Drug Reform

Capitol Hemp Is Closing Doors In Deal With Prosecutors

The Huffington Post | Arin Greenwood | Posted 04.10.2012

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WASHINGTON -- It's official: Capitol Hemp is closing its doors, as part of a deal made with federal prosecutors. Adam Eidinger, co-owner of Capito...

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U.S. Drug Policies Are a Crime Against Humanity

Jared Moffat | Posted 05.09.2012

Read More: Medical Marijuana, Drug Reform, Drugs, Drug War, Drug Law Reform, College News

For more than 40 years now, the war on drugs has failed in its mission. We are currently in the longest and most destructive war in American history, and yet no one seems to want to talk about it.

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4/20: Time to Have Fun -- And to End Marijuana Prohibition!

Tony Newman | Posted 06.19.2011

Read More: Drug Prohibition, 4/20, President Nixon, Drug Policy Alliance, War on Drugs, Legalize Marijuana, Marijuana, Drug Reform, Santa Cruz, Smoking, Richard Nixon, Pot, Drug Policy, Weed, Politics News

While many people associate marijuana with fun times, it also happens to be at the epicenter of a catastrophic war on drugs that is destroying as many lives as ever.

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Marijuana Trade Group Forms To Lobby Washington

New York Times | DAN FROSCH | Posted 05.25.2011

Read More: Marijuana Decriminalization, Medical Marijuana, Drug Reform, Marijuana, Politics News

Now, flush with financial clout, and with their eyes on pushing Congress to further loosen laws, medical marijuana industry leaders are forming a nati...

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Pro-Pot Advocates Hopeful To Repeal California Ban In 2012

Politics Daily | Posted 05.25.2011

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Despite last week's defeat in California of Proposition 19, which would have legalized recreational marijuana, supporters of the ballot initiative are...

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Galileo 2010

Michael Carmichael | Posted 05.25.2011

Read More: Drug Reform, Cannabis, Papacy, Drug War, Marijuana, Galileo, Amanda Feilding, Copernicus, Drugs, Lady Neidpath, War on Drugs, Lsd, Les Iversen, World News

Today in Britain, the tabloids are unfolding over yet another case of scientific inquisition. In the Information Age, the Tabloid Editor has replaced the Papal Inquisitor.

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David Paterson Does the Right Thing and Drops the Rock

Anthony Papa | Posted 05.25.2011

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Having felt the sting of the Rockefeller laws firsthand -- serving 12 years under a 15-years-to-life sentence -- I understand the full meaning of the reforms that went into effect today.

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Rockefeller Drug Law Reforms Go Into Effect

Eric T. Schneiderman | Posted 05.25.2011

Read More: Rockefeller, Rockefeller Drug Laws, Judicial Discretion, Criminal Justice, Drug Sentencing, Drug Reform, War on Drugs, New York News

For all the (fair) criticism of Albany's dysfunction, our state government did get something right this year. The drug law reforms go into effect today.

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Being Tough on Crime: Not a Winner in New York City DA's Race

Anthony Papa | Posted 05.25.2011

Read More: Rockefeller Drug Laws, Cy Vance Jr., Death Penalty, Leslie Crocker Snyder, Manhattan District Attorney, Jim Webb, Drug Reform, New York News

If Cy Vance adopts a balanced approach to justice that incorporates compassion, he will go a long way. As for Judge Snyder, I bid her farewell and I wish her ride on a slow boat to China is a good one.

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Nature Versus Narco

Wallace J Nichols | Posted 05.25.2011

Read More: Drug Reform, Mexico, Drugs, Drugs Environment, Mexico Drug War, Drug Policy, Green News

The production, processing and trafficking of narcotics are slowly and quietly wreaking havoc on nature and undermining environmental conservation from Colombia to British Columbia.

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International Narcotics Control Board Reaffirms its Shameful Commitment to Politics over Science

Ethan Nadelmann | Posted 05.25.2011

Read More: Latin American Commission on Drugs and Democracy, Latin American Commission on Drugs, Drug Policy Alliance, International Narcotics Control Board, Drug War, Ethan Nadelmann, United Nations, Drug Prohibition, Drug Trade, Drug Trafficking, Drug Reform, Narco-Trafficking, Incb, Politics News

The INCB boldly reaffirmed its shameful commitment to politics over science as well as its shocking indifference to the failures and harmful consequences of the global drug prohibition regime.

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