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Wider Use Of Cannabis Therapy Could Reduce Prescription Pain Drug Deaths
[Editor's note: This post is excerpted from this week's forthcoming NORML weekly media advisory. To have NORML's news alerts and legislative advisories delivered straight to your in-box, sign up here.] Physicians who prescribe opioid drugs to patients with neuropathy (nerve pain) ought to consider recommending cannabis as an alternative therapy, according to a peer-reviewed paper published online this week in the Harm Reduction Journal. “There is sufficient evidence of safety and efficacy for the use of (cannabis/cannabinoids) in the treatment of nerve pain relative to opioids,” the commentary states. “In [...]
Majority of Americans Ready to Legalize Marijuana
By. Angus-Reid Polling
As was the case last year, most respondents believe the “War on Drugs” has been a failure.
Many Americans continue to believe that marijuana should be legalized, but are not supportive of making other drugs read…
Virginia Police Kill Old Man in Pill Raid
[Editor's Note: This year, Drug War Chronicle is trying to track every death directly attributable to drug law enforcement during the year. We can use your help. If you come across a news account of a killing …
Press Conference Marks 40th Anniversary of Nixon Drug War Declaration [FEATURE]
Forty years ago Friday, President Richard Nixon officially declared "war on drugs," citing drug abuse as "public enemy No. 1." Now, forty years, a trillion dollars, and millions of ruined lives…
Holder Promises to Clarify Medical Pot Position – Sacramento Bee
Telegraph.co.ukHolder promises to clarify medical pot positionSacramento BeeAP PROVIDENCE, RI — US Attorney General Eric Holder promised Thursday to clarify the Justice Department's position on state medical marijuana laws after federal prosecutor…
No Drugs in Home of Ex-Marine Killed By SWAT Team
No drugs were found in the home of a Tucson man shot and killed May 5 by a Pima County Sheriff's Office SWAT team, the Arizona Star reported Friday. Former Marine Jose Guerena, 26, was killed by SWAT team memb…
US Attorneys: Medical Marijuana Grown At Home, State Employees Safe – Freedomisgreen
FreedomisgreenUS Attorneys: Medical Marijuana Grown At Home, State Employees SafeFreedomisgreen5/29/2011 – The Department of Justice is making one thing clear: individual medical marijuana patients are not a priority, at least for the moment. So how …
Two Border Patrol Agents Die Chasing Marijuana Smugglers
Two US Border Patrol agents were killed May 12 when the vehicle in which they were chasing suspected pot smugglers collided with a high-speed freight train near Gila Bend, Arizona. They become the 28th and 29th pe…
Supreme Court Upholds Order for California To Cut Prison Population
A closely divided US Supreme Court Monday upheld a court order requiring California to cut its prison population by tens of thousands of inmates because the state has proven unwilling or unable to provide adequate…
US Attorney: Growing, Using Medical Pot Still Felony
Maine’s U.S. attorney has told state lawmakers that Maine’s medical marijuana law contradicts federal law, and that the U.S. Department of Justice reserves the right to prosecute Mainers who cultivate and distribute the drug, even if th…
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