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• Proposed Abortion Law in Peru Meets Heavy Opposition

  
  RHRealityCheck.org — Authority: 737
  Various Latin American countries are creating barriers to access to safe abortion except in exceptional circumstances, while also reforming their constitutions in order to avoid any possibility of liberalizing the procedure.   But in Peru a multidisciplinary committee in charge of revising the Penal Code has ...
  6 days ago

• The Height of Disingenuity

  
  The League of Ordinary Gentlemen — Authority: 680
  As some of you know, Sen. Grassley has put forth an amendment to prevent a proposed panel on criminal justice reform from engaging in any discussion regarding the propriety of decriminalization or legalization of any drugs.  Jacob Sullum (h/t: Popehat ) notes Grassley’s mind-boggling rationale for this ...
  6 days ago

• Rep. Charles Boustany (R-LA) on Marijuana Decriminalization

  
  NORML Daily Audio Stash — Authority: 531
  Thank you for contacting me regarding the use of marijuana. It is good to hear from you. As you know, many states have reduced penalties for marijuana possession. At the federal level, I do not think the current democrat-controlled Congress is likely to legalize marijuana. According to the National Institutes of ...
  1 week ago

• Rep. John Fleming (R-LA) on Medical Marijuana and Decriminalization

  
  NORML Daily Audio Stash — Authority: 531
  Thank you for contacting me regarding the use of marijuana for medicinal purposes. It is a privilege to serve as your Representative in Congress. I welcome your thoughts on this important issue. As you may know, under the Controlled Substances Act (Public Law 91-513), marijuana is considered a Schedule I drug. ...
  1 week ago

• Sen. Bill Nelson (D-FL) on Marijuana Decriminalization

  
  NORML Daily Audio Stash — Authority: 531
  Thank you for contacting me regarding proposals to legalize marijuana. I oppose legalizing this dangerous drug. At this time, no legislation is pending in the Senate to decriminalize the possession or use of marijuana. If such a proposal is introduced I will keep your thoughts in mind. Your communication is ...
  1 week ago

• Rep. Brad Ellsworth (D-IN) on Marijuana Law Reform

  
  NORML Daily Audio Stash — Authority: 531
  Thank you for contacting me with your views on marijuana. I appreciate your comments, and I welcome this opportunity to update you on the status of this legislation. According to the National Survey on Drug Use and Health (NSDUH), marijuana remains the most commonly used illicit drug in the United States. While ...
  1 week ago

• Rep. Mary Fallin (R-OK) on Marijuana Decriminalization

  
  NORML Daily Audio Stash — Authority: 531
  Thank you for contacting me about the Act to Remove Federal Penalties for the Personal Use of Marijuana by Responsible Adults. As you know, this bill would prohibit any imposition of penalties for the possession of marijuana for personal use or for the not-for-profit transfer between adults of marijuana for personal ...
  1 week ago

• Philadelphia could save $3 million annually by ending marijuana mug shots

  
  NORML Daily Audio Stash — Authority: 531
  ( PhillyNORML : Chris Goldstein & Derek Rosenzweig) Philadelphia could save more than $3,000,000 annually by not taking pot smokers in for mugshots. Minor marijuana possession arrests in Philadelphia are handled with mandatory custody; this is a different process than every other county in Pennsylvania costing ...
  1 week ago

• Projected Tax Revenues by State

  
  SEXDRUGSMONEY — Authority: 132
  ” width=”400″ height=”1000″ /> Norml.org statistical information as source Tagged: by state, decriminalization, legalizatiion, projected, projected marijuan tax revune by state, revenue, tax, weed
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• Colbert Takes Gay Marriage Haters Out of the Closet

  
  TakePart Social Action Network — Authority: 612
  Last week the one story that had me fuming more than any other was the one about the Catholic Church saying they would cease their social service programs in Washington D.C. if a same-sex marriage bill is passed there. As someone who was raised in the Catholic Church it sickens me to think that the Church would ...
  1 week ago

• First Amsterdam style “coffee house” opens in US.

