Drug Laws

The Despicable Act of Paying for Prisoners!

Russell Simmons | Posted 05.24.2012

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Russell Simmons

This is a new America. An America that believes that drug addiction is a disease and not a crime. We will no longer subject ourselves to the old ways of destruction. We will fight for a fair justice system that uplifts our people from the drug war devastation of the past 39 years.

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Radley Balko

Strict Meth Laws Hurt Consumers, Have Little Effect on Meth Supply

HuffingtonPost.com | Radley Balko | Posted 02.21.2012

Read More: Drug Prohibition, Meth, Video, Cold Medicine, Meth Labs, Meth Laws, Drug War, Pfizer, Henry Waxman, Dea, Pseudoephedrine, Drug Laws, Oregon, Politics News

Since 2006, the state of Oregon has had the strictest pseudoephedrine laws in the country. The popular decongestant, a common additive to over-the-cou...

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Medical Marijuana Grower Gets 6 Years In Prison

Posted 02.13.2012

Read More: Marijuana, Colorado Medical Marijuana, Illinois Marijuana, Ryan Bailey, Drug Laws, Chicago Crime, Medical Marijuana Grower Sentenced, Ryan Bailey Sentenced, Chicago Police Department, Ryan Bailey Medical Marijuana, Chicago News

A medical marijuana grower who was caught with dozens of pounds of weed in Chicago was sentenced to six years in prison Friday. Ryan Bailey, 29, w...

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Fake Medical Marijuana Shop Sold Much More Than Pot

Posted 01.04.2012

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Peter Mattaroo and Kristine Bauer, a Colorado Springs couple, have been arrested after police say they discovered an unlicensed medical marijuana disp...

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Congress on Speed: Partisan Conflict Led to Many Problems in 1986 Drug Law

Eric E. Sterling | Posted 01.01.2012

Read More: War on Drugs, Drug Policy, Drug Laws, Drug-Free Schools Program, 1986 Drug Law, Crime News
Eric E. Sterling

If Congress were functioning properly, it would take the time to consider the many potential improvements in drug policy that could save lives by preventing overdose, reducing the spread of HIV, and lessening violence, preventing crime, and saving money.

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Republican Presidential Candidate: Politicians Won't 'Speak The Truth' On Marijuana

The Huffington Post | Luke Johnson | Posted 12.18.2011

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Republican presidential candidate Gary Johnson is baffled that more politicians don't support legalizing marijuana, after a new Gallup poll shows that...

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Man Busted For Smoking Pot In Drive-Thru, With Cop Behind Him

Posted 08.14.2011

Read More: Jose S. Barrera, Marijuana, Drive-Thru, Chicago, McDonald's, Elgin, Drugs, Pot, Drug Laws, Chicago News

An Elgin man was arrested early Monday for possession of marijuana after he allegedly lit up while waiting, just in front of a police car, in the driv...

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Program Supervising Illegal Drug Use Successfully Cut Overdose Rates

Posted 06.18.2011

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North America's only sanctioned facility for injection of illegal drugs has cut overdose deaths and should be used as a model in other cities, accor...

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Time for Change

Amanda Feilding | Posted 05.25.2011

Read More: Mexico Drug War, Drug War, Juan Manuel Santos, Drugs, War on Drugs, Coca, Drug Laws, Drug Policy, Drug Policy Reform, Politics News
Amanda Feilding

The War on Drugs has failed. According to all available indices, it is no longer defendable.

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Treatment Is Gaining Favor, But There's Still Work To Be Done

Howard Meitiner | Posted 05.25.2011

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Howard Meitiner

I'm saying that sending a non-violent individual to prison for drug possession accomplishes the exact opposite of our goal: it turns that individual into a criminal.

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Lucia Graves

Arizona Probation Officer Fired For Supporting Marijuana Legalization

HuffingtonPost.com | Lucia Graves | Posted 05.25.2011

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WASHINGTON -- Less than two months after signing a letter calling for the legalization, taxation, and regulation of marijuana, Joe Miller was terminat...

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Lucia Graves

Border Patrol Agent Fired For Views On Drug Legalization Files Lawsuit

HuffingtonPost.com | Lucia Graves | Posted 05.25.2011

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In September of 2009, border patrol agent Bryan Gonzalez was fired for expressing his views on drug legalization to a fellow agent. Now, the American ...

