A student's story

Filed under: Drug Use Oakland

This is an excerpt from an ongoing blog about 21-year-old Lam Vo, a former student of Oakland Voices correspondent Debora Gordon. … Read Sabirah Mustafa's piece on Michael Gibson, a former drug dealer turned program director and youth mentor.
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Will California Be The Next State To Legalize Marijuana?

Filed under: Drug Use Oakland

"There is no doubt in my mind that we will see an initiative on the ballot either in 2014 or 2016," said Steve DeAngelo, co-founder and executive director of Oakland's Harborside Health Center, the country's largest medical marijuana dispensary. "The …
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