By Ernest Drucker Bill S-10 currently being considered by the House of Commons calls for the introduction of mandatory sentences as deterrents to organized crime and large scale drug dealing in Canada. There are serious doubts about the value of this strategy , and many of the country’s health, research, […]
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Mexico Drug War a Lost Cause as Presently Fought
By Sandy Goodman There’s a powerful new piece of evidence that, the way it is being fought, the war on drugs on the Mexican-American border is a lost cause. It comes in a report issued by the Council on Foreign Relations, a highly-respected foreign policy think tank, that recommends that, […]
Letter of the Week
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Letter Of The Week
DRUGS WON THE WAR Re: Canada’s illicit drug trade growing, March 3. So if I read this article correctly, all the billions of dollars spent on the “war on drugs” in the United States and Canada has resulted in a growth in the trade. The International Narcotics Control Board (INCB) […]
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Medicinal Cannabis and its Impact on Human Health – Documentary
In this myth shattering, information packed documentary, learn from physicians and leading researchers about medicinal cannabis and its demonstrated effects on human health. This game-changing movie presents the most comprehensive synopsis to date of the real science surrounding the world’s most controversial plant. Medicinal Cannabis and its Impact on Human […]
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The Wire producer: War on drugs is ‘a war on the underclass’
By Eric W. Dolan Thursday, March 10th, 2011 — 7:04 pm David Simon, the creator and executive producer of HBO’s The Wire, said the war on drugs had devolved into a war on the underclass after actress Felicia Pearson was arrested in Baltimore on drug charges. Thirty-year-old Pearson had served a prison […]
Focus Alerts
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ALERT: #466 Will Michigan’s Local Reform Laws Be Repealed?
WILL MICHIGAN’S LOCAL REFORM LAWS BE REPEALED? ********************************************************************** DrugSense FOCUS Alert #466 – Thursday, March 10th, 2011 In the months ahead the following local Michigan laws could be repealed: Ferndale Medical Marijuana Ordinance http://www.drugsense.org/cms/node/49 Flint Code Amendment-Medical Marihuana http://www.drugsense.org/cms/node/42 Traverse City Medical Marijuana Ordinance http://www.drugsense.org/cms/node/50 Ann Arbor Medical Marijuana Ordinance […]
Letter Writer of the Month
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Letter Writer of the Month – February – Chris Buors
DrugSense recognizes Chris Buors of Winnipeg, Manitoba for his letter published during February bring his total published letters that we know of to 239. You may review his published letters at: http://www.mapinc.org/writers/Chris+Buors
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Drug Czar Says LEAP Is Wrong
In an interview with KCTS in Seattle, drug czar Gil Kerlikowske (a former Seattle police chief) disputed facts in an op-ed, by LEAP speaker Norm Stamper (also a former Seattle chief) on how the Obama administration continues to emphasize funding for punishment over funding for treatment despite having lots of […]
Cannabis & Hemp
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UMass Professor Drops Bid To Grow Medical Pot
WASHINGTON (AP) — A University of Massachusetts-Amherst professor says he’s dropping his nearly decade-long fight to persuade the government to let him grow marijuana in bulk for medical research. Horticulturist Lyle Craker wanted to cultivate marijuana to boost research into the plant’s potential medicinal benefits. But he’s been rebuffed — […]