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Matt Sledge

Latin American Drug Report Envisions Legalization

HuffingtonPost.com | Matt Sledge | Posted 05.18.2013 | World
Read More: Marijuana Decriminalization, Drug Reform, Oas Report, Drug War, Juan Manuel Santos, Oas Drug Report, Marijuana Legalization, Uruguay Marijuana Legalization, Organization of American States, Drug Legalization, Report on the Drug Problem in the Americas, Latin-America-Drug-Legalization, World News

NEW YORK -- The Organization of American States on Friday released a report laying out a future in which more countries in the Western Hemisphere lega...

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The Year In Pot: Marijuana's Legislative Victories

Lucia Graves | Posted 04.20.2013 | Politics
Read More: 4/20, Year in Pot, Weed Legalization, Drug Reform, Video, Pot Victories, 4-20, Marijuana, 420, Colorado Legalization, Washington Marijuana, Medical Marijuana, Marijuana Legalization, Marijuana Arrest, Pot Legalization, Colorado Marijuana, Weed, Politics News

The past year has seen a tidal shift in the politics of marijuana, from Washington and Colorado's initiatives to tax and regulate pot like alcohol to...

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Matt Sledge

U.S. Drug Czar Rejects Pot Legalization

HuffingtonPost.com | Matt Sledge | Posted 04.17.2013 | Politics
Read More: Drug Reform, Gil Kerlikowske Drug Policy Reform, Drug War, Gil Kerlikowske, Drug Czar, Gil Kerlikowske Pot, War on Drugs, Drug Czar Marijuana, Gil Kerlikowske Legalization, Drug Policy Reform, Gil Kerlikowske Marijuana, Politics News

NEW YORK -- U.S. drug czar Gil Kerlikowske sought to portray the White House as a champion of drug policy reform on Wednesday, while staunchly opposin...

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Matt Sledge

Is The War On Drugs Nearing An End?

HuffingtonPost.com | Matt Sledge | Posted 04.08.2013 | Politics
Read More: Drug Reform, Legalize Pot, Mass Incarceration, Drug War, Pat Robertson Marijuana, War on Drugs, Pot Legalization, Colorado Marijuana, Colorado Pot, Weed, Drug Prohibition, Video, Rand Paul Marijuana, Obama War on Drugs, War on Drugs Ending, Washington Marijuana, Marijuana Legalization, Legalize Marijuana, Drug Legalization, Washington Pot, Politics News

NEW YORK -- For four decades, libertarians, civil rights activists and drug treatment experts have stood outside of the political mainstream in arguin...

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Towards the Regulation of the Cannabis Market: Where, When and How?

Amanda Feilding | Posted 10.28.2012 | World
Read More: Drug-Market, Cannabis, Drug Regulation, Drug Reform, Drug Market, Prohibitionism, Cannabis Market, Cannabis-Markets, Drugs, War on Drugs, Drug Policy, Drug-Regulation, Legalize Marijuana, World News
Amanda Feilding

2012-08-27-scblog.png The current, illegal and totally unregulated market is the worst possible solution to the problems with which drugs and drug-use confront society.

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Capitol Hemp Is Closing Doors In Deal With Prosecutors

The Huffington Post | Arin Greenwood | Posted 04.10.2012 | DC
Read More: Capitol Hemp Closing, Drug Reform, Video, Alan Amsterdam, Hemp, Capitol Hemp, District of Columbia, Marijuana, Dc Around Town, Adam Eidinger, Capitol Hemp Raids, DC News

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

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 | Politics
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
Tony Newman

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 | Politics
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 | Politics
Read More: Drug Reform, Drugs, War on Drugs, Marijuana Legalization, Marijuana Reform, Marijuana, Prop 19, Politics News

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

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 | New York
Read More: Breaking Politics News, Rockefeller Drug Laws, Governor David Paterson, Prison, Cocaine, Drug Reform, Drug War, Criminal Justice, New York News
Anthony Papa

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 | New York
Read More: Rockefeller, Rockefeller Drug Laws, Judicial Discretion, Criminal Justice, Drug Sentencing, Drug Reform, War on Drugs, New York News
Eric T. Schneiderman

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

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 | Green
Read More: Drug Reform, Mexico, Drugs, Drugs Environment, Mexico Drug War, Drug Policy, Green News
Wallace J Nichols

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 | Politics
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
Ethan Nadelmann

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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