Items tagged with legalization
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| Leaders in Latin America call for review of drug policy after 2 U.S. states vote to legalize marijuana [12.11.2012] | A group of Latin American leaders declared that votes by two U.S. states to legalize marijuana have important implications for efforts to quash drug ... |
| A more enlightened approach to intoxicants should legalise marijuana [12.11.2012] | With two US states - Washington and Colorado - voting to legalise the recreational use of marijuana, a similar liberal approach towards mild intoxica ... |
| As US states legalise marijuana, is this the end of the drugs war? [10.11.2012] | Last week was a momentous week, the beginning of the end, perhaps, of a national depravity – the "war on drugs". The voters of Colorado and Washingto ... |
| Legalized marijuana initiatives leave federal government wrestling with policy [09.11.2012] | Senior administration officials acknowledged that they are wrestling with how to respond to the legalization of marijuana in Colorado and Washington, ... |
| The joint campaign: Should we not legalize recreational use of cannabis? [09.11.2012] | What two American states, Washington and Colorado, have decided to do - legalize recreational use of marijuana - was the norm in India until 1985. Al ... |
| Colorado, Washington await federal response to pot measure [09.11.2012] | Should marijuana be treated like alcohol? Or should it remain in the same legal category as heroin and the most dangerous drugs? Votes by Colorado an ... |
| The end of the war on marijuana [09.11.2012] | The historic measure to regulate and tax marijuana in Washington State deserves to be looked at closely as a model of how legalization ought to be de ... |
| Colorado and Washington legalise marijuana: what it really means [08.11.2012] | No sooner had the voters of Colorado and Washington passed measures to legalise marijuana than the predictions began: visions – both overexcited and ... |
| The American Public Is Doing a 180 on Marijuana Prohibition... [08.11.2012] | The election results this week from Washington, Colorado, Massachusetts and Arkansas demonstrate that public opinion about cannabis has moved much fa ... |
| Legalisation in U.S. States may prompt changes in Mexico’s anti-drug policy [07.11.2012] | The legalisation of small amounts of marijuana for recreational use, which will allow the drug to be taxed and regulated, in two U.S. states will pro ... |
| Mexico says marijuana legalization in U.S. could change anti-drug strategies [07.11.2012] | The decision by voters in Colorado and Washington state to legalize the recreational use of marijuana has left Mexican President-elect Enrique Peña N ... |
| U.S. marijuana vote threatens to nip B.C. market in the bud [07.11.2012] | British Columbia’s multibillion-dollar marijuana industry could take a “significant” blow now that two U.S. states – including its closest neighbour ... |
| U.S. marijuana vote may have snowball effect in Latin America [07.11.2012] | Voters in Colorado and Washington state who approved the recreational use of marijuana Tuesday sent a salvo from the ballot box that will ricochet ar ... |
| Colorado officials seek clarity after passage of marijuana measure [07.11.2012] | Colorado officials and marijuana advocates on Wednesday looked toward an imminent confrontation with the federal government one day after voters in t ... |
| Mexico's new gov to review pot fight after US vote [07.11.2012] | The legalization of recreational marijuana in the U.S. states of Washington and Colorado will force Mexico to rethink its efforts to halt marijuana s ... |
| Pot legal Dec. 6, 'jury is out on what happens' after that [07.11.2012] | Washington's grand social experiment with marijuana legalization begins Dec. 6 with a simple step: On that date, it is legal to have an ounce of the ... |
| Pot votes in 2 states challenge US drug war [07.11.2012] | Those who have argued for decades that legalizing and taxing weed would be better than a costly, failed U.S. drug war have their chance to prove it, ... |
| What Tuesday's marijuana victories mean for the war on drugs [07.11.2012] | In three states — Washington, Colorado, and Massachusetts — efforts to liberalize marijuana laws succeeded last night. In Washington and Colorado, th ... |
| B.C. pot activists push for legalization after Wash. vote [07.11.2012] | Pot advocates in British Columbia (Canada) say now that voters in Washington have passed a law to legalize possession of marijuana, it is time for a ... |
| Colorado, Washington first states to legalize recreational pot [07.11.2012] | Colorado and Washington became the first U.S. states to legalize the possession and sale of marijuana for recreational use in defiance of federal law ... |
| Voters approve I-502 legalizing marijuana [06.11.2012] | Washington enthusiastically leapt into history Tuesday, becoming the first state, with Colorado, to reject federal drug-control policy and legalize r ... |
| Coloradans say yes to recreational use of marijuana [06.11.2012] | Voters approved Amendment 64 legalizing recreational marijuana use in Colorado on Tuesday, making this one of two states to end prohibition of the dr ... |
| Biggest blow to Mexico drug cartels? It could be on your state ballot [05.11.2012] | Over the past year, the world has eyed Latin America as it has forged forward, in both policy and politics, with a rethink of the “war on drugs.” (Se ... |
| U.S. vote may be beginning of the end for War on Drugs [05.11.2012] | "Exactly 80 years ago (in 1932), Colorado voters approved a ballot measure to appeal alcohol prohibition, and that came before it being repealed by t ... |
| Legalising marijuana: The view from Mexico [02.11.2012] | Voters in Colorado, Oregon and Washington will vote on whether to legalise marijuana. Polls suggest that the initiatives have a decent chance of pass ... |
