Racism Persists Even With Changing Attitudes About Cannabis
A shocking example of this comes in form of the arrest and subsequent abuse of business woman Kam Brock — a black woman who was pulled over while driving her BMW through Harlem.
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DPA Report: Employment Rates Rise Due to CO Cannabis Legalization
The industry created over ten thousand new jobs and brought in approximately $19 million a month. Rather than bringing about the end of society as we know it, cannabis legalization is only improving the job market and giving people a good time.
DPA's Ethan Nadelmann Gives TED Talk
Ethan Nadelmann, former professor and current Executive Director of Drug Policy Alliance, recently gave a TED talk on the War on Drugs, why it's a miserable failure, and why the world desperately needs it to be retired to history.
California Defelonization Initiative Appears Poised for Victory
While the nation focuses on marijuana legalization initiatives in Alaska, the District of Columbia, and Oregon, a California initiative of defelonization that would turn drug possession felonies into misdemeanors is quietly heading for a likely victory at the polls in November.
DC Marijuana Initiative Hands in Plenty of Signatures
It now looks extremely likely that the residents of the nation's capitol will vote in November on whether to legalize the possession and cultivation of small amounts of marijuana. Representatives of the DC Cannabis Campaign legalization initiative handed in some 58,000 signatures Monday morning, and they only need some 22,000 valid voter signatures to qualify for the ballot.
Medical Marijuana Update (2014.06.25)
Here's the latest major medical marijuana news around the United States from the past week, as of June 25, 2014:
Recent Report Does the Impossible: Makes DEA Look Even Worse
It's not as if you needed another log to toss onto your "DEA is the Devil" bonfire, but a new report from the Drug Policy Alliance casts them in an even more pejorative light (if you can believe it).
Say What? UNODC Panel Says Criminalizing Drug Use "Not Beneficial"
A key group of the United Nations Office on Drugs and Crime (UNODC) released groundbreaking recommendations discouraging criminal sanctions for drug use.
DC City Council Okays Marijuana Decriminalization
Washington, DC, is set to decriminalize small-time marijuana possession after the city council Tuesday gave final approval to a decriminalization bill.
DPA Files California Marijuana Legalization Initiative, But…
The DPA effort may not be the perfect marijuana legalization initiative, but it is out there now, at least as a place holder.
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Magazines From Right and Left Come Together on Legalization
Chris Soda from Drug Policy Alliance describes the growing support for marijuana legalization from all parties.
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18 Milestones That Led to Marijuana Policy 'Tipping Point'
Huffington Post lists 18 moments that have led to the tipping point on marijuana policy.
The Next States to Legalize Marijuana
After last weekend's conference in Denver, a picture is emerging of which states are likely to be the first to follow down the path to legalize marijuana.
Texting for Pardons, Help Free Federal Drug War Prisoners
Drug Policy Alliance has made it easy to send a message to President Obama to pardon federal drug war prisoners...
Chronicle Writer/Editor Phillip Smith to Receive Award
Phillip Smith, the longtime writer and editor of Stop the Drug War, is the 2013 recipient of the Brecher Award for Achievement in the Field of Media.
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DOJ Memo Could Help Legalize Pot in Other Countries
Ethan Nadelmann, about efforts in Jamaica to legalize pot: "I was expecting a yellow light, but this light looks a lot more greenish than I had expected."
Oregon 2014 Marijuana Legalization Initiative Likely
Oregon activists organized as New Approach Oregon will try to put a marijuana legalization initiative on the November 2014 ballot.
As Pressure Mounts, Eric Holder Acts on Sentencing Reform
US Attorney General Eric Holder announced Monday a comprehensive federal sentencing reform package with a strong emphasis on drug sentencing.