  
  POWIP — Authority: 594
  Dude! Dont Bogart That Joint! (Click to Enlarge) For those who had a difficult time following the life expectancy discussion , I suggest that you may wish to open your mind first with an esspresso and a buzz hit ! The United States’ first marijuana cafe opened on Friday, posing an early test of the Obama ...
  1 week ago

• Standing Up for Liberty and Justice for Gays

  
  TakePart Social Action Network — Authority: 612
  Need a little inspiration to get your Monday started? Want a little reminder that we all need to stand up for what we believe in?  If so you’ll want to meet Will Phillips, an extraordinary 10 year old who has waged a war on his school by refusing to say the pledge of allegiance until gays have the same rights as ...
  2 weeks ago

• Revenue From Marijuana If It Were Legal

  
  Prose Before Hos — Authority: 465
  See Also: Is Marijuana Prohibition America’s ‘Berlin Wall’? , Colo. Commission Recommends Lowering Drug Penalties , Portland’s ‘Cannabis Café’ opens to cheers, controversy , Doctor’s re-assess marijuana , Can’t Wait For You Idiots to Screw it Up , Virtually legal , Winning The Drug War By ...
  2 weeks ago

• Europes Cannabis Usage and Drug Decriminalization

  
  prudent investor newsletters — Authority: 135
  The Economist gives us a perspective on the state of Cannabis usage in Europe. According to the Economist , ``OVER a fifth of Europeans have taken cannabis at some point in their lives, according to new report on illegal drug use from the EMCDDA, the EUs drug-monitoring arm. Over 30% of Danes, French and ...
  2 weeks ago

• The Future of Support for Gay Marriage

  
  TakePart Social Action Network — Authority: 612
  One of the more hopeful things I’ve read on the internet today (esp. considering what happened in Maine last week ) comes courtesy of Andrew Sullivan’s The Daily Dish .  This morning they posted an interesting chart that looked at different age groups and explicit support for gay marriage in different ...
  2 weeks ago

• Latin American countries no longer fear US in setting drug policy

  
  NORML Daily Audio Stash — Authority: 531
  ( World Politics Review ) For roughly four decades, a clear foreign policy rule set has existed between the United States and Latin America, centering largely on the question of counternarcotics. Starting with Richard Nixon’s “war on drugs,” an explicit quid pro quo came into existence: U.S. foreign aid (both ...
  3 weeks ago

• A Low Country Thats Not So High

  
  The Melting Pot Project — Authority: 425
  According to some, the Netherlands, a country famous for four-AM food runs and the particular smell of its coffeehouses, should be running rampant with stoners. Those same "some" would probably be surprised to hear that, in fact, if they want...
  3 weeks ago

• No surprise, again: Use of marijuana in The Netherlands among lowest in Europe

  
  NORML Daily Audio Stash — Authority: 531
  AMSTERDAM, Nov 5 ( Reuters ) – The Dutch are among the lowest users of marijuana or cannabis in Europe despite the Netherlands’ well-known tolerance of the drug, according to a regional study published on Thursday. Among adults in the Netherlands, 5.4 percent used cannabis, compared with the European average of ...
  3 weeks ago

• Recently sacked UK drugs advisor: “We ignore scientific evidence at our peril.”

  
  NORML Daily Audio Stash — Authority: 531
  ( New Scientist ) IF THERE is one thing that politicians can and should do to limit the damage caused by illegal drugs, it is to take careful note of the evidence and develop a rational drug policy. Some politicians find it easier to ignore the evidence, and pander to public prejudice instead. I can trace the ...
  3 weeks ago

• CBS News Reports on Prospects for Drug Policy Reform

  
  Cato @ Liberty — Authority: 740
  CBS News has a good report out on recent developments in drug policy, including extensive coverage of the Cato report, Drug Decriminalization in Portugal . Here’s an excerpt: Portugal’s case is important, Greenwald says, because it provides hard evidence that removes the debate from the realm of ...
  3 weeks ago

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