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The US is about to become the only one of North America's three largest countries not to have legalized marijuana.

Jeff, we hardly knew ye. (senate.gov)

His vision was firmly rooted in the failed drug war of the last century.

Jair Bolsonaro (Creative Commons)

Brazilians elected Jair Bolsonaro, "the Trump of Brazil," as their next president on Sunday. He has promised to murder drug suspects as Duterte does.

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Less than two weeks out, a couple of these races are turning into nailbiters.

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Gallup and Pew both report record levels of support for marijuana legalization.

Congressional Cannabis Caucus founder Rep. Earl Blumenauer (D-OR)

What a difference a midterm election can make.

South Dakota women's prison in Pierre (KELO-TV screen grab)

In South Dakota, testing positive for drugs is a felony.

hustling in the Tenderloin (SFPD surveillance video screen grab)

The city by the bay has been a hotbed of illegal race-based policing. This is just the latest example.

The president goes to the UN to try to push global drug policy backward. (Creative Commons/Gage Skidmore)

Heâs at the UN to call for a more regressive global drug policy.

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The former heads of state behind the Global Commission on Drugs, that's who.