Mike Barton, Durham’s chief constable says it’s time to end the war on drugs. “What I am saying is that drugs should be controlled. They should not, of...
Once again, the United Nations’ General Assembly meeting in New York City has become a forum for calls for drug reform. Leaders from Latin America took the...
Jamaican lawmakers gathered Tuesday to debate a cannabis decriminalization proposal. A 2001 decriminalization effort stalled because of fear of angering the US. Now that the feds have...
Keith Humphreys, a professor of psychiatry at Stanford, tackles four fundamental questions on Huffington Post to determine whether marijuana legalization in Colorado and Washington puts the US...
For Americans, mention “Bermuda” and “marijuana” and the first thing that comes to mind is a vision of vacationing cruise ship passengers arrested and fined in large...
013 The Institute for Social and Economic Research, with the University of Essex, recently concluded a study into a cost benefit analysis of regulating and taxing marijuana in...
013 As a bill to regulate and tax marijuana comes closer to the Uruguayan Senate, public support for the bill seems to be growing. The bill was approved...
Last Friday, the White House released its annual scorecard on other countries’ compliance with US drug policy demands, the presidential determination on major drug producing and trafficking...
A United Kingdom medical cannabis patient recently brought 18 tubs, containing 5 grams of cannabis each, home from a trip to Amsterdam. Openly declaring the goodies picked...
The Global Debate and Public Policy Challenge (GDPPC) has chosen “Rethinking Drugs” for its 2013-2014 theme. GDPPC is a written and oral policy competition for undergraduate students...
Not only is cannabis legalization being discussed in India, the government has already received reports detailing regions producing the highest quality bud, with the best soil and...
Our Lost Border: Essays on Life Amid the Narco-Violence, Sarah Cortez and Sergio Troncoso, eds. (2013, Arte Publico Press, 290 pp., $14.75 PB Amazon) The Fight to...
Policymic.com’s Jessie Bullock points out a valid forward-thinking plan for Obama to not only secure the legal marijuana industry in the US, but to protect our government...
Mexican President Enrique Pena Nieto came into office in December vowing to break with his predecessor’s reliance on the Mexican military to fight the so-called drug cartels....
An article on High Times explores the potential global effects of last week’s memo from the US Department of Justice stating that state-legal, strictly regulated marijuana enterprises will...
Police in the eastern Indian state of Orissa said Friday they planned to use aerial spraying to eradicate marijuana crops cultivated by Maoists rebels, the Times of India reported....
Two New Zealand reform groups, Aotearoa Legalise Cannabis Party and Otago Norml, are hoping to make the city of Dunedin the cannabis capital of the South Pacific. The groups...
This Saturday, August 31 at 1 PM, Birmingham’s Cannon Hill Park will be home to a campaign effort for cannabis legalization. The event will showcase speakers, music,...
013 Canada’s police chiefs are ready to quit arresting people for marijuana possession. Meeting in Winnipeg over the weekend, the Canadian Association of Chiefs of Police passed a resolution...
Three billboards have popped up to raise awareness and recruit supporters for a Sensible BC petition to decriminalize and legalize cannabis in the province. The petition would...
