Legalization
Marc Emery Prosecutor Now Says Legalize Marijuana
In a Seattle Times op-ed Saturday, former US Attorney for the Western District of Washington John McKay defected to the other side. As the federal prosecutor in Seattle, McKay oversaw the indictment and prose…
California Marijuana Initiative Lead Narrows, Poll Finds
California's Proposition 19, the tax and regulate cannabis marijuana legalization initiative, continues to lead in the latest SurveyUSA poll of likely voters, but with a smaller lead than two previous SurveyUS…
Michigan Court Keeps Detroit Marijuana Initiative Off Ballot
In an August 26 ruling, the Wayne County Circuit Court refused to order the Detroit city clerk to put a municipal marijuana legalization initiative on the November ballot. Initiative organizers, the Coalition for …
New Colombian President Joins Call for Drug Legalization Debate
Colombian President Juan Manuel Santos said in a Mexico City radio interview Wednesday that he supported Mexican President Felipe Calderon's call for a debate on drug legalization. He also said that he wi…
Drug Czars Past And Present Oppose Prop 19 Marijuana Init
In an absolutely unsurprising turn of events, current head of the Office of National Drug Control Policy Gil Kerlikowske and five former drug czars have come out against Proposition 19, California's marijuana …
Mexico Talking But Not Moving on Drug Legalization [FEATURE]
When, earlier this summer, the Mexican government admitted that some 28,000 people had been killed in prohibition-related violence since President Felipe Calderon rolled out the army in December 2006, it seemed to…
Marijuana-legalization Supporters Launching New Campaign
By Jill Kimball
Sensible Washington, the group that sponsored a marijuana-legalization bill that didn’t make it to the ballot this election season, plans to launch its 2011 legalization campaign at Seattle Hempfest this weekend.
The group will be amon…
Labor, Black Police Groups Endorse Prop 19, Prison Guards Stay Neutral
Proposition 19, the California marijuana legalization initiative, picked up endorsements from organized labor and a national group representing black police officers last week, while the deep-pocketed California p…
Marijuana Legalization in Mexico Gaining Support
Wearing a pressed shirt and tie, banging away on his laptop, law professor Alejandro Madrazo Lajous doesn’t come across as an activist for legalizing marijuana.
But as the attorney for an organization at the forefront of the growing legalization moveme…
Ex-Mexico President Calls for Legalizing Drugs
Former President Vicente Fox is joining with those urging his successor to legalize drugs in Mexico, saying that could break the economic power of the country’s brutal drug cartels.
Fox’s comments, posted Sunday on his blog, came less than a week after…
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