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No Rational Basis: The Pragmatic Case For Marijuana Law Reform
By Eric Blumenson and Eva Nilsen, 17 Virginial Journal of Law and Public Policy 45 (2009) FULL ARTICLE AVAILABLE AT: http://ssrn.com/abstract=1366422 ABSTRACT: This article presents a critique of marijuana prohibition and suggests some alternative regulatory approaches that would be more productive and consonant with justice. Part I relies on a […]
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Liberty Lost: The Moral Case For Marijuana Law Reform
By Eric Blumenson and Eva Nilsen, 85 Indiana Law Journal 279 (2010) FULL ARTICLE AVAILABLE AT: http://ssrn.com/abstract=1366426 ABSTRACT: Marijuana policy analyses typically focus on the relative costs and benefits of present policy and its feasible alternatives. This essay addresses a prior, threshold issue: whether marijuana criminal laws abridge fundamental individual […]
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Just Say Now
Californians will vote this fall on whether to legalize marijuana – and the measure has a real shot at passing By Ari Berman In 1996, California became the first state in the nation to legalize marijuana for medical use. Now, with a ballot initiative up for a vote in November, […]
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Question of the Week: Is marijuana a gateway to hard drug use?
Drug Policy Question of the Week – 8-17-10 As answered by Mary Jane Borden, Editor of Drug War Facts for the Drug Truth Network on 8-17-10. http://www.drugtruth.net/cms/node/3022 Question of the Week: Is marijuana a gateway to hard drug use? The hypothesis that marijuana is a “pipeline” to heroin and other […]
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German Lawmakers Ready To Approve Use Of Medical Marijuana
Medical marijuana will be available in Germany soon, with the centre-right coalition preparing to make groundbreaking changes to drug laws, a government health spokeswoman said this week.
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When Your Kid Smokes Pot
By Paul Elam O.K., so you found some weed in your teen-agers room. Depending on the kind of parent you are, your reaction to that can range from mild amusement to thermonuclear. But assuming you are not going to smoke the stuff yourself, you are confronted with making some decisions […]
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The Marijuana Policy Tipping Point
A conversation with author Christopher Fichtner, M.D. Christopher Fichtner is a psychiatrist and the former mental health director for the state of Illinois. In his new book, Cannabinomics: The Marijuana Policy Tipping Point, Fichtner predicts that marijuana policy is about to change radically. As Fichtner points out, three public policy […]