From the drug war to Plan Colombia to support for right-wing paramilitary groups, decades of US interference in Colombia has caused so much instability that to this day, the country is still reeling from it. ...
Marijuana is on the ballot in South Dakota in November this year. This is a state that has the dubious distinction of being the only one to twice defeat a medical marijuana initiative. And it ...
Drug testing toddlers, felony ingestion charges, overcrowded jails and prisons, racial disparities–this state has it all. With endless miles of farmland shading into ever higher and drier terrain as one moves west, crossing the Missouri ...
“Our current drug laws distort the priorities of police, who end up spending too much time arresting people for being addicted to drugs instead of focusing on community safety.” The groundwork is being laid now ...
“Our results are consistent with theories that predict that marijuana legalization will displace illicit criminal organizations and decrease crime.” Two economists affiliated with the Philadelphia Federal Reserve looked at the effects of marijuana legalization on ...
One of the most striking things about the recent (limited) psychedelic research is that the drugs do not appear to be addictive or have adverse effects when a guide is involved. Rep. Alexandria Ocasio-Cortez (D-NY) ...
“When they passed the First Step Act, sentences like Sonny’s are the wrong they were trying to right. He had never done a day in prison and then got a mandatory life sentence as a ...
(StopTheDrugWar) It’s been a year we couldn’t wait to put behind us, but as 2018 comes to an end, we can look back on some advances on the international drug policy front, as well as ...
Set in one of the world’s most dangerous cities, To Live and Die in Manila gives a vital voice to the musicians putting their life on the line for their right to showcase creativity that their country ...
(StopTheDrugWar) Former Attorney General Jeff Sessions was forced out of office Wednesday after less than two years in office, and while there is intense concern about the impact the move could have on ongoing investigations ...
Marijuana legalization is on the ballot in multiple states this November while support for legalization is continuing its upward trend. A new poll released Monday from the Pew Research Center says that now 62 percent ...
(Stop The Drug War) Nine states and the District of Columbia have legalized marijuana since 2012, but all of those states have been in the West or the Northeast. This year, with marijuana legalization on ...
(Stop The Drug War) Last week, the good citizens of Mississippi’s Tallahatchie County got a rude shock. The county’s top lawmen, Sheriff William Brewer, was at the courthouse, which was not unusual. This time, though, ...
Several recent incidents have led US security authorities to believe Mexico’s drug cartels may be turning to armed drones to attack targets impeding their operations. While cartels have used drones for surveillance and drug trafficking, armed ...
(StoptheDrugWar.org) Even as he defended federal marijuana prohibition, US Attorney General Jeff Sessions last Thursday conceded that states have the right to pass their own marijuana laws. Sessions, an avowed foe of marijuana legalization, has ...
(Drug Reporter) Getting caught growing a few pot plants in Pennsylvania could lead to a criminal charge and a likely sentence of probation, but for a Lehigh Valley man, it was a death sentence. This ...
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