Posted on: Sep 28, 2011, Source: Drug War Chronicle
The DOJ and the Bureau of Alcohol, Tobacco, & Firearms are teaming up to deny medical marijuana users the the 2nd Amendment. For once, the NRA is nowhere to be found.
Posted on: Sep 28, 2011, Source: Drug War Chronicle
By the end of the year, the Czech Republic's Department of Health will submit to parliament an amended law removing marijuana from the list of banned prescription substances.
Posted on: Jul 29, 2010, Source: Drug War Chronicle
One of the most glaring injustices of the American drug war: the 100:1 disparity in sentencing between federal crack cocaine and federal powder cocaine offenders.
During his State of the Union address, President Bush announced a new $600 million drug treatment initiative -- but used it to promote his faith-based initiatives program.
Philip Smith interviews former Argentine Solicitor General Jamie Malamud-Goti about his involvement in the upcoming conference, 'Out from the Shadows: Ending Drug Prohibition in the 21st Century'.
Much to the dismay of the Bush Administration, The Canadian House of Commons recommended this week that Canada decriminalize the possession and cultivation of small amounts of cannabis, among other reform measures.
What could have been an extended wake for a drug reform movement badly chastened by the November 5 election results instead became an occasion for reinvigoration as activists gathered at Marijuna Policy Project's conference in Anaheim, CA.
Though Question 9, the Nevada marijuna decriminalization initiative, was defeated in last week's election, marijuana-related votes elsewhere were more encouraging.
In 'Addict in the Family: How to Cope With the Long Haul,' Australian physician and author Dr. Andrew Byrne speaks directly to the families and friends of heroin addicts, outlining an accessible approach to coping with addiction in the family.
As if urine screenings in schools were not humiliating enough, a school in South Dakota is accused of allowing a suspicionless drug search by a canine that resulted in terrified children.
To win the drug war, we first need to win the war of public opinion. If the editorial reaction to the British decrim move is any indication, end of pot prohibition maybe around the corner.
Caught between a clamor for an end to cannabis prohibition and the grumblings of reactionaries on the other, David Blunkett is making a mess of what was supposed to be a straightforward move to decriminalize marijuana possession in Great Britain.
Britain's third political force, the Liberal Democrat Party, is moving to put its policy where its platform is with a plan which would effectively decriminalize hard drug possession in the London borough of Southwick.
A recent DEA joint campaign with a group of female legislators is being touted as educating youth and parents about the dangers of "club drugs" but could have more serious political ramifications.
The latest addition to the ever-growing debate over British drug policy came this week as the parliamentary Home Affairs Select Committee studying current policy released its long-awaited report, "The Government's Drugs Policy: Is It Working?"
Philadelphia is now into its second week of Operation Safe Streets, a massive police crackdown on some 300 identified open-air drug markets in the City of Brotherly Love.
Raphael Perl, an international terrorism and narcotics specialist, recently spoke about the correlation between drug use, crime rates and decriminalization. His remarks indicate that serious drug analysts are beginning to understand the trade-off between prohibition and crime.
Former British cabinet minister Mo Mowlam, who ran Prime Minister Tony Blair's drug policy until less than a year ago, has called for the legalization of all drugs.
At its national convention in Seattle last weekend, the US branch of Amnesty International, the world's largest human rights organization, voted to have the organization investigate the links between US drug policy and human rights abuses at home and abroad.
