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Teens Rejecting Alcohol, Tobacco; Selecting Marijuana [FEATURE]
The annual Monitoring the Future survey of high school students find cigarette and alcohol use down, but marijuana use up.
Prop 19
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Prop 19 Backers Eye 2012 Medical Marijuana Initiative
There could be a California initiative to bring statewide regulation to medical marijuana next year, organizers said Tuesday.
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The Feds Can't Stop Medical Marijuana, CA Activists Say [FEATURE]
The skies over California's medical marijuana industry may be dark and stormy, but the feds can't keep the sunshine away forever, well-placed activists say.
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Marijuana Legalization Trails in New California Poll
New poll numbers from California suggest a longer road ahead than marijuana legalization supporters had hoped.
The first steps have been taken toward letting any Colorado adult grow six of these legally. (Image courtesy the author)
Marijuana Legalization Initiatives Filed in Colorado [FEATURE]
Will Colorado legalize weed in 2012? A broad array of state and national reform groups have just filed initiatives that would do precisely that.
Marijuana Legalization Advocates Organize to Put New Measure on California Ballot
The campaign behind the initiative to legalize marijuana in California which lost narrowly announced it had formed a new committee to put another measure on the ballot. The Coalition for Cannabis Policy Reform 2012 aims to build on the support that coalesced around Proposition 19, which would have allowed adults to grow and possess marijuana and authorized cities and counties to legalize and tax sales. Proposition 19 lost 46%-54% in November, but it drew worldwide media attention and stimulated a vigorous debate over the nation's drug policies. Polls have shown growing support for marijuana legalization nationwide, and a post-election poll in California suggested the measure might have passed if proponents had had the money for a campaign to reach swing voters.
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The Prospects for Drug Reform: California [FEATURE]
California has a well-deserved reputation for being on the cutting edge of social change. What are the prospects for drug reform there now?
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This Year's Top 10 Domestic Drug Policy Stories
This was your year on drugs. Or at least, your year in drug policy reform. Here's our top 10 drug policy issues of the year.
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Learning the Wrong Lesson From Prop 19
This post at PoliceOne.com epitomizes the narrow-minded satisfaction with Prop 19's failure that we knew to expect from drug war supporters.
Feature: NATO, US Deepen Anti-Drug Operations in Afghanistan in Bid to Throttle Taliban
The drug war in Afghanistan is about to heat up. NATO has agreed to target drug traffickers and heroin labs aligned with the Taliban and Al Qaeda insurgency, and the US is quietly planning to put American soldiers on the ground with poppy eradication teams and their Afghan army protectors. The question is: Will any of this work?