Why Marijuana Remains Illegal
Marijuana remains illegal even though public attitudes are clearly changing on this topic. It is illegal even though 100 million Americans have smoked it and suffered little if any negative side effects.
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Mexican Cartels Lure American Teens as Killers
Mexican drug cartels recruit young men from both countries and operate their smuggling and murder-for-hire rings on both sides of the border.
Conservatives Pressure Senate Liberals To Pass Mandatory Minimum Sentences Bill
CANNABIS CULTURE - Conservative Justice Minister Rob Nicholson lashed out at the Senate today, accusing them of blocking the Conservatives so called “law and order' agenda.
End the Death Penalty for Drug-Related Offenses
Human rights groups are calling on nations around the world to stop applying the death penalty for drug-related offenses.
Mexico Moves Quietly To Decriminalize Minor Drug Use
President Calderon is set to sign the law, but some fear that letting off users caught with limited amounts of drugs will increase drug use and encourage 'drug tourists' from the U.S.
Report Calls For Overhaul of Drug Crime Policies
The Massachusetts Bar Association, in a wide-ranging report released yesterday, called for the overhaul and reexamination of law enforcement efforts to combat drug use and the penalties nonviolent drug users face under current laws.
The War Against the ‘War on Drugs’
As California goes, so goes the nation. If that old adage still holds true, then the nation may soon see a gradual backpedaling from the criminal justice policies that have led to wholesale incarceration in recent decades.
Marc Emery Will Run BC Marijuana Party From US Prison
VANCOUVER - Marc Emery will stay on as president of the B.C. Marijuana Party while in a U.S. prison.
MP Libby Davies on Bill C-15 and Mandatory Minimums
CANNABIS CULTURE - New Democratic MP Libby Davies says the Conservative and Liberal 'War On Drugs' and the mandatory minimums that go with it "will be a colossal failure for Canada, both economically and politically".
Suppressed Report Raises Questions About Drug Policy
A 1991 World Health Organization report that condemned the failed Drug War and was buried because of US pressure has been leaked to the press.
