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This Week in History
Events and quotes of note from this week's drug policy events of years past.
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Oklahoma House Passes Welfare Drug Test Bill, Includes Candidates
The drug testing frenzy in state legislatures continues, with the Oklahoma House passing a bill requiring testing for welfare recipients, and candidates for political office, too.
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Colombian President Juan Manuel Santos (wikimedia.org)
Colombia to Enact Drug Decriminalization
If Colombian President Santos has his way, you will soon be able to possess five grams of marijuana or a gram of cocaine in Colombia without fear of arrest or prosecution.
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Google Hosts Massive Drug War Debate
Oh, by the way, this huge thing is happening in a hour. Familiar friends, foes, and random celebrities will be debating the drug war like never before. It will be delicious.
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Chronicle Book Review: "The Marijuana Conviction"
We read a classic text in marijuana policy reform, and see just why it is a classic.
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Irony Alert: Anti-Marijuana Newspaper Runs Ads for Pot Paraphernalia
Christian Science Monitor has a bit of a reputation for launching rabid attacks against the marijuana legalization movement, so you can imagine my surprise to find them advertising the high-end Volcano Vaporization System™ right next to an anti-legalization editorial.
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Diacetylmorphine AKA pharmaceutical grade heroin (wikimedia.org)
Giving Addicts Heroin More Effective Than Methadone, Study Finds
Canadian researchers report that giving addicts maintenance doses of heroin is more cost-effective than giving them maintenance doses of methadone.
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Bolivian President Evo Morales (wikimedia.org)
Morales Defends Coca-Chewing at UN Anti-Drug Meeting
Bolivian President Evo Morales told the UN Commission on Narcotics Drugs Monday that Bolivians have the right to chew coca leaves. Bolivia wants the leaf removed from the 1961 Single Convention on Narcotic Drugs, and has rejoined the treaty only with a reservation that it recognizes traditional coca use.
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Florida Bill to Drug Test State Employees Passes
Florida becomes the first state in the nation to pass a law requiring the random, suspicionless drug testing of state employees. It will most likely be challenged in the courts.
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New Hampshire House Passes Marijuana Decriminalization Bill
A marijuana decriminalization has squeaked to victory in the New Hampshire House, but faces a veto threat from Gov. John Lynch (D).
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California Medical Marijuana Measure Dropped in Favor of Legislative Campaign
The coalition behind this year's California medical marijuana initiative is shifting gears.
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New Hampshire State Capitol, Corcord (wikimedia.org)
New Hampshire House Passes Marijuana Decriminalization Bill
A marijuana decriminalization has squeaked to victory in the New Hampshire House, but faces a veto threat from Gov. John Lynch (D).
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California Medical Marijuana Measure Dropped in Favor of Legislative Campaign
The coalition behind this year's California medical marijuana initiative is shifting gears. It has dropped the initiative effort, and will instead concentrate its efforts -- and its cash -- on passing a measure in the legislature.
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Two More Drug Raids, Two More Deaths
Two men have been killed by police in drug raids in Miami Lakes, Florida, and New Orleans. The one in Miami Lakes was armed; the one in New Orleans apparently was not.
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Two More Drug Raids, Two More Deaths
Two men have been killed by police in drug raids in Miami Lakes, Florida, and New Orleans. The one in Miami Lakes was armed; the one in New Orleans apparently was not.
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Book Offer: "The Marijuana Conviction: A History of Marijuana Prohibition in the United States"
We continue our newest offer for donating members, the drug policy classic reprint: "The Marijuana Conviction: A History of Marijuana Prohibition in the United States." This is one is available for donations of just $22 or more.
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Massachusetts Marijuana Legalization Bill Gets Hearing
Marijuana legalization got a hearing in the Massachusetts legislature Tuesday.
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Medical Marijuana Update
Bills are being considered in some states, busts are going on in others, and local governments grapple with medical marijuana from Washington state to New Jersey.
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Why Obama Won't Oppose Marijuana Legalization in an Election Year
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The anti-marijuana zealots at the Christian Science Monitor are at it again, pleading with the President to please, please, please help promote pot prohibition. They're frustrated that Vice President Biden traveled all the way to Mexico to lament legalization talk among Latin American leaders, yet the Obama Administration remains silent regarding marijuana legalization measures hitting the ballot in Colorado and Washington this year.
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Massachusetts State House, Beacon Hill, Boston (wikimedia.org)
Massachusetts Marijuana Legalization Bill Gets Hearing
Marijuana legalization got a hearing in the Massachusetts legislature Tuesday. While even the bill's sponsor doubts it will pass, it helps pave the way for a legalization initiative in the future.