Colorado Marijuana Initiative Turns in Final Signatures
The proponents of a Colorado initiative to Regulate Marijuana Like Alcohol turned in 12,000 additional voter signatures Friday in a last bid to qualify for the November ballot.
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Colorado Marijuana Initiative Turns in Final Signatures
A Colorado marijuana legalization initiative looks almost assured of making the November ballot after organizers handed in a final 12,000 signatures. They only need 2,400 valid ones.
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Florida Detective, Meth Suspect Killed in Shootout
A Clay County, Florida, sheriff's narcotics detective and a man he was investigating as a methamphetamine suspect were shot and killed in an exchange of fire Thursday evening.
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Florida Detective, Meth Suspect Killed in Shootout
A Florida sheriff's narcotics detective has been shot dead after trying to force his way into a residence. The suspected meth dealer who shot him was shot and killed, too.
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Soros Gives Big Bucks for California Three Strikes Reform Measure
An initiative that seeks to reform California's three-strikes sentencing law appears to have the financial wherewithal to qualify for the November ballot after philanthropist and drug reform su
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Soros Gives Big Bucks for California Three Strikes Reform Measure
A California initiative to reform the state's Three Strikes law is financially well-placed to make the ballot after George Soros kicked in half a million bucks.
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Meet Obama's Proposed 2013 Federal Drug Budget [FEATURE]
The White House has released its proposed 2013 federal drug budget, and it looks pretty much like all the other federal drug budgets, only bigger.
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Drug War Autopilot and Co-Autopilot: ONDCP Director Gil Kerlikowske with President Obama
Meet Obama's Proposed 2013 Federal Drug Budget [FEATURE]
The White House has released its proposed 2013 federal drug budget, and it looks pretty much like all the other federal drug budgets, only bigger.
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Medical Marijuana Update
Medical marijuana patients are taking to the streets Thursday, Feb. 16, to protest the Obama administration's clampdown on medical marijuana across the country.
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Medical Marijuana Update
Medical marijuana patients are taking to the streets Thursday, Feb. 16, to protest the Obama administration's clampdown on medical marijuana across the country. And then, there's the action at the state and local level.
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This Week in History
Events and quotes of note from this week's drug policy events of years past.
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Medical Marijuana at the Statehouse 2012 [FEATURE]
Since California voters made it the first medical marijuana state in 1996, other states have come on board at a rate a little better than one a year.
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Medical Marijuana at the Statehouse 2012 [FEATURE]
Bills to legalize medical marijuana have been filed (or are about to be filed) in 18 states, and advocates point to three or four of them that are looking like they have a particularly good chance of passage.
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This Week's Corrupt Cops Stories
A state trooper transporting marijuana, a pair of cops ripping off drug cash, a constable smuggling across the Mexican border, and a cop with a bad pain pill habit make this week's hall of sham
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Guatemalan President Will Propose Drug Legalization
Guatemalan President Otto Perez Molina is again speaking out on drug legalization.
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Delaware Suspends Medical Marijuana Program
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This Week's Corrupt Cops Stories
A state trooper transporting marijuana, a pair of cops ripping off drug cash, a constable smuggling across the Mexican border, and a cop with a bad pain pill habit make this week's hall of shame.
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Crazy Anti-Drug Ad Tells Kids to Do Parkour Instead of Drugs
As I've discussed previously, Drug Czar is just one of the worst jobs you can have. You don't get to use cool weapons or go on missions or do anything exciting, ever. Your job is to convince adults that the drug war is good and convince young people that drug use is bad. It hasn't gone well for anyone, no, not at all.
If anybody needs a quick exhibit in why the government's anti-drug propaganda has become such a joke, you're in luck, because the Drug Czar's office continues to release some of the straight-up stupidest advertisements I've ever seen, and this is one of them right here
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Delaware Suspends Medical Marijuana Program
Delaware's governor has pulled the plug on the state's medical marijuana dispensary program in the face of threats from the US Attorney.
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Guatemalan President Will Propose Drug Legalization
The former general who is Guatemala's new president is speaking out again on drug legalization.