Items tagged with US drug policy
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| Bill introduced in Congress would fix conflict between state, federal marijuana laws [12.04.2013] | A bill introduced in Congress would fix the conflict between the federal government’s marijuana prohibition and state laws that allow medical or recr ... |
| State pot-growing licenses may be delayed [09.04.2013] | Washington state may delay issuing licenses to grow pot by a couple months, according to state Liquor Control Board Deputy Director Rick Garza. In it ... |
| Colorado lawmakers may let pot growers and sellers operate separately [09.04.2013] | Colorado lawmakers stood the state's current model for marijuana businesses on its head, endorsing a proposal that would allow recreational pot store ... |
| A map that shows the dramatic spread of legal weed in the US [07.04.2013] | Looking at the recent spread of liberalized marijuana laws across the United States, it's hard not to think we're entering some kind of Weed Spring. ... |
| Is the war on drugs nearing an end? [07.04.2013] | For four decades, libertarians, civil rights activists and drug treatment experts have stood outside of the political mainstream in arguing that the ... |
| Majority of Americans support legalization of marijuana [05.04.2013] | Public support for legalizing marijuana has never been higher, but the latest studies show recreational use is linked with prescription drug misuse. ... |
| Brad Pitt: America's war on drugs is a charade, and a failure [31.03.2013] | "Since declaring a war on drugs 40 years ago, the United States has spent more than a trillion dollars, arrested more than 45 million people, and rac ... |
| Consultant: Tax revenues on pot won’t be half of what’s projected [29.03.2013] | Washington’s new pot consultant has one overarching, discouraging message for lawmakers and state budget writers: don’t look at weed as an ATM. Poten ... |
| Yes we cannabis [26.03.2013] | Last November ballot initiatives legalizing, taxing, and regulating recreational marijuana use passed for the first time ever in Colorado and Washing ... |
| Pot is legal in Washington: Q&A with the man who is making weed legit [25.03.2013] | Washington state gets ready to regulate legal marijuana with the help of one of America’s top drug policy analysts. Mark Kleiman is professor of publ ... |
| Wall Street sees opportunity in marijuana [22.03.2013] | A number of businesses in the burgeoning U.S. cannabis industry are trying to enlist Wall Street's help. Some entrepreneurs see marijuana heading dow ... |
| Shafer Commission Report on Marijuana and Drugs, issued 40 years ago, was ahead of its time [22.03.2013] | Forty years ago, the National Commission on Marihuana and Drug Abuse said in its final report: "A coherent social policy requires a fundamental alter ... |
| No consensus on changes to Washington marijuana law [21.03.2013] | House Bill 2000, the bill by Rep. Chris Hurst, D-Enumclaw, to modify Initiative 502, marijuana legalization, offers a mix of changes that could help ... |
| Federal bill to legalize marijuana gains support in Congress [21.03.2013] | Maine Congresswoman Chellie Pingree (D-ME) joined the effort to end marijuana prohibition and start regulating marijuana like alcohol at the federal ... |
| Colorado lawmakers question proposed marijuana business rules [20.03.2013] | Colorado lawmakers yanked and tugged at the threads of the state's proposals for regulating recreational marijuana, as one legislator hinted to his c ... |
| Portland groups push to legalize pot possession in the city [19.03.2013] | A coalition of political groups and activists say marijuana possession should be legalized in Maine’s largest city, in part because they say the drug ... |
| State chief consultant Mark Kleiman knows in, outs of pot legalization [19.03.2013] | Washington state’s chief pot consultant remains a bit mysterious, but Mark Kleiman's views on legalizing pot are no mystery. He lays them out in “Mar ... |
| UCLA expert’s team to advise state on new pot rules [17.03.2013] | Washington has tentatively chosen professor Mark Kleiman at the University of California, Los Angeles (UCLA), to be its official marijuana consultant ... |
| Support for marijuana legalization drags among state’s congressional delegation [15.03.2013] | Washington voters acted boldly last November to begin reforming our nation’s failed policy on marijuana. It was an act of leadership, in stark contra ... |
| Marijuana regulation heads to Colorado Capitol [15.03.2013] | An ad-hoc committee of 10 House and Senate members started work reviewing 165 pages of recommended regulations from a task force that worked for more ... |
| Group forms to oppose Colorado marijuana stores [14.03.2013] | A citizens' group opposed to a large-scale recreational marijuana industry in Colorado has hired two powerhouse lobbyists in preparation for the stat ... |
| Meet state’s ‘go-to guy’ on marijuana [14.03.2013] | Randy Simmons might have the most interesting job in Washington state. He is the ganja guru for the state agency charged with implementing the new le ... |
| Crack down on cannabis, world body tells U.S. [13.03.2013] | The United States must not turn a blind eye to the recreational use of cannabis in states that liberalize drug laws, the International Narcotics Cont ... |
| Holder says little about states’ pot laws; supporters buoyed [05.03.2013] | U.S. Attorney General Eric Holder declined to reveal the Obama administration’s long-awaited policy on legal recreational marijuana in Colorado and W ... |
| Ex-DEA heads, U.N. panel urge feds to nullify Wash., Colo. pot laws [05.03.2013] | Eight former Drug Enforcement Administration chiefs warned the federal government that time is running out to nullify Colorado and Washington's new l ... |
