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In a just released special report, the prestigious Council on Foreign Relations has called on the US government to entertain serious drug reforms, including allowing states to experiment with marijuana legalizatio…

The northeast has historically been a hotbed for marijuana use — with five of the six New England states self-reporting some of the highest percentages of marijuana consumption in the nation. But recently New England has also become a regional leader in marijuana law reform.
Lawmakers in every New England state are now debating marijuana law [...]

Norm Stamper

As a retired police officer who worked for more than three decades to enforce our country's failed criminal-justice approach to drug policy, I was delighted to hear President Obama recently say, "We have to think more about dr…

In a YouTube "Ask Obama" forum Thursday, President Obama rejected marijuana legalization, but said that drug reform is a legitimate topic of debate. (The drug question and response start at 25:57 in the …

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Thousands of Bolivians took to the streets Wednesday to chew coca leaf in support of their government's effort to have coca chewing removed from the list of proscrib…

The US Border Patrol is being sued by a former agent who was fired in 2009 after expressing opinions in support of drug legalization and of sympathy for illegal immigrants to a coworker. In a lawsuit filed in US d…

This Thursday, President Obama will field questions submitted from the world of social media during a live-streamed YouTube interview. NORML supporters can send their questions to the President at youtube.com/askobama, or via Twitter, by using the #askobama hashtag.

Obama will answer the top-rated questions when the interview kicks off at 2:30 p.m. EST on Thursday.
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Just a Matter of When?
Legalizing marijuana has failed in California. But even in defeat, Proposition 19 might mark the beginning of the end for prohibition.
Brian Doherty from the February 2011 issue of Reason
On Homecoming Day at the University of Southern California, Elizabeth Tauro strode purposefully through the dense, shifting mob of pre-game partiers, bearing huge [...]

In the aftermath of Colorado’s disorganized experiment with medical marijuana, questions have arisen about whether it is getting into the hands of teenagers and how it is affecting their attitudes about the drug.
It would be a public service, …

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