Items tagged with US drug policy
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| U.S. officials tell Tories war on drugs has failed [22.02.2012] | A high-profile group of current and former U.S. law enforcement officials has written to the Conservative government with a surprising message: Take ... |
| Interview: Guatemala president says drug war can’t be fought with arms [15.02.2012] | Guatemala’s first president with a military background in 25 years said Tuesday the drug war can’t be won with arms alone, and pledged that his admin ... |
| Guatemala president weighs drug legalization, blames US for not reducing consumption [14.02.2012] | U.S. inability to cut illegal drug consumption leaves Guatemala with no option but to consider legalizing the use and transport of drugs, President O ... |
| Medical marijuana distributors subject to federal prosecution despite state law [13.02.2012] | A Montana medical marijuana law does not shield cannabis dispensers from federal prosecution, a district court has ruled. The ruling will decrease th ... |
| Pills and progress [11.02.2012] | On a recent evening, some 50 people turned up for their weekly reckoning at Judge Joel Bennett’s drug court in Austin, Texas. Those who had had a goo ... |
| Marijuana legalization initiative set to go on Nov. ballot [09.02.2012] | An initiative seeking to legalize and regulate the recreational use of marijuana will be decided by voters. If passed, Initiative 502 would make Wash ... |
| California pot industry's next move: Ballot initiative for state regulation [06.02.2012] | A proposed ballot initiative aimed for the November elections begs a key question looming over California's medical marijuana industry: Can stricter ... |
| Hemp bill in Colorado legislature risks more headaches with feds [02.02.2012] | With a deadline looming at the end of this month in the most dramatic federal-state showdown yet in Colorado over marijuana, a state lawmaker has pro ... |
| Not That Kind of Smoke-Filled Room [01.02.2012] | Potheads had high hopes for President Obama’s Google+ hangout on Monday. The Web superpower had invited citizens to submit questions for the presiden ... |
| Marijuana Mouth Spray: Will It Be Abused? [31.01.2012] | The medical marijuana drug Sativex, which could be approved in the United States in the coming years as a treatment for pain relief, has little poten ... |
| Pot legalization efforts forge ahead in key U.S. states [31.01.2012] | Efforts to legalize marijuana for recreational use are gaining momentum in Washington state and Colorado, despite fierce opposition from the federal ... |
| Marijuana legalization measure certified [27.01.2012] | A measure to legalize the recreational use of marijuana in Washington State is likely to be on the November 2012 ballot, after the secretary of the s ... |
| Marijuana-based prescription drug looks toward FDA's approval [22.01.2012] | A quarter-century after the U.S. Food and Drug Administration approved the first prescription drugs based on the main psychoactive ingredient in mari ... |
| Rick Ross, '80s Crack Kingpin, Would Rather Have Sold Pot [11.01.2012] | A leading distributor of crack cocaine in the 1980s would have preferred to have been a pot dealer, but was unable to find enough supply, he told The ... |
| Peru replaces drug czar who de-emphasized coca plant eradication, saying it hurt poor growers [10.01.2012] | Peru’s government on Tuesday replaced its drug czar, whose refusal to endorse an all-out coca crop eradication effort put him at odds with the Cabine ... |
| Chewing over Khat prohibition [10.01.2012] | In the context of a fast changing and well documented market in legal highs, the case of khat (Catha edulis) provides an interesting anomaly. It is f ... |
| Many US communities are blocking medical marijuana [09.01.2012] | In California, with the nation's most permissive medical marijuana laws, 185 cities and counties have banned pot dispensaries entirely. In New Jersey ... |
| Handicapping Legalization in 2012 [04.01.2012] | Registered voters heading to the polls this fall for elections in Colorado, Washington, and perhaps California will have a chance to enact historic c ... |
| States say it's time to rethink medical marijuana [01.01.2012] | Medical marijuana advocates are hoping state governments can succeed where their efforts have failed by asking federal authorities to reclassify pot ... |
| Marijuana legalization initiative signatures in [29.12.2011] | Backers of an effort to legalize and regulate recreational marijuana use in Washington state submitted more than 340,000 signatures Thursday to try t ... |
| Colorado seeks new pot classification [28.12.2011] | Colorado has become the third state to ask the U.S. Drug Enforcement Administration to reclassify marijuana in a way that allows doctors to prescribe ... |
| To The Next Level: Marijuana Regulation in the US [22.12.2011] | The Hungarian Civil Liberties Union (HCLU) traveled to California and attended the International Drug Policy Reform Conference in LA to find out what ... |
| Latin American leaders fault U.S. drug users [19.12.2011] | Latin American leaders have joined together to condemn the U.S. government for soaring drug violence in their countries, blaming the United States fo ... |
| President Obama's puzzling silence on marijuana policy [17.12.2011] | The youth vote helped propel Barack Obama to the presidency, but that enthusiasm has declined sharply. One issue might reignite youthful enthusiasm: ... |
| Drug Policy in the Andes [15.12.2011] | Fifty years after signing the United Nations Single Convention on Narcotic Drugs and 40 years after the U.S. government declared a "war on drugs," ma ... |
| Deputies to stop harassing I-502 proponents [08.12.2011] | King County authorities and the Washington State Public Stadium Authority have agreed to stop harassing people collecting signatures outside the Seah ... |
| Should We Reschedule Marijuana? [07.12.2011] | Last week's request by Govs. Chris Gregoire and Rhode Island's Lincoln Chafee to have the federal government reclassify marijuana as medicine--which ... |
| Marijuana in California and Colorado: Highs and laws [03.12.2011] | While it is allowed in some form in 16 states and Washington, DC, Colorado is the leader in trying to make medicinal pot a legitimate business. It ha ... |
| Obama Drug Policy: Reforming the Criminal Justice System [02.12.2011] | The complexity and scale of our drug problem requires a nationwide effort to support smart drug policies that reduce drug use and its consequences. T ... |
| The politics of pot [01.12.2011] | Polls show overwhelming support for amending the laws. In fact, 50 percent of Americans—the largest portion ever recorded—now favor legalizing mariju ... |
| Wash. governor wants DEA to reclassify marijuana [30.11.2011] | Washington Gov. Chris Gregoire and Rhode Island Gov. Lincoln Chafee have filed a petition with the U.S. Drug Enforcement Administration asking the ag ... |
| Justices to Decide on Fairness in Drug Sentences [28.11.2011] | The Supreme Court agreed to resolve a question that has vexed the lower federal courts since Congress enacted a law to narrow the gap between sentenc ... |
| Polls, dispensary bans show Coloradans are split over possibly legalizing marijuana [26.11.2011] | As proponents of a ballot initiative to legalize marijuana near the deadline to turn in signatures, they face a puzzling picture of the electorate. A ... |
| Medical Marijuana Industry Is Unnerved by U.S. Crackdown [23.11.2011] | An intensifying federal crackdown on growers and sellers of state-authorized medical marijuana has badly shaken the billion-dollar industry, which ha ... |
| Former city Rep. Beto O'Rourke and city Rep. Susie Byrd's book offers new view on controlling pot market [21.11.2011] | Two prominent El Paso political leaders argue, in their new book, that the United States' war on drugs is not working despite a $1 trillion infusion ... |
| State's effort to legalize pot faces legal pitfalls [20.11.2011] | An effort to decriminalize and tax recreational marijuana sales for adults in Washington state has won some high-profile endorsements — including fro ... |
| Poll: Public supports medical marijuana, but not full pot legalization [18.11.2011] | According a recent CBS News poll conducted at the end of October, a slim majority of 51 percent continues to think that marijuana use should be illeg ... |
| Colorado's Marijuana 'Green Rush' [17.11.2011] | There are currently 16 states that allow some form of legalized medical marijuana, but only Colorado allows marijuana businesses to operate as such. ... |
| Will Marijuana Raids Be the New Normal if Pot-Legalizing I-502 Passes in Washington? [16.11.2011] | Cannabis-rights activists who oppose the marijuana-legalization initiative I-502 do so for many reasons, including the notion that should the bill pa ... |
| Pot measure is tough sell at cop conference [16.11.2011] | I-502 has about 230,000 signatures and almost certainly will qualify for the November 2012 ballot. If I-502 were to pass, the state Liquor Control Bo ... |
| Vet to Feds: Enough Stonewalling, Give Us Pot for PTSD [16.11.2011] | “My life went downhill from the moment I came back from Iraq,” Begin, now a 31-year-old veteran. “Doctors at Bethesda had me on so much, and on such ... |
| Cannabis crackdown threatens legal trade in 'medical marijuana' [14.11.2011] | The Internal Revenue Service, America's tax collecting agency, sent a letter demanding an initial $2.5 million in back taxes and characterised the Ha ... |
| California court rules cities, counties can ban pot stores [11.11.2011] | In a decision that could have immediate fallout for medical marijuana dispensaries, a state appeals court has ruled that California law allows cities ... |
| How the Plummeting Price of Cocaine Fueled the Nationwide Drop in Violent Crime [11.11.2011] | This contradicts one of the central tenets of the War on Drugs, which is that the psychopharmacological effects of drug use lead to criminal behavior ... |
| Sign Initiative 502 to put marijuana legalization before state Legislature [11.11.2011] | A former federal prosecutor and two former judges who have not only observed but also enforced marijuana laws at the federal, state and local levels ... |
| It's Only A Matter Of Time [08.11.2011] | GOP presidential candidate Gary Johnson drew headlines earlier this month when he said he would issue a full presidential pardon for anyone serving a ... |
| Reefer Madness [06.11.2011] | Marijuana is now legal under state law for medical purposes in 16 states and the District of Columbia, encompassing nearly one-third of the American ... |
| Lawsuits filed to block federal crackdown on medical marijuana dispensaries [04.11.2011] | Lawsuits were filed today in federal courts in Sacramento, San Francisco, Los Angeles and San Diego in a move to block efforts by U.S. attorneys to c ... |
| Integrative Medicine: Legalization and regulation of cannabis [04.11.2011] | The California Medical Association made news when it became the first state medical association to recommend the legalization and regulation of canna ... |
| Federal policy toward medical-pot businesses remains puzzling [04.11.2011] | Fifteen years after the first state legalized medical marijuana — and set up a confrontation with federal law that keeps cannabis illegal — federal l ... |
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