| 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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| 12/13/09 |
Congress Repeals Decades-Old National Syringe Funding Ban and Allows Washington, D.C. to Establish a Medical Marijuana Program
States Could Use Federal Money to Distribute Sterile Syringes to Reduce HIV/AIDS and Hepatitis C as Soon as Obama Signs the Bill into Law; Washington, D.C. Could Join 13 States in Allowing Patients to Grow and Use Marijuana for Medical Use
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| 12/10/09 |
Wisconsin Legislature to Hold Groundbreaking Joint Public Hearing to Consider Medical Marijuana Bill on Tuesday, December 15 at 10 a.m.
Nationally Recognized Legal Expert on Medical Marijuana, a WI Native, to Testify before Legislature
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| 12/10/09 |
New Jersey State Senate Passes 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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| 12/09/09 |
Congress Poised to Repeal Decades-Old National Syringe Funding Ban and Allow Washington, DC to Establish a Medical Marijuana Program
States Could be Using Federal Money to Distribute Sterile Syringes to Reduce HIV/AIDS and Hepatitis C by Next Year; Washington, DC Could Join 13 States in Allowing Patients to Grow and Use Marijuana for Medical Use
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| 12/08/09 |
Eight Former New Jersey Attorneys General Endorse Bill that Would Reform Mandatory Minimum Sentences for Some Nonviolent Drug Offenses
Bill Will Be Voted on by Full Senate on Thursday, Dec. 10
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| 12/07/09 |
NY State Assembly Hearing on Tuesday to Map Out Next Steps in Implementation of Historic Rockefeller Drug Law Reform
Courts, Treatment Providers and Community-Based Programs to Brief Lawmakers on Expanded Access to Drug Treatment and Alternatives to Incarceration for Most Drug Offenses
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| 11/25/09 |
Growing Wave of Support for New Jersey Mandatory Minimum Reform Legislation
City Council of Jersey City Becomes Third City Council to Pass Resolution in Support of Senate Bill 1866, Joining Newark and Camden
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| 11/20/09 |
Los Angeles City Council Poised to Regulate Medical Marijuana Dispensaries
Advocates Urge Rejection of City Attorney’s “Poison Pill” Provisions
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| 11/18/09 |
NJ Senate Judiciary Committee to Vote Monday on Groundbreaking Sentencing Bill that Would Give Judges the Discretion to Waive Mandatory Minimum Sentences for Some Nonviolent Drug Offenses
Advocates Commend Legislation as Common-Sense and Reasonable Reform that Would Increase Fair and Effective Sentencing and Save Taxpayer Money
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| 11/18/09 |
California Budget Deficit Balloons, While Prisons on Schedule to Overspend by $1.4 Billion
Advocates Condemn Sacramento’s Priorities: “California’s Incarceration Spending Locks Up Our Tax Dollars”
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| 11/12/09 |
Leading Drug Policy Reformers to be Honored at Landmark International Drug Policy Reform Conference in New Mexico on November 13, 2009
Awardees Recognized for Groundbreaking Work Promoting Sensible Alternatives to the Drug War
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