LULAC of California Endorses Prop 19 Marijuana Inititiative
Proposition 19 has picked up the support of the California chapter of one of the country's most prominent Latino organizations.
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If California Legalizes Marijuana, How Will Obama React?
If Prop 19 passes and marijuana is legalized, California could become a "test-case" state in challenging federal laws on the matter. But what would this mean, practically? Well, a lot of it hinges on how President Barack Obama reacts.
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Which Way on Election Day? Pollsters Analyze Prop 19 and Its Chances [FEATURE]
There have been a baker's dozen polls on Prop 19, and while they have varied, the cumulative result is starting to smell like legal marijuana in California. But a poor turnout could turn all of that around, and as saying goes, there's only one poll that counts.
California's Prop 19: Leading the Way to Marijuana Legalization
Next month, Californians will vote on Proposition 19: the Regulate, Control and Tax Cannabis Act of 2010. Prop 19 would make recreational use of marijuana entirely legal â and allow cash-strapped cities to raise funds by taxing it. The latest Public Policy Institute of California poll found that 52% of likely voters support Prop 19, with just 41% who oppose it.
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Peruvian President Equates Drug Legalization with Barbarism and Euthanasia
In a bizarre denunciation of drug legalization, Peruvian President Alain Garcia warned legalizing pot would lead to euthanasia of the elderly and fascist barbarism.
Drugs Are a Development Issue - Which is Why We Should Legalize Them (Opinion)
Jonathan Glennie, a research fellow in the Center for Aid and Public Expenditure (CAPE) at Overseas Development Institute (ODI), opines that since drug prohibition deeply affects some of the world's poorest people, the development community must back legalization calls.
Thousands March on Wisconsin State Capitol to Demand Cannabis Legalization
Yesterday marchers made the annual trek from Library Mall at one end of State Street to the Wisconsin State Capitol. Longtime Harvest Fest organizer Ben Masel estimated that around 3,200 people paraded this year. Not only were crowd numbers up, but attendees seemed very enthusiastic about flexing the activist muscles gained in the fight for medical cannabis in Wisconsin.
A Judicial Indictment of the War on Drugs featuring Judge Jim Gray
Come hear Jim Gray, former Superior Court Judge of Orange County, CA, talk about why the "war on drugs" has failed, and what you can do about it.
James P. Gray was a trial judge in Orange County, California beginning in 1983. Before becoming a judge, he served as a Volunteer in the Peace Corps in Costa Rica, a staff judge advocate and criminal defense attorney in the Navy JAG Corps, a federal prosecutor in Los Angeles, and a civil litigation attorney in a private law firm, in addition to being a Republican candidate for US Congress in 1998, and a Libertarian candidate for US Senate in 2004. Judge Gray has discussed issues of drug policy on more than two hundred television and radio shows and public forums all across the country. Using his experience on the bench and elsewhere, he has also authored a book on the failed War on Drugs, another Wearing The Robe, about practical and ethical issues in being a judge.
For more information, see http://www.judgejimgray.com/
It's Time to Call Off War on Drugs, Former Narcotics Agent Says
Russ Jones, a 10-year veteran with the San Jose Police Department and former Drug Enforcement Agency task force member, wants to legalize and regulate all currently illicit drugs.