| 09/02/09 |
Governor Says He’ll Appeal Federal Prison Overcrowding Ruling
Advocates Urge Governor to Concentrate on Solutions, Not Delays
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| 09/01/09 |
State Assembly Overcomes Republican Fear-Mongering, Slimly Approves Modest Prison Bill
Advocates Urge More Prison Cuts & Reforms to Protect Education, Health Care, and Other Vital Services
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| 09/01/09 |
Medical Marijuana Patient Faces Prosecution in San Diego Court
Thursday is Donna Lambert’s Last Chance for Case Dismissal, Advocates Criticize DA’s Pattern of Harassment
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| 08/28/09 |
Prison Agency Announces Youth Prison Closure, As Proposed by Community Groups
Department takes important first steps, while State Assembly fails to act
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| 08/21/09 |
DPA Statement: Mexico’s Drug Decriminalization Law Effective Today
New Law Removes Penalties for Small Amounts of Heroin, Cocaine and Marijuana for Personal Use
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| 08/21/09 |
Corrections Reform Bill Stalls in Sacramento
Advocates Call on State Assembly Members to Stop Putting Prisons Ahead of Children, Education and Healthcare
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| 08/19/09 |
New England Journal of Medicine Publishes Groundbreaking Study Finding That Prescription Heroin Leads to Reduction of Crime and Overdose Deaths
Results Consistent with Findings from Germany, Netherlands, Switzerland and Spain
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| 08/05/09 |
24,000 Low-Level, Nonviolent Drug Offenders Locked Up in Overcrowded State Prisons with Serious Offenders
$1.2 Billion/Year Wasted to House Petty Drug Offenders;Drug Treatment Not Available to Most Behind Bars
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| 07/29/09 |
House Judiciary Committee Eliminates Crack/Powder Cocaine Sentencing Disparity
Sentencing Change Would End Two Decades of Failed and Discriminatory Policy and Fulfill President Obama Campaign Promise
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| 07/28/09 |
Governor Seals Deal to Gut Drug Treatment, Proven Alternative to Incarceration Betrayed
Drug Defendants in Limbo
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| 07/28/09 |
California Activists File Ballot Initiative to Legalize Marijuana
Proponents Have 150 Days to Gather 434,000 Signatures to Qualify for November 2010 Ballot
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| 07/24/09 |
Prop 36 Treatment Decimated, Called "End of an Era"
Drug Defendants Avoid Prison, But Denied Treatment
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| 07/22/09 |
Oakland Voters Approve Taxing Cannabis Dispensaries; Measure Expected to Produce $300,000 Annual Revenue for Essential Services
DPA Congratulates Oakland Voters on Passing Medical Cannabis Revenue Measure, Expects other Cities to Follow
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| 07/22/09 |
Friday: Hundreds to Attend First-ever Southern California Harm Reduction Summit in Los Angeles
Elected Officials, AIDS Activists, Sex Workers and Drug Policy Reform Advocates Gather to Promote Public Health Strategies around Drug Use and Sex Work
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| 07/22/09 |
Congress and Obama Administration Embrace Major Drug Policy Reform
Crack/ Powder Disparity, Syringe Exchange Funding, Medical Marijuana, HEA Reform All Advancing
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| 07/17/09 |
U.S. House Repeals Provision Prohibiting Washington, D.C. from Enacting Medical Marijuana; Nation’s Capital Could Soon Join 13 States That Have Legalized Marijuana for Medical Use
1998 Provision of Federal Law Overturned Voter-Passed Medical Marijuana Law and Banned the City from Ever Lowering Penalties for Marijuana
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| 07/15/09 |
Legalizing Marijuana in California Worth $1.4 Billion a Year in New Revenue, Says State Board of Equalization
New Estimate Exceeds Earlier Projections, As State Nears Fiscal Collapse
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| 07/10/09 |
House Subcommittee Repeals Federal Syringe Ban, Taking Historic Step to Undo Years of Willful Ignorance
Syringe Ban Responsible for Tens of Thousands of Americans Getting HIV/AIDS or Hepatitis C
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| 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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