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EVENT: No Time Like the Present: Drug Policy Reform is More Urgent Than Ever
Please join our online event at the UN High-Level Political Forum on Sustainable Development, Wednesday July 8th, noon-1:30pm ET.
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Colombian peasant harvesting the coca crop. (DEA.gov)
Colombia After the Peace Accords: A Conversation with Vanda Felbab-Brown [FEATURE]
Things haven't gone exactly as planned.
The kids are alright. (Creative Commons)
Legal MJ Linked to Declining Youth Drug Treatment Admissions, LA MedMJ Expansion Bill Signed, More.... (6/16/20)
Louisiana's governor signs a medical marijuana expansion bill into law, Colorado's legislature passes a bill giving the governor the ability expunge past small-time marijuana convictions, and more.
Filipino President Duterte's drug war is again drawing criticism from the UN. (Creative Commons)
NM Primary Voters Remove Anti-Pot Lawmakers, UN Report Scorches Philippine Drug War Killings, More... (6/4/20)
A Democratic infrastructure bill includes language requiring legal marijuana states to consider impaired driving policies, Switzerland is set to move ahead with marijuana legalization pilot projects -- but only if it's organic -- and more.
Black Americans are more than three times more likely to get busted for pot, a new ACLU report finds. (Creative Commons)
ACLU Report on Racial Bias in Marijuana Arrests, DEA Okayed to Spy on George Floyd Protestors, More... (6/3/20)
The ACLU issues a timely report, Human Rights Watch and Amnesty International call for reforms of Cambodia's drug detention centers, and more.
George Floyd's death at hands of white Minneapolis police officers (Wikipedia)
House Progressives File Resolution Condemning Police Brutality, Racial Bias, War on Drugs [FEATURE]
The clamor for fundamental reform of American policing, including the prosecution of the war on drugs, is growing.
Louisville drug raid victim, EMT Breonna Taylor (Handout)
Amnesty International on Cambodia Drug War Abuses, Deadly Botched Drug Raid in Louisville, More.... (5/13/20)
Coronavirus hobbles yet another drug reform initiative, Amnesty International goes after Cambodia's drug war human rights abuses, and more.
members of the Global Commission on Drug Policy (globalcommissionondrugs.org)
End Drug Prohibition to Fight Organized Crime, World Leaders Say [FEATURE]
The Global Commission on Drug Policy has released a new report on how to most effectively target organized crime, and that includes moving toward legal, regulated drug markets.
Whether its drug users or quarantine violators, Philippine President Duterte has a plan: Just kill them. (Creative Commons)
Philippine Drug War Rages Despite Pandemic, NORML Issues Marijuana Policy Crisis Guidance, More... (4/2/20)
President Trump showily announces a ramping up of the drug war in the Caribbean, NORML issues pot policy guidance for lawmakers during the coronavirus pandemic, the Philippine drug war continues despite the pandemic, and more.
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Two Takes on the Global Drug War and Global Drug Cultures [FEATURE]
In which we review two recent journalist efforts to understand the world of drug prohibition and drug culture.