PROP. 19 – END MARIJUANA PROHIBITION, VOTE YES ********************************************************************** DrugSense FOCUS Alert #454 – Monday, September 20th, 2010 Syndicated columnist Debra Saunders summarizes the issues well in the column below. Please encourage your local newspapers to carry this column. Newspaper editors will know how to pick up the column from […]
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FBI Uniform Crime Report on Drug War Facts
With the recent release of the FBI’s 2009 Uniform Crime Report numbers, the Crime and Marijuana Chapters of Drug War Facts have been updated with these additions: Fact 2. (2009, 2008, 2007, 1973 – drug arrests) “In 2009, arrests for drug law violations declined slightly (-2.3%) to 1,663,582. A small […]
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San Jose Police Chief Says Legalize Marijuana in California
Joe McNamara, a retired chief of police in San Jose, CA, and Kansas City, MO, talks about why it’s time to legalize marijuana. Joe is a member of Law Enforcement Against Prohibition (LEAP), which any civilian can join for free at http://www.CopsSayLegalizeDrugs.com
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Daniel Pacheco delivers 52,000 Signatures to Drug Czar Gil Kerlakowske for Just Say Now
Watch SSDP member Daniel Pacheco confront the Drug Czar and deliver 52,000 Just Say Now petition signatures! Have you signed the petition? http://action.firedoglake.com/page/s/justsaynow?source=jsn
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License Cannabis Sales, Expert Says
Policymakers should consider allowing the licensed sale of cannabis for recreational use, says one of the UK’s leading researchers of the drug. Professor Roger Pertwee is to make the call in a speech at the British Science Association festival in Birmingham. He is expected to say radical solutions have to […]
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Bring Marc Emery Home
We, the undersigned, petition Mr. Vic Toews, Canada’s Public Safety Minister, to immediately approve Mr. Marc Emery’s application for a treaty transfer from the U.S. to Canada. A media figure for marijuana and drug law reform, Mr. Emery is a Canadian citizen who carried out all his activities in Canada. […]
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Proposition 19 Money Bomb
We’re going to make a statement. We’re going to show our movement is strong, and that we can win in November. On one day, September 13, the Prop 19 campaign will raise $50,000 — $1,000 for each day left until Election Day, November 2. This couldn’t be more important and […]