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Oregon County Decriminalizes Heroin, Meth and Shoplifting
District Attorney Mike Schrunk When criminal laws and justice are pushed to aside because of insufficient funds, should we start questioning the laws or those who enforce them? Multnomah County’s DA...
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Zach Galifianakis Smokes a Joint on Bill Maher’s Show (Video)
On last night’s Real Time with Bill Maher, the panel discussed the lack of Democratic support forCalifornia’s Proposition 19 (Regulate, Control and Tax Cannabis Act of 2010). “It’s a tricky thing,...
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Marijuana Industry Gets Lobbying Muscle
McClatchy reports that a new trade group called the National Cannabis Industry Association will lobby in Washington on behalf of marijuana growers and sellers. Is this the arrival of a savior in the...
View ArticlePat Robertson Says Legalize Marijuana (Video)
Maybe Robertson realized that a substantial portion of his audience consists of insomniac potheads. Amen, Preacher. Pass the doobies like collection plates. From LA Times blog: The Rev. Dr. Pat...
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Why Legalizing Drugs — All of Them — Is the Only Forward Path For Black America
Interesting article from John McWhorter in the New Republic: This should change, as I have argued frequently over the past year (listen to part of a speech I did on this here). Of the countless reasons...
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The New Breed Of Pot Entrepreneurs
Welcome to a world in which suburban, big-box superstores sell all things marijuana-related. With pot nearly decriminalized in California, will the burgeoning retail chain weGrow become the Wal-Mart of...
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What Would Drug Legalization Look Like?
Suppose we decriminalized hard drugs — heroin, cocaine, and all the rest? The Indypendent ponders the scenario and how we could make it work: For heroin, says Eric Sterling, the conundrum is how much...
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NYPD Officers Defy Orders To End Marijuana Arrests
In short, New York City cops put 50,000 people behind bars last year for marijuana possession — even though the state decriminalized it in 1977 — and they refuse to stop. Via Raw Story: Police officers...
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The Criminalization of the Mentally Ill
David Gonzalez is the recipient of the 1999 NYAPRS Brendan Nugent Leadership Award, the first person with a mental illness to receive the National AAPD Paul G. Hearne Award for People with...
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Ten Years Of Legalization Has Cut Portugal’s Drug Abuse Rate In Half
Time to trade swords for plowshares in the War on Drugs? Forbes writes: Drug warriors often contend that drug use would skyrocket if we were to legalize or decriminalize drugs in the United States....
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UK’s Incredibly Unpopular Deputy Prime Minister Turns to Drugs
Picture: World Economic Council (CC) “Daniel-san, must talk. Walk on road, hm? Walk left side, safe. Walk right side, safe. Walk middle, sooner or later get squish just like grape. Here, karate, same...
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The National Disgrace Of Marijuana Possession Arrests
The New Inquiry, sociologist Harry Levine explains the terrible mechanics propelling apartheid-style law enforcement in America: Police arrest mostly young and low-income men for marijuana possession,...
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Obama Says That Legalizing Marijuana Is Not A Possibility
If only he would accept a phone call and advice from his old buddies in the Choom Gang. Talk Radio News Service reports: In a speech in Mexico City on Friday, President Obama shut the door on any...
View ArticleThe History of Decriminalizing Marijuana in Holland
Luke Rudkowski visits the Cannabis College in Amsterdam, Holland to learn more about the legislation regarding cannabis use in the Netherlands. Contrary to what many people think, cannabis, among with...
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For First Time, Majority Of Americans Favor Marijuana Legalization
Gallup on new poll results revealing a dangerous drop in the number of squares: For marijuana advocates, the last 12 months have been a period of unprecedented success as Washington and Colorado...
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Maryland Police Chief Cited Satirical “Mass Marijuana Deaths” News Story In...
Via Reason, the evidence presented to the Maryland State Senate against legalizing marijuana earlier this year was a DailyCurrant.com joke article informing that 37 people had overdosed and died on the...
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World Leaders Call For End of Criminalization of Drug Use
Today in New York City, the former presidents of Brazil, Chile, Colombia, Mexico, Poland, Portugal and Switzerland join with Kofi Annan and others to call for the end of drug criminalization. They are...
View ArticleMarijuana Industry Gets Lobbying Muscle
McClatchy reports that a new trade group called the National Cannabis Industry Association will lobby in Washington on behalf of marijuana growers and sellers. Is this the arrival of a savior in... The...
View ArticlePat Robertson Says Legalize Marijuana (Video)
Maybe Robertson realized that a substantial portion of his audience consists of insomniac potheads. Amen, Preacher. Pass the doobies like collection plates. From LA Times blog: The post Pat Robertson...
View ArticleWhy Legalizing Drugs — All of Them — Is the Only Forward Path For Black America
Interesting article from John McWhorter in the New Republic: This should change, as I have argued frequently over the past year (listen to part of a speech I did on this here).... The post Why...
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