Items tagged with US drug policy
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| New medical pot law in Wash. brings uncertainty [21.07.2011] | The uncertainty comes after lawmakers worked for months on a plan that would help clear up the state's medical marijuana laws. The Legislature approv ... |
| Seattle's Marijuana-Garden Ordinance: The New Don't Ask, Don't Tell [21.07.2011] | Like every section that's left of the mostly vetoed medical-marijuana-reform law that passed in April, section 403 is vague, confusing, and inadequat ... |
| New federal memo on medical marijuana stirs angst [18.07.2011] | In October 2009, medical marijuana advocates celebrated a U.S. Department of Justice memo declaring that federal authorities wouldn't target the lega ... |
| Seattle to license, tax medical marijuana gardens [18.07.2011] | The Seattle City Council unanimously passed rules Monday requiring that medical marijuana operations be licensed, obtain food-handling permits if the ... |
| Despite Legalization in New Jersey, Medical Marijuana Remains Out of Reach [17.07.2011] | In the last few months, officials in New Jersey, as well as several other states, have said that mixed signals from the Obama administration have lef ... |
| Medical Marijuana: A Science-Free Zone At The White House [15.07.2011] | President Obama came into office promising to reverse George W. Bush administration practices and elevate science over politics. He explicitly applie ... |
| Defending providers of medical marijuana [13.07.2011] | A committee of the Seattle City Council grappled Wednesday with a proposed ordinance for medical-marijuana cooperatives. It would be much easier for ... |
| U.S. rules that marijuana has no medical use. What does science say? [11.07.2011] | The U.S. Drug Enforcement Administration (DEA) ruled that marijuana has "no accepted medical use" and should therefore remain illegal under federal la ... |
| U.S. decrees that marijuana has no accepted medical use [09.07.2011] | Marijuana has been approved by California, many other states and the nation's capital to treat a range of illnesses, but in a decision the federal go ... |
| Let states enact their own marijuana policies [06.07.2011] | Let's be clear: HR 2306, the Ending Federal Marijuana Prohibition Act of 2011, proposed by Reps. Barney Frank and Ron Paul, does not "legalize drugs" ... |
| Medical-pot shops feel heat amid new laws, federal prosecution warning [04.07.2011] | Colorado's medical-marijuana industry took a battering from all sides, as new laws restricting the businesses took effect and the Obama administratio ... |
| California medical marijuana growers face pressure [02.07.2011] | A new Obama administration memo approves federal prosecution of anyone in the business of growing or supplying marijuana for medical patients even if ... |
| Beneath the underdog [01.07.2011] | The United States has exported a counter-productive and destructive model to Latin America through the drug war. This is made clear in Systems Overlo ... |
| Justice Department "Clarifies" Stance on Medical Marijuana: It's Illegal And They Will Arrest You [01.07.2011] | For a few weeks now, medical marijuana activists have been waiting for Attorney General Eric Holder to "re-clarify" exactly what the Justice Departme ... |
| The Way Forward [30.06.2011] | Since time immemorial, Mexicans have argued that were it not for U.S. demand for illicit substances, Mexico would have a manageable drug problem. Mor ... |
| Let the states decide their own marijuana policies [28.06.2011] | The bipartisan measure -- H.R. 2306, the 'Ending Federal Marijuana Prohibition Act of 2011' and sponsored by Massachusetts Democrat Barney Frank and ... |
| Barney Frank and Ron Paul Introduce Bill to End Federal Marijuana Prohibition [23.06.2011] | The bill introduced today would allow states to determine their own marijuana laws -- not just medical marijuana laws -- without federal interference ... |
| Marijuana bill officially introduced to Congress by Ron Paul, Barney Frank [23.06.2011] | Marijuana laws should be set at the state, not federal, level, Reps. Ron Paul and Barney Frank argued in a bill they introduced Thursday. The goal of ... |
| 4 Hopeful Signs in the Fight Against Disastrous Drug War, Including a New Bill to End Federal Pot Prohibition [23.06.2011] | It's been forty years since President Nixon declared a "war on drugs." And we're not winning. In local communities, Black and Latino men are being si ... |
| Legalize marijuana in Washington state [22.06.2011] | Marijuana should be legalized, regulated, taxed and made available for sale to adults. Prohibition has failed. It fuels criminal gangs. It fills the ... |
| Marijuana-initiative backers say state could lead change [22.06.2011] | Washington state would be defying federal drug laws if an initiative filed Wednesday with the Secretary of State to legalize and regulate marijuana i ... |
| Drug Control Policy: What the United States Can Learn from Latin America [21.06.2011] | Since the 1912 signing of the Hague Opium Convention—the agreement that formally established narcotics control within international law—the United St ... |
| Former U.S. attorney McKay backs effort to legalize pot in Washington [21.06.2011] | A coalition that includes former U.S. Attorney John McKay, Seattle City Attorney Pete Holmes and travel guide Rick Steves is launching an initiative ... |
| Fear and loathing surrounds decriminalisation [18.06.2011] | "The war on drugs has failed," said a recent report compiled by the Global Commission on Drug Policy, which comprised a former UN secretary-general, ... |
| Love is what transforms ... [17.06.2011] | The Wire has been described by many critics as the greatest television series ever made and it has been praised for its realistic portrayal of urban ... |
