Items tagged with legalization
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| Maine, Maryland marijuana legalization bills filed [22.02.2013] | Maine and Maryland became the latest states to see marijuana legalization bills filed this year, with lawmakers in those two states rolling out measu ... |
| Towards a ceasefire [22.02.2013] | Partial reforms have their limits. Most drug crime is not cannabis-related. Moving from punishment to harm reduction may help drug users, but it leav ... |
| Will high marijuana taxes encourage black markets? [22.02.2013] | The cannabis industry is an easy target for legislatures to saddle with heavy taxes. In Washington State for instance, there is a 25% tax at three di ... |
| Our Right to Poison [21.02.2013] | German officials take a decidedly cool stance toward drug policy reform. No top politician with a major German party is about to call for a new drug ... |
| Pot on the patio? [21.02.2013] | Colorado's Amendment 64 Implementation Task Force is wading through the weeds of marijuana legalization, creating regulations to take pot from the sh ... |
| Democratic and Republican legislators unite on bill to legalize and tax marijuana [20.02.2013] | Lawmakers from opposite ends of the political spectrum unveiled a bill Thursday that would give Mainers the chance to legalize marijuana for recreati ... |
| Maine could become the next state to legalize marijuana for adult use [20.02.2013] | State Rep. Diane Russell (D-Portland) was joined by Rep. Aaron Libby (R-Waterboro) at a press conference to unveil the details of her new bill that w ... |
| Pot-related bills advance in Wash. Legislature [20.02.2013] | Two marijuana-related bills advanced in Olympia, with legislative committees giving their OK to one measure that would block police from arresting me ... |
| Legalising drugs would be the perfect Tory policy [19.02.2013] | A new poll out today by the campaign group Transform finds a majority now favour permitting cannabis use, while four in 10 Britons favour total decri ... |
| Colorado marijuana task force recommends allowing pot tourism [18.02.2013] | Members of a task force proposing regulations for recreational marijuana in Colorado approved recommendations that would allow for marijuana tourism ... |
| Obama drug czar: We will go after marijuana distributors in Wash. and Colo. [17.02.2013] | In an interview with Canadian news magazine Maclean’s, Gil Kerlikowske, President Obama’s Director of the Office of National Drug Control Policy, sta ... |
| Up in Smoke: Why the GOP’s Views on Pot are Showing Signs of a Shift [13.02.2013] | As the push to legalize pot migrates from the margins to the mainstream, it is mellowing some Republicans in the process. “If it was a secret ballot, ... |
| Doors swing open for advocates of marijuana legalization on Capitol Hill [11.02.2013] | Advocates for the legalization of marijuana plan to step up their political giving and lobbying efforts now that members of Congress are taking an in ... |
| Denver City Council to vote in April whether to opt out on marijuana [10.02.2013] | The Denver City Council will vote in April on whether the state's largest city will opt out of licensing recreational marijuana sales — a move that c ... |
| The U.S. drug czar weighs in on Canada’s pot habit [10.02.2013] | Kerlikowske: "I think a patchwork of policies would create real difficulties. We still have federal law that places marijuana as being illegal. The a ... |
| Two letters expose rift over new pot law [06.02.2013] | A handful of legislators recently drew up a letter raising questions and concerns about the law, including whether it can be implemented by December ... |
| Pot plans: Efforts surge in Congress to reform marijuana laws [06.02.2013] | Driven by a groundswell of public opinion, Colorado and Washington State last November became the first states in the U.S. to legalize the recreation ... |
| FARC proposes drug legalization at peace talks [06.02.2013] | At peace talks in Cuba, Colombian guerrilla group the FARC outlined a proposal to legalize drug consumption and cultivation, complementing reforms th ... |
| Effort building to change US pot laws [03.02.2013] | An effort is building in Congress to change U.S. marijuana laws, including moves to legalize the industrial production of hemp and establish a hefty ... |
| WA officials: Challenges still exist on marijuana [28.01.2013] | Officials tasked with creating a regulated marijuana system in Washington state said they are moving forward with a timeline of issuing producer lice ... |
| Will States lead the way to legalizing marijuana nationwide? [27.01.2013] | While it seems unlikely that the federal government will make much of an effort to arrest pot users in Colorado or Washington—Obama has said he has “ ... |
| Legalize pot and reap the benefit from influx of toking tourists: Liberals [26.01.2013] | Canada’s economy could benefit from an influx of toking tourists if weed is legalized, the Liberal Party of Canada says in a new analysis that backs ... |
| Inslee: Wash. to keep moving forward on legal pot [21.01.2013] | Washington Gov. Jay Inslee and Attorney General Bob Ferguson met with U.S. Attorney General Eric Holder on Tuesday, but came away no further enlighte ... |
| Strict pot controls needed, state says [20.01.2013] | Washington State officials are looking to build a strictly regulated marijuana system that could forestall federal concerns about how the drug will b ... |
| Bill to legalize marijuana introduced in legislature [18.01.2013] | Hawaii could join Colorado and Washington as states that have legalized the use of marijuana by adults, under a measure introduced by state House Spe ... |
