Federal Judge Blocks Florida Welfare Drug Testing Law
A federal judge Monday halted Florida's law mandating drug testing for welfare applicants.
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Pennsylvania Drug Suspect Dead After Swallowing Baggie
A Pittsburgh-area man has become the third person to die from swallowing drugs during a bust in recent weeks and the 41st to die so far this year in US domestic drug enforcement operations.
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Colombia President Calls for Global Marijuana Legalization
Colombia's president says the world should legalize marijuana, but don't look for his country to lead the way.
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Federal Judge Blocks Florida Welfare Drug Testing Law
A Florida federal district court judge has issued a temporary restraining order blocking Florida's welfare drug testing program.
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Pennsylvania Drug Suspect Dead After Swallowing Baggie
A Pittsburgh-area man has become the third person to die from swallowing drugs during a bust in recent weeks and the 41st to die so far this year in US domestic drug enforcement operations.
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Colombia President Calls for Global Marijuana Legalization
Colombia's president says the world should legalize marijuana, but don't look for his country to lead the way.
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Senate GOP Blocks Criminal Justice Commission Amendment
An amendment that would have created a national criminal justice commission to study wide-ranging reforms in the US criminal justice system was blocked Thursday after most Senate Republicans voted
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Bay Area Pols Slam Feds' Medical Marijuana Crackdown
A pair of Northern California elected officials Wednesday urged the federal government to back off on its "senseless assault" on medical marijuana dispensaries.
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Senate GOP Blocks Criminal Justice Commission Amendment
Senate Republicans have blocked an amendment that would have passed Sen. Jim Webb's National Criminal Justice Commission Act, warning hyperbolically that it would violate states' rights.
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Bay Area Pols Slam Feds' Medical Marijuana Crackdown
A pair of Bay area state legislators are blasting the federal government for its California medical marijuana crackdown and saying they could craft a legislative fix if the Justice Department cooperates.
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Obama Must Explain His Broken Promise on Medical Marijuana, and Soon
I have a new piece at Huffington Post demanding answers for Obama's badly botched approach to medical marijuana. The situation has spiraled into total insanity, and whatever anyone actually did or did not expect from this administration no longer matters. What we got is unacceptable, and if the president can't defend these policies, then he lacks the credibility to carry them out.
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Still Time to Get to the International Drug Policy Reform Conference, LA, 11/2-5
Every two years drug policy reformers from across the United States and around the world come to the International Drug Policy Reform Conference to listen, learn, network and strategize together for change. This year the conference is in Los Angeles, November 2-5, and StoptheDrugWar.org is a partner.
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Freedom Fighter of the Month
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I’ve been named Freedom Fighter of the Month in the November issue of High Times. I think this happened either because of that incident where we crashed the White House contact page, or because they ran out of other people to give it to. In any case, I think it’s pretty cool.
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MSNBCâs Lawrence OâDonnell Slams Politicians for Opposing Marijuana Legalization
I’m sure I’ve never seen anything quite like this on MSNBC and it’s about time:
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Dr. Drew on Marijuana: âLegalize it and Whateverâ
Here’s “Celebrity Addiction Specialist” Dr. Drew going out of his way to remind critics that he’s actually cool with legalizing marijuana (starts at 4:50):
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UK Government Rejects Advisors' Decriminalization Call
Britain's governmental Advisory Council on the Misuse of Drugs has once again called for the decriminalization of drug possession.
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UK Government Rejects Advisors' Decriminalization Call [FEATURE]
Britain's governmental Advisory Council on the Misuse of Drugs has once again called for the decriminalization of drug possession. Once again, the British government doesn't want to listen.