| Hit Mexico’s Cartels With Legalization [01.11.2012] | We have to face up to the hard reasons why thousands of young men (and some women) with full mental faculties have become serial killers. These reaso ... |
| Mexico study: US legalization cuts cartel profits [30.10.2012] | A study released by a respected Mexican think tank asserts that proposals to legalize the recreational use of marijuana in Colorado, Oregon and Washi ... |
| Op-ed: Approve I-502, legalize marijuana and cripple organized crime in B.C. [29.10.2012] | Passing Initiative 502 is one of the best ways to reduce international gang violence? Like the violent cartels gripping Mexico, British Columbia is a ... |
| Will recreational marijuana get the green light in three States? [24.10.2012] | If you live in Colorado, Washington or Oregon, your state may soon be the first in the nation to allow possession of marijuana—in limited quantities— ... |
| Uruguay plans to legalise marijuana under state monopoly [23.10.2012] | The president of Uruguay, José Mujica, has announced plans to legalise the production and sale of marijuana under a state monopoly, triggering a live ... |
| Marijuana legalization leads in new polls, but not a lock [22.10.2012] | Washington is emerging as the most likely state to be the first to legalize marijuana according to new polls. But even with a huge fundraising advant ... |
| U.S. stance on marijuana unchanged by legalization votes: official [19.10.2012] | A top Justice Department official has told "60 Minutes" the federal government is ready to combat any "dangers" of state-sanctioned recreational pot, ... |
| States legalizing marijuana will violate federal law, trigger constitutional showdown [15.10.2012] | Former Drug Enforcement Agency administrators and directors of the Office of National Drug Control Policy voiced a strong reminder to the U.S. Depart ... |
| Et si le Maroc légalisait la culture et le business du kif? [05.10.2012] | «Pourquoi ne pas réglementer la culture du kif, puis d’en faire un produit à utiliser dans les domaines médical et pharmaceutique, ainsi que cela se ... |
| Oregon pot measure struggles as Washington, Colorado thrive [02.10.2012] | In Oregon - a state with one of the nation's highest rates of pot use and a reputation for pushing the boundaries on marijuana laws - organizers are ... |
| AP Interview: Guatemala prez says legalize drugs [24.09.2012] | Guatemalan President Otto Perez Molina is advocating the international legalization of drugs even as he is moving to fight narcotics cartels with the ... |
| Legalizing marijuana adds revenue, reduces law-enforcement costs [22.09.2012] | In its fiscal note on I-502, the state Office of Financial Management estimated the total state and local government revenue from marijuana at $566 m ... |
| State could be test case in marijuana legalization [21.09.2012] | On Nov. 6 Washington voters will decide whether to directly confront the federal ban on marijuana and embrace a sprawling plan to legalize, regulate ... |
| The relaxation of cannabis laws shows the failure of the war on drugs [21.09.2012] | When the Uruguayan president José Mujica was asked about his proposal to make a historic break with global prohibition and put in place a legal, stat ... |
| Pot could be tax windfall, but skeptics abound [18.09.2012] | A catchy pro-marijuana jingle for Colorado voters considering legalizing the drug goes like this: "Jobs for our people. Money for schools. Who could ... |
| Uruguay takes 'war on drugs' in new direction: The state as dealer [18.09.2012] | Uruguay has long been at the vanguard of social reform in Latin America. Today, it is on the verge of passing into law one of its most radical ideas ... |
| Colorado marijuana legalization initiative leads in new poll [15.09.2012] | A majority of Colorado voters support a ballot measure to legalize limited possession of marijuana, according to a new Denver Post poll. The poll fou ... |
| Drugs policies are not working, believe 75% of MPs [08.09.2012] | The poll, conducted by ComRes for the UK Drug Policy Commission (UKDPC), found that 77% of MPs believed the UK's current policies were ineffective in ... |
| Ex-DEA heads urge Holder oppose marijuana ballots [06.09.2012] | Nine former heads of the U.S. Drug Enforcement Administration urged Attorney General Eric Holder to take a stand against possible legalization of rec ... |
| Common sense must be returned in Danish drug policy [30.08.2012] | Politicians in Denmark have closed their eyes and the cannabis market has gone completely out of control. The criminalization of cannabis has not led ... |
| Why marijuana should be legalized [27.08.2012] | Should marijuana be legalized for recreational use by adults? That is the question that voters in three states are considering this November. Colorad ... |
| Colombian prosecutor calls for drug legalisation referendum [20.08.2012] | Colombia's chief public prosecutor has called for a referendum on whether to legalise drug consumption, in response to plans to set up a network of p ... |
| Far but near: Marijuana reform in Mexico? [19.08.2012] | The world-wide debate over cannabis reform appears to be gaining uncommon speed and unexpectedly it is in Latin America that the winds of change have ... |
| Legalizing marijuana could bring windfall to state, if feds don't object [10.08.2012] | The initiative to legalize, tax and regulate marijuana in Washington, Initiative 502, was estimated on Friday to raise up to $1.9 billion in new tax ... |
| Uruguay ponders making government legal pot dealer [09.08.2012] | A plan by Uruguay's leaders to turn the government into the nation's marijuana dealer has been presented to Congress, where the idea faces an uncerta ... |
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