By Matt Siedge
19 May 2014
The National Security Agency is “blurring the lines” between the war on drugs and the war on terror, according to a memo produced by the spy agency itself and published Monday by Glenn Greenwald’s new website The Intercept.
Uruguay has announced many of the finer details of its marijuana legalization legislation, with regulations that demonstrate a concerted effort to minimize the risk of large-scale trafficking.
By Mimi Yagoub
8 May 2014
6 May, 2014
A new report from the London School of Economics lays out the case against the counter-productive decades-long attack on recreational drugs.
by John Collins
By Caroline Allen, Green Party candidate for the European Parliament elections on May 25th
Yesterday I spoke at the 420 event in London’s Hyde Park. The pro-cannabis rally run by NORML-UK and UK Cannabis Social Clubs was well attended in spite of the truly awful weather and relentless rain.
23 April 2014
By Kristy Kruithof and Mafalda Pardal
April 10, 2014
By Carla Bleiker
Over 120 German professors of criminal law are supporting an initiative
to legalize cannabis. They have called on the Bundestag to discuss the
issue. Merkel’s coalition is skeptical.
To the Presidency of the Italian Council of Ministers
To the Heads of Parliamentary Groups
To the Regions’ Presidents
To the President of ANCI (National Association on Municipalities)
To Italian City Majors
cc: Anti-Drugs Policy Department (DPA)
February 17th, 2014
By Vicente Fox
I recently had the opportunity to meet with Jim Pattison, one of Canada’s most powerful and influential business people. While sitting in his office overlooking Burrard Inlet and the mountains of Vancouver, Mr. Pattison asked me a most timely and intriguing question. “President Fox, I have read recently that you are in favour of the legalization of marijuana. Is that true?”