Marijuana: Four Decades, No Change
It is difficult for Canadians to talk openly about drugs without hurting our chances of getting jobs or getting over the border in the future. Frankly, I am not sure I ought to be writing this.
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American Justice and the Dana Beal Trial
September was a bad month for Obama.
Obama Administration’s Medical Marijuana Policies Now Worse Than Bush and Clinton Policies
Obama has not only broken his campaign promises about medical marijuana, his policies are now worse than Clinton or Bush.
Rand Removes Report on Crime and Pot Dispensaries
Promising further review, the think tank removes a study from its website linking pot clinics to a drop in crime rates, after sharp criticism from the city attorney's office.
U.S. Drug Policy Would Be Imposed Globally By New House Bill
The House Judiciary Committee passed a bill yesterday that would make it a federal crime for U.S. residents to discuss or plan activities on foreign soil that, if carried out in the U.S., would violate the Controlled Substances Act (CSA) -- even if the planned activities are legal in the countries where they're carried out.
Feds Escalate Efforts to Close California Pot Shops
Federal prosecutors are threatening to shut down medical marijuana dispensaries throughout California, sending letters that warn landlords to stop sales of the drug within 45 days or face the possibility that their property will be seized and they will be charged with a crime.
Congress Set to Escalate War on Drugs, Despite Decades of Failure and Unaffordable Price Tag
Bills being voted on in House Judiciary Committee tomorrow would criminalize new drugs, subject more Americans to mandatory minimum sentencing, and make it a crime to commit a drug offense in another country even if the offense is legal in that country.
American Marijuana Growers Could Beat This War on Drugs
The gruesome concomitants of the war on drugs were on display yet again last week in Mexico, where gangs continue to terrorise the public with impunity. The decapitated body of a crime-awareness blogger was found in Nuevo Laredo, the third of such killings to occur in the city over the last month.
Rick Perry Wants to Send the Military into Mexico to Fight Drugs
The Texas governor told a New Hampshire crowd that doing so might be necessary to stem the flow of narcotics into America.
Hudak-Horwath Alliance? PC-NDP Productive Partnership?
PC - Tim Hudak - Establish a provincial registry of marijuana grow operations.
