Newark Mayor Cory Booker: Medical Marijuana? Heck Yes... But I Want to Go Beyond That
During a HuffPo Live interview, Newark Mayor & potential gubernatorial candidate Cory Booker made some very strong statements in favor of drug law reform...
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Legalization and the UN Drug Treaties -- A Minor Obstacle at Worst
An argument that's been made is that cannabis legalization would violate US obligations as signatories to the UN's international drug control treaties...
Obama Breaks His Silence on Marijuana Legalization: We’ve Got Bigger Fish to Fry Than Cannabis Users
Breaking his silence on the topic of marijuana legalization since two states approved ballot initiatives, President Barack Obama addressed the issue in...
Listen to Voters President Obama, Not the Vice President!
Listen To Voters President Obama, Not The Vice President! "The vice president has a special interest in this issue,” Sabet says. “As long as he is vice president, we’re very far off from legalization being a reality.
Gallup: Most Americans Want the Federal Government to Butt Out of State Marijuana Laws
Sixty-four percent of Americans oppose the federal government interfering in state laws that allow for the legal use of the substance by adults...
Cato Institute Policy Analysis and Forum on State Legalization and Preemption
The libertarian Cato Institute has published a Policy Analysis, "On the Limits of Federal Supremacy: When States Relax (or Abandon) Marijuana Bans."
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AG Eric Holder Says Administration Will Announce Marijuana Policy Soon
US Attorney General Eric Holder said the Justice Department will announce “relatively soon” its policy on recently passed state measures legalizing cannabis
Majority Says Feds Should Stay Out of Marijuana Legalization States
Marijuana legalization: Some 51% of respondents said the federal government should "exempt adults who follow state law from enforcement."
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Washington Set to Legalize Marijuana Use Without Justice Department Guidance
Adults in Washington state will be able to smoke cannabis legally on Thursday, even though the Justice Department has offered no guidance on the conflict...
Congressional Lawmakers Introduce Legislation to Halt Federal Interference In State Marijuana Laws
US Representatives have introduced bipartisan legislation in Congress, House Bill 6606, The Respect States’ and Citizens’ Rights Act of 2012 , to amend...
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A Firsthand Look at Drug Policy in Portugal
Drug tourists? Yes -- only their drug of choice was Sagres, the local beer.
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Marijuana Dispensary Closed By Feds Re-Opens...Is the Crackdown Over?
San Francisco's Shambhala Healing Center has decided to reopen its doors after Obama's Justice Department assault on CA's medical marijuana dispensaries...
Colorado US Representatives Move to Support Legal Marijuana
In the wake of this month's vote in Colorado to legalize marijuana, which won with 55% of the vote, a bipartisan group from the state's congressional...
MOMENTUM: Post Election, Marijuana Law Reform Bills to be Introduced at Both State and Federal Level
The message from the big marijuana wins on Election Day has already begun to reverberate around the nation. Right on the heels of the votes in WA and CO...
WA Governor-Elect Inslee: It is in the Best Interest of State and Country to Allow Legalization
During a press conference today, the governor-elect for the Washington state, Jay Inslee, defended his state’s recently approved marijuana legalization...
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Decriminalize Drug Use, Say UK Experts After Six-year Study
Advisors say no serious rise in consumption is likely if possession of small amounts of controlled drugs is allowed.
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82 Percent of Americans Think the U.S. Is Losing the War on Drugs
Only 7% of American Adults think the US is winning the war on drugs, says a new Rasmussen telephone poll, while 82% say the US is losing that war...
WA Governor Meets with DOJ on Marijuana Legalization
Washington state Governor Chris Gregoire met Tuesday with Deputy Attorney General James Cole to discuss her state's passage last week of an initiative...