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Mexico's Calderon Continues Shift Toward Drug Legalization Support
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Colombian High Court Re-Legalizes Drug Possession
Getting back in step with other Latin American countries, the Colombian Supreme Court has undone former Pres. Uribe's amendment recriminalizing the possession of small amounts of drugs for personal use.
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Three Marijuana Legalization Initiatives in Oregon [FEATURE]
Oregon marijuana legalization activists are working on three different initiatives aimed at the November 2012 ballot -- but are also offering assurances about unity and working together.
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British Lib Dems to Call for Drug Decriminalization
Britain's Liberal Democrats, junior partners in a governing coalition with the Conservatives, are set to call for drug decriminalization, a regulated marijuana market, and heroin maintenance.
Support for marijuana legalization is reaching the tipping point. (image via Wikimedia)
Poll Finds Majority Support Marijuana Legalization
For the third year in a row, Angus Reid polling shows majority support for marijuana legalization. That is more optimistic than other national polls, but only slightly more optimistic.
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California Marijuana Legalization Initiative Approved for Petitioning
The first horse is out of the gate in the California 2012 marijuana legalization initiative sweepstakes.
Guatemalan President Alvaro Colom would rather go to war with the narcos then legalize drugs. (Image: World Economic Forum)
Guatemala President Wants "NATO-Style" Force to Battle Narcos
Weak Central American states are hard-pressed to go up against the Mexican cartels, and now, Guatemala's president wants to build a NATO-style regional military force to go up against them. And for the US to pay for it.
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The 2011 National Drug Control Strategy: Drug Policy on Autopilot [FEATURE]
The drug czar has released the 2011 National Drug Control Strategy, and there's little new there but a renewed attack on medical marijuana and legalization. Otherwise, it's pretty much business as usual.
LEAP members pass by the White House as they deliver their report to the drug czar's office.
Cops Say Forty Years of War on Drugs is Enough [FEATURE]
To mark the 40th anniversary of Nixon's declaration of the war on drugs, Law Enforcement Against Prohibition has released a scathing report calling for it to end.
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Brazil Supreme Court Rules Pro-Marijuana Marches Are Legal
Last month, police in Sao Paulo attacked marijuana legalization marchers after their march was banned. Next year, they won't be able to do that.