Pubdate: Tue, 4 May 2010 Source: Wall Street Journal (US) Copyright: 2010 Dow Jones & Company, Inc. Contact: wsj.ltrs@wsj.com Author: Ana Campoy Bookmark: http://www.mapinc.org/topic/Texas Bookmark: http://www.mapinc.org/topic/Mexico DRUG WAR STALKS TEXAS CITY For Years, McAllen Profited From Ties to Mexico, but Now Violence Is Reversing Gains MCALLEN, Texas–For most of its […]
Cannabis & Hemp
D.C. Set to Vote on Legalizing Marijuana, Already a Widely Used Drug
Newshawk: Please Write a LTE www.mapinc.org/resource/#guides Pubdate: Tue, 4 May 2010 Source: Washington Post (DC) Page: A01, Front Page Copyright: 2010 The Washington Post Company Contact: http://mapinc.org/url/mUgeOPdZ Authors: Paul Schwartzman and Annys Shin, Washington Post Staff Writer Bookmark: http://www.mapinc.org/find?420 (Cannabis – Popular) Bookmark: http://www.mapinc.org/find?253 (Cannabis – Medicinal – U.S.) D.C. […]
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California Marijuana Initiatives, Then and Now
“The last time an initiative to legalize pot outright was put before California voters, in 1972, it was trounced.” wrote a San Francisco Chronicle reporter in a front page article today which you may read at http://www.mapinc.org/drugnews/v10.n335.a01.html While the statement is true, there are differences between the 1972 California Marijuana […]
Cannabis & Hemp
US CA: ACLU Attacks Draft Pot-Dispensary Ordinance
Pubdate: Mon, 3 May 2010 Source: North County Times (Escondido, CA) Webpage: http://mapinc.org/url/G1Dn3nUX Copyright: 2010 North County Times Contact: http://www.nctimes.com/app/forms/letters/index.php Website: http://www.nctimes.com Details: http://www.mapinc.org/media/1080 Author: Edward Sifuentes Cited: Americans for Safe Access http://www.americansforsafeaccess.org/ Cited: Drug Policy Alliance http://www.drugpolicy.org/ Cited: American Civil Liberties Union in San Diego http://www.aclusandiego.org/issues.php?sub_cat_sel=000066 Cited: San Diego […]
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US CA: OPED: It’s Time to Legalize and Regulate Pot
Pubdate: Sat, 1 May 2010 Source: Sacramento Bee (CA) Page: 13A Webpage: http://mapinc.org/url/JiVvKvjJ Copyright: 2010 The Sacramento Bee Contact: http://www.sacbee.com/2006/09/07/19629/submit-letters-to-the-editor.html Website: http://www.sacbee.com/ Details: http://www.mapinc.org/media/376 Author: John Russo Cited: Regulate, Control and Tax Cannabis Act http://www.taxcannabis.org/ Bookmark: http://www.mapinc.org/topic/Tax+Cannabis+Act Bookmark: http://www.mapinc.org/find?115 (Cannabis – California) IT’S TIME TO LEGALIZE AND REGULATE POT When […]
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California Can Lead the Nation
We’re taking our movement national! As grassroots momentum and news coverage builds around California’s ballot initiative to control and tax marijuana, it’s increasingly clear that what happens at the ballot box in our state this November will impact the whole country. That’s why we’re urging California’s delegation in the U.S. […]
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UK: Column: Why Can’t Our Politicians Come Clean on Drugs?
Bookmark: http://www.mapinc.org/find?115 (Cannabis – California) Bookmark: http://www.mapinc.org/find?207 (Cannabis – United Kingdom) WHY CAN’T OUR POLITICIANS COME CLEAN ON DRUGS? What is the single most curable evil afflicting community life in London? The answer is the criminalisation of drug use under the 1971 Misuse of Drugs Act. It blights half the […]
International
UK: Prescribe Heroin on the NHS, Says Nurse Leader
Bookmark: http://www.mapinc.org/find?131 (Heroin Maintenance) Bookmark: http://www.mapinc.org/find?142 (Supervised Injection Sites) PRESCRIBE HEROIN ON THE NHS, SAYS NURSE LEADER Injection Rooms ‘Would Cut Crime and Infection Rates’ But Opponents Warn of Slippery Slope The NHS should offer heroin to drug addicts and open “consumption rooms” where users can go to inject under […]
Cannabis & Hemp
New Zealand: Bust ‘Breaks Cornerstone’ of Cannabis Industry
Bookmark: http://www.mapinc.org/find?251 (Cannabis – New Zealand) BUST ‘BREAKS CORNERSTONE’ OF CANNABIS INDUSTRY Police Minister Judith Collins has congratulated police on shutting down what they allege is a major source of equipment for commercial cannabis growers. A nationwide drugs bust was executed today, closing down the 16 branches and distribution centre […]