| Raft of marijuana legislation highlights a murky regulatory climate [17.06.2011] | California lawmakers are looking at a range of bills to expand, contract or change state marijuana laws. Legalization proponents say it reflects a po ... |
| Four Decades Later, It's Time to Scrap the Dead-End Drug War [17.06.2011] | I recently returned from the desert city of Durango, Mexico, where forensic officials are still trying to identify some 240 corpses discovered this y ... |
| Call Off the Global Drug War [16.06.2011] | In an extraordinary new initiative announced earlier this month, the Global Commission on Drug Policy has made some courageous and profoundly importa ... |
| On 40th Anniversary Of War On Drugs, Cops Decry Obama's Drug Policy [15.06.2011] | Forty years after President Richard Nixon first declared a war on drugs, the officers who fought in it are calling for a truce. Former law enforcemen ... |
| Elected Officials, VIPs and Grassroots Slam Drug War on 40th Anniversary [14.06.2011] | June 17 will mark forty years since President Richard Nixon, citing drug abuse as "public enemy No. 1," officially declared a "war on drugs." A trill ... |
| U.S. can't justify its drug war spending, reports say [09.06.2011] | As drug cartels wreak murderous havoc from Mexico to Panama, the Obama administration is unable to show that the billions of dollars spent in the war ... |
| More Calls For A Drug War Cease-Fire [06.06.2011] | Tomorrow marks the 79th anniversary of the beginning of the end of the U.S. prohibition on alcohol. On that day in 1932 John D. Rockefeller Jr., a vo ... |
| Voices from the Margin [06.06.2011] | "Regardless of how you try to explain to people it's a 'war on drugs' or a 'war on a product,' people see a war as a war on them," said Gil Kerlikows ... |
| Colorado pot advocates push for legalization in 2012 [15.05.2011] | Pot legalization backers hope to start gathering signatures as soon as this summer to put the question to voters. Given Colorado`s low signature thre ... |
| Delaware governor signs bill making it the 16th state to legalize medical marijuana [13.05.2011] | Gov. Jack Markell has signed legislation making Delaware the 16th state to allow the use of medical marijuana. The new law allows people 18 and older ... |
| Federal prosecutors step into debate over medical marijuana, warn of potential criminal cases [03.05.2011] | Several states have started reassessing their medical marijuana laws after stern warnings from the federal government that everyone from licensed gro ... |
| Federal pot prosecutions have not let up [30.04.2011] | When the Obama administration declared 18 months ago that it would stop arresting people who complied with their states' medical marijuana laws, advo ... |
| The Obama Administration’s drug control policy on auto-pilot [29.04.2011] | In a widely watched You Tube video, U.S. President Barack Obama is asked whether or not the drug war may in fact be counterproductive. Instead of the ... |
| Medical marijuana: Federal pressure stirs legal confusion [21.04.2011] | Threatened medical-marijuana crackdowns by federal prosecutors in other states have stoked fears about whether state employees, dispensary owners and ... |
| Legalizing Marijuana: An Exit Strategy from the War on Drugs [19.04.2011] | U.S. drug policy needs to be altered; legalization must be subject to serious debate. Legalization could eliminate illegal demand for Mexican marijua ... |
| Portland legislator pushes bill to legalize, tax marijuana in Maine [19.04.2011] | Imagine walking into a neighborhood store to buy beer, wine, liquor and cigarettes. But on your way home you make one more stop – to buy marijuana, l ... |
| Pot Politics on Capitol Hill: Proponents Aim to Shift Industry's Image [30.03.2011] | Supporters of decriminalizing marijuana are hoping to build momentum on Capitol Hill after a historic election that saw the politics of pot take cent ... |
| Drug Courts Are Not the Answer [29.03.2011] | While drug courts have helped many Americans, they are not an appropriate response to drug law violations nor are they the most effective or cost-eff ... |
| Addicted to Courts [22.03.2011] | America’s growing reliance on drug courts is an ineffective allocation of scarce state resources. Drug courts can needlessly widen the net of crimina ... |
| Drug Courts Are Not the Answer [21.03.2011] | Drug Courts are Not the Answer finds that drug courts are an ineffective and inappropriate response to drug law violations. Many, all the way up to t ... |
| Fifty Years of the 1961 Single Convention on Narcotic Drugs: A Reinterpretation [19.03.2011] | This year marks the 50th anniversary of the United Nations Single Convention on Narcotic Drugs, signed on 30 March 1961. 73 countries were represente ... |
| Supreme Court decision on sentencing guidelines gives judges more leeway [14.03.2011] | Jason Pepper, a former meth addict and drug dealer from the heartland, says he got lucky when he was finally arrested. A sympathetic judge gave him a ... |
| Washington state should lead on marijuana legalization [16.02.2011] | Marijuana prohibition is more than a practical failure; it has been a misuse of both taxpayer dollars and the government's authority over the people. ... |
| Drug War Anniversary a Time for Reflection and Action [11.02.2011] | Some anniversaries provide an occasion for celebration, others a time for reflection, still others a time for action. This June will mark forty years ... |
| Happy toking [10.02.2011] | This week’s Economist-YouGov poll contains some exciting news for devotees of the weed. A huge majority of Americans, more than two to one once don’t ... |
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