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Obama Officials Stay Silent on Marijuana Initiatives
Despite pleas from drug enforcement experts, the Obama administration has not said how the federal government would deal with possible state marijuana laws.
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Amnesty Raps Mexico on Human Rights Abuses in Drug War
Amnesty International said in a new report that Mexico must take decisive action to rein in systematic and widespread use of torture, ill-treatment, and...
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Medical Marijuana Advocates Hope Lawsuit Relaxes US Drugs Policy
A US appeals court will hear evidence on medical marijuana benefits – a claim with which the federal government disagrees.
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Gary Johnson: Most Americans Get Legalizing Marijuana, When Will DC?
POTUS candidate Gary Johnson: The 'war on drugs', like 1920s Prohibition, has been a miserable failure. The US would be better-off with a legal marijuana...
Tom Hayden to NORML: US Needs Peace Movement to End Drug War
Tom Hayden, who co-founded the anti-war Students for a Democrat Society in 1966, is calling for a social justice peace movement to end the US drug war...
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Sir Richard Branson Labels US Drug Policy ‘Racist’
Sir Richard Branson labels US drug policy as racist, stating its a “war on black people” resulting in the jailing of too many African Americans.
Latin Americans at UN Seek Drug Policy Debate
Wednesday's UN General Assembly session saw three Latin American heads of state call on it to promote debate on alternatives to the war on drugs.
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Marijuana: A Case for Legalization
Marijuana: A case for legalization - More than 100 million people in this country have tried marijuana at some point.
Bolivia, Venezuela Reject U.S. Drug Criticism
That marks the fourth year in a row the US has singled out Bolivia and Venezuela, which are left-leaning regional allies highly critical of US...
Pepperdine University Denies Student Internship at MPP
Pepperdine University officially refused to approve the application of a sophomore political science major to intern at the Marijuana Policy Project (MPP).
VP Candidate Paul Ryan On Medical Marijuana: “I Support States’ Rights”
VP Candidate Paul Ryan said that although he personally opposes medical cannabis use he would defer to the judgement of each state to make up its own mind.
Federal Judge: Criminalization of Marijuana is “Absurd”
Judge Richard Posner serves on the United States Court of Appeals for the Seventh Circuit in Chicago, he also wants marijuana to be legalized.
The 2012 Democratic National Platform on Drugs
A review of the 2012 Democratic National Platform suggests there's not much new there on drug policy and the word "marijuana" doesn't appear at all.
The GOP Platform on Crime and Drugs
With Republican delegates now heading home from the RNC in Tampa, lets examine their 2012 GOP Platform and read their official position on crime and drugs.
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Medical Marijuana Is a Classic States’ Rights Issue
Bob Morris writes a great article on how the Fed should stay out of medical marijuana and leave it to the states (just reschedule it out of Schedule I please, Feds). I…