by By COHA Research Associate Zoë Amerigian • U.S. drug policy needs to be altered; legalization must be subject to serious debate • Legalization could eliminate illegal demand for Mexican marijuana and curb drug-related violence • Medical dangers of marijuana may be largely exaggerated • Economic costs and benefits should […]
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Marijuana Law Reform: What’s Next?
This week, in observance of 4/20, we’re taking a look at the politics of pot in America. We kicked off yesterday with a quick overview of marijuana law reform efforts over the past twelve months. Today, we check in with a leading legalization advocate, Ethan Nadelmann, executive director of the […]
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Vancouver Injection Site Becomes Election Issue
Vancouver’s controversial safe injection site became an election issue Monday after yet another published study showed it has saved lives, prompting the study’s author to say Conservative policy on the site has no basis in fact. Critics demanded Prime Minister Stephen Harper drop his government’s opposition to the clinic and […]
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Drug Policy Research
Download over 650 peer-reviewed journal articles and significant reports on Harm Reduction and Drug Policy Reform! This comprehensive (and amazing) collection of references includes the following categories of papers: Alcohol harm reduction Cannabis Drug Education / prevention Drug policy documents – the need for change Drug policy history Economic issues […]
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By Huge Margins, Voters Want Drug Penalties Reduced
A whopping 72% of California voters support reducing the penalty for possession of a small amount of illegal drugs for personal use from a felony to a misdemeanor A brand new poll this week finds that a whopping 72% of California voters support reducing the penalty for possession of a […]
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Pot Laws Ruled Unconstitutional
An Ontario Superior Court judge has ruled that the federal medical marijuana program is unconstitutional, giving the government three months to fix the problem before pot is effectively legalized. In an April 11 ruling, Justice Donald Taliano found that doctors across the country have “massively boycotted” the medical marijuana program […]
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Nanny of the Month: Drug Warrior-in-Chief Barack Obama!
Reason.tv dishonors go to the Drug Warrior-in-Chief Barack Obama, whose DEA banned fake pot, thwarted a scientist’s decade-long campaign to study marijuana, and raided dispensaries in Montana and California—all in one month!