“Weed isn’t addictive.” “I use it to calm down.” “Weed is good for you.” Most of us have heard these statements from someone who uses marijuana. Many students choose marijuana because they...
Royal Purple Staff Opinion
April 5, 2016
Epilepsy is a neurological disorder that can cause some people to have as many as 100 seizures in a single day, and it affects more than 450,000 children across...
April 22, 2015
Monday was April 20, the day popularly known for the celebration of marijuana. In just the past few years alone, the country has seen a growth in the legalization of marijuana, at first...
By Samantha Jacquest
A Walworth County judge reluctantly followed a plea agreement and on Tuesday sentenced former UW-Whitewater football standout Levell Coppage to four months in jail and...
UPDATE: Names have been released.
Wesley A. Vance, 20. Arrested at Cambridge Apartments, 375 Harmony Drive, for possession of THC with intent to deliver, possession of schedule II non-narcotic...
In 1971 President Richard Nixon declared a war on drugs, and U.S. taxpayers have been funding the campaign for more than 40 years. According to the Associated Press, spending for the Drug War in 2010 was $15.5 billion at the federal level.
Today the U.S. is the most highly incarcerated society in the world with 2.3 million Americans behind bars. About one-quarter of them are there for drug-related offenses.
UW-Whitewater student Javonni Butler charged with two counts of delivering THC, faces up to three years and six months in prison and a $10,000 fine for each count.
