Drug War

Seattle Drug-War Protest Targets Christmas

Friday, December 23, 2011 23:32

Seattle Drug-War Protest Targets Christmas

Vivian McPeak, executive director of Seattle's Hempfest, speaks on the stage at Myrtle Edwards Park on August 19, 2011. (photo: Joshua Trujillo / Seattlepi.Com)On a day when most people are opening presents, Vivian McPeak has stood outside the Kin…

Category: Activism, Drug War, In The News

Border Patrol Agents Knowingly Let Drugs In

Friday, December 16, 2011 15:43

Border Patrol Agents Knowingly Let Drugs In

An anonymous Immigration and Customs Enforcement (ICE) agent, speaking exclusively with The Fix, paints a stark picture of the drug war along the US-Mexico Border. The cartels’ traffickers are punching through our borders without fear, he confirms, sup…

Category: Drug War, In The News

Mexico Faces War Crimes Investigation Over ‘War On Drugs’

Monday, November 28, 2011 23:00

[img_assist|nid=29171|title=|desc=A man looks at a van containing the bodies of several men in Guadalajara, Mexico, on Thursday. Mexican authorities found 26 bodies in three vehicles abandoned near a major intersection, officials said.
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Category: Drug War, In The News

Mexican Poet Hopes to Take Drug War Protest to U.S.

Saturday, November 5, 2011 19:23

Mexican Poet Hopes to Take Drug War Protest to U.S.

 

LOS ANGELES — The poet Javier Sicilia, whose son's murder inspired him to lead protest caravans against the drug war in Mexico, says he wants to resume the protest "from the other side of the problem."

Sicilia said he w…

Category: Drug War, In The News

Chile’s Supreme Court Rules on Marijuana for Medical Purposes

Wednesday, October 12, 2011 17:17

Chile’s Supreme Court Rules on Marijuana for Medical Purposes

By Stephen Shea

Chile’s Supreme Court late last week ruled that agricultural export company Agrofuturo Ltda. was unfairly treated by the government’s Chile’s Agricultural and Livestock Service (SAG) when SAG decided to retract per…

Category: Drug War, In The News

Beyond Prohibition Foundation: Harper Government Declares Total War on Marijuana, Possession Arrests Jump 14%

Thursday, July 21, 2011 16:43

Beyond Prohibition Foundation: Harper Government Declares Total War on Marijuana, Possession Arrests Jump 14%

FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE
July 21, 2011
Beyond Prohibition Foundation: Harper Government declares total war on marijuana, possession arrests jump 14%

Statistics Canada today released their annual crime statistics for Canada, revealing a startling i…

Category: Drug War, In The News

Global Commission Declares War on Drugs a Failure

Saturday, June 4, 2011 15:19

Global Commission Declares War on Drugs a Failure

By Kellen Russoniello, George Washington Law School student, NORML legal intern
In the first sentence of a new report, current and former world leaders agree that “[t]he global war on drugs has failed.” They then call for drastic reform in both national and global drug policy. As the report recognizes, the current regime is a [...]

Category: Drug War, In The News

The War on Drugs And American Gun Runners To Mexico

Monday, May 16, 2011 18:05

The War on Drugs And American Gun Runners To Mexico

This is a startling article that affects everybody. It is an entirely different view of government operations and is worth reading. This article is from LUV News and is an excellent daily newsletter. It is very brief, covers about 4 stories a a day, al…

Category: Drug War, In The News

Conservative Minister Pat Robertson Disagrees With Continued Criminalization of Marijuana

Wednesday, December 22, 2010 23:00

Conservative Minister Pat Robertson Disagrees With Continued
Criminalization of Marijuana

It’s a Christmas miracle. Conservative minister Pat Robertson made a surprising declaration on a recent episode of The 700 Club: He disagrees with the continued criminalization of marijuana.
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Category: Drug War, In The News

Marijuana Is California’s Largest Cash Crop, Worth About $14-Billion

Wednesday, October 20, 2010 14:28

Marijuana Is California’s Largest Cash Crop, Worth About
$14-Billion

Marijuana is the largest cash crop in the United States coming in at an estimate of $35.8 billion a year, but in California alone, the value of its 8.6 million-pound harvest is worth about $14 billion, according to newly released state reports.
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Category: Drug War, In The News, Legalization

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