Drugs Forum - Politics (News) http://www.drugs-forum.com/forum/ News about drug policy and how drugs influence politics. en Sat, 21 Nov 2009 04:27:24 GMT vBulletin 300 http://www.drugs-forum.com/forum/images/misc/rss.jpg Drugs Forum - Politics (News) http://www.drugs-forum.com/forum/ Colombia - A War on Coca Nobody Believes In http://www.drugs-forum.com/forum/showthread.php?t=108640&goto=newpost Fri, 20 Nov 2009 17:03:02 GMT *Since their systemic targeting of producer nations through militarized methods of eradication, government officials in Washington have regularly brandished bogus data when concerning the... Since their systemic targeting of producer nations through militarized methods of eradication, government officials in Washington have regularly brandished bogus data when concerning the effectiveness and validity of the US’s so-called ‘war on drugs’.

Dating back to the 