The Top Ten Domestic US Drug Policy Stories of 2011 [FEATURE]
We can put 2011 to bed now, but not before looking back one last time at the good, the bad, and the ugly.
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The Top Ten Domestic US Drug Policy Stories of 2011 [FEATURE]
2011 was a busy year in drug policy. Here is our selection of the biggest stories of the year here at home.
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Washington Marijuana Legalization Initiative Hands in Signatures
Washington state marijuana legalization initiative supporters turned in enough signatures last week to almost guarantee that the measure will be on the ballot in November.
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Washington Marijuana Legalization Initiative Hands in Signatures
Washington state marijuana legalization initiative supporters turned in enough signatures last week to almost guarantee that the measure will be on the ballot in November. Now, we wait for the state to make it official.
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At Year's End, Five More US Drug War Deaths
Five people, including a Florida police officer, have died in recent days in incidents related to domestic drug law enforcement.
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At Year's End, Five More US Drug War Deaths
Five more US drug war deaths this month bring the year's total to 54.
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The Top Ten International Drug Policy Stories of 2011
The new year is almost upon us and 2011 will soon be a year for the history books. But we can't let it go without recognizing the biggest global drug policy stories of the year.
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The Top Ten International Drug Policy Stories of 2011 [FEATURE]
We go around the world to find the most important international drug policy stories of 2011.
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Mexico Drug War Update
There has been no holiday break in Mexico's prohibition-related mayhem, but it's now looking like this year's death toll is going to be down slightly from last year.
Events and quotes of note from this week's drug policy events of years past. Chronicle story here.Blog
This Week in History
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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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Marc Emery Christmas Prison Blog
Marc Emery is approaching the halfway mark of his prison term. In a blog post on cannabisculture.com, "It's a Wonderful Life," he posts a few of the 3,500 letters of support he's received and reminds us that there are hundreds of thousands of nonviolent drug war prisoners in the US.
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Pain Relief Network's Siobhan Reynolds Killed in Plane Crash
The pain relief movement has lost a true hero. Siobhan Reynolds, founder of the Pain Relief Network and a tireless advocate for the cause, was killed in a plane crash in Ohio on Christmas Eve day.
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Siobhan Reynolds (left) at 2004 Congressional briefing, with Dr. Frank Fisher, Ron Libby and Maia Szalavitz (photo courtesy PRN)
Pain Patients Lose a Leading Advocate, Siobhan Reynolds, 1961-2011
[image:1 align:right caption:true]My friend and colleague Siobhan Reynolds, founder of the Pain Relief Network (PRN), died in a p
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Tax-Deductible Donations Support Reform in 2012
Support the work of StoptheDrugWar.org with a donation of $50 or more and you can receive a complimentary copy of the PBS documentary "Prohibition" on DVD or Blu-ray -- 90 minutes of bonus footage not seen on TV!
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Jurors Can (and Should) Refuse to Convict in Marijuana Cases
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Paul Butler has an important piece in the New York Times reminding all of us that we don’t have to enforce unjust laws when we serve on a jury.
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What if Legalizing Marijuana Turns Our Kids Into A Bunch of Bong-Mongering Hippies?
[inline:towlie.jpg align=right]That's what Sue Rusche wants to know, and someone better give her an answer, because Sue Rusche is one of the nation's leading experts at being afraid of drugs.
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Mexico Drug War Update
2011 is wrapping up as slightly less bloody than 2010 in Mexico's plague of prohibition-related violence, but the death toll this year is still well above 10,000.
More restrictions on medical marijuana, more California dispensaries close, more Montana dispensary operators head for federal prison, and California activists file an initiative to regulate and taBlog
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Mexico Drug War Update
2011 is wrapping up as slightly less bloody than 2010 in Mexico's plague of prohibition-related violence, but the death toll this year is still well above 10,000.