Cannabis Makes Inmates Behave Says Danish Study
When prisoners are allowed to smoke weed prison guards have an easier job. Cannabis makes them behave...
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Chronicle Book Review Essay: Two Faces of the Drug War
Book reviews: 'Cornbread Mafia: A Homegrown Syndicate's Code of Silence and the Biggest Marijuana Bust in American History' & 'Operation Fly Trap: LA Gangs
Video: Retired Police Captain Demolishes the War On Drugs
LEAP co-founder and retired police captain, Peter Christ, appears on WGRZ-TV in Buffalo, NY and takes on all aspects of our disastrous War on Drugs.
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Drug Offenders Spend 250 Percent More Time in Federal Prison Since 1987
The amount of time drug offenders serve in federal prison has increased 250 percent since 1987, and as a result...
California Three Strikes Reform Initiative Poised to Win
California Three Strikes Reform Initiative Poised to Win - CA voters next month may approve Proposition 36, a measure designed to amend the Three Strikes...
Colorado Amendment 64: Know the Lies, Part 4
Passing Amendment 64 would save people from the harm of marijuana arrests, and save vast amounts of money on law enforcement, courts, and prisons.
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NY Prisons Are Isolating Drug Users for 23 Hours a Day In Cells "the Size of a Typical Elevator"
A new NY Civil Liberties Union report details some horrific findings, e.g. NY prison system inmates caught using drugs, including marijuana, are punished...
Video: Roseanne Barr's Oaksterdam Speech
Roseanne Barr gave a pro-marijuana speech in Oaksterdam on September 27, 2012. Here's a video of it and some highlights...
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CNN: 2012 Cost of Failed War on Drugs Through September
The utter failure that is the war on drugs has reached a combined $30 billion so far this year and 1.2 million Americans have been arrested for drug...
CNN Video, Rep Barney Frank: Marijuana Law a 'Great Hypocrisy'
Rep Barney Frank (D-MA) talks to CNN's Erin Burnett on his support for marijuana reform in this 3 minute segment from September 26, 2012.
Video: Anti-Amendment 64 'Smart Colorado' Founders' Checkered Past
In this video, the Young Turks expose Mel and Betty Sembler's checkered past and their likely motivations for bankrolling Smart Colorado to fight cannabis.
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Seattle Times Editorial Board: Approve I-502, It’s Time to Legalize
Marijuana prohibition does not work. The better policy is to legalize it, license it, regulate it and tax it. Washington State, approve I-502 this November.
Video: The House I Live In
Eugene Jarecki's new documentary 'The House I Live In' is about the not-so-silent war at home, the war on drugs. Here's the trailer for this Oct film...
Drug Sentences Driving Federal Prison Population Growth, Government Report Finds
GAO release a report stating the swelling of federal prisons is largely attributable to drug prisoners and longer sentences for them.
Video: Drugs vs America!
Drugs vs America... The Drug War is America's longest-running war. John Fugelsang lets loose in this video after one reefer madness commercial too many.
Federal Judge: Criminalization of Marijuana is “Absurd”
Judge Richard Posner serves on the United States Court of Appeals for the Seventh Circuit in Chicago, he also wants marijuana to be legalized.
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How Legal Marijuana Could Save $72 Billion Each Year
Over 50% of Americans want marijuana legalized, which could yield $72B in annual tax revenue and cost savings.
Montana's First Medical Marijuana Caregiver Dies in Prison
Richard Flor, 68, the first person to register as a caregiver under Montana's now gutted medical marijuana program has died in federal prison.