Drug War Chronicle

Hace diez años esta semana, Jacki Rickert, la paciente de marihuana medicinal de Wisconsin, lideraba una “Jornada por la Justicia” de 336Km al capitolio estadual en Madison. Esta semana, ella regresó y fue honrada, ya que dos diputados anunciaron que iban a presentar un proyecto sobre la marihuana medicinal que llevaba su nombre.

La Campaña Contra el Plantío de Marihuana (CAMP, sigla en inglés) de California ha estado erradicando plantas de marihuana durante aproximadamente un cuarto de siglo. Es una batalla perdida.

Es probable que los primeros prohibidores de las drogas no tuvieran en mente la guerra a las drogas de hoy cuando pusieron las políticas de drogas mundiales en el curso que aún siguen actualmente. Si pudieran verlo todo, probablemente los dejarían mareados.

A committee of the European Parliament has called for a pilot project for diverting illicit Afghan opium to the licit medicinal market.

California's Campaign Against Marijuana Planting (CAMP) has been eradicating pot plants for nearly a quarter-century. It's a losing battle.

Ten years ago this week, Wisconsin medical marijuana patient Jacki Rickert led a 210-mile "Journey for Justice" to the state capitol in Madison. This week, she was back and being honored as two representatives announced they were introducing a medical marijuana bill with her name on it.

Shot Caller Press, LLC is conducting a poetry contest with cash prizes for prisoners, ex-prisoners, family members or friends of prisoners, prison guards, prison volunteers, or prison workers.

Florida pain patient Richard Paey won some justice Thursday when Gov. Charlie Crist went beyond his family's request for clemency and instead pardoned him in full. The wheelchair bound prisoner was three years into a mandatory minimum 25-year sentence as a drug trafficker for fraudulently trying to obtain pain pills. Now he is no longer even a convicted felon.