Why Is Marijuana Banned? The Real Reasons Are Worse Than You Think
Across the world, more and more people are asking: Why is marijuana banned? Why are people still sent to prison for using or selling it?
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Remember and Honour The Fallen: End All Wars
CANNABIS CULTURE – November 11 is Remembrance Day in Canada – a day to honour fallen soldiers of past and ongoing wars.
Cannabis Should be as Legal as Cigarettes because War on Drugs is a ‘Disaster’ Claims Labour MP
Writing for Mirror Online, Labour’s Paul Flynn says it is time for ‘timid’ MPs to show courage over a 220,000-strong petition
Sheriffs are Asking for Armored Trucks to Wage War on Marijuana. Yes, Really.
If you’re going to wage war on drugs, you need to be outfitted like a warrior.
Wait, Did Bill Clinton Just Apologize to Mexico for the War on Drugs?
Former President Bill Clinton wants Mexicans to know he’s sorry about the mess that the U.S. drug war has caused south of its border.
Growing Movement to End the War on Drugs
A global group of leaders wants to end what it says is a failed policy and instead focus on legalising use and putting people’s health first, writes Europe Correspondent Ann Cahill.
B.C. Aids Doctors Join International Call For End to ‘War on Drugs’
Two prominent Canadian doctors have joined an international campaign calling on world leaders to stop the spread of AIDS by ending the so called war on drugs.
Congress Set to Escalate War on Drugs, Despite Decades of Failure and Unaffordable Price Tag
Legislation Would Criminalize New Drugs Like Spice/K2 and "Bath Salts," Impeding Scientific Research and Potential Medical Breakthroughs.
End the Drug War, Face Jim Crow
Author Michelle Alexander exposes the War on Drugs as a war on poor people of colour
More Black Men in Prison Today Than Enslaved in 1850
ColorLines' Thoai Lu is reporting that the U.S. Bureau of Justice Statistics estimates that as of 2008, there were more than 846,000 black men in prison, making up 40.2 percent of all inmates in the system. The article highlights a recent talk given by author Michelle Alexander, who puts those numbers in context.
