Governor Pat Quinn finally got around to signing the medical marijuana bill for the state of Illinois, making it the twentieth state to provide some measure
By Phillip Smith The Norwegian Green Party is calling for “state-controlled production and sale of cannabis,” as well as the decriminalization of possession for all drugs. The call
By Phillip Smith Wednesday night’s vote in the Uruguayan chamber of deputies to approve a state-run marijuana commerce would make the South American nation the
MONTEVIDEO-A bill that would legalize and regulate marijuana, putting it under strict governmental control, passed the lower house of the Uruguayan legislature last night and
Unions, Doctors and Civil Society Mobilize Support Ahead of Upcoming Parliamentary Vote Government to Vote on Issue This Summer This summer – perhaps as soon
By Allen St. Pierre, NORML Executive Director The 2013 International Drug Policy Reform Conference is fast approaching. For three days from October 23rd through October
By Eric Sterling Last week, SSDP joined 18 other plaintiffs in a federal lawsuit against the NSA to seeking to stop its surveillance of telephone
By Sam Branson It’s over four decades since US President Richard Nixon declared a so-called ‘War on Drugs’ in the hopes that military action and
While more and more Americans are aware that the War on Cannabis has had disastrous effects across our country, the detrimental effects prohibition has caused across the
(Bernd Debusmann Jr. has lived and worked in his native Mexico for the last two years, most of it as a full-time freelancer for Reuters
By Ifetayo Harvey Growing up with an incarcerated parent can be tough. The feelings of isolation and stigma that I and others like me experienced
Why The Capture of the Head of World’s Most Notorious Cartel Will Do Little to Stem Violence, Supply MEXICO CITY-The Mexican navy announced late Monday it
It breaks my heart to know that there are people facing execution for cannabis. I can’t express in words how sad that makes me feel.
By TheJointBlog.Com A new study published by the International Journal of Drug Policy has found that as many as 80% of inmates in Swiss prisons consume cannabis, something that prison
Ethan Nadelmann, the exexutive director of the Drug Policy Alliance (DPA) is inviting you to Denver, where a biannual international drug policy reform conference will
By Meghan Ralston, Drug Policy Alliance The Centers for Disease Control and Prevention released a report about the rate of opioid and prescription drug overdose among
By Meghan Ralston, Drug Policy Alliance Today, dozens of countries around the world join in the global ‘Support Don’t Punish’ protest against the international war on drugs.
It’s no secret that Ethan Nadelmann is my hero. I hope someday to meet him, and I hope that more people support his organization, the
The president of the US Marijuana Party, William A. Chengelis, better known to marijuana law reformers as Wayward Bill, has been arrested on charges of distribution
Ireland hosted their 7th annual Legalise Cannabis Ireland protest in Dublin this weekend, where activists and advocates came out and marched to demand legalization. One of the
By Phillip Smith In a paper published Wednesday in the journal Nature Reviews Neuroscience, a group of leading scientists argue that global drug prohibition has
Last week some big news came out of France in regards to cannabis medicines. My friend and fellow activist Romain Bonilla, who is an amazing
By Doug Fine The key law of physics that keeps all pundits employed is “no one can time travel.” In a classic Bloom County cartoon
The Israel Government has recently introduced new regulations on the medical marijuana program in the country, including limitations on what patients and conditions qualify for
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