Items tagged with legalization
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Recreational marijuana measure makes Colorado ballot [28.02.2012] | Colorado voters will be asked to decide whether to legalize the recreational use of marijuana in a November ballot measure, setting up a potential sh ... |
Why a former B.C. attorney-general is supporting the pro-pot movement [19.02.2012] | Geoff Plant has felt for years that the prohibition of marijuana is wrong. Now that the former B.C. attorney-general is out of government, he has dec ... |
Legalize weed, yes, but the demon's in the details [16.02.2012] | Marijuana will be legal in Canada one day. It may not be for eons – or at least until the federal Liberals or New Democrats gain power, which could b ... |
Opinion | Is it okay if we sell joints? [16.02.2012] | The City Council will soon be sending a letter to the justice minister, Morten Bødskov (Socialdemokraterne). It might be formulated a little more for ... |
Interview: Guatemala president says drug war can’t be fought with arms [15.02.2012] | Guatemala’s first president with a military background in 25 years said Tuesday the drug war can’t be won with arms alone, and pledged that his admin ... |
Guatemala president weighs drug legalization, blames US for not reducing consumption [14.02.2012] | U.S. inability to cut illegal drug consumption leaves Guatemala with no option but to consider legalizing the use and transport of drugs, President O ... |
Former B.C. attorneys-general call for legalization of marijuana [14.02.2012] | Spurred in part by the point-blank shooting of a known gangster in an upscale Vancouver hotel, four former attorneys-general of British Columbia have ... |
Legalizing drugs gains ground in Latin America [13.02.2012] | Guatemalan President Otto Perez Molina has repeated his suggestion that Guatemala and the other nations of Central America should consider decriminal ... |
Legalised cannabis? [10.02.2012] | A political majority at Copenhagen Town Hall is pushing for cannabis to be decriminalised. In a joint letter, four out of five local politicians have ... |
Marijuana legalization initiative set to go on Nov. ballot [09.02.2012] | An initiative seeking to legalize and regulate the recreational use of marijuana will be decided by voters. If passed, Initiative 502 would make Wash ... |
Not That Kind of Smoke-Filled Room [01.02.2012] | Potheads had high hopes for President Obama’s Google+ hangout on Monday. The Web superpower had invited citizens to submit questions for the presiden ... |
Pot legalization efforts forge ahead in key U.S. states [31.01.2012] | Efforts to legalize marijuana for recreational use are gaining momentum in Washington state and Colorado, despite fierce opposition from the federal ... |
Marijuana legalization measure certified [27.01.2012] | A measure to legalize the recreational use of marijuana in Washington State is likely to be on the November 2012 ballot, after the secretary of the s ... |
Policy pitfalls could quickly kill buzz around Liberal pot proposal [19.01.2012] | If Liberals are serious about presenting voters with a credible plan to legalize and regulate cannabis in the next federal election, they have a lot ... |
Canadians in favour of relaxing pot laws: poll [17.01.2012] | The results come as the Liberal party voted overwhelmingly to support legalization of the drug at its biennial policy convention on the weekend, seem ... |
Handicapping Legalization in 2012 [04.01.2012] | Registered voters heading to the polls this fall for elections in Colorado, Washington, and perhaps California will have a chance to enact historic c ... |
Marijuana legalization initiative signatures in [29.12.2011] | Backers of an effort to legalize and regulate recreational marijuana use in Washington state submitted more than 340,000 signatures Thursday to try t ... |
Increased enforcement not curtailing marijuana use, report finds [22.12.2011] | Increased funding for anti-cannabis law enforcement does not meaningfully reduce the drug’s potency, price or availability and creates a lucrative op ... |
B.C. medical group recommends pot legalization [22.12.2011] | Some B.C. medical health officials are now advocating for marijuana to be legalized, arguing that the government's costly enforcement activities are ... |
President Obama's puzzling silence on marijuana policy [17.12.2011] | The youth vote helped propel Barack Obama to the presidency, but that enthusiasm has declined sharply. One issue might reignite youthful enthusiasm: ... |
Deputies to stop harassing I-502 proponents [08.12.2011] | King County authorities and the Washington State Public Stadium Authority have agreed to stop harassing people collecting signatures outside the Seah ... |
Marijuana in California and Colorado: Highs and laws [03.12.2011] | While it is allowed in some form in 16 states and Washington, DC, Colorado is the leader in trying to make medicinal pot a legitimate business. It ha ... |
Polls, dispensary bans show Coloradans are split over possibly legalizing marijuana [26.11.2011] | As proponents of a ballot initiative to legalize marijuana near the deadline to turn in signatures, they face a puzzling picture of the electorate. A ... |
Legalise it, part two [24.11.2011] | Legalising pot, we wrote in this space back in July 2009, would have two obvious benefits: generating revenue and dragging a shady business out into ... |
Could legalising pot clean up the rot? [24.11.2011] | The City Council of Copenhagen has been pushing to legalise the sale of marijuana in the city. The council’s vote which would pave the way to establi ... |
