New Mexico residents with a drug felony on their record soon may not be required to divulge this information to potential employers. A piece of bi-partisan legislation was unanimously approved earlier this week by the Senate Public Affairs Committee that would eliminate t… Read article here: High Times
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President Obama Just Renewed the Drug War
The Obama Administration has officially renewed the War on Drugs. The Fiscal Year2016 budget planreleased earlier this week, shows, despite the illusion of the puppet show in the nation’s capital working to reform failed drug policies, the master is hell… Read article here: High Times
2014: International Drug War Round-Up
Take a look back at the ongoinginternational drug wars during 2014, in areas including South America, the United States, Africa and beyond. Read article here: High Times
FARC Guerillas Decry Drug Trafficking Charge
Amid peace talks in Havana,Colombia'sFARCguerillas issued an angrycommuniqueDecember 14, insisting, "We are a rebel group, notnarco-traffickers." This was in response to President Juan Manuel Santos'suggestion&nb… Read article here: High Times
Court Ends Drug Tests for Welfare Applicants in Florida
A federal appellate court unanimously struck down a 2011 Florida law mandating drug tests for all welfare applicants, even thosenot suspectedof illegal substance use. High Times
Border Patrol Agents Let Drug Dog Maul Pot Smuggler
TUCSON, Ariz. (AP) — Jose Manuel Marino-Najera was hiding behind brush in the southern Arizona desert with a nearly 50-pound load of marijuana when a U.S. Border Patrol K-9 found him. High Times
Can Second-Hand Weed Smoke Cause You To Fail A Drug Test?
Can you flunk your drug test by simply being in the same room with othertokers? It’s possible. So say the results of a new study published this week in the Journal of Analytical Toxicology. High Times
Amy Poehler Reveals Her ‘Obligatory Drug Stories’
In her forthcoming memoir entitledYes Please, comedian and actress AmyPoehlercops to trying out quite a few different drugs throughout her life and even admits that she liked quite a few of them in a chapter entitled "Obligatory Drug Stories." … High Times
Chicago Mayor Proposes Statewide Drug Decriminalization
Chicago Mayor Rahm Emanuel believes state lawmakers should consider decriminalizing the possession of small amounts of controlled substances across the entire state. Earlier this week, the mayor testified before the House Senate Joint Criminal Reform Committee, in which h… High Times
Leading Anti-Marijuana Academics Are Paid By Painkiller Drug Companies
As Americans continue to embrace pot—as medicine and for recreational use—opponents are turning to a set of academic researchers to claim that policymakers should avoid relaxing restrictions around marijuana. It’s too dangerous, risky, and untested, they say. Just as drug company-funded research has become incredibly controversial in recent years, forcing major medical schools and journals […]