Race: Blacks Arrested on Drug Charges in Wildly Disproportionate Numbers, Rights Group Charges
Observers of the drug war have long known about its racial disparities, but a new report from Human Rights Watch makes them glaringly obvious.
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Europe: Dutch Mayors Say Border Coffee Shops to Close in Bid to Stifle Drug Tourism
The influx to Dutch border towns with cannabis coffee shops of tens of thousands of Europeans each week from countries with more repressive cannabis policies has led to myriad problems in those border towns. Now, mayors of two of them say they will simply shut them down. -
Salvia Divinorum: Possession -- But Not Sale -- Now Banned in South Dakota
South Dakota has become the 14th state to ban salvia divinorum, based on little more than YouTube videos and the fear that somebody somewhere might be getting high for a few minutes. -
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Mantenimiento con heroÃna: Estudio indica que Baltimore puede estar lista para programa piloto
Los programas de mantenimiento con heroÃna en Suiza y Alemania han producido resultados positivos por aquÃ. ¿Será que puede funcionar en EE.UU.? Peter Reuter, experto en polÃticas de drogas, echó un vistazo a las perspectivas de Baltimore. -
Prohibición: ManÃa de salvia arrolla Asambleas estatales mientras vedas se difunden por todo EE.UU.
La <em>Salvia divinorum</em> debe ser potentÃsima. Está volviendo locos a legisladores por todo EE.UU. al paso que insisten en prohibirla simplemente porque alguien en alguna parte puede estar colocándose con ella. -
Marihuana medicinal: Senado estatal aprueba proyecto de Nueva Yérsey
El lunes el Senado de Nueva Yérsey aprobó un proyecto de ley sobre la marihuana medicinal y el gobernador dijo el miércoles que âcon toda seguridadâ lo sancionarÃa. Pero tiene que pasar por la Asamblea primero.