Items tagged with legalization
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| Four former Vancouver mayors back call for an end to pot prohibition [23.11.2011] | Four former Vancouver mayors have endorsed a coalition calling for an end to pot prohibition in Canada that they blame for rampant gang violence. Lar ... |
| State's effort to legalize pot faces legal pitfalls [20.11.2011] | An effort to decriminalize and tax recreational marijuana sales for adults in Washington state has won some high-profile endorsements — including fro ... |
| Copenhagen votes to legalise marijuana [18.11.2011] | Marijuana could soon be legalised in Copenhagen, after the city voted overwhelmingly in favour of a scheme that would see the drug sold through a net ... |
| Poll: Public supports medical marijuana, but not full pot legalization [18.11.2011] | According a recent CBS News poll conducted at the end of October, a slim majority of 51 percent continues to think that marijuana use should be illeg ... |
| Will Marijuana Raids Be the New Normal if Pot-Legalizing I-502 Passes in Washington? [16.11.2011] | Cannabis-rights activists who oppose the marijuana-legalization initiative I-502 do so for many reasons, including the notion that should the bill pa ... |
| Pot measure is tough sell at cop conference [16.11.2011] | I-502 has about 230,000 signatures and almost certainly will qualify for the November 2012 ballot. If I-502 were to pass, the state Liquor Control Bo ... |
| The war on drugs and the shameful silence of our politicians [13.11.2011] | In a parliamentary debate in the House of Commons, David Cameron said: "I ask the Labour government not to return to retribution and war on drugs. Th ... |
| Juan Manuel Santos: 'It is time to think again about the war on drugs' [13.11.2011] | Santos spelled out the radical ideas which he hopes will create a fresh approach. He said: "A new approach should try and take away the violent profi ... |
| Sign Initiative 502 to put marijuana legalization before state Legislature [11.11.2011] | A former federal prosecutor and two former judges who have not only observed but also enforced marijuana laws at the federal, state and local levels ... |
| It's Only A Matter Of Time [08.11.2011] | GOP presidential candidate Gary Johnson drew headlines earlier this month when he said he would issue a full presidential pardon for anyone serving a ... |
| Pro-pot campaign gets big names, deep pockets [04.11.2011] | Marijuana legalization in Washington has been an activist's pipe dream for decades, but a new campaign with deep pockets and prominent supporters is ... |
| Integrative Medicine: Legalization and regulation of cannabis [04.11.2011] | The California Medical Association made news when it became the first state medical association to recommend the legalization and regulation of canna ... |
| Legalizing pot would cut gang violence: experts [28.10.2011] | A new coalition of high-profile health, academic and justice experts is mounting a campaign to legalize and regulate marijuana in British Columbia, a ... |
| Colombian president calls for legalisation of marijuana [26.10.2011] | Juan Manuel Santos, the Colombian president, has called for the global legalisation of marijuana to help combat the trafficking of harder drugs and r ... |
| Legalizing drugs isn’t the answer [20.10.2011] | Most of us can agree that current drug policy in North America is a disaster. The global war on drugs can’t be won. Locking up addicts in jail is bot ... |
| 50% of Americans support legalizing marijuana: poll [18.10.2011] | An unprecedented 50 percent of Americans think it's high time that marijuana should become legal in the United States, according to a Gallup poll. Th ... |
| California Medical Assn. calls for legalization of marijuana [15.10.2011] | The California Medical Association, representing more than 35,000 physicians statewide, questions the medical value of pot and acknowledges some heal ... |
| Breaking the Silence [01.10.2011] | This brief report outlines the links between cannabis prohibition in British Columbia (Canada) and the growth of organized crime and related violence ... |
| Mexico president hints legalizing drugs may be needed [20.09.2011] | Mexican President Felipe Calderon on Monday turned up pressure on the United States to curb demand for illicit drugs, hinting that legalization of na ... |
| State Dems back marijuana-legalization initiative [19.09.2011] | The Washington State Democratic Central Committee threw its support behind a marijuana legalization initiative this weekend, calling the continuing p ... |
| France and marijuana: an altered state [16.08.2011] | Should the use of cannabis be legalised to end the dealing that has poisoned life in France's banlieues, and to guarantee the quality of a substance ... |
| Majority of Americans ready to legalize marijuana [09.08.2011] | Many Americans continue to believe that marijuana should be legalized, but are not supportive of making other drugs readily available, a new Angus Re ... |
| A French economist argues for the legalization of cannabis [02.08.2011] | University of Paris economist Pierre Kopp wants to legalize marijuana for entirely economic reasons. Kopp tells Le Monde : "For economists, the publi ... |
| Former Mexican president urges legalizing drugs [27.07.2011] | Part of the solution to end drug violence in Mexico should include legalizing drugs like marijuana for personal use, according to former President Vi ... |
| The Pot Republic [26.07.2011] | The bulk of the marijuana consumed in the United States used to come across the border from Mexico, Canada and elsewhere. Now, more than half of it i ... |
| New California marijuana ballot measure starts circulating [25.07.2011] | A new marijuana legalization ballot measure was cleared Monday to start seeking petition signatures. But its proponents aren't affiliated with the Oa ... |
| A Puff in Paris [06.07.2011] | Napoleon's troops first brought over the mysterious dried leaf called hashish from Egypt in the early 1800s. Soon, it was being sold in pharmacies ac ... |
| 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" ... |
| 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 ... |
| Analysis: Mexican ex-presidents lead debate on legalizing drugs [24.06.2011] | Once praised lavishly by the United States for waging a war on drugs, Mexico's last two presidents now say legalizing them may be the best way to end ... |
| 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 ... |
| 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 ... |
| 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 ... |
| The fiscal case for legalising marijuana [20.06.2011] | Across the United States, people struggling with chronic illness increasingly are questioning US policy toward marijuana, a homeopathic substance tha ... |
| Brazilian demonstrations call for legal marijuana [19.06.2011] | Brazilian demonstrators held marches on the weekend calling for marijuana to be legalized after the country's top court ruled the gatherings could go ... |
| 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 ... |
| Is France's cannabis debate stuck in a cul-de-sac? [16.06.2011] | The issue of legalising cannabis is once again making headlines in France following the release of a parliamentary report on Wednesday recommending t ... |
| Légalisation contrôlée du cannabis [15.06.2011] | The parliamentary report recommends “controlled legalisation” of the cultivation and consumption of cannabis in France. The report, compiled by a wor ... |
| 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 ... |
| 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 ... |
| Ruling brings optimism for medical marijuana users [14.04.2011] | The Ontario Superior Court in Canada declared the rules that govern medical marijuana access and the prohibitions laid out in sections 4 and 7 of the ... |
| A sensible approach to marijuana legalization that protects young people [27.03.2011] | The marijuana-legalization debate can too quickly become polarized. Guest columnist Roger Roffman argues that both sides need to tone down the rhetor ... |
| 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 ... |
| Wash. politician proposes selling pot in liquor stores [29.01.2011] | A Washington State Democrat has introduced a bill to legalize marijuana and sell it in liquor stores. Rep. Mary Lou Dickerson filed House Bill 1550 o ... |
| Marijuana advocates debate a new legalization effort [03.01.2011] | The campaign for Proposition 19, which lost 54% to 46% in November, wants to start drafting a new initiative in the spring and to complete it by July ... |
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