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RI Senate To Consider Loosening Marijuana Laws

15 hours ago ago from Medical Marijuana info

Providence, R.I. A Senate commission will soon explore whether Rhode Island should decriminalize the possession of small amounts of marijuana and tax the drug, a path recently taken by neighboring Massachusetts. Commission members are exploring several questions that suggest an underlying skepticism with criminalizing marijuana, including whether existing prohibitions have decreased drug use, caused corruption [...]

Drug Use and Abuse in Teens

15 hours ago ago from Marriage and Beyond

To emphasize the curent drug situation in tis proper perspective, let us briefly review the baseline data on dangerous drugs in 1972.  This was the year when the Dangerous Drugs Board (DDB) and the Constabulary Anti-Narcotics Unit (CANU) started implmenting Republic Act 6425 otherwise known as the Dangerous Drug Act of 1972 .  At that time, there were only about 20,000 drug users in the country, who were practically concentrated and limited ...

Christmas protest targets marijuana laws

19 hours ago ago from SeattleSeattle.com

The vigil in front of the King County Jail calls into question sentencing for drug offenses, and asks for decriminalizing marijuana. But those in the anti-drug movement say not so fast. Source

Ending the War on Medical Marijuana

3 hours ago ago from Budmeds

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Solutions to Mexico's Drug Crisis

21 hours ago ago from Wall Street Journal

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