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Howard Arenstein ARRESTED: Marijuana Charges For CBS Radio News Reporter & Wife Orly Azoulay

AP | NAFEESA SYEED | Posted 05.25.2011

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WASHINGTON — CBS Radio News correspondent Howard Arenstein has been arrested on marijuana charges in Washington. D.C. police spokesman Lt. Nich...

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Ryan Grim

'Just Say Now': Left-Right Coalition Launches Campaign To Legalize Pot

HuffingtonPost.com | Ryan Grim | Posted 05.25.2011

Read More: Just Say Now, Midterm Election, California, Ballot Initiative, Marijuana, 2010 Election, Medical Marijuana, Nevada, Arizona, Pot, Libertarianism, Drug Laws, South Dakota, Leagalize, Oregon, Colorado, Video, Politics News

A transpartisan coalition of prosecutors, judges, cops, students, bloggers and political operatives on both sides of the aisle launched a campaign Tue...

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Sarah Palin, Marijuana Law Reformer? Nevada Group Hopes $25,000 Convinces Palin To Back Reform Of Marijuana Laws

Posted 05.25.2011

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Could Sarah Palin become the highest profile conservative to endorse reforms to the nation's marijuana laws? She clearly has no problem with legaliz...

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VA Docs Prohibited From Recommending Medical Marijuana to Returning Vets

Bob Kerrey | Posted 05.25.2011

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Bob Kerrey

At minimum, the VA should be actively studying whether cannabis and its unique chemical ingredients can be used to reduce post-combat trauma without contributing to drug dependency.

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CA Marijuana Legalization Initiative to Qualify for Ballot Today

Stephen Gutwillig | Posted 05.25.2011

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Stephen Gutwillig

Today, an initiative that would legalize personal marijuana possession and allow regulated sales of marijuana to adults will qualify for California's November general election ballot.

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Drug Laws and Policies: Nothing About Us Without US

Howard Josepher | Posted 05.25.2011

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Howard Josepher

Recently, two hundred recovering individuals came together in Albany, NY to tell their elected officials that drug laws and policies should be made with the input of recovering people.

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Pot Legalization Gains Momentum In California

AP | MARCUS WOHLSEN | Posted 05.25.2011

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SAN FRANCISCO — Marijuana advocates are gathering signatures to get as many as three pot-legalization measures on the ballot in 2010 in Californ...

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Turning the Corner on Drug Law Reform

Norm Stamper | Posted 05.25.2011

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Norm Stamper

Australians are acutely aware that the U.S. is and has been since 1971 the chest-thumping, fist-banging four-star general in the global war on drugs. Their willingness to stand up to our bullying ways is growing.

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Support For Legalizing Marijuana Grows Rapidly Around US

Washington Post | Karl Vick | Posted 05.25.2011

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The shift is widely described as generational. A Gallup poll in October found 44 percent of Americans favor full legalization of marijuana -- a rise o...

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Honduras: Who's The Real Drug Trafficker?

Nikolas Kozloff | Posted 05.25.2011

Read More: Honduras Coup, Drug War, Manuel Zelaya, Chile, Drug Trafficking, Honduran, Barack Obama, Operation Thunder, Cape Horn, Intervention, Argentina, Honduras, Inter-American Court on Human Rights, Gangs, Drug Laws, World News
Nikolas Kozloff

In December 2008, just months before Manuel Zelaya was ousted from power by the Honduran military, he wrote Barack Obama and complained of U.S. "interventionism."

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Ryan Grim

FBI Report: One Drug Arrest Made Every 18 Seconds

HuffingtonPost.com | Ryan Grim | Posted 05.25.2011

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Someone is arrested in the United States for a drug-law violation every 18 seconds, an FBI report released Monday shows. More than four-fifths of th...

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Quinn Not Opposed To Marijuana Decriminalization Laws

Chicago Public Radio | Travis Truitt | Posted 05.25.2011

Read More: Marijuana Decriminalization, Pat Quinn, Marijuana, Cook County Marijuana, Pat Quinn Marijuana, Drug Laws, Illinois Marijuana Decriminalization, Chicago News

Illinois Governor Pat Quinn says he's open to local efforts to decriminalize marijuana....

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A Roast to Prohibition (VIDEO)

Ross Hyzer | Posted 05.25.2011

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Ross Hyzer

Last week, to the delighted huzzahs of Government Mule fans the world over, Rep. Barney Frank introduced two pieces of marijuana-related legislation.

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