By Jacob Sullum As Mike Riggs noted this morning, the Obama administration last Friday night finally got around to addressing the “We the People” online petitions urging repeal of marijuana prohibition. First it had to deal with the clamor for excising “under God” from the Pledge of Allegiance (a cause […]
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Coalition Calls for Marijuana Legalization and Regulation to Reduce Gang Violence
Coalition of BC Law Enforcement, Health and Academic Experts Call for Marijuana Legalization and Regulation to Reduce Gang Violence New Polls Shows 87% of British Columbians Link Gang Violence to Organized Crime’s Control of Marijuana Trade October 27, 2011 [Vancouver, Canada] – In the wake of high-profile gang violence related […]
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Prohibition Episode I
PROHIBITION is a three-part, five-and-a-half-hour documentary film series directed by Ken Burns and Lynn Novick that tells the story of the rise, rule, and fall of the Eighteenth Amendment to the U.S. Constitution and the entire era it encompassed Watch the full episode. See more Ken Burns.
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Prohibition Documentary
Premieres October 2nd, 3rd & 4th, 2011 at 8 PM on PBS CHECK LOCAL LISTINGS PROHIBITION is a three-part, five-and-a-half-hour documentary film series directed by Ken Burns and Lynn Novick that tells the story of the rise, rule, and fall of the Eighteenth Amendment to the U.S. Constitution and the […]
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marijuana-arrests.com
An Online Library About Marijuana Possession Arrests, Race And Police Policy In New York City And Beyond U.S. government studies consistently find that young whites use marijuana at higher rates than young blacks or Latinos. Yet, in large cities and counties throughout the United States, young blacks and Latinos are […]
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Court decision on Insite safe-injection project coming Friday
For Donovan Mahoney, the Insite facility in Vancouver’s Downtown Eastside was more than just a safe place to turn to for drugs. Since 2004, he’s checked in at the clinic about 1,000 times for heroine, cocaine and morphine injections but he credits the controversial site for helping him get to […]
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Drugs, Risk and the Myth of the ‘Evil’ Addict
By MAIA SZALAVITZ My column on making Naloxone available over-the-counter to reverse overdoses drew many plaudits and two main strands of criticism. One group argued that addicts aren’t worth saving and we need to cut the drug supply; the other said that Naloxone, also known by its brand name, Narcan, […]
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Children of the Drug War
‘Children of the Drug War’ is a unique collection of original essays that investigates the impacts of the war on drugs on children, young people and their families. With contributions from around the world, providing different perspectives and utilizing a wide range of styles and approaches including ethnographic studies, personal […]
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National Survey Shows A Rise In Illicit Drug Use From 2008 To 2010
Increased rates of marijuana use drive increase, especially among young adults The use of illicit drugs among Americans increased between 2008 and 2010 according to a national survey conducted by the Substance Abuse and Mental Health Services Administration (SAMHSA). The National Survey on Drug Use and Health (NSDUH) shows that […]