A US resolution at the Commission on Narcotic Drugs conference could mean that governments that currently do not offer access to these drugs will sit up and take notice.
Testing municipal wastewater for drugs may be the next big thing in public health research. The methodology will likely confirm the universality of drug use.
Daniela Perdomo, AlterNet AlterNet: PEEK. January 12, 2010.
The State Assembly's Public Health Committee approved a bill that legalizes marijuana for all adults. It won't hit the debate floor anytime soon, but it's a step forward.
The Mexican government is still confused over the difference between "drugs" and the violence in the battle to gain control of the unregulated drug market.
Daniela Perdomo, AlterNet AlterNet: Politics. December 14, 2009.
AlterNet broke the news that Tax Cannabis 2010 in California has gathered a surplus of ballot petition signatures, moving the state towards pot legalization.
More people than ever grasp the need to shift from criminalization to a public health model -- the Drug Policy Alliance's conference leads the way on this discussion.
We are obviously a long way from elected officials being honest and principled when it comes to dismantling the disastrous drug war. But the tides seem to be turning.
