DPA Coordinating Events for International Overdose Awareness Day (August 31) to Remember Lives Lost and to Educate About Solutions to Overdose Crisis Accidental Overdose Deaths Have Quadrupled Since 1990 — More than 26,000 Americans Die Every Year Radio Stations and Supporters Urged to Play Music by Artists who Died of […]
Cannabis & Hemp , What You Can Do
Dispensaries are Indispensable
As you may be aware, Health Canada last month announced some proposed amendment to the MMAR and are engaging in a consultation period this month. More information can be found on their website: http://www.hc-sc.gc.ca/dhp-mps/marihuana/index-eng.php. The Canadian Association of Medical Cannabis Dispensaries has launched a “Dispensaries are Indispensable” National Endorsement Campaign. […]
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On 40th Anniversary of “War on Drugs,” Cops Release Report Showing its Failure
Obama’s Drug Czar Says He Ended “War on Drugs” Two Years Ago Cops Hand-Deliver Report to Drug Czar’s Office While Czar Refuses to Meet WASHINGTON, DC — In conjunction with this week’s 40th anniversary of President Nixon declaring “war on drugs,” a group of police, judges and jailers who support […]
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Petition to End the War on Drugs
We call on you to end the war on drugs and the prohibition regime, and move towards a system based on decriminalisation, regulation, public health and education. This 50 year old policy has failed, fuels violent organised crime, devastates lives and is costing billions. It is time for a humane […]
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Feds Attacking Marijuana Clinics – Act Now!
Two years ago, the Obama administration promised not to waste federal resources interfering with state medical marijuana laws. But in recent months they’ve broken that promise, raiding licensed medical marijuana dispensaries and sending threatening letters to state officials.
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ALERT: 468 Now There Are 16 States
NOW THERE ARE 16 STATES ********************************************************************** DrugSense FOCUS Alert #468 – Saturday, May 14th, 2011 Today the front page of The News Journal, Delaware’s major newspaper, printed the article below. Will this, the most restrictive law any state has, ever actually help patients? Will the federal government allow the state […]
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Tell Attorney General Holder: Stop Raiding Medical Marijuana Dispensaries
28 raids in 24 hours. That’s the unfortunate reality for medical marijuana patients in Montana and California. Federal agents shutdown 26 dispensaries across Montana and 2 in the medical marijuana sanctuary city of West Hollywood, California this month in their latest attack on patients and legitimate businesses. But back in […]
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ALERT: #467 Michigan Marihuana Act Under Attack
MICHIGAN MARIHUANA ACT UNDER ATTACK ********************************************************************** DrugSense FOCUS Alert #467 – Sunday, April 3rd, 2011 More than 1.3 million adults read the Sunday Detroit Free Press so what it prints is influential. Today two items focused on medicinal marijuana. The first, an in depth editorial, is at http://www.mapinc.org/drugnews/v11/n218/a09.html The second, […]
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Help Return Marc Emery to Canada
As many of you know, Marc Emery has been jailed in the United States for the last year serving out a five year sentence for distributing millions of cannabis seeds in an effort to raise money to support cannabis law reform. For the last several months he has been in […]