Items tagged with US drug policy
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| The Guardian view on overdue overhauling of US and global drug laws [27.07.2014] | The war on drugs has been a losing fight for 40 years. The response to unending failure has always been to demand more law enforcement and more priso ... |
| Drug courts, meant to aid addicts, now a battlefield of pot politics [25.07.2014] | Many longtime supporters of drug courts have become dismayed by the extent to which the courts now reach into the lives of people whose only infracti ... |
| Let states decide on marijuana [25.07.2014] | Repealing the Controlled Substances Act would allow the states to decide whether to permit marijuana use and under what conditions. Nearly three-four ... |
| Recreational marijuana qualifies for Oregon ballot [22.07.2014] | Oregon voters will decide whether to legalize marijuana for recreational use after state elections officials said the measure qualified for the Novem ... |
| FDA to review marijuana safety [20.07.2014] | The United States federal government is considering easing its position on marijuana, reclassifying it as a less dangerous drug in what marijuana adv ... |
| DEA may be losing the war on marijuana politics [11.07.2014] | The Drug Enforcement Administration (DEA) has found itself under attack in Congress as it holds its ground against marijuana legalization while the r ... |
| The great pot experiment [11.07.2014] | On July 8th Washington became the second state after Colorado to offer recreational pot-smokers a chance to buy weed legally at a local store. Mariju ... |
| Washington state retail marijuana shops to open Tuesday [08.07.2014] | Washington state issued its first retail marijuana licenses Monday, a day ahead of the start of legal sales. And 21 hours before the only store licen ... |
| Canada's 'Prince of Pot' to be released from U.S. prison [06.07.2014] | When the poster child for marijuana legalization is released from a U.S. prison later this week, he'll be re-entering a world where many of his ideas ... |
| Infographic: Legal weed's consequences [30.06.2014] | When recreational marijuana stores first opened their doors in the US state of Colorado on January 1, opponents predicted dire consequences: an influ ... |
| The real reason pot is still illegal [30.06.2014] | The Community Anti-Drug Coalition of America (CADCA), one of the largest anti-legalization organizations in the US has a curious sponsor: Purdue Phar ... |
| Colorado recreational marijuana industry begins major transformation [29.06.2014] | Only six months old, Colorado's recreational marijuana industry starts a transformation that could add hundreds of new pot businesses to the state an ... |
| Shortages, high prices expected for state’s first pot stores [28.06.2014] | The Liquor Control Board has been warning of shortages when the first stores open in Washington state. The board plans to issue the first 15 to 20 re ... |
| Reimagining Drug Policy in the Americas [27.06.2014] | Latin America is now at the vanguard of international efforts to promote drug policy reform: Bolivia has rewritten its constitution to recognize the ... |
| Reforming the global drug-control system: The stakes for Washington [27.06.2014] | The extent to which the ongoing drug-control reforms across the Americas are pushing the boundaries of the global legal framework laid down in three ... |
| CARICOM did not consult us on ganja law reform - US [25.06.2014] | William Brownfield, assistant secretary at the US Bureau of International Narcotics and Law Enforcement Affairs, has charged that Jamaica and other C ... |
| FDA to evaluate marijuana for potential reclassification as less dangerous drug [23.06.2014] | The US Food and Drug Administration is reviewing the medical evidence surrounding the safety and effectiveness of marijuana, a process that could lea ... |
| Dope to your door [20.06.2014] | Evan Cox used to deliver pizza. But 18 months ago, as he was running out of money at college in Seattle, he had a new business idea. The state of Was ... |
| How neuroscience reinforces racist drug policy [12.06.2014] | A recent neuroscience study from Harvard Medical School claims to have discovered brain differences between people who smoke marijuana and people who ... |
| Mexican president hints may be open to change in marijuana laws [07.06.2014] | Mexico and the United States cannot pursue diverging policies on marijuana legalization, Mexican President Enrique Pena Nieto was quoted as saying, h ... |
| High times: The next five states to tackle pot laws [02.06.2014] | Weed is legal in at least some form in 22 states and the District of Columbia. Most allow it for medical use only. Colorado and Washington this year ... |
| GOP House backs state medical marijuana laws [28.05.2014] | The GOP-controlled House voted in favor of blocking the federal government from interfering with states that permit the use of medical marijuana. The ... |
| Going to pot: legalised cannabis edges nearer in west after US states end ban [22.05.2014] | Legalisation of cannabis is making slow but unstoppable progress across much of the developed world, many experts believe, following the end of prohi ... |
| Colorado lawmakers approve plan for pot banking [07.05.2014] | Frustrated by the cash-heavy aspect of its new marijuana industry, Colorado is trying a long-shot bid to create the world's first financial system de ... |
| Moving Away from Drug Courts [30.04.2014] | Drug courts have spread across the country, yet available research does not support their continued expansion. Most drug courts do not reduce impriso ... |
