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United States: Medical Marijuana - New Boss Tells DEA To Back Down
By Rick Bayer, MD US Attorney General Eric Holder recently signaled federal changes in medical marijuana policy. Holder said, “The policy is to go after those people who violate both federal and state...
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United States: Obama Administration Issues New Policy On Medical Marijuana
By Carrie Johnson, Washington Post Staff Writer The Obama administration delivered new guidance on medical marijuana to federal prosecutors Monday, signaling a broad policy shift that will mean fewer...
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United States: Support for Legalizing Marijuana Grows Rapidly Around U.S.
Approval for medical use expands alongside criticism of prohibitionWould you support medical marijuana?By Karl Vick, Washington Post Staff Writer The same day they rejected a gay marriage ballot...
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United States: Washington, Other States Move to Legalize
By RACHEL LA CORTE Associated Press Writer OLYMPIA, Wash. (AP) - Washington is one of four states where measures to legalize and regulate marijuana have been introduced, and about two dozen other...
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California: Lt. Gov. Calls on State to Lead Nation in Ending Marijuana...
By Steve Elliott Hemp NewsCalifornia Lt. Governor Gavin Newsom, in a piece for The Huffington Post, has called on his state to lead the nation in ending marijuana prohibition and the failed Drug War,...
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Mexico: Obama To Visit Latin America As Drug Prohibition-Related Violence...
By Steve Elliott Hemp NewsAs President Barack Obama departs for a three-day trip to Mexico and Central America to meet with several regional counterparts, advocates are urging him to put drug policy...
View ArticleColombia: Unprecedented Document Puts Marijuana Legalization On The Table
Organization of American States Secretary General Presents Historic Drug Policy Report to President Santos of ColombiaBy Steve Elliott Hemp NewsThe Organization of American States (OAS) on Friday...
View ArticleU.S.: Rolling Stone Profiles Ethan Nadelmann, 'Most Influential Man In The...
Insightful Rolling Stone Profile Calls Nadelmann “The Real Drug Czar” and “Most Influential Man in the Battle for Legalization”Former Senior Bush Advisor: “He is the Single Most Influential Policy...
View ArticleColorado: It'll Be DPA vs. DEA In High-Profile Debate On Marijuana Legalization
2013 Aspen Ideas Festival to Feature Debate Between Former DEA Head Asa Hutchinson and DPA Executive Director Ethan NadelmannDebate Will Be Live-Streamed on YouTube on July 1By Steve Elliott Hemp...
View ArticleColorado: Marijuana Legalization Debate Monday Between Former DEA Head and...
Marijuana Legalization Continues Rapid Shift From Fringes to Mainstream of U.S. and International PoliticsDebate Will Be Live-Streamed on YouTube on July 1By Steve Elliott Hemp NewsThe Aspen Institute...
View ArticleU.S.: DEA Using NSA and CIA Intelligence to Spy on and Arrest U.S. Citizens...
Agency Manufacturing Cover Investigations to Mislead Judges, Prosecutors and Defense AttorneysLatest of Many Recent DEA ScandalsDrug Policy Alliance: Congress Should Hold Hearings Reviewing DEA and...
View ArticleU.S.: Feds Approve State Marijuana Legalization: DoJ Will Allow CO, WA To Go...
Colorado and Washington to Establish Systems for State-Regulated Marijuana Retail SalesBy Steve Elliott Hemp NewsAt a Thursday press briefing, the U.S. Department of Justice announced it will allow...
View ArticleU.S.: Historic Senate Hearing on Marijuana Legalization Tuesday
Majority of Americans Now Support Legalizing and Regulating Marijuana like AlcoholSenator John McCain: “I Respect the Will of the People”By Steve Elliott Hemp NewsThe Senate Judiciary Committee on...
View ArticleNew York: Premier of 'America's Longest War' Highlights Disastrous 40-Year...
Panelists Include: Director Paul Feine, Drug Policy Alliance’s Ethan Nadelmann, New York City Councilmember Melissa Mark-Viverito, Wall Street Journal’s Mary Anastasia O'Grady and The New York Times’...
View ArticleU.S.: Attorney General Holder Expands Major Reform of Mandatory Minimum Drug...
Holder Orders Prosecutors to Remove Any Reference to Quantities Of Illicit Drugs that Trigger Mandatory Minimums And To Apply Provision to Pending CasesBipartisan Support Grows In Congress for...
View ArticleGlobal: Guatemalan President Calls for Global Drug Policy Reform in UN Speech
President Pérez Molina Praises Voters of Colorado and Washington for Legalizing Marijuana and President Obama for Allowing Them to ProceedCommends President Mujica of Uruguay for Marijuana Legalization...
View ArticleColorado: International Drug Policy Reform Conference Coming To Denver, Oct....
More Than 1,000 Experts and Advocates to Strategize About Marijuana Legalization, Criminal Justice Reform, Public Health, and Post-Prohibition Models for Drug ControlNew Era: Colorado Embarks on...
View ArticleColorado: Leading Reformers to be Honored at Drug Policy Reform Conference in...
Awardees Recognized for Groundbreaking Work to End the War on DrugsWinners Include Seattle Police Department, Organizers of CO and WA Marijuana Legalization Initiatives, Portugal Government’s Drug...
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Awardees Recognized for Groundbreaking Work to End the War on DrugsOther Winners Include Seattle Police Department, Global Commission on Drug Policy, and MoreThe Service Intervention in Addictive...
View ArticleNew Mexico: Routine Traffic Stop Turns Into Nightmare 14-Hour Anal Cavity...
Lawsuit Filed Against Police Claims Invasive Search that Violated Civil RightsDPA: War on Drugs Shreds 4th Amendment and Devastates Police/ Community RelationsBy Steve Elliott Hemp NewsA Deming, New...
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