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Congress Does Good - At Last
19 hours ago ago from Darkness on the Edge of Town
From the DPA ... Dear P, Wow. Because of your hard work, Congress is on the verge of ending two disastrous drug war policies that we’ve been fighting for years. In the next few weeks, Congress will likely repeal restrictions preventing Washington, DC from implementing a medical marijuana law that we helped pass. Legislators are also close to eliminating the federal syringe funding ban, a policy responsible for tens of thousands of ...
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1 day ago ago from Hit & Run
Law Enforcement Against Prohibition reports that the final version of the 2010 Consolidated Appropriations Act lifts the restriction that prevented the District of Columbia from implementing a medical marijuana law approved by voters in 1998. The restriction, which prohibited D.C. from using any money to put the law into effect, was originally known as the Barr Amendment , after Bob Barr, then a Republican congressman from Georgia. Whatever ...
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21 hours ago ago from LegalMalpracticeAttorney.net
The Court Confronts a Grievous Injury For years, the Bush administration has worked with industry to try to water down the public’s protections by preventing states from enforcing rules and regulations tougher than those required by the federal government. It has tried to apply this policy of pre-emption to rules issued by a slew of federal agencies and is now asking the Supreme Court to approve its improper ideological stand when ...
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10 hours ago ago from Life and Style | The Independent UK
Author: By Jeremy Laurance, Health Editor Why are we asking this now? A dispute has erupted over the treatment of drug addicts in prisons. According to the former government drugs tsar, Mike Trace, the Ministry of Justice and the Department of Health are battling to impose their differing approaches. The Ministry of Justice is said to favour pushing addicts towards abstinence, while the Department of Health is understood to back the ...
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Search Alcoholism Home Health Alcoholism Email Alcoholism Symptoms / Diagnosis Getting Help The Risks Free Alcoholism Newsletter! Sign Up Discuss in my Forum Alcoholism Blog By Buddy T , About.com Guide to Alcoholism My Bio My Blog My Forum Add to: iGoogle My Yahoo! RSS Deaths Related to Pain Pills Double Thursday December 10, 2009 The United States is not the only place where abuse of ...
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Anthony Papa: Rockefeller Drug Law Reforms Charge Ahead
1 day ago ago from Huffington Post
The dismantling of the Rockefeller Drug Laws is picking up steam. The New York State Assembly held a key hearing on Dec. 8 to press forward with implementation of the reforms, soliciting feedback from courts, treatment providers and community-based programs on their readiness and resource needs to carry out the groundbreaking new law. The reform, which took effect on Oct. 7, eliminated mandatory minimum sentences for most drug offenses, ...
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