| Colorado pot task force recommends special sales and excise taxes [28.02.2013] | What Colorado will look like with legal marijuana became significantly clearer when the state task force proposing rules for that new world finished ... |
| Marijuana legalization may be unstoppable [28.02.2013] | US Attorney General Eric Holder told America to expect a decision "soon" on how he'll respond to the recent legalization of pot by Colorado and Washi ... |
| Colorado task force ponders how to tax legal pot [28.02.2013] | The Amendment 64 Implementation Task Force regulators are working out the details of exactly how to tax legalized marijuana, so the benefits are shar ... |
| Majority of California voters support legalizing pot, poll finds [27.02.2013] | A record but still narrow majority of California voters, or 54 percent, favor legalizing marijuana for personal, recreational use with age limits and ... |
| US drugs prosecutors switch sides to defend accused Colombian traffickers [27.02.2013] | US prosecutors and other senior officials who spearheaded the war against drug cartels have quit their jobs to defend Colombian cocaine traffickers, ... |
| Pot purchasing limits proposed in CO [24.02.2013] | Rules for Colorado's recreational-marijuana industry have begun to take shape after a marathon meeting of the Amendment 64 Implementation Task Force, ... |
| The great experiment [23.02.2013] | A whiff of change is in the air regarding drug control policy. Officials in two American states, Colorado and Washington, are pondering how to implem ... |
| Maine, Maryland marijuana legalization bills filed [22.02.2013] | Maine and Maryland became the latest states to see marijuana legalization bills filed this year, with lawmakers in those two states rolling out measu ... |
| Will high marijuana taxes encourage black markets? [22.02.2013] | The cannabis industry is an easy target for legislatures to saddle with heavy taxes. In Washington State for instance, there is a 25% tax at three di ... |
| Pot on the patio? [21.02.2013] | Colorado's Amendment 64 Implementation Task Force is wading through the weeds of marijuana legalization, creating regulations to take pot from the sh ... |
| Democratic and Republican legislators unite on bill to legalize and tax marijuana [20.02.2013] | Lawmakers from opposite ends of the political spectrum unveiled a bill Thursday that would give Mainers the chance to legalize marijuana for recreati ... |
| Maine could become the next state to legalize marijuana for adult use [20.02.2013] | State Rep. Diane Russell (D-Portland) was joined by Rep. Aaron Libby (R-Waterboro) at a press conference to unveil the details of her new bill that w ... |
| Pot-related bills advance in Wash. Legislature [20.02.2013] | Two marijuana-related bills advanced in Olympia, with legislative committees giving their OK to one measure that would block police from arresting me ... |
| Mayor Bloomberg makes a small step toward a rational policy on marijuana [19.02.2013] | In his final state of the city address as Mayor of New York, Michael Bloomberg, announced that anyone caught in possession of marijuana would no long ... |
| Colorado marijuana task force recommends allowing pot tourism [18.02.2013] | Members of a task force proposing regulations for recreational marijuana in Colorado approved recommendations that would allow for marijuana tourism ... |
| Obama drug czar: We will go after marijuana distributors in Wash. and Colo. [17.02.2013] | In an interview with Canadian news magazine Maclean’s, Gil Kerlikowske, President Obama’s Director of the Office of National Drug Control Policy, sta ... |
| U.S. can proceed with plans to close Oakland pot shop, court says [14.02.2013] | A U.S. magistrate judge on Thursday sided with federal prosecutors in dismissing a lawsuit by the city of Oakland that challenged as illegal federal ... |
| Up in Smoke: Why the GOP’s Views on Pot are Showing Signs of a Shift [13.02.2013] | As the push to legalize pot migrates from the margins to the mainstream, it is mellowing some Republicans in the process. “If it was a secret ballot, ... |
| Doors swing open for advocates of marijuana legalization on Capitol Hill [11.02.2013] | Advocates for the legalization of marijuana plan to step up their political giving and lobbying efforts now that members of Congress are taking an in ... |
| Denver City Council to vote in April whether to opt out on marijuana [10.02.2013] | The Denver City Council will vote in April on whether the state's largest city will opt out of licensing recreational marijuana sales — a move that c ... |
| How the Latin American drug war will end [10.02.2013] | As the underlying rationale for the war on drugs falls apart, some may wonder whether Latin America is really prepared to push back against Washingto ... |
| The U.S. drug czar weighs in on Canada’s pot habit [10.02.2013] | Kerlikowske: "I think a patchwork of policies would create real difficulties. We still have federal law that places marijuana as being illegal. The a ... |
| Two letters expose rift over new pot law [06.02.2013] | A handful of legislators recently drew up a letter raising questions and concerns about the law, including whether it can be implemented by December ... |
| Pot plans: Efforts surge in Congress to reform marijuana laws [06.02.2013] | Driven by a groundswell of public opinion, Colorado and Washington State last November became the first states in the U.S. to legalize the recreation ... |
| California high court seems inclined to uphold bans on pot shops [06.02.2013] | The California Supreme Court appeared inclined to uphold municipal bans against medical marijuana dispensaries. Meeting for oral arguments, the state ... |
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