Cannabis Possession Arrests Fall by Almost 50% Since 2010
A 46 per cent fall in the number of arrests for cannabis possession in England and Wales
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19 Tons of Medical Marijuana Consumed in Arizona Last Year
Arizona’s nearly 88,000 medical marijuana patients smoke, ate or otherwise consumed more than 19 tons of the drug last year.
Marijuana Legalization 2015: US Pot Arrests Increased in 2014 with 1 Every 45 Seconds, FBI Data Show
Even as many U.S. states continue to reform and ease legislation governing the use of marijuana, both medicinal and recreational, enforcement of laws against the drug’s use has apparently hardened.
Police Report a Pot Possession Incident Every 9 Minutes in Canada
Incidents up 30% since Stephen Harper government elected in 2006
Misinformed Cannabis Policies Prevent Access to Life-Saving Treatments
As a scientist working to improve the health of people living with HIV/AIDS who use illicit drugs, I’m reminded every day of the impacts of our government’s policies on drugs.
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Medical Marijuana Laws Don’t Lead to Increased Use By Teens: Large U.S. Study
Passing a medical marijuana law does not lead to increased use of the drug by teenagers in that jurisdiction, concludes a new study that looked at self-reported use of pot among more than one million adolescents from 48 U.S. states from 1991 to 2014.
Teen Marijuana Use Falls as More States Legalize
That's the big take-home from the 2014 Monitoring the Future study by the University of Michigan and the National Institutes on Drug Abuse, which was released Tuesday morning.
Poll Showing Most Canadians Want Pot Laws Relaxed Kept Secret by Harper Government
A strong majority of Canadians think the federal government should either legalize marijuana or decriminalize the possession of small amounts, according to a new Department of Justice poll obtained by Torstar News Service.
Legalizing Medical Marijuana Doesn’t Increase Crime Stats
Opponents of medical marijuana envision all kinds of insidious ways that legalizing the drug might lead to crime.
More Evidence of Drug War Failures
In an article over at CNN.com, I discuss a new study that confirms that the war on drugs is an expensive failure.
