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- Reasons Why We Need to Decriminalize Drugs – And Why We're Closer Than You Think http://www.drugpolicy.org/blog/4-reasons-why-us-needs-decriminalize-drugs-and-why-were-closer-you-think 2 comments
- Powerful Senate Committee Ties Jeff Sessions's Hands on Medical Marijuana http://www.drugpolicy.org/news/2017/07/powerful-senate-committee-ties-jeff-sessionss-hands-medical-marijuana?utm_campaign=fy18social&utm_medium=social&utm_source=1707fbc3mmjsenappcom 17 comments politics
- House Judiciary Committee Approves Bill that Gives Attorney General Sessions Unchecked Power to Ban New Drugs and Set Criminal Penalties | Drug Policy Alliance http://www.drugpolicy.org/news/2017/07/house-judiciary-committee-approves-bill-gives-attorney-general-sessions-unchecked-power 7 comments politics
- United Nations and World Health Organization Call for Drug Decriminalization http://www.drugpolicy.org/blog/united-nations-and-world-health-organization-call-drug-decriminalization 8 comments worldnews
- United Nations and World Health Organization Call for Drug Decriminalization http://www.drugpolicy.org/blog/united-nations-and-world-health-organization-call-drug-decriminalization 40 comments worldnews
- New York State Assembly Passes Landmark Legislation to Seal Past Marijuana Possession Convictions http://www.drugpolicy.org/news/2017/02/new-york-state-assembly-passes-landmark-legislation-seal-past-marijuana-possession-conv 3 comments politics
- It’s Time to Fire the DEA | Drug Policy Alliance http://www.drugpolicy.org/dea 27 comments politics
- Philippines President Makes Good on Pledge to Mass Murder People Who Use or Sell Drugs, Calls for "No Mercy" in State of the Nation Address http://www.drugpolicy.org/news/2016/07/philippines-president-makes-good-pledge-mass-murder-people-who-use-or-sell-drugs-calls-?utm_campaign=fy17social&utm_medium=social&utm_source=1607fbc3philippinespr 17 comments worldnews
- The Drug War Started 45 Years Ago Today. Here's How to End it For Good http://www.drugpolicy.org/blog/drug-war-started-45-years-ago-today-heres-how-end-it-good?utm_campaign=fy17social&utm_medium=social&utm_source=1606rdc345annblog 3 comments politics
- Maine Governor Vetoes Legislation Seeking to Increase Access to Life-saving Overdose Antidote Naloxone http://www.drugpolicy.org/news/2016/04/maine-governor-vetoes-legislation-seeking-increase-access-life-saving-overdose-antidote?utm_campaign=fy16social&utm_medium=social&utm_source=1604twc3mainegovvetonal 29 comments politics
- Over 1,000 Leaders Worldwide Slam Failed Prohibitionist Drug Policies, Call for Systemic Reform http://www.drugpolicy.org/news/2016/04/over-1000-leaders-worldwide-slam-failed-prohibitionist-drug-policies-call-systemic-refo 26 comments worldnews
- Over 1,000 Leaders Worldwide Call for End to "Disastrous" Drug War, Ahead of UN Special Session | Signatories include a range of people from Senators Elizabeth Warren, Cory Booker & Bernie Sanders to businessmen Warren Buffett, George Soros, Richard Branson... Tom Brady, John Legend & Mary J. Blige http://www.drugpolicy.org/news/2016/04/over-1000-leaders-worldwide-call-end-disastrous-drug-war-ahead-un-special-session 6 comments politics
- 1,000+ actors, musicians, cops, lawyers, doctors, former presidents, sign public letter to UN against the War on Drugs http://www.drugpolicy.org/ungass2016 40 comments worldnews
- Senate Approves Funding Bill That Allows Veterans to Access Medical Marijuana http://www.drugpolicy.org/news/2015/11/senate-approves-funding-bill-allows-veterans-access-medical-marijuana 3 comments politics
- Mexico's Supreme Court Declares Individuals Have the Right to Consume and Cultivate Marijuana http://www.drugpolicy.org/news/2015/11/mexicos-supreme-court-declares-individuals-have-right-consume-and-cultivate-marijuana 13 comments economy
- Mexico's Supreme Court Declares Individuals Have the Right to Consume and Cultivate Marijuana http://www.drugpolicy.org/news/2015/11/mexicos-supreme-court-declares-individuals-have-right-consume-and-cultivate-marijuana 9 comments worldnews
- Leaked United Nations Office on Drugs and Crime (UNODC) Paper Calls for Decriminalizing Drug Use and Possession http://www.drugpolicy.org/news/2015/10/leaked-united-nations-office-drugs-and-crime-unodc-paper-calls-decriminalizing-drug-use 10 comments worldnews
- New Research Debunks the Connection Between Immigrant Youth and Crime http://www.drugpolicy.org/blog/new-research-debunks-connection-between-immigrant-youth-and-crime 10 comments politics
- It's not about race. It's about the insanity of the drug war. http://www.drugpolicy.org/news/2011/10/former-nypd-detective-testifies-police-regularly-plant-drugs-innocent-people-meet-arres 5 comments politics
