Low-level arrests for marijuana possession in New York City increased for the seventh straight year in 2011, according to a study released Wednesday, despite a September memorandum from the police commissioner that officers should not arrest those with marijuana unless they have the drugs in plain view. Though arrests dropped […]
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Why is MMA OK and smoking dope isn’t?
There seems to be little sense in which risks people find praiseworthy, and which we condemn, writes Dan Gardner Last week, a physicians’ group called on governments to make helmets mandatory for both children and adults on ski slopes. Lots of people support that. They feel that skiers should not […]
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Marc Emery’s Advice for Aspiring Activists
My wife Jodie Emery and I both receive thousands of letters and inquiries with impassioned pleas that read: “I want to do something to make a difference. I want to legalize marijuana. What can I do? Can you advise or help me start? Where do I begin?” This is a […]
Cannabis & Hemp , Drug Policy , Law Enforcement & Prisons , Question of the Week
Marijuana Prisoners
Drug Policy Question of the Week – 12-19-11 As answered by Mary Jane Borden, Editor of Drug War Facts for the Drug Truth Network on 12-19-11. http://www.drugtruth.net/cms/node/3677 Question of the Week: How many people are in prison for marijuana? Aficionados will recall that there are important statistics in drug policy […]
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Cannabis rescheduling
Drug Policy Question of the Week – 12-15-11 As answered by Mary Jane Borden, Editor of Drug War Facts for the Drug Truth Network on 12-15-11. http://www.drugtruth.net/cms/node/3671 Question of the Week: How can cannabis be rescheduled? According to the Congressional Research Service, the current scheduling scheme for various drugs called […]
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Synthetic Cannabinoids
Drug Policy Question of the Week – 11-30-11 As answered by Mary Jane Borden, Editor of Drug War Facts for the Drug Truth Network on 11-30-11. http://www.drugtruth.net/cms/node/3650 Question of the Week: What are synthetic cannabinoids? As described in an October 2011 report by Congressional Research Service, “Synthetic cannabinoids are substances […]
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Down to the Wire
The Failure of Cannabis Prohibition in BC, November 10, 2011 Stop the Violence BC, a group of experts from British Columbia calling for an end to marijuana prohibition, hosted “Down to the Wire – the Failure of Cannabis Prohibition”, the first in a series of events designed to bring attention […]
Cannabis & Hemp , Drug Policy
The Marijuana Vote
For more about the “marijuana vote,” please check out this press release from Common Sense for Drug Policy issued on November 15, 2011: http://www.csdp.org/pr201111.pdf Also, this formatted one-page PDF flyer, “The Marijuana, Minority and Marginal Vote,” contains many of the facts within the CSDP press release. http://drugwarfacts.org/cms/files/Marijuana-Minority-&-Marginal-Vote.pdf
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Marijuana Voters
Drug Policy Question of the Week – 11-4-11 As answered by Mary Jane Borden, Editor of Drug War Facts for the Drug Truth Network on 11-4-11. http://www.drugtruth.net/cms/node/3616 Question of the Week: What is the marijuana vote? An October Editorial from the Christian Science Monitor lauded the federal crackdown on California […]