The spread of HIV and AIDS among millions of people could be slowed if addicts who inject drugs were treated as medical patients rather than as criminals, the International Federation of the Red Cross said Friday. More than 80 per cent of the world’s governments “are inclined to artificial realities, […]
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DEA Bans Fake Pot; Goats Grateful
By Jacob Sullum Yesterday the Drug Enforcement Administration said it plans to impose an emergency ban on the active ingredients in the marijuana substitutes known as K2 or spice. The products consist of dried herbs, ostensibly sold as incense, that have been sprayed with synthetic cannabinoids such as JWH-018, JWH-073, […]
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What Can We Learn From The Portuguese Decriminalization Of Illicit Drugs?
A new study (http://bjc.oxfordjournals.org/content/50/6/999.full.pdf+html ), published this month in the British Journal of Criminology shows that decriminalisation of all drugs in Portugal did not lead to increases in drug-related harms. The article, written by Dr Caitlin Hughes of the University of New South Wales and Professor Alex Stevens of the […]
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Arizona Joins the Medical Marijuana Club
By Phillip Smith, Drug War Chronicle After trailing on election day and all the way through most of the late vote counting, Arizona’s medical marijuana initiative, Proposition 203, pulled ahead at the end of last week and, with all votes counted, was declared the unofficial winner Saturday. The final tally […]
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Obama’s Pick for Top Drug War Enforcer Needs to Answer Some Tough Questions
By Paul Armentano, The Hill This Wednesday, members of the Senate Judiciary Committee will be considering Michele Leonhart for the position of director of the United States Drug Enforcement Administration (DEA). Several organizations that lobby on drug policy issues have voiced serious concerns regarding Ms. Leonhart’s nomination. As Interim DEA […]
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N.Z.: Cart Of Burning Cannabis Pushed Inside Police Station
Wellington, New Zealand police will decide Friday whether to charge cannabis legalization activists who pushed a shopping cart full of burning marijuana into the central police station foyer. Officers will study CCTV footage showing the shopping cart loaded with smoking weed being pushed into the central police station at the […]
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Are Parents Just Saying No to Marijuana Legalization?
By NATE SILVER Among other disappointments for liberals last Tuesday was the failure of California’s Proposition 19, which would have rewritten state law to allow local jurisdictions the right to regulate and tax the use of marijuana for personal consumption. The measure, which was defeated 54 to 46 percent, had […]
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Denver Mile High Marijuana Summit
Listen to the Denver Mile High Marijuana Summit, November 6. Speakers: Rick Doblin, PhD Founder and Executive Director, MAPS Jeff Jones Oaksterdam University, Prop 19, California Ethan Nadelmann Executive Director, Drug Policy Alliance Aaron Houston Executive Director, SSDP Sue Sisley, MD Arizona Medical Marijuana Initiative Steve Fox Director of Government […]
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UN Expert Calls For A Fundamental Shift In Global Drug Control Policy
At a press conference in New York on Tuesday 26 October, at the 65th session of the United Nations General Assembly, one of the UN’s key human rights experts will call for a fundamental rethink of international drug policy. Anand Grover, from India, is the UN Special Rapporteur on the […]