| 06/25/09 |
U.S. Supreme Court Strikes Down Strip Search of 13-Year-Old Girl over Ibuprofen
Advocates Elated That Court has Favored Common Sense over Drug-War Fueled Hysteria
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| 06/25/09 |
Dozens of International Groups Put Pressure on Governments to Reform Harmful Drug Policies
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| 06/24/09 |
UN Drug Czar Gives up on Drug Free World, Admits New Strategy is Needed
Report Acknowledges that the Violence and the Black Market for Drugs are Unintended Consequences of Current Drug “Control” Policies, But Denounces Calls to Tax and Regulate Drugs
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| 06/18/09 |
Assembly Select Committee to Hold Hearing in Los Angeles on Alcohol and Drug Treatment
Lawmaker to Hold Rally Before Hearing; Legislature’s Elimination of Funding for Prop 36 to be Strongly Denounced
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| 06/18/09 |
Rep. Barney Frank Introduces Bill to Decriminalize Marijuana
Nearly 700,000 Marijuana Possession Arrests a Year in the U.S. (and Climbing) at an Annual Cost of Nearly $7.6 Billion to Taxpayers; Enormous Racial Disparities in Enforcement, Despite Nearly Equal Use Rates
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| 06/17/09 |
Legislature Eliminates Funding for Prop 36 Voter-Mandated Drug Treatment; Ends Incarceration of Nonviolent Drug Offenses
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| 06/11/09 |
Medical Marijuana Dispensary Operator Charles C. Lynch Sentenced to One Year in Federal Prison despite Change in Federal Policy
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| 06/09/09 |
Overdose Crisis in United States: Second-leading Cause of Accidental Deaths; Trails only Driving Fatalities
Federal Legislation Introduced by Rep. Edwards (D-MD): Money to States to Implement Overdose Prevention
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| 06/05/09 |
U.S. Homeland Security Secretary Janet Napolitano, Attorney General Eric Holder and Drug Czar Gil Kerlikowske in New Mexico Today to Announce New Drugs And Border Strategy
Drug Policy Alliance New Mexico Says New Mexico Needs to Quickly Expand Drug Treatment and Community Services to Reduce Border Problems
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| 06/05/09 |
Federal Officials Unveil More of the Same: Failed Supply-side Strategy Embraced in Dealing with Border Violence and Drug Cartels Highlighted During Homeland Security Advisory Council Meeting
Cabinet Secretaries from Home Land Security, ONDCP and the US Attorney General Pledge Renewed Law Enforcement approach to reduce supply; Offer Little to Reduce Demand
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| 06/04/09 |
Vigil to Honor Missing Women and Women Found on the West Mesa
Drug Policy Alliance to Speak on Access to Substance Abuse Treatment Services and Overdose Prevention Strategies
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| 06/04/09 |
NJ Moves One Step Closer to Becoming the Fourteenth State to Allow Access to Medical Marijuana
Patients, Doctors and Advocates Applaud Compassionate Use Legislation
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| 05/28/09 |
Germany Approves Prescribing Synthetic Heroin to Long-time Users Unable to Quit
New Law Allows Drug Users to Take Prescribed Heroin under Supervision of Trained Professionals; Results Show Policy Reduces Crime, Overdose Deaths and HIV
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| 05/21/09 |
U.S. Supreme Court Lets Decision Upholding California’s Medical Marijuana Laws Stand
Court Clears the Way for States to Legalize Marijuana
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| 05/14/09 |
Drug Czar Calls for End to ‘War on Drugs’ and Advocates Treatment over Incarceration
Kerlikowske Reaffirms Administration Support for Clean Syringes to Reduce HIV, Halt to Raids on Marijuana Dispensaries and End the Crack and Powder Cocaine Disparity
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| 05/14/09 |
Governor’s Budget Ends Incarceration for Nonviolent Drug Offenses, Focuses on Greater Public Safety Priorities
Cutting Treatment Dollars Will Harm Tens of Thousands Each Year, Warn Treatment Advocates
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| 05/12/09 |
Former Mexican President Vicente Fox Calls for Debate on Taxing and Regulating Drugs as Strategy to Deal with Violence in Mexico
Fox’s Pronouncement Comes on Heels of California Gov. Schwarzenegger’s Call for Debate on Marijuana Legalization
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| 05/07/09 |
White House Budget Contradicts Obama’s Statements on HIV/AIDS and Federal Syringe Ban
Obama Pledged Repeal of Syringe Ban, But White House Budget Prohibits Federal Funding of Syringe Exchange
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| 05/06/09 |
Gov. Schwarzenegger Declares "It’s Time for a Debate" on Marijuana Legalization
California Governor the Highest-Ranking U.S. Elected Official to Question Marijuana Prohibition Policies
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| 04/27/09 |
Growing Support in White House and Congress to Address Crack- Powder Disparity
Legislation Introduced in House and Upcoming hearings in Senate to Address 100-to-1 Sentencing Disparity between Powder and Crack Cocaine
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