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Former Vancouver Mayors Call for End to Pot Prohibition

Wednesday, November 23, 2011 16:17

Former Vancouver Mayors Call for End to Pot Prohibition

 

Four high-profile former mayors of Vancouver — Mike Harcourt, Sam Sullivan, Larry Campbell and Philip Owen — released a letter Wednesday pushing to decriminalize and regulate marijuana use in B.C.

They urge politicians to work …

Category: In The News

Marijuana’s Future Has An Upscale Look

Monday, September 20, 2010 23:56

When it comes to legalizing pot, there’s no stemming the inevitable.  Whatever happens this November with California’s Proposition 19, which essentially would decriminalize the drug, marijuana will end up being legit.
Whether you lik…

Category: In The News

Latest California Crime Stats Emphasize Need To Pass Prop. 19

Friday, September 3, 2010 19:10

Latest California Crime Stats Emphasize Need To Pass Prop. 19

It seems not a day goes by where the staff at NORML doesn’t receive some sort of e-mail or comment arguing that marijuana use is ‘already legal’ in California. Really? Then how do you explain this?
California Marijuana Arrests Remain Near Record Levels in 2009
via California NORML
According to data from the Bureau of Criminal Statistics, California [...]

Category: In The News

California Legislature Passes Marijuana Decriminalization Bill

Wednesday, September 1, 2010 11:58

Just hours before the state's legislative session ended Tuesday, the California Assembly voted to approve SB 1449, Sen. Mark Leno's bill to fully decriminalize simple marijuana possession. The bill passed …

Category: In The News

Most Want to Decriminalize Or Legalize And Tax Pot

Thursday, August 5, 2010 22:57

More than half of Canadians want laxer pot laws.
An exclusive Leger Marketing poll for QMI Agency found 21% think the federal government should decriminalize soft drugs like marijuana, while 34% say legalize it and tax it just like tobacco and alcoho…

Category: In The News

Race & Reefer — the African American Vote in California’s Marijuana Legalization Initiative

Wednesday, July 14, 2010 12:53

Race & Reefer — the African American Vote in California’s Marijuana Legalization Initiative

Pro­po­nents and op­po­nents of Cal­i­for­nia’s Con­trol and Tax Cannabis mar­i­jua­na le­gal­iza­tion ini­tia­tive, now known of­fi­cial­ly as Propo­si­tion 19, are go­ing af­ter the African Amer­i­can vote.

Category: Civil Rights, Government, Legalization

Teens, Society Will Suffer If R.I. Decriminalizes Marijuana

Wednesday, March 10, 2010 0:30

Why decriminalize marijuana when drugs are central to many of the problems relating to gangs, teenage suicide, teenage violence and low academic achievement? Anyone close to the issue — teachers, police officers, counselors, and parents — can speak to this with certainty: Kids have been reaching out for guidance and direction for [...]

Category: Civil Rights, Drug War, Legalization

4 Florida Cities Trying to Decriminalize Marijuana

Tuesday, January 19, 2010 0:22

Atlantic Beach, Orlando and Tallahassee Have Joined Jacksonville Beach. A longtime effort to decriminalize marijuana possession in Jacksonville Beach has expanded to Atlantic Beach, as well as to Orlando and Tallahassee. The Committee for Sensible Marijuana Policy launched the Atlantic Beach effort last month after advocates saw that many people who wanted to [...]

Category: Civil Rights, Drug War, Legalization

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