Kevin Zeese addresses a rally in Washington, DC, in 2006. (Elvart Barnes/Creative Commons)
Drug Reform Pioneer Kevin Zeese Dies at Age 64
A towering figure in American drug reform has left us.
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Mike Gray, RIP
Author, Filmmaker, Drug Reformer Mike Gray Dies
Writer, filmmmaker and drug reformer Mike Gray has died. He will be missed.
Delivering a message to the Obama campaign: Back off!
Oakland 4/20: "Obama, You're Alienating Your Base" [FEATURE]
4/20 in Oakland was aimed squarely at the Obama administration and its attacks on medical marijuana distribution. Obama is alienating his base, protestors said, as they delivered a message to his local campaign headquarters.
Leonard Pitts Jr. on Obama, Drug Legalization, and Racial Disparities
Pulitzer-winning author Leonard Pitts, Jr., has a piece in the Miami Herald, "
President Otto Perez Molina and his "mano duro"
Guatemalan President Will Propose Drug Legalization
The former general who is Guatemala's new president is speaking out again on drug legalization.
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Ron Paul's Least Controversial Idea: Legalizing Drugs
[inline:RonPaul.jpg align=right]I've been so busy marveling at the disturbingly idiotic drug policy positions of various republican presidential candidates that I've largely failed to comment on the candidate who is actually fighting for drug policy reform. Iowa doesn't even have medical marijuana yet, but a guy who wants to end the drug war entirely went in there and shook things up so hard that many were relieved when he only pulled 21.4% of the vote.
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Video: Former Mexican President Says Time to Legalize Drugs
Video from October 18 Cato Institute forum featuring former President of Mexico Vicente Fox (Cato's Ian Vasquez moderating):
Drug prohibition funds the mayhem in Mexico. (Image via Wikimedia.org)
Mexico Drug War Update
April was the deadliest month so far in Mexico's prohibition-related violence, with authorities reporting 1,402 killings.
Portland Legislator Pushes Bill to Legalize, Tax Marijuana in Maine
Imagine walking into a neighborhood store to buy beer, wine, liquor and cigarettes. But on your way home you make one more stop â to buy marijuana, legally. That's the vision Rep. Diane Russell will outline at a press conference on Wednesday at Portland City Hall, when she introduces LD 1453: An Act to Legalize and Tax Marijuana.