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Drug czar: There are no good reasons to legalize marijuana
May 8, 2012 – R. Gil Kerlikowske, the director of the Office of National Drug Control Policy, on Tuesday denied there was any reason the United States should regulate marijuana the same way it regulates alcohol. “There are no good reasons to legalize marijuana,” he said at an event hosted by the Center for American…
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Up in smoke. Why are the feds cracking down on marijuana in states that allow it?
April 13, 2012 – OAKSTERDAM university, a self-proclaimed “cannabis college” in Oakland, California, has been called everything from “the Princeton of Pot” to “the Harvard of Hemp”. Its founder, Richard Lee, has become the public face of the movement to legitimise marijuana. A paraplegic, he uses the drug for medical purposes, which is legal in…
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What Would President Ron Paul’s Drug Policy Look Like?
March 2, 2012 – The average person knows that Ron Paul has an interesting take on almost every issue — including modern drug policy. The specifics of his beliefs, however, are less well-known, which is where I come in. Below, I detail the different drugs-related legislation that Paul has sponsored or supported and examine various…
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Canada: Legalize Marijuana, former B.C. Attorneys-General say
February 15th, 2012 – Four former B.C. attorneys-general — Colin Gabelmann, Ujjal Dosanjh, Graeme Bowbrick and Geoff Plant — are calling for the legalization of cannabis. “No, I’m not smoking anything,” Dosanjh cracked when contacted. “It’s just time – 77 per cent of Canadians are telling us it’s time to change the law.” The former…
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Canada: Toronto Man taking ‘Catch 22’ of Growing Medical Marijuana to Court
November 29, 2011 – A Toronto man vowed to challenge a city bylaw that he said stops people from growing medical marijuana at home, on the same day a charge against him was dropped for creating a fire hazard by growing pot in his apartment. Although William Palmer was charged under the Fire Protection and…
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Canada: Doctors Refuse to Authorize Marijuana use for Pain Relief
November 1, 2011 – A decade after Canada legalized the medical use of marijuana, most doctors are still refusing to sign the declarations patients need to get legal access to pot — meaning patients in pain risk being jailed if they use a drug that helps them function. It’s a predicament that threatens to become…
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Czech Republic To Legalize Medical Marijuana
September 27, 2011 – The Czech Ministry of Health has said it will take marijuana off the list of banned substances and for the first time allow it to be prescribed as medicine by doctors. “By the end of this year we will submit to Parliament an amended law on addictive substances which will move…
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Michigan: Patients Rally for Medical Marijuana
September 9, 2011 – Lansing, Michigan— They came by the busload to the Capitol lawn toting signs such as “Patients are not Criminals” and “Weed Deserve Better.” The spirited gathering of about 1,500 people — one of the largest pro-medical-marijuana rallies in Michigan — featured the young, old and sick, some in wheelchairs. “This has…
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California: Kings County calls for Change to Legalize Growing industrial Hemp
