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Controlled Prescription Drugs VS Medical Marijuana
May 10, 2010 – The National debate concerning the legalization of marijuana and, especially, of medical marijuana, continues to rage not just within the general public, but also including special groups of people like mothers and Baby Boomers. Within the Facebook community the groups such as “Moms for Marijuana” and “Baby Boomers for Medical Marijuana”…
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Washington Rethinks the War on Drugs
December 19, 2009 – WASHINGTON – As the war on drugs moves closer to home and a new administration presents new ideas, policymakers in Washington are taking notice of 30 years’ worth of ineffectual drug policy and beginning to think about different ways of addressing the northward flow of narcotics. The U.S. House of Representatives…
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Taxing Marijuana-How the The Tax, Regulate and Control Cannabis Act of 2010 Works
July 30, 2009 – California voters may soon get a chance to weigh in on whether marijuana should be legalized and taxed by the state. If enacted, this may help the state’s budget by providing revenue from a brand new source, while also freeing up money that previously went to enforcement efforts against marijuana growing.…
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UN official urges greater investment in drug control and treatment to cut scourge
24 June 2009 – Amid an increasingly brutal struggle for a bigger slice of the $50 billion global cocaine market between Central American drug cartels, the head of the United Nations Office on Drugs and Crime (UNODC) has warned that legalizing narcotics would be an “historic mistake,” in a call for a global boost in…
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UN Backs Drug Decriminalization In World Drug Report
June 24th, 2009 – In an about face, the United Nations on Wednesday lavishly praised drug decriminalization in its annual report on the state of global drug policy. In previous years, the UN drug czar had expressed skepticism about Portugal’s decriminalization, which removed criminal penalties in 2001 for personal drug possession and emphasized treatment over…