| Legalization's biggest enemies [16.01.2013] | The biggest immediate threat to legalization in Washington and Colorado is the federal government, but even the feds might be hard-pressed to stomp o ... |
| Up in smoke: Notorious ‘coffee shop’ closes its doors [15.01.2013] | Smokenhagen, modelled on a Dutch-style 'coffee shop' that permits cannabis smoking, closed down voluntarily after pressure from the housing associati ... |
| Can marijuana beat the Mafia? Some French say make it legal [11.01.2013] | France offers the most recent sign of changing attitudes. While consumption and production of pot for personal use are not criminal offenses in Franc ... |
| Marijuana legalization, taxation supported by majority in Hawaii: Poll [10.01.2013] | The results of a survey commissioned by the Drug Policy Action Group shows 57 percent of respondents in favor of legalizing, taxing and regulating ma ... |
| Will Obama's 'war on weed' really ride roughshod over American voters? [10.01.2013] | The cry of "states' rights" is not often associated with progressive causes, but with the "war on drugs" comprehensively declared a $1tn failure by t ... |
| Schritte zur Legalisierung von Cannabis [09.01.2013] | Zusammen mit dem Bund und der Stadt Basel will Zürich ein breit angelegtes Forschungsprojekt anstossen, um offene Fragen rund um Handel und Konsum vo ... |
| Why marijuana should be legal for adults [08.01.2013] | Forget the antiquated dogma and judge pot prohibition on its own merits. If you still believe that cannabis should be illegal, then you must logicall ... |
| Zurich calls for study on legalizing marijuana [07.01.2013] | The Swiss city of Zurich's parliament voted to call on the government to commission a national study on legalizing marijuana, local media said. The v ... |
| U.S. marijuana laws ricochet through Latin America [06.01.2013] | Leaders from across Latin America responded within days of the Colorado and Washington vote, demanding a review of drug-war policies that have mired ... |
| Rocky Mountain high: Pot a $200M industry in Colorado [04.01.2013] | Vigorous regulation of a thriving medical-marijuana industry in Colorado offers the best glimpse of what is coming to Washington when it launches its ... |
| Mexico considers marijuana legalization after ballot wins in U.S. [04.01.2013] | The success of legalization initiatives in Colorado and Washington has sparked a new conversation in a nation that is one of the world's top marijuan ... |
| Pro-marijuana campaign looks ahead after 2012 victories [29.12.2012] | After a decades-long campaign to legalize marijuana hit a high mark in 2012 with victories in Washington state and Colorado, its energized and deep-p ... |
| Parts of Colorado's pot legalization strategy exported to other states [29.12.2012] | The sequential strategy will look familiar to Coloradans: first, pass a medical-marijuana law; then put dispensaries in place; then go for recreation ... |
| Canada could learn from Colorado and Washington on pot [25.12.2012] | The decision by voters in Colorado and Washington to legalize marijuana represents a seismic shift in public attitudes. This historic reform will onl ... |
| Uruguay postpones vote on 'state as dealer' approach to drug regulation - but not for long? [23.12.2012] | Uruguay has been on the vanguard of drug policy reform in the Americas, proposing a state regulatory market for the cultivation and consumption of ma ... |
| Reefer Madness Revisited [20.12.2012] | Rob Kampia, co-founder and executive director of the Marijuana Policy Project (MPP), has co-authored most of the medical marijuana laws on the books. ... |
| The next seven states to legalize pot [18.12.2012] | By legalizing marijuana through direct democracy, Colorado and Washington have fundamentally changed the national conversation about cannabis. As man ... |
| Task force created to regulate legalized marijuana in Colorado [16.12.2012] | It has been a little over a month since Coloradans approved a groundbreaking law legalizing small amounts of marijuana for recreational use. Now that ... |
| President's pot comments prompt call for policy [14.12.2012] | President Barack Obama says he won't go after pot users in Colorado and Washington, two states that just legalized the drug for recreational use. But ... |
| Federal government should allow states to sanction marijuana businesses [14.12.2012] | President Obama’s statement of tolerance toward legalized marijuana is welcome. The real question is not whether federal agents will go after users. ... |
| Marijuana not high Obama priority [14.12.2012] | President Obama says recreational users of marijuana in states that have legalized the substance should not be a "top priority" of federal law enforc ... |
| Recreational marijuana should not be top federal priority: Obama [14.12.2012] | In an interview with ABC News President Barack Obama said federal authorities should not target recreational marijuana use in two Western states wher ... |
| Nick Clegg and David Cameron clash over drug law reforms [14.12.2012] | Divisions between David Cameron and Nick Clegg over Britain's "war on drugs" emerged on Friday after the Liberal Democrat leader said that current po ... |
| Colorado pot legalization: 30 questions (and answers) [12.12.2012] | The passage and governor's proclamation of Amendment 64 on Monday, which makes Colorado one of the first two states to legalize limited possession an ... |
| Poll: Keep feds out of state pot laws [12.12.2012] | Most Americans want the federal government to stop enforcing anti-marijuana laws in Colorado and Washington state, according to a Gallup Poll. Sixty- ... |
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