Legalization
This Year’s Top 10 International Drug Policy Stories
This year saw continued turmoil, agitation, and evolution on the international drug policy front. While we don't have the space to cover all the developments — the expansion of medical marijuana access in Isr…
Former British Drug Czar Says Legalize It All
Former Home Office drug minister and former Defense Minister Bob Ainsworth has called for all illegal drugs, including cocaine and heroin, to be legalized. He told the House of Commons Friday that addicts should b…
Youth Activists Push Marijuana Reform
On November 7 a group of student activists gathered in a room on the University of Colorado campus to discuss strategies for how to run a marijuana legalization campaign in the 2012 elections. Five days earlier, voters in California had defeated P…
Portuguese Drug Reformers Look Beyond Decriminalization [FEATURE]
The Portuguese government has garnered well-earned plaudits for its nine-year-old policy of the decriminalization of drug possession, first last year from Glenn Greenwald in a White Paper commissioned by the …
Half of Canadians Say Legalize Marijuana
Exactly 50% of Canadians support legalizing marijuana, according to poll results released Monday by Angus-Reid Public Opinion. Some 44% oppose legalization, with 6% undecided. [image:1 align:left]Support for …
Dutch to Ban Tourists From Buying Pot
The Dutch government said on Wednesday it wanted to ban tourists from buying cannabis in “coffee shops,” where hash is on sale legally, as part of a national crackdown on drug use.
The Netherlands has one of Europe’s most liberal soft drug policies and…
Weed This Week LIVE: The Good, Bad, And Ugly of Marijuana Legalization
On the first episode of my cannabis news show “Weed This Week LIVE” I talked about the ups and downs of latest efforts to reform marijuana laws across the United States, was joined by Princess of Pot Jodie Emery to discuss the latest on her husband Mar…
It’s Only a Matter of Time Until Changes Come to Marijuana Laws
By Ian Mulgrew, Vancouver Sun
Now that the smoke has cleared from the marijuana legalization vote in California, it’s obvious the real issue in the drug war, as in Afghanistan, is an exit strategy.
For the first time since the cannabis pr…
CC Goes to California: Marijuana Legalization Vote in Photos
Cannabis Culture was in Oaksterdam for the historic vote on Proposition 19, the California ballot initiative to legalize marijuana. Though we lost the vote by less than 4%, it was an amazing experience to be so close to the action and take part in one …
Prop 19 Defeated in California
Prop 19, the ballot initiative that would have legalized marijuana in California, was defated Tuesday. Reports are still coming in, so we will have a final tally tomorrow morning.
Today was a defeat, but Prop 19 itself was an overall victo…
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