By Anthony Papa Is the Drug War the Next Big Civil Rights Issue? How do we begin to address the connections between astronomical rates of incarceration, disintegration of black families, and the war on drugs?
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Politics, Parenting, Pot or Psychosis: What Caused the Arizona Shootings?
By Maia Szalavitz When an act of seemingly inexplicable violence like the Arizona massacre occurs, everyone is desperate for explanations. Some look to political rhetoric, some look to mental illness, some blame the parents, others point to marijuana. But what’s really at fault? The reality is clearly complex. As researchers […]
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Top Ten Marijuana Victories in 2010
By Rob Kampia It’s with enthusiasm that I present this top-10 list for 2010. While there were a few disappointing losses — most notably the statewide ballot-initiative defeats in Oregon and South Dakota on November 2 — almost everything else demonstrated positive momentum for the marijuana policy reform movement. In […]
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Drug Policy During the Obama Administration: An Assessment
Ethan Nadelmann — Drug Policy During the Obama Administration: An Assessment from Hungarian Civil Liberties Union on Vimeo.
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2010 In Review
MAP presents 2010 in review. http://mapinc.org/find?365 (United States) http://mapinc.org/find?366 (Canada) http://mapinc.org/find?367 (United Kingdom) http://mapinc.org/find?368 (South America) http://mapinc.org/find?369 (Australasia) http://mapinc.org/find?370 (Asia)
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Drug decriminalization pays off in Portugal as US weighs its options
By The Associated Press Monday, December 27th, 2010 LISBON, Portugal (AP) — These days, Casal Ventoso is an ordinary blue-collar community – mothers push baby strollers, men smoke outside cafes, buses chug up and down the cobbled main street. Ten years ago, the Lisbon neighborhood was a hellhole, a “drug […]
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Top 8 Drug Stories of 2010
Momentum Is Building to End the Failed Drug War The debate around failed marijuana prohibition and the larger drug war arrived in a big way in 2010. Here are some of the most significant stories of the year. It’s been a difficult year for progressives, and most other Americans as […]
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Pat Robertson Favors Marijuana Legalization
By Stephen C. Webster Wednesday, December 22nd, 2010 Count this among the 10 things nobody ever expected to see in their lifetimes: 700 Club founder Pat Robertson, one of the cornerstone figures of America’s Christian right movement, has come out in favor of legalizing marijuana. Calling it getting “smart” on […]
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Judge finds ‘increasing’ difficulty in seating marijuana juries
David Edwards Wednesday, December 22nd, 2010 It’s becoming more and more difficult to find juries that will produce a guilty verdict in marijuana cases, according to a judge in Missoula County, Montana. “I think it’s going to become increasingly difficult to seat a jury in marijuana cases, at least the […]