- DEA Administrator Chief Michele Leonhart Expected to Resign http://www.drugpolicy.org/news/2015/04/dea-administrator-chief-michele-leonhart-expected-resign 6 comments politics
- New York City Council Issues Formal Call for Decriminalizing and Legalizing Marijuana http://www.drugpolicy.org/news/2015/03/new-york-city-council-issues-formal-call-decriminalizing-and-legalizing-marijuana 52 comments politics
- Senators Cory Booker (D-NJ), Rand Paul (R-KY), and Kirsten Gillibrand (D-NY) Introduce Historic Medical Marijuana Legislation. http://www.drugpolicy.org/news/2015/03/senators-cory-booker-d-nj-rand-paul-r-ky-and-kirsten-gillibrand-d-ny-introduce-historic 5 comments politics
- Colorado and Marijuana Legalization One Year Later: What has Changed? | Drug Policy Alliance http://www.drugpolicy.org/blog/colorado-and-marijuana-legalization-one-year-later-what-has-changed 75 comments politics
- Congress Moving to Block D.C. Marijuana Legalization http://www.drugpolicy.org/news/2014/12/congress-moving-block-dc-marijuana-legalization 9 comments politics
- D.C. lawmakers voted today in favor of legislation that would legally regulate and license the production, distribution and sale of marijuana in the District of Columbia during a meeting of the Committee on Business, Consumer and Regulatory Affairs... http://www.drugpolicy.org/news/2014/11/washington-dc-takes-major-step-toward-taxing-and-regulating-marijuana 5 comments politics
- New Report: World Leaders Call For Ending Criminalization of Drug Use and Possession and Responsible Legal Regulation of Psychoactive Substances http://www.drugpolicy.org/news/2014/09/new-report-world-leaders-call-ending-criminalization-drug-use-and-possession-and-respon 1839 comments worldnews
- World Health Organization Calls for Drug Decriminalization and Broad Drug Policy Reforms http://www.drugpolicy.org/news/2014/07/world-health-organization-calls-drug-decriminalization-and-broad-drug-policy-reforms 13 comments worldnews
- Thousands of Rapists Are Not Behind Bars Because Cops Focus on Marijuana Users: "It costs an estimated $10,000 to arrest, process, and convict someone for marijuana possession." http://www.drugpolicy.org/blog/thousands-rapists-are-not-behind-bars-because-cops-focus-marijuana-users 128 comments politics
- Obama Plans Clemency for "Hundreds, Perhaps Thousands" of People Sentenced for Drug Law Violations http://www.drugpolicy.org/news/2014/04/obama-plans-clemency-hundreds-perhaps-thousands-people-sentenced-drug-law-violations 62 comments politics
- "Marijuana should be removed from the criminal justice system and regulated in a manner similar to alcohol and tobacco." http://www.drugpolicy.org/marijuana-legalization-and-regulation 163 comments politics
- Mandatory Minimum Sentencing: Bernard Kerik Speaks Out Against the Justice Department's Injustice http://www.drugpolicy.org/blog/mandatory-minimum-sentencing-bernard-kerik-speaks-out-against-justice-departments-injustice 4 comments politics
- Historic U.S. Senate Hearing on Marijuana Legalization will take place tomorrow http://www.drugpolicy.org/news/2013/09/tomorrow-historic-us-senate-hearing-marijuana-legalization 3 comments politics
- Attorney General Eric Holder Calls for Major Sentencing Reform -- "The war on drugs is now 30, 40 years old. There have been a lot of unintended consequences. There’s been a decimation of certain communities, in particular communities of color." http://www.drugpolicy.org/news/2013/08/attorney-general-eric-holder-calls-major-sentencing-reform 104 comments politics
- California Votes to Reform Draconian "Three Strikes" Mandatory Minimum Law http://www.drugpolicy.org/news/2012/11/california-votes-reform-draconian-three-strikes-mandatory-minimum-law 57 comments politics
- U.S. Sentencing Commission Votes to Make Crack/Powder Cocaine Sentencing Reforms Retroactive http://www.drugpolicy.org/news/2011/06/us-sentencing-commission-votes-make-crackpowder-cocaine-sentencing-reforms-retroactive 5 comments politics
- New York City spends $75 million a year arresting and jailing mostly young people simply for possessing small amounts of marijuana http://www.drugpolicy.org/library/nycmjarrestcosts.cfm 3 comments politics
- Joe Biden Killed Raves. http://www.drugpolicy.org/communities/raveact/ 104 comments politics
- What if this money were spent on education instead of the drug war? http://www.drugpolicy.org/library/factsheets/economiccons/fact_economic.cfm 3 comments reddit.com
- Drug Policy ad spoof (Incarcerex) [Video] http://www.drugpolicy.org/news/incarcerex.cfm 2 comments reddit.com
- 5 grams of crack gets you 5 years, 499 grams of cocaine gets you maximally 1 year. http://www.drugpolicy.org/library/factsheets/raceandthedr/crack_cocaine.cfm 52 comments reddit.com