California’s Proposition 19, if approved by voters, will legalize possession of small amounts of marijuana legal for the first time in the United States. Many other states have relaxed their marijuana laws. Is this the tipping point when marijuana follows alcohol and gambling from criminal offense to harmless pastime — […]
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Weekly Standard Exposé: Pot Prohibition Promotes Pretense, Paranoia
By Jacob Sullum Matt Labash has an amusing, informative, and frequently astute report on Michigan’s medical marijuana industry in the latest issue of The Weekly Standard. As in California, he finds, it’s not hard to qualify as a patient who is permitted to use cannabis under state law, and many […]
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California Braces for an Unstoppable Onslaught of Stoned Drivers and Employees
By Jacob Sullum Opponents of Proposition 19, California’s marijuana legalization initiative, are falsely claiming it would allow people to drive while stoned. In a June Sacramento Bee op-ed piece, Bishop Ron Allen of the Greater Solomon Temple Community Church warned: If this proposed initiative passes, California drivers will be able […]
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Podcast: Sacred Psychedelics and Their Transformative Power
Interviews with psychedelic pioneers Adam Elenbass, Charles Shaw and Isabella Stoloff
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The Unheard Voices Project
The Unheard Voices Project is a documentary archive of testimonies from offenders, ex-offenders, family members, and experts on the far-ranging consequences of the American criminal justice system.
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Drug Warriors — It’s Time for You to Go to Rehab
Johann Hari Posted: September 29, 2010 08:35 AM In the Western world today, there is a group of people who live in a haze of unreality, and are prone at any moment to break into paranoia, hallucinations, and screaming. If you try to get between them and their addiction, they […]
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Sooner Or Later, Marijuana Will Be Legal
By Bill Piper, Special to CNN Editor’s note: Bill Piper is the director of national affairs for the Drug Policy Alliance. (CNN) — It’s as predictable as the sun rising and setting. Even though police made more than 850,000 marijuana arrests last year, a recent government report shows youth marijuana […]
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The Budgetary Impact of Ending Drug Prohibition
by Jeffrey A. Miron and Katherine Waldock State and federal governments in the United States face massive looming fiscal deficits. One policy change that can reduce deficits is ending the drug war. Legalization means reduced expenditure on enforcement and an increase in tax revenue from legalized sales. This report estimates […]