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New Drugs, Same Mistakes: Congress Chooses Criminalization Over Regulation

Posted on Jul 29, 2011, Source: AlterNet

Lawmakers are forging ahead with proposals to ban synthetic drugs before scientists could better evaluate the products for health risks and benefits.

Children, Budgets Suffer from Drug Testing the Poor

Posted on Mar 24, 2011, Source: AlterNet

Legislation is pending in over a dozen state legislatures and the U.S. Congress that would deny help with food and housing or unemployment to recipients who fail a drug test.

DEA Criminalization of 'Fake Marijuana' Repeats Mistakes of Past Prohibitions

Posted on Nov 30, 2010, Source: AlterNet

We know from marijuana prohibition that law enforcement has no control over the drug market and the criminals who run it.

Let's Be Smart and Regulate Synthetic Marijiuana 'K2,' and Drop the Prohibitionist Attitude

Posted on Mar 5, 2010, Source: CNN

Lawmakers have a chance to learn from the failures of marijuana prohibition and respond to K2 with enlightened policy.

Don't Give Salvia the Reefer Madness Treatment

Posted on Apr 23, 2009, Source: AlterNet

Move over marijuana. There's a new media sensation.
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