As Canada (under Justin Trudeau) and Mexico consider marijuana legalization, leaders hope the United Nations General Assembly Special Session (UNGASS) on drugs will clarify international drug control treaties. Read article here: High Times
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D.C. Anti-Legalization Hearing Packed with Drug Warriors
Drug policy reform groups pillory Grassley and Feinstein for holding an anti-legalization hearing while bipartisan medical marijuana legislation languishes. Read article here: High Times
Obama Shortens Prison Sentences for 61 Drug Offenders
President Barack Obama commuted the prison sentences of 61 drug offenders on Wednesday including more than a third serving life sentences, working to give new energy to calls for overhauling the U.S. criminal justice system. Read article here: High Times
How the Government Reinforces America’s Biggest Legal Drug Threat
The government’s linguistic distinction to separate alcohol from drugs is obviously aimed at evoking a negative connotation of drugs and an acceptable one for alcohol, regardless of the latter’s devastating health outcomes. Read article here: High Times
Draconian Drug Laws Continue To Create Families Of ‘Cannabis Refugees’ Seeking Care
Shortly after Amylea Nuñez was born in December, the newborn started having seizures, as many as 15 a day. Knowing the medicines she was prescribed by doctors at Children’s Hospital Colorado could seriously damage her liver, Amylea’s parents requested that she be treated with Charlotte’s Web CBD oil. Within days, her parents reported that Amylea […]
Radical Rant: American City Approves Radical Public Drug Use Policies
In a move that has stunned political observers, the mayor of American City has approved sweeping new reforms in drug laws designed to accept the reality that residents in this typical town in the United States enjoy drug use. Read article here: High Times
Commission Wants UN to Adopt Alternative Drug Policies
The United Nations has a golden opportunity to promote alternate approaches to global drug policy next month when it meets in New York for a special session, but a high-profile commission said Friday that the work leading up to the meeting has so far been disappointing. Read article here: High Times
U.S. Government May Push for International Drug Decriminalization During UNGASS 2016
Although President Obama has not given any official indication, a leading official with the U.S. State Department seems confident that prohibition may become unhinged at some point in 2016 and lead to the possible decriminalization of all illegal drugs across the globe. … Read article here: High Times
U.S. Government May Push for International Drug Decriminalization During UNGLASS 2016
Although President Obama has not given any official indication, a leading official with the U.S. State Department seems confident that prohibition may become unhinged at some point in 2016 and lead to the possible decriminalization of all illegal drugs across the globe. … Read article here: High Times
US Legalization Forcing Mexican Drug Cartels Out of the Marijuana Business
Although there are only a handful of states operating fully legal cannabis markets in the United States, they appear to be chipping away at the financial foundation of the Mexican drug cartels. Indeed, while Uncle Sam has maintained a disastrous four-decade-long plan inte… Read article here: High Times