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56 Percent Of Americans Want Legal Marijuana

The Huffington Post | Lucia Graves | Posted 05.22.2012

Read More: 4/20, Weed Polling, Marijuana Legalization Poll, Rasmussen Marijuana, Rasmussen Poll, Marijuana, 420, Marijuana Poll, Obama Administration, Medical Marijuana, Pot, Neill Franklin, Leap, Cannabis, Video, 4-20, Marijuana Crackdown, Marijuana Legalization, 4:20, Marijuana Polls, Obama Marijuana, Politics News

Fifty-six percent of Americans think marijuana should be legalized and regulated like alcohol and tobacco, according to a nationwide Rasmussen poll of...

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U.N. Misses Opportunity to Address Failed Drug War

James Gierach | Posted 05.19.2012

Read More: Law Enforcement Against Prohibition, Leap, War on Drugs, Drug War, United Nations, Drugs, Drug Policy, Commission on Narcotic Drugs, World News
James Gierach

The world is fraught with too much violence, too much crime, too much addiction, too many overdose cases, too many prisons, too many bullet holes, too many AIDS cases, and too many bills related to prohibition. The war on drugs has proved to be public enemy number one.

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Leap Year Baby: How February 29 Shaped My Life

Lindsay McCall | Posted 04.30.2012

Read More: Born on Leap Day, Born on February 29, 29 February, Leap Years, Leap Day Baby, Leap, Leap Year Babies, Born in a Leap Year, Leap Year, Leap Year Baby, Leap Day, Women News
Lindsay McCall

I will forever feel a kinship with other leap year babies, even the ones I haven't met. (I'm talking to you, one-time rap sensation Ja Rule.)

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Katherine Bindley

What To Expect When You're Expecting On Leap Day

HuffingtonPost.com | Katherine Bindley | Posted 02.28.2012

Read More: Leap, Leap Year, Leap Year Day, Parents-Kids, Leaplings, Parents-Babies, February 29 Birthday, February-29-2012, Leap Year Birthdays, February 29, Parents News

For most people, Feb. 29 rolls around once every four years, a nifty quirk of the Gregorian calendar. But for parents who are expecting a baby this w...

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Moms & Cops Partner to End Punitive Prohibitionist Drug Policies

Gretchen Burns Bergman | Posted 04.10.2012

Read More: Leap, Law Enforcement, Drugs, Parenting, Moms, Drug War, Drug Addiction, Addiction & Recovery, Criminal Justice System, Marijuana, Drug Enforcement Administration, Addiction, Criminal Justice, Marijuana Legalization, War on Drugs, Crime News
Gretchen Burns Bergman

We are working to change current drug policies from arrest and mass incarceration to therapeutic and restorative policies that will reduce the damage to our communities while improving public safety.

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Silence Says a Lot: An Open Letter to Google About Marijuana Legalization

Stephen Downing | Posted 04.03.2012

Read More: Google, Law Enforcement Against Prohibition, Youtube, Leap, Marijuana Legalization, Marijuana, Google+ Hangouts, Video, Barack Obama, Obama Google Plus Hangout, Google Plus, Google+, President Obama, Drug Policy Reform, Drug Policy, Politics News
Stephen Downing

In more than twenty years with the Los Angeles Police Department, where I retired as deputy chief of police, I saw a lot of puzzling behavior at close range. This week I saw some odd behavior from Google, YouTube and President Obama.

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Top Ten Cannabis Science Stories of 2011

Russ Belville | Posted 02.28.2012

Read More: Cannabinoids, Legalizing Marijuana, Alcohol, Prescription Drugs, Glioma, Addiction, Medical Marijuana, Gateway Drug, Teen Marijuana Use, Patients, Ask Obama, Drug Testing, Legalization of Marijuana, Drug Czar, Cancer, Per Se DUID, Pain Relief, Pain Killers, Impairment, Medical Marijuana States, Cannabis Science, Dui, Leap, Carbon Footprint, Oxycodone, Opioids, Urine Testing, Regulate Marijuana Like Alcohol, Oxycontin, Cannabis Karri, Medical Marijuana Program, Marijuana Legalization, Marijuana Arrests, Green News
Russ Belville

Today we continue our Year-End Retrospective with a look at the biggest news stories of scientific research into cannabis, public opinion polls on legalization, and statistical research on cannabis consumers.

