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They will still have to prove the high driver is actually impaired in Colorado. (Image via Wikimedia.org)
They will still have to prove the high driver is actually impaired in Colorado. (Image via Wikimedia.org)

Colorado Marijuana and Driving Bill Fails

Language that would have created a per se drugged driving law in Colorado was briefly reinserted in a bill Friday, but then the bill was killed Monday.
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Mexican Protesters Demand an End to the Drug War

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Frustrated beyond belief with the bloody consequences of President Calderon's aggressive drug war tactics, the people of Mexico are finally beginning to make some noise.

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Jeffrey Wolfe was shot and killed in a dawn drug raid in Pennsylvania after police said he pointed a gun at them in his bedroom.
Jeffrey Wolfe was shot and killed in a dawn drug raid in Pennsylvania after police said he pointed a gun at them in his bedroom.

Pennsylvania SWAT Team Kills Meth Cooker in Drug Raid

A dawn drug raid in Pennsylvania ended with police shooting and killing a meth cook in his bedroom after they said he pulled a shotgun on them.
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Medical marijuana edges ever closer at the state house in Dover. (Image via Wikimedia.org)
Medical marijuana edges ever closer at the state house in Dover. (Image via Wikimedia.org)

Delaware House Passes Medical Marijuana Bill

Medical marijuana has all but passed the Delaware legislature. Only one Senate concurrence vote remains, and that does not look like it will be a problem.
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Florida Legislature Passes Welfare Drug Test Bill

Florida is about to become the first state to impose suspicionless drug testing on welfare recipients. And then it will likely spend a lot of taxpayer money on a probably futile attempt to defend its constitutionality.
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NYC Mayor Bloomberg Discusses Drug Legalization

New York City Mayor Michael Bloomberg started to talk sense about drug legalization, but quickly fumbled. Meanwhile his police officers are arresting thousands of marijuana users -- in a city that has decriminalization!
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Rally in Sacramento Monday for Dr. Mollie Fry and Dale Schafer. (Image courtesy ASA)
Rally in Sacramento Monday for Dr. Mollie Fry and Dale Schafer. (Image courtesy ASA)

Feds on New Medical Marijuana Offensive [FEATURE]

Federal prosecutors are threatening elected officials in states considering regulating medical marijuana dispensaries. It's working, so far.
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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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Drug prohibition funds the mayhem in Mexico. (Image via Wikimedia.org)
Drug prohibition funds the mayhem in Mexico. (Image via Wikimedia.org)

Mexico Drug War Update

April was the deadliest month so far in Mexico's prohibition-related violence, with authorities reporting 1,402 killings.
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Could Ohio be next? Peter Lewis would like to make it happen. (Image via Wikimedia.org)
Could Ohio be next? Peter Lewis would like to make it happen. (Image via Wikimedia.org)

Ohio Billionaire Seeks Medical Marijuana Vote

Ohio insurance magnate Peter Lewis has given millions for drug reform efforts across the country. Now, he'd like to see medical marijuana come to his home state.
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Progressive Chairman Peter B. Lewis Aims to Put Medical Marijuana on Ohio's 2012 Ballot

Peter B. Lewis -- the billionaire chairman of Progressive Corp. and well-known medical marijuana advocate -- is seeking proposals to run a campaign to legalize medical marijuana in Ohio. The issue would go on the ballot in 2012. While Democratic lawmakers have tried and failed in recent years to pass medical a marijuana law in Ohio, Lewis' latest inquiry represents a different tack. By going directly to voters through a ballot initiative, Lewis and his supporters could circumvent a GOP-controlled legislature and a Republican governor who likely would oppose such a law.
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1,400 Killed in Mexico Drug Prohibition War in April, New Record

Mexicans are paying a high cost for drug prohibition -- the death toll of its drug prohibition war in April was 1,400, the highest number of monthly killings since the campaign began in late 2006. The previous record of casualties was 1,322 killings in August 2010. Attorney General Arturo Chavez says more than 15,000 people died in 2010, making it the deadliest year ever.
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Will Auckland become more like Oakland? It will if the Law Commission has its way. (Image via Wikimedia.org)
Will Auckland become more like Oakland? It will if the Law Commission has its way. (Image via Wikimedia.org)

New Zealand Commission Urges Drug Law Reform

A sweeping review of New Zealand's drug laws is calling for steps toward medical marijuana, decriminalization of drug possession and small-time dealing, and doing away with drug paraphernalia laws. Not too bad.
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Mexico No Longer Has Free Press Thanks to Drug Prohibition

An annual report by an independent advocacy group said that Mexico can no longer be considered to have a free press due to drug prohibition violence. According to Freedom House, Mexico was listed aside countries from North Africa and the Middle East as "not free" due to attacks on journalists, self-censorship and a climate of fear that persists in the nation. Reporting on the drug prohibition war is a tough situation for Mexican journalists, with some media outlets setting coverage guidelines and others declaring a blackout on coverage.
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