By Phillip Smith Sen. Patrick Leahy (D-VT), head of the Senate Appropriations Committee, last week blocked the release of $95 million in funds destined to
(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
Remember When Opposing The Drug War Was a Political Liability? Ending any war has a huge payoff as the affected populations get back to business.
The Drug War’s Berlin Wall Is Down And So Is My Local Forest: Here’s The Connection I’m on my yucca-framed porch swing sipping an organic
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
By Doug Fine In September, 2011, the federal Bureau of Alcohol, Tobacco and Firearms banned state law-abiding medical cannabis patients from owning firearms. A bureaucratic
Comprehensive Report Features 75 Legislative Recommendations to Wind Down the Failed War on Drugs; Calls on Obama Administration to Match Rhetoric With Reality Reps. Hakeem Jeffries
The Drug Peace Bumblebee We’re Almost There And We’re Just Starting: The Drug Peace Bumblebee’s Message To His Media Colleagues “Smells like the art teacher’s
Russell Simmons, Will Smith, Dr. Boyce Watkins, Scarlett Johansson, Ron Howard, Mark Wahlberg, Kim Kardashian, Ben Jealous, Eva Longoria, Demi Moore, Sean “Diddy” Combs, Russell
Today is the 40th anniversary of the Shafer Report, the extensive study commissioned by Richard Nixon to advise him on drug policy. Surprisingly, both to Nixon and to
Drug prohibition has failed. Drug usage rates have not declined, and illegal drugs are more available—and cheaper—than ever before. At the same time, the costs
By Phillip Smith, StopTheDrugWar.Org It is increasingly clear that the “war on drugs” has failed and there needs to be room for new approaches, the
Major Neill Franklin (Ret.), Executive Director, Law Enforcement Against Prohibition So much has been said in recent months on the subject of gun violence, but in
I like stand up comedy almost as much as I like drug policy reform. Below is a video that came across my YouTube recommendations that
Texas Troopers Violate Women During Routine Traffic Stop Far too many people must be blind to the consequences of the War on Marijuana and the
By Phillip Smith, StopTheDrugWar.org In some ways, 2012 has been a year of dramatic, exciting change in drug policy, as the edifice of global drug
Writer and director Quentin Tarantino sits down with George to talk about his new movie ‘Django Unchained’, which opens on December 25th. In this clip,
Since the Mexican government initiated a military offensive against its country’s powerful drug cartels in December 2006, some 50,000 people have perished and the drugs
Virgin Founder Richard Branson and Drug Policy Alliance Executive Director Ethan Nadelmann are interviewed on BBC about the failed drug war and the new documentary
Erin Burnett talks to Virgin CEO Richard Branson about his views on the legalization of pot and the war on drugs. We spend over 30,000
Narrated by Oscar winning actor Morgan Freeman, “Breaking the Taboo” is produced by Sam Branson’s indie Sundog Pictures and Brazilian co-production partner Spray Filmes and
By Scott Morgan Of all the fascinating reactions I’ve seen to Colorado and Washington’s successful marijuana legalization initiatives, this is by far the most extraordinary.
Rasmussen Poll Shows Huge Majority Thinks U.S. Losing the Drug War By Brendan Ferreri-Hanberry, Marijuana Policy Project A new poll released on Tuesday concluded that the vast
Put A Human Face On The War On Drugs By Major Neill Franklin (Ret.), Executive Director, Law Enforcement Against Prohibition This Tuesday, several states will vote
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