Articles tagged with "prohibition"
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Why Are the Feds Out to Get 19-Year-Old Devontre Thomas?
Gage Peake - Published on June 13, 2016Read moreWhy is the U.S. Attorney bringing federal possession charges against a recent high-school graduate — in Oregon of all places?
Nevada Officials Endorse Legalization, While Review-Journal Does About-Face
Gage Peake - Published on June 8, 2016Read moreTen current members of the Legislature were among those to urge Nevadans to support legalization. Meanwhile, a Las Vegas newspaper’s editorial stance flip-flopped after being purchased by a outspoken prohibitionist.
The Shake: Toronto Expo Kicks Off Under Crackdown Cloud, Legalization Foes Forget the Children
Lisa Rough - Published on May 27, 2016Read moreIllegal smuggling hits an all-time low, the Swiss jump on the vape train, and a dog’s bum bite harshes a Texas man’s mellow.
NYPD’s ‘200 Pounds of Marijuana’ Tweet Inspires Critical Backlash
Bruce Barcott - Published on May 12, 2016Read moreIf the precinct thought its triumphant cannabis-bust announcement would inspire attaboys from the locals, it was sorely mistaken.
The Shake: Gas Mask Bong Video Crashes All NFL Draft Boards
Bruce Barcott - Published on April 29, 2016Read moreA lawyer calls out Obama for defying Congress and cracking down on legal cannabis, Massachusetts sees a surge in MMJ patients, and a Harvard psychobiologist professor goofs up.
Jane’s Domain: A Visit to the Future of Drug Policy Reform
Jane West - Published on April 29, 2016Read moreI spent a couple days at the Students for Sensible Drug Policy annual conference in Washington, D.C. If you want to know the future of drug policy reform, there is no better place to go.
U.N. Hears Major Differences on Global Approach to Drug Use
The Associated Press - Published on April 21, 2016Read moreThe first U.N. General Assembly special session to address global drug policy in nearly 20 years heard major differences on the approach to drug use on its second day on Wednesday.
The U.N. Already Blasted Legalization and the Conference Just Started
Bruce Barcott - Published on April 19, 2016Read moreWerner Sipp, president of the U.N.’s International Narcotics Control Board, pooh-poohed the idea of cannabis legalization and “so-called ‘new approaches’” to drug policy.
Blockbuster Report Backs U.N. Cannabis Regulation, End to Prohibition
Bruce Barcott - Published on March 24, 2016Read moreA major report issued this morning by The Lancet urges the U.N. to rethink its drug policy and adopt a number of major changes, including an end to cannabis prohibition.
Singapore Takes Its Peculiar Anti-Drug Campaigns Very Seriously
Rebecca Kelley - Published on March 22, 2016Read moreSingapore’s Central Narcotics Bureau (CNB) runs numerous anti-drug campaigns to deter their youth from using illicit substances. And boy, are they interesting.