New Coalition calls for a public health approach to alcohol, tobacco and drug controls Vancouver (BC), November 26, 2011: The Health Officers’ Council of BC (HOC) and the Canadian Drug Policy Coalition (CDPC), http://drugpolicy.ca/, have called for a fundamental shift in Canada’s approach to alcohol, tobacco, illegal and prescription drug […]
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Driven By Drug War Incentives, Cops Target Pot Smokers, Brush Off Victims Of Violent Crime
CHICAGO — As Jessica Shaver and I chat at a coffee shop in Chicago’s north-side Andersonville neighborhood, a police car pulls into the parking lot across the street. Then another. Two cops get out, lean up against their cars, and appear to gaze across traffic into the store. At times, […]
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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 […]
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Open Letter: The Global War on Drugs has Failed
In is time for a new approach WE THE UNDERSIGNED call on members of the public and of Parliament to recognise that:- Fifty years after the 1961 UN Single Convention on Narcotic Drugs was launched, the global war on drugs has failed, and has had many unintended and devastating consequences […]
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It’s time to make drugs legal, Nobel winners tell Cameron
David Cameron has been urged to consider legalising drug use by a group of 60 major thinkers and celebrities including Sting, Yoko Ono and the former American president Jimmy Carter. By Rowena Mason, Political Correspondent In a letter to the Prime Minister and every member of Parliament, the public figures […]
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If Not Now, When? The Slow Rise of Marijuana Reform
Last month the United States reached a milestone in the debate over cannabis’ place in our society. For the first time since it began asking the question, the Gallup polling organization recorded 50% support for legalizing marijuana sales to adults. That number has been a long time in the making, […]
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Missouri ballot measures proposed to legalize marijuana
THE ASSOCIATED PRESS | Posted: Tuesday, November 8, 2011 JEFFERSON CITY, Mo. • Advocates can begin collecting signatures for two proposed Missouri ballot measures that would legalize marijuana. The secretary of state’s office said Monday the initiative petitions have been approved for circulation to get them on the 2012 ballot. […]
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Video from the Drug Policy Alliance Conference
The Hungarian Civil Liberties Union (HCLU) is uploading video from the 2011 Drug Policy Alliance Conference in Los Angeles. Here is a sample. Check out the HCLU Youtube channel link below for more.
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Hemp Activists and “Truthers” Unite
Posted by Camron Wiltshire on November 5, 2011 HempVia the Bob Tuskin Radio Show: After 11 years, the Florida Hemp Fest is back with a new twist. Dennis “Murli” Watkins, who served four months of jail time for orchestrating a “doobie toss” at the event in 1994, is bringing back […]