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better late than never: Pres. Calderon now supports discussing legalization
better late than never: Pres. Calderon now supports discussing legalization

Mexico Drug War Update

After a presidency most notable for the ever-rising death toll in his war with the cartels, Mexican President Calderon is starting to sing a different tune.

Five Ways the Drug War Hurts Kids (Video)

One of drug prohibition's many unintended consequences is negative effects on children lives. Reason.tv's Ted Balaker sat down with Franklin to discuss how battling drug dealers in Baltimore turned him against the war on drugs and why ending prohibition would improve safety for children, as well as the rest of us.

Mexico ready to debate legalisation as drug war claims 28,000 lives: President says he is open to hearing pros and cons of making marijuana legal despite being personally opposed to the idea

It looks like the consequences of drug prohibition -- in this case needless deaths and assorted violence -- are making Mexico react in a more logical way. Mexico's president, Felipe Calderón, said today he would consider a debate on legalising drugs, as his government announced that more than 28,000 people have been killed in prohibition violence since he launched a crackdown against cartels in December 2006.
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Marijuana Legalization Trails in Nevada Poll

The Marijuana Policy Project and its Nevada affiliate want a marijuana legalization initiative on the 2012 ballot. A new poll suggests they have a lot of work to do over the next 27 months if it's to pass. Advocates say public education is what it's going to be about.
Election Day is only three months away!
Election Day is only three months away!

Prop 19 Trumps Opposition in Fundraising

Three months out from election day, California's Prop 19 marijuana legalization campaign is out-fundraising the opposition by better than ten-to-one. And unlike the opposition, a chunk of Prop 19's money is in the form of small donations from the grassroots.

Parents: End the War on Drugs -- for Your Kids (Opinion)

Julia Negron, a recovering addict, mother and grandmother with 15 years in the addiction treatment field, argues that it's time for parents to say enough is enough when it comes to the war on drugs. She says that we are smarter and more educated than we used to be with regard to drugs, that we've seen what works and what doesn't - and the war on drugs just doesn't work.
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