| 03/17/10 |
U.S. Senate Unanimously Approves Bill to Reduce Crack/Powder Cocaine Sentencing Disparity
Bipartisan Legislation Reduces – but Does Not Eliminate – Racial Inequities in Sentencing Low-level Federal Drug Offenders
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| 03/11/10 |
Senate Committee Unanimously Approves Bill to Reduce Crack/Powder Cocaine Sentencing Disparity
Bipartisan Legislation Reduces – but Does Not Eliminate – Racial Inequities in Sentencing Low-level Federal Drug Offenders
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| 03/10/10 |
Washington to Become Second State with Overdose Protection Law
Law Encourages People Who Witness Overdose to Call 911 without Fear of Prosecution
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| 03/09/10 |
Gov. Richardson Signs Prisoner Reentry Bill
Bill Will Remove Unfair Barriers to Employment for People with Criminal Convictions
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| 03/08/10 |
$90 Million in Federal Funds Going to California Counties for Drug Treatment & Probation
Advocates Applaud Investment in Crime Prevention
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| 02/19/10 |
New Mexico’s
Bill Will Remove Unfair Barriers to Employment for People with Criminal Convictions
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| 02/18/10 |
California Lawmaker Reintroduces Landmark Legislation to Tax and Regulate Marijuana
First Marijuana Legalization Bill in the Nation Won Committee Vote Last Session
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| 02/17/10 |
Legislation Proposing Treatment Instead of Incarceration for People with Drug Addictions Passes New Mexico House Floor 34 to 31 and Passes Senate Judiciary Committee 8 to 2
Policy Supported by 71 percent of New Mexicans, Embraces a Health Approach to Substance Abuse
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| 02/17/10 |
Bill to Remove Barriers to Employment Passes Senate by 35 to 4 and House Judiciary Committee by 7 to 1; Now Heads to the House Floor
Bi-partisan Legislation Proposes to Ban the Box on Public Job Applications
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| 02/16/10 |
DEA Raids Medical Marijuana Provider in Colorado despite President Obama’s Directive Not to Interfere with State Marijuana Laws
Obama’s Choice to Head DEA, Bush-Era Holdover Michele Leonhart, Dismays Advocates
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| 02/11/10 |
Legislation Proposing Treatment Instead of Incarceration for People with Drug Addictions Passes House Judiciary Committee
Policy Supported by 71 percent of New Mexicans, Embraces a Health Approach to Substance Abuse
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| 01/28/10 |
Proponents Submit 690,000 Signatures to Put Marijuana Legalization on November Ballot in California
Voter Initiative Would End Mass Arrests, Generate New Revenue
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| 01/20/10 |
D.C. City Council Proposes Bill to Legalize Medical Marijuana
Bill would Finally Implement Will of D.C. Voters Who Voted for Medical Marijuana in 1998
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| 01/14/10 |
New Legal Aid Society Report Finds that 2004 and 2005 Rockefeller Drug Law Reforms Huge Success: Tens of Millions of Dollars Saved with Low Levels of Recidivism by Individuals Released from Prison
New York Prosecutors Lose Credibility as Report Counters Past and Current Misleading Claims
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| 01/12/10 |
Marijuana Legalization Approved by California Assembly Committee
First Formal Vote in U.S. to Support Taxing and Regulating Marijuana
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| 01/11/10 |
New Jersey Senate and Assembly Pass Compassionate Use Medical Marijuana Act, Putting New Jersey in Line to Become 14th State to Allow Access to Medical Marijuana
Bill Now Heads to Governor Jon Corzine for Approval
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| 01/08/10 |
New Jersey on Verge of Becoming 14th State to Allow Access to Medical Marijuana
State Senate and Assembly Set for Final Votes on Monday, Jan. 11th
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| 01/07/10 |
New Jersey Legislature Passes Groundbreaking Sentencing Reform Bill, Making State First in Nation to Allow Judges to Waive Mandatory Minimum Sentences in Drug-Free School Zones
Advocates Call Vote the Dawn of a New Day in Drug Policy, Rolling Back Ineffective and Racially Unjust Laws
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| 01/05/10 |
New Jersey State Assembly to take Final Vote on Bill that Would Reform Mandatory Minimum Sentences for Some Nonviolent Drug Offenses
Advocates Call Vote a Triumph for Common Sense and Fiscal Responsibility
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| 01/04/10 |
Fear Mongering Attack on NYC Harm Reduction Pamphlet Ignores Scientific Evidence and Undermines Public Health and Safety
Harm Reduction Model Proven to Reduce Transmission of HIV/AIDS and Hepatitis, Prevent Overdoses and Save Lives Without Increasing Drug Use
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