Drug War Chronicle

Nadie nunca dijo que iba a ser fácil aprobar un proyecto de ley sobre la marihuana medicinal en las asambleas legislativas estaduales y sucesos recientes en Minnesota y Rhode Island refuerzan la convicción de que el proceso es demorado y arduo. Pero nada pasa si no se lo intenta y eso hace un legislador de Ohío.

Casi un año después que entró en vigor, el programa de marihuana medicinal de Nuevo México inscribe y proporciona tarjetas de identidad a pacientes, pero sus dispositivos innovadores para la producción y distribución de marihuana autorizadas, poseídas y administradas por el estado están estancados en el proceso regulatorio.

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Events and quotes of note from this week's drug policy events of years past.

The British Advisory Council on the Misuse of Drugs, the government body charged with setting drug policy, has a new chairman this week, and he has said he wants to downgrade Ecstasy to a less serious drug classification.

Move over, Sicilian Mafia. The Calabrian mob, grown rich and powerful off trafficking in black market cocaine, are the new tough guys in Europe.

Colombia's vice-president went to London to attend events related to a new British campaign against cocaine consumption, but while he was there, he suggested maybe legalization should be part of the discussion.

The Chilean government recently reclassified marijuana as a "dangerous drug" like heroin or methamphetamine, but one senator is crying foul.

Faced with high rates of opiate addiction and a rising overdose toll, the Massachusetts Senate is considering funding a pair of "secure treatment centers" for arrested drug users.