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Radley Balko

First Ignored, Then Raided: The Cost Of The Drug War

HuffingtonPost.com | Radley Balko | Posted 11.25.2011

Read More: Law Enforcement, Police, Crime, Drug War, Violent Crime, War on Drugs, Marijuana Possession, Byrne Grants, Leap, Chicago Pd, Chicago, SWAT Team, Asset Forfeiture, Police Abuse, Politics News

CHICAGO -- As Jessica Shaver and I chat at a coffee shop in Chicago's north-side Andersonville neighborhood, a police car pulls into the parking lot a...

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Lucia Graves

White House Rejects Petition To Legalize Marijuana

HuffingtonPost.com | Lucia Graves | Posted 12.31.2011

Read More: Leap, White House, We the People, Gil Kerlikowske, Obama Administration, Marijuana Crackdown, White House Petition, Marijuana Legalization, Pot Legalization, Obama Marijuana, Politics News

WASHINGTON -- The White House has rejected several marijuana legalization petitions, one of which called on the federal government to stop interfering...

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An Open Letter to California Chiefs of Police and Sheriffs

Stephen Downing | Posted 12.24.2011

Read More: California Marijuana, Leap, War on Drugs, Drug Policy, Politics News
Stephen Downing

The federal government has put up another $72 million in "war-on-drugs-grants" to redirect your police resources once again from true public safety duties in order to extend their failed war on drugs, this time with a savage assault on California's medical marijuana law.

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Friday Talking Points -- Long Live Steve Jobs

Chris Weigant | Posted 12.07.2011

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Chris Weigant

[Note: Today's column is seriously disjointed. If you're already sick of hearing what a wonderful guy Steve Jobs was, then I strongly advise you to j...

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Former Cop, Judge Collecting Signatures To LEGALIZE Pot

The Huffington Post | Matt Ferner | Posted 10.03.2011

Read More: Recreational Use Pot, Denver News, Poll, Norml, Pot Legalization, Campaign to Regulate Marijuana Like Alcohol, Leap, Sensible Colorado, Law Enforcement Against Prohibition, Legalize Pot Colorado, Marijuana Legalization, Colorado News, Legalize Marijuana, Colorado Marijuana Laws, Video, Denver News

A former Denver Police officer and former Lafayette judge will be collecting signatures to support the new full recreational use of marijuana legaliza...

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Understanding Obama's "War on Drugs"

Neill Franklin | Posted 10.01.2011

Read More: Law Enforcement Against Prohibition, Leap, War on Drugs, Drug Policy, Politics News
Neill Franklin

If the Obama administration really wants to go down in history as the first to take drug policy in a significantly new direction, they're going to have to change their thinking, their polices and their budgets, not just their rhetoric.

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We Need a New Drug Policy

Diane Dimond | Posted 08.21.2011

Read More: Diane Dimond?S Crime and Justice Column, Raids on Medicinal Marijuana Raids, George Shultz, Diane Dimond, Paul Volker, Richard Nixon, President Richard Nixon?S War on Drugs, Law Enforcement Against Prohibition, Kofi Annan, UN?S Report on Failed Global War on Drugs, Leap, President Barak Obama?S Drug Policy, Failure of the War on Drugs, Politics News
Diane Dimond

The day of total drug legalization will come -- just as it did with alcohol. The question is: how many more multiple billions of dollars will we spend before we finally see it's the logical way to go?

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Lucia Graves

On 40th Anniversary Of War On Drugs, Cops Decry Obama's Drug Policy

HuffingtonPost.com | Lucia Graves | Posted 08.15.2011

Read More: Leap, Police, Richard Nixon, Drug Czar, Gil Kerlikowske, 112th Congress, Obama Administration, Obama, Drugs, War on Drugs, Marijuana Legalization, Drug Wars, Drug Policy, Cops, Politics News

WASHINGTON -- Forty years after President Richard Nixon first declared a war on drugs, the officers who fought in it are calling for a truce. Forme...

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Let's Legalize Drugs to Save Cops' Lives

Neill Franklin | Posted 07.11.2011

Read More: Law Enforcement Against Prohibition, Leap, Police, Drug Legalization, War on Drugs, Politics News
Neill Franklin

History shows that no level of law enforcement talent, commitment, and resources can ever end activities that are very popular and obscenely profitable. Remember alcohol prohibition? The drug war today is little different.

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Lucia Graves

Arizona Probation Officer Fired For Supporting Marijuana Legalization

HuffingtonPost.com | Lucia Graves | Posted 05.25.2011

Read More: Drug Laws, Joseph McNamara, Border Patrol Agents, Drug War, Border Patrol Drugs, Terry Nelson, Leap, Drug Legalization, Arizona, American Civil Liberities Union, Pot, War on Drugs, Arizona Probation Officer, Cannibus, Politics News, U.S. Customs and Border Protection, Meg Whitman, Prop 19, Drug Wars, Joe Miller, Bryan Gonzalez, Border Patrol, Marijuana Legalization, Jonathan Wender, Law Enforcement Against Prohibition, Aclu, California-Marijuana-Legalization, Marijuana, Politics News

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

Read More: California-Marijuana-Legalization, Prop 19, Border Patrol Drugs, Border Patrol Agents, Terry Nelson, Bryan Gonzalez, Jonathan Wender, Drug War, Marijuana Legalization, U.S. Customs and Border Protection, Border Patrol, Drug Legalization, Drug Laws, Leap, War on Drugs, Marijuana, Politics News

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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A Cop's Advice on Dealing with Cops (Slideshow)

Neill Franklin | Posted 05.25.2011

Read More: Police, Flex Your Rights, War on Drugs, Leap, Civil Liberties, Slidepollajax, Politics News
Neill Franklin

2010-11-15-m.jpgCitizens who understand their rights are much less likely to experience negative outcomes, both on the street and in a court of law.

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Cops For and Against the Drug War

Norm Stamper | Posted 05.25.2011

Read More: Homicide Dicks, Marijuana, Judges, Homeland Security, Chiefs, Harley Davidson, California, Jim Crow, Prison Wardens, Narcs, Proposition 19, Beat Cops, Golden State, Slavery, Law Enforcement Against Prohibition, Sheriffs, Correctional Officers, Drug War, Prosecutors, Seized and Forfeited Assets, F.B.I., D.E.A., L.E.a.P., Politics News
Norm Stamper

From uniformed beat cops to homicide dicks to sheriffs more and more of the nation's police officers are coming to realize that our 40-year drug war is an unmitigated failure.

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Hilbert Potter, Disabled Kentucky Veteran, Helps Other Amputees Learn To Walk Again

Posted 05.25.2011

Read More: Leap Program, Hilbert Potter, Kentucky Orthopedic Rehab Team, Amputations, Clay Smithers, Positively Kentuckiana, Disability, Physical Therapy, Veterans, Disabled Veterans, Kort, Lower Extremity Amputee Program, Leap, Video, Impact News

After machine gun fire claimed Hilbert Potter's leg during Operation Desert Storm, he learned to walk again with the help of a prosthetic leg and a de...

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Turning the Corner on Drug Law Reform

Norm Stamper | Posted 05.25.2011

Read More: Ecuador, The Netherlands, Law Enforement Against Prohibition, Argentina, Mexico, Carol Ruth Silver, Drug War, Colombia, Brazil, Drug Laws, Leap, Drug Policy, Politics News
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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Cops Say to Legalize Drugs

Allison Kilkenny | Posted 05.25.2011

Read More: Howard Wooldridge, Drug-Decriminalization, Law Enforcement Against Prohibition, Jack Cole, War on Drugs, Drug Legalization, Gil Kerlikowske, Barack Obama, Leap, Politics News
Allison Kilkenny

The benefits of legalizing drugs are now undeniable, and everyone from Obama's most zealous supporters to former drug enforcement officials are demanding legalization be considered a valid option.

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420: Thoughts on Pot vs. Alcohol from a Former Police Chief

Norm Stamper | Posted 05.25.2011

Read More: 4/20, Overdose Deaths, Pot Holiday, Marijuana, Police, 420, Pot, War on Drugs, Marijuana Health Effects, 20th, Weed, Prohibition, Leap, Marijuana Holiday, 4-20, Alcohol, National Pot Smoking Day, Legalize Marijuana, 4:20, Legalization, April 20, Happy 420, Norm Stamper, Politics News
Norm Stamper

If one of these two drugs is implicated in dire health effects, high mortality rates, and physical violence -- and the other is not -- what are we to make of our nation's marijuana laws?

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The Sleeping Giant in American Politics

Deanna Lee | Posted 05.25.2011

Read More: Asian Americans, Politics, Barack Obama Asians, Leap, Asian American Voters, Leadership Education for Asian Pacifics, Asia Society, Politics News
Deanna Lee

While both candidates' websites have sections targeting Asian Americans, McCain's is a mere form to sign up for emails. Obama's is based on popular social networking sites -- with blogs, member directories, and links to embed the Obama '08 logo on your own Facebook profile.

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