| Eric Holder 'cautiously optimistic' about marijuana legalization in Washington and Colorado [14.04.2014] | Attorney General Eric Holder is "cautiously optimistic" about how things are going in Washington state and Colorado following the legalization and st ... |
| Marijuana legalization: Does Congress need to act? [11.04.2014] | Despite a federal prohibition on marijuana possession, sale, and use, Colorado and Washington recently became the first states to enact laws legalizi ... |
| America’s new drug policy landscape [01.04.2014] | Public opinion in the US appears ready for a truce in the war on drugs. A national survey by the Pew Research Center finds that support for the legal ... |
| DEA chief: Marijuana legalization just 'makes us fight harder' [01.04.2014] | Far from being discouraged by shifts in public opinion, state laws and even within the Obama administration on the legalization of marijuana, federal ... |
| Non-psychoactive CBD oil made from marijuana plants poised to be game-changer [29.03.2014] | A Colorado marijuana innovation is changing the way lawmakers in even the most conservative parts of the country talk about cannabis and is poised to ... |
| The Rise and Decline of Cannabis Prohibition [10.03.2014] | The cannabis plant has been used for spiritual, medicinal and recreational purposes since the early days of civilization. In this report the Transnat ... |
| UN: cannabis law changes pose 'very grave danger to public health' [04.03.2014] | The International Narcotics Control Board (INCB) has launched a counter-offensive against moves to liberalise drug laws around the world, warning tha ... |
| California ballot measure on pot legalization delayed until 2016 [17.02.2014] | A coalition of investors and strategists, which played a key role in passing most of the legislation to reform drug laws nationwide since 1996, has d ... |
| U.S. issues marijuana guidelines for banks [14.02.2014] | The Obama administration issued guidelines intended to give banks confidence that they will not be punished if they provide services to legitimate ma ... |
| Marijuana on the move [26.01.2014] | Some 20 years ago, a Spanish official in favor of lifting the ban on drugs such as marijuana mentioned at a UN meeting that there "might be a more hu ... |
| Banks say no to marijuana money, legal or not [14.01.2014] | Legal marijuana merchants — mainly medical marijuana outlets but also, starting this year, shops that sell recreational marijuana in Colorado and Was ... |
| Marijuana in Colorado has a long history and an uncertain future [31.12.2013] | Federal marijuana prohibition in the United States started with a knock on a Denver man's apartment door. Seventy-six years ago, Samuel Caldwell beca ... |
| A Colorado marijuana guide: 64 answers to commonly asked questions [30.12.2013] | On January 1, 2014, Colorado becomes the first place anywhere in the world to allow legal marijuana sales to anybody over 21 for any purpose. You hav ... |
| Colorado issues first marijuana sales licenses to retailers [26.12.2013] | The first licences in the United States that permit retailers to sell marijuana for recreational use from 1 January were issued in Colorado. Owners o ... |
| Marijuana legalization would bring fresh cash to California [26.12.2013] | At least two of three marijuana legalization measures vying for the November, 2014 ballot would be good for California, according to the state Attorn ... |
| Uruguay's neighbors now considering legalization of pot [24.12.2013] | Argentina has given the first sign that Uruguay’s groundbreaking cannabis reform just may have started a domino effect across Latin America. Followin ... |
| If marijuana legalization sends the wrong message to teenagers, why aren't they listening? [18.12.2013] | Prohibitionists warn that it’s dangerous even to discuss legalizing marijuana because such talk sends “the wrong message” to the youth of America, en ... |
| Washington residents smoke way more weed than officials thought [18.12.2013] | Knowing how much marijuana people consume is now a very important statistic for officials in Washington and Colorado.That number can help them make s ... |
| Multinational overview of cannabis production regimes [14.12.2013] | The vast majority of countries are signatories to international treaties that prohibit the production, distribution and possession of cannabis for no ... |
| Heroic Uruguay deserves a Nobel peace prize for legalising cannabis [11.12.2013] | The response of the UN's International Narcotics Control Board to Uruguay's new drug regime has been to incant futile bromides. According to its chie ... |
| Sentenced to a slow death [15.11.2013] | If this were happening in any other country, Americans would be aghast. A sentence of life in prison, without the possibility of parole, for trying t ... |
| Legally regulated cannabis markets in the US [14.11.2013] | In November 2012, voters in two US states – Washington and Colorado – approved ballot initiatives to establish legally regulated markets for the prod ... |
| Colorado regulators want to know: How much does marijuana cost? [13.11.2013] | Colorado regulators have begun surveying marijuana businesses about the price of pot in an effort to implement a new excise tax that voters passed ea ... |
| Measures to legalize marijuana are passed [05.11.2013] | In Colorado, voters backed a heavy tax on recreational marijuana. The tax will pay for the cost of overseeing the state’s marijuana industry as well ... |
| Colorado voters approve new taxes on recreational marijuana [05.11.2013] | A measure to impose taxes on recreational marijuana passed making pot one of the most heavily taxed consumer products in Colorado. Proposition AA imp ... |
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