Items tagged with US drug policy
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| Mayor Bloomberg makes a small step toward a rational policy on marijuana [19.02.2013] | In his final state of the city address as Mayor of New York, Michael Bloomberg, announced that anyone caught in possession of marijuana would no long ... |
| Colorado marijuana task force recommends allowing pot tourism [18.02.2013] | Members of a task force proposing regulations for recreational marijuana in Colorado approved recommendations that would allow for marijuana tourism ... |
| Obama drug czar: We will go after marijuana distributors in Wash. and Colo. [17.02.2013] | In an interview with Canadian news magazine Maclean’s, Gil Kerlikowske, President Obama’s Director of the Office of National Drug Control Policy, sta ... |
| New York City plans to stop booking, arraigning many low-level marijuana suspects [14.02.2013] | Many people arrested on low-level marijuana-possession charges in the nation’s largest city will no longer be booked and held hours for arraignment, ... |
| U.S. can proceed with plans to close Oakland pot shop, court says [14.02.2013] | A U.S. magistrate judge on Thursday sided with federal prosecutors in dismissing a lawsuit by the city of Oakland that challenged as illegal federal ... |
| Up in Smoke: Why the GOP’s Views on Pot are Showing Signs of a Shift [13.02.2013] | As the push to legalize pot migrates from the margins to the mainstream, it is mellowing some Republicans in the process. “If it was a secret ballot, ... |
| Doors swing open for advocates of marijuana legalization on Capitol Hill [11.02.2013] | Advocates for the legalization of marijuana plan to step up their political giving and lobbying efforts now that members of Congress are taking an in ... |
| Denver City Council to vote in April whether to opt out on marijuana [10.02.2013] | The Denver City Council will vote in April on whether the state's largest city will opt out of licensing recreational marijuana sales — a move that c ... |
| How the Latin American drug war will end [10.02.2013] | As the underlying rationale for the war on drugs falls apart, some may wonder whether Latin America is really prepared to push back against Washingto ... |
| The U.S. drug czar weighs in on Canada’s pot habit [10.02.2013] | Kerlikowske: "I think a patchwork of policies would create real difficulties. We still have federal law that places marijuana as being illegal. The a ... |
| Two letters expose rift over new pot law [06.02.2013] | A handful of legislators recently drew up a letter raising questions and concerns about the law, including whether it can be implemented by December ... |
| Pot plans: Efforts surge in Congress to reform marijuana laws [06.02.2013] | Driven by a groundswell of public opinion, Colorado and Washington State last November became the first states in the U.S. to legalize the recreation ... |
| California high court seems inclined to uphold bans on pot shops [06.02.2013] | The California Supreme Court appeared inclined to uphold municipal bans against medical marijuana dispensaries. Meeting for oral arguments, the state ... |
| Federal marijuana tax and regulate bills introduced in Congress [04.02.2013] | Members of Congress introduced bills to end marijuana prohibition and start regulating and taxing marijuana like alcohol at the federal level. Rep. J ... |
| Effort building to change US pot laws [03.02.2013] | An effort is building in Congress to change U.S. marijuana laws, including moves to legalize the industrial production of hemp and establish a hefty ... |
| Why we took cocaine out of soda [30.01.2013] | When cocaine and alcohol meet inside a person, they create a third unique drug called cocaethylene. Cocaethylene works like cocaine, but with more eu ... |
| WA officials: Challenges still exist on marijuana [28.01.2013] | Officials tasked with creating a regulated marijuana system in Washington state said they are moving forward with a timeline of issuing producer lice ... |
| Will States lead the way to legalizing marijuana nationwide? [27.01.2013] | While it seems unlikely that the federal government will make much of an effort to arrest pot users in Colorado or Washington—Obama has said he has “ ... |
| The DEA's marijuana mistake [24.01.2013] | A pro-marijuana group lost its legal battle when a federal appellate court ruled that marijuana would remain a Schedule I drug, defined as having no ... |
| Marijuana still a drug with no accepted medical use, court says [23.01.2013] | Marijuana will continue to be considered a highly dangerous drug under federal law with no accepted medical uses, after a U.S. appeals court refused ... |
| Inslee: Wash. to keep moving forward on legal pot [21.01.2013] | Washington Gov. Jay Inslee and Attorney General Bob Ferguson met with U.S. Attorney General Eric Holder on Tuesday, but came away no further enlighte ... |
| Strict pot controls needed, state says [20.01.2013] | Washington State officials are looking to build a strictly regulated marijuana system that could forestall federal concerns about how the drug will b ... |
| Bill to legalize marijuana introduced in legislature [18.01.2013] | Hawaii could join Colorado and Washington as states that have legalized the use of marijuana by adults, under a measure introduced by state House Spe ... |
| Legalization's biggest enemies [16.01.2013] | The biggest immediate threat to legalization in Washington and Colorado is the federal government, but even the feds might be hard-pressed to stomp o ... |
| Major victory for President Morales: UN accepts “coca leaf chewing” in Bolivia [14.01.2013] | Bolivia will again belong to the 1961 Single Convention on Narcotic Drugs after its bid to rejoin with a reservation that it does not accept the trea ... |
| In California, it’s U.S. vs. State over marijuana [12.01.2013] | In a case that highlights the growing clash between the federal government and those states that have legalized marijuana for medical or recreational ... |
| The condemned coca leaf [12.01.2013] | Last week, the United Nations voted on an appeal by Bolivia to amend the international treaty that prohibits the chewing of coca leaf. Bolivia won a ... |
| Pot sub-panel only scratches surface in first meeting [12.01.2013] | Although they didn't make any clear decisions, the Local Authority and Control Working Group meeting started to address many questions and concerns t ... |
| Bolivia wins a rightful victory on the coca leaf [11.01.2013] | Today the Plurinational State of Bolivia can celebrate a rightful victory, as the country can become formally a party again to the 1961 Single Conven ... |
| Marijuana legalization, taxation supported by majority in Hawaii: Poll [10.01.2013] | The results of a survey commissioned by the Drug Policy Action Group shows 57 percent of respondents in favor of legalizing, taxing and regulating ma ... |
| Will Obama's 'war on weed' really ride roughshod over American voters? [10.01.2013] | The cry of "states' rights" is not often associated with progressive causes, but with the "war on drugs" comprehensively declared a $1tn failure by t ... |
| Why marijuana should be legal for adults [08.01.2013] | Forget the antiquated dogma and judge pot prohibition on its own merits. If you still believe that cannabis should be illegal, then you must logicall ... |
| Judge in San Francisco lets biggest medical pot shop stay open [08.01.2013] | A federal magistrate judge ruled that a medical-marijuana dispensary that bills itself as the world's largest can continue to operate, at least for n ... |
| U.S. marijuana laws ricochet through Latin America [06.01.2013] | Leaders from across Latin America responded within days of the Colorado and Washington vote, demanding a review of drug-war policies that have mired ... |
| Groups seek to influence new rules for growing, selling pot [05.01.2013] | The Washington state Liquor Control Board (LCB), charged with launching the world's first regulated marijuana market for social use, expects to begin ... |
| Rocky Mountain high: Pot a $200M industry in Colorado [04.01.2013] | Vigorous regulation of a thriving medical-marijuana industry in Colorado offers the best glimpse of what is coming to Washington when it launches its ... |
| Mexico considers marijuana legalization after ballot wins in U.S. [04.01.2013] | The success of legalization initiatives in Colorado and Washington has sparked a new conversation in a nation that is one of the world's top marijuan ... |
| Objections to Bolivia's reservation to allow coca chewing in the UN conventions [03.01.2013] | Sweden joined the United States and the United Kingdom in objecting to the re-accession of Bolivia to the 1961 UN Single Convention on Narcotic Drugs ... |
| Racism's hidden history in the war on drugs [02.01.2013] | The first anti-drug law in the US was a local law in San Francisco passed in 1875, outlawing the smoking of opium and directed at the Chinese. Mariju ... |
| Pro-marijuana campaign looks ahead after 2012 victories [29.12.2012] | After a decades-long campaign to legalize marijuana hit a high mark in 2012 with victories in Washington state and Colorado, its energized and deep-p ... |
| Parts of Colorado's pot legalization strategy exported to other states [29.12.2012] | The sequential strategy will look familiar to Coloradans: first, pass a medical-marijuana law; then put dispensaries in place; then go for recreation ... |
| Reefer Madness Revisited [20.12.2012] | Rob Kampia, co-founder and executive director of the Marijuana Policy Project (MPP), has co-authored most of the medical marijuana laws on the books. ... |
| Marijuana, not yet legal for Californians, might as well be [19.12.2012] | Let Colorado and Washington be the marijuana trailblazers. Let them struggle with the messy details of what it means to actually legalize the drug. M ... |
| Battle over nation's largest pot dispensary heads to U.S. court [18.12.2012] | A showdown over the fate of the country's largest medical marijuana dispensary heads to federal court, and the outcome could hint at what lies ahead ... |
| The next seven states to legalize pot [18.12.2012] | By legalizing marijuana through direct democracy, Colorado and Washington have fundamentally changed the national conversation about cannabis. As man ... |
| Task force created to regulate legalized marijuana in Colorado [16.12.2012] | It has been a little over a month since Coloradans approved a groundbreaking law legalizing small amounts of marijuana for recreational use. Now that ... |
| President's pot comments prompt call for policy [14.12.2012] | President Barack Obama says he won't go after pot users in Colorado and Washington, two states that just legalized the drug for recreational use. But ... |
| Federal government should allow states to sanction marijuana businesses [14.12.2012] | President Obama’s statement of tolerance toward legalized marijuana is welcome. The real question is not whether federal agents will go after users. ... |
| Marijuana not high Obama priority [14.12.2012] | President Obama says recreational users of marijuana in states that have legalized the substance should not be a "top priority" of federal law enforc ... |
| Recreational marijuana should not be top federal priority: Obama [14.12.2012] | In an interview with ABC News President Barack Obama said federal authorities should not target recreational marijuana use in two Western states wher ... |
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