Four former Vancouver mayors back call for an end to pot prohibition [23.11.2011] | Four former Vancouver mayors have endorsed a coalition calling for an end to pot prohibition in Canada that they blame for rampant gang violence. Lar ... |
State's effort to legalize pot faces legal pitfalls [20.11.2011] | An effort to decriminalize and tax recreational marijuana sales for adults in Washington state has won some high-profile endorsements — including fro ... |
Copenhagen votes to legalise marijuana [18.11.2011] | Marijuana could soon be legalised in Copenhagen, after the city voted overwhelmingly in favour of a scheme that would see the drug sold through a net ... |
Poll: Public supports medical marijuana, but not full pot legalization [18.11.2011] | According a recent CBS News poll conducted at the end of October, a slim majority of 51 percent continues to think that marijuana use should be illeg ... |
Will Marijuana Raids Be the New Normal if Pot-Legalizing I-502 Passes in Washington? [16.11.2011] | Cannabis-rights activists who oppose the marijuana-legalization initiative I-502 do so for many reasons, including the notion that should the bill pa ... |
Pot measure is tough sell at cop conference [16.11.2011] | I-502 has about 230,000 signatures and almost certainly will qualify for the November 2012 ballot. If I-502 were to pass, the state Liquor Control Bo ... |
The war on drugs and the shameful silence of our politicians [13.11.2011] | In a parliamentary debate in the House of Commons, David Cameron said: "I ask the Labour government not to return to retribution and war on drugs. Th ... |
Juan Manuel Santos: 'It is time to think again about the war on drugs' [13.11.2011] | Santos spelled out the radical ideas which he hopes will create a fresh approach. He said: "A new approach should try and take away the violent profi ... |
Sign Initiative 502 to put marijuana legalization before state Legislature [11.11.2011] | A former federal prosecutor and two former judges who have not only observed but also enforced marijuana laws at the federal, state and local levels ... |
It's Only A Matter Of Time [08.11.2011] | GOP presidential candidate Gary Johnson drew headlines earlier this month when he said he would issue a full presidential pardon for anyone serving a ... |
Pro-pot campaign gets big names, deep pockets [04.11.2011] | Marijuana legalization in Washington has been an activist's pipe dream for decades, but a new campaign with deep pockets and prominent supporters is ... |
Integrative Medicine: Legalization and regulation of cannabis [04.11.2011] | The California Medical Association made news when it became the first state medical association to recommend the legalization and regulation of canna ... |
Legalizing pot would cut gang violence: experts [28.10.2011] | A new coalition of high-profile health, academic and justice experts is mounting a campaign to legalize and regulate marijuana in British Columbia, a ... |
Colombian president calls for legalisation of marijuana [26.10.2011] | Juan Manuel Santos, the Colombian president, has called for the global legalisation of marijuana to help combat the trafficking of harder drugs and r ... |
Legalizing drugs isn’t the answer [20.10.2011] | Most of us can agree that current drug policy in North America is a disaster. The global war on drugs can’t be won. Locking up addicts in jail is bot ... |
50% of Americans support legalizing marijuana: poll [18.10.2011] | An unprecedented 50 percent of Americans think it's high time that marijuana should become legal in the United States, according to a Gallup poll. Th ... |
California Medical Assn. calls for legalization of marijuana [15.10.2011] | The California Medical Association, representing more than 35,000 physicians statewide, questions the medical value of pot and acknowledges some heal ... |
Breaking the Silence [01.10.2011] | This brief report outlines the links between cannabis prohibition in British Columbia (Canada) and the growth of organized crime and related violence ... |
Mexico president hints legalizing drugs may be needed [20.09.2011] | Mexican President Felipe Calderon on Monday turned up pressure on the United States to curb demand for illicit drugs, hinting that legalization of na ... |
State Dems back marijuana-legalization initiative [19.09.2011] | The Washington State Democratic Central Committee threw its support behind a marijuana legalization initiative this weekend, calling the continuing p ... |
France and marijuana: an altered state [16.08.2011] | Should the use of cannabis be legalised to end the dealing that has poisoned life in France's banlieues, and to guarantee the quality of a substance ... |
Majority of Americans ready to legalize marijuana [09.08.2011] | Many Americans continue to believe that marijuana should be legalized, but are not supportive of making other drugs readily available, a new Angus Re ... |
A French economist argues for the legalization of cannabis [02.08.2011] | University of Paris economist Pierre Kopp wants to legalize marijuana for entirely economic reasons. Kopp tells Le Monde : "For economists, the publi ... |
Former Mexican president urges legalizing drugs [27.07.2011] | Part of the solution to end drug violence in Mexico should include legalizing drugs like marijuana for personal use, according to former President Vi ... |
The Pot Republic [26.07.2011] | The bulk of the marijuana consumed in the United States used to come across the border from Mexico, Canada and elsewhere. Now, more than half of it i ... |
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