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Arkansas Relaxes Marijuana Possession Penalties
It ain't decriminalization, but Arkansas is moving in the right direction when it comes to pot penalties.
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Few Florida Welfare Applicants Fail Drug Tests So Far
Florida Gov. Rick Scott claimed he could save the state money by making welfare applicants and recipients pass drug tests. He assumed they were a bunch of addicts, but early results are proving him wrong.
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Oklahoma Bill Would End Life Without Parole Drug Sentences [FEATURE]
Oklahoma has long been notorious for its harsh sentencing policies. Now, a legislator is taking aim at one of the harshest: life without parole for nonviolent drug offenses.
Poor Alabamians who use drugs would be ineligible for Medicaid under a proposed law. (image via Wikimedia)
Alabama Bill Would Drug Test Medicaid Recipients
A proposed Alabama law would require Medicaid beneficiaries to take random suspicionless drug tests -- and pay for them -- and would throw them off the rolls for at least a year if they test positive.
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We are pleased to announce a major new section of the StoptheDrugWar.org web site. And we are seeking your support to continue to make it possible.
Feature: With Passage of Medical Marijuana Bill Pending, New Jersey Patient Faces 20 Years for Growing His Medicine
If advocates for medical marijuana in New Jersey needed a poster boy, they've found him in John Ray Wilson. The broke, unemployed, MS patient goes on trial next week for growing his own medicine. He's looking at 20 years in prison for something that might not even be a crime next month.
The federal courthouse in Orlando, where a judge threw out Florida's drug law. (image via Wikimedia)
Federal Judge Throws Out Florida's Drug Law
Florida's drug law has been found unconstitutional because it did not require proof of criminal intent. Tens or hundreds of thousands of cases could be affected.
Two different initiative efforts are underway in Ohio, and there's pending legislation, too. (image via Wikimedia)
Medical Marijuana on the Move in Ohio [FEATURE]
Ohio medical marijuana patients are growing increasingly tired of waiting for the legislature to act, so they are now planning two different initiative campaigns aimed at November 2012.
Gov. Andrew Cuomo (D) has signed a bill designed to reduce drug overdose fatalities. (image via wikimedia.org)
Cuomo Signs NY Good Samaritan Drug Overdose Bill
Faced with rising drug overdose deaths, New York is the latest -- and largest -- state to pass a 911 Good Samaritan law allowing people to seek help without fear of prosecution.