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Reportaje: Activistas Californianos Buscan Hacer Tres Puntos con Iniciativas Municipales de âMenor Prioridadâ en Santa Bárbara, Santa Cruz y Santa Mónica
Las iniciativas pro marihuana de âmenor prioridad legalâ están en votación en tres ciudades californianas y los organizadores dicen que las perspectivas de victoria son buenas.
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Eche un Vistazo: Muchos Nuevos Comentarios y Noticias Diarias y Más en DRCNet
¡Ahora es posible tener informaciones nuevas de DRCNet en su página web todos los dÃas!
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Reportaje: La Nueva Propuesta de Declaración de PolÃticas Sobre Prescripción de Remedios para el Dolor de la DEA - ¿Qué Significa?
La semana pasada, la DEA lanzó una nueva declaración de polÃticas sobre la prescripción de medicamentos opiáceos e intentamos descubrir lo que ella significa.
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Support Question 7
Once again there will be another ballot issue on marijuana in Nevada. As readers know, I have consistently been an outspoken critic of the drug war and so it should come as no surprise that I support this ballot measure.
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Just Say No to Meth Registries
What sort of criminal offender merits the special distinction of being placed on a public registry? Only the most dangerous, or is it the most demonized? Registries of sex offenders began appearing a few years ago as part of the hysterical response to not an increase in sex crimes, but an increase in publicity about them, driven in part by information technologies that allow the whole country to almost instantaneously watch the latest local outrage with fascinated horror.
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ONDCP Publicly Debates Drug Reform Leaders for the First (and Probably Last) Time Ever
Last night I attended the D.C. premiere of Jed Riffeâs film Waiting to Inhale, which was followed by a debate that pitted Special Assistant to the Drug Czar David Murray against MPPâs Rob Kampia, and DPAâs Ethan Nadelmann (Former ONDCP staffer Andrea Barthwell didnât show).
The film takes a compelling look at the history of medical cannabis and gives us a glimpse into the lives of several patients who depend on it. For those of us whoâve been following the issue, the plight of the patients depicted is all too familiar. Iâd bet that many people whoâve formed snap judgments about medical marijuana would be stunned to see the faces behind this controversy.
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Now you can get new DRCNet info on our web site every day!
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Sentencing: US 3rd Circuit Court of Appeals Throws out Crack Cocaine Sentence
A federal appeals court has thrown out a long crack cocaine sentence, saying the sentencing guidelines that call for tougher sentences for crack than cocaine are no longer mandatory, but only advisory since last year's US Supreme Court ruling in Booker.
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Latin America: Colombia's FARC Guerrillas Say End Drug Prohibition
In an unusual communique, Colombia's leftist FARC guerrillas called for the global legalization of drugs.
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Feature: California Activists Look for Triple Play in November
"Lowest law enforcement priority" marijuana initiatives are on the ballot in three California cities, and organizers say the prospects for victory look good.
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Feature: The DEA's New Proposed Policy Statement on Pain Prescribing -- What Does It Mean?
The DEA last week issued a new policy statement on prescribing opioid pain medications, and we try to figure out what it means.
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Retired Sheriff's Deputy Jay Fleming of LEAP Joins DRCNet Blogging Team -- Drugs, Crime and Conservation First Topic
DRCNet is pleased to welcome Jay Fleming to the Speakeasy. Fleming was for many years a deputy sheriff and narcotics officer in Washington, Montana & Idaho. He is now retired in the US southwest (Arizona) and is a speaker with the organization Law Enforcement Against Prohibition (LEAP). Fleming has graciously agreed to serve as a regular, featured guest blogger here in the Speakeasy, focusing on the impact of drug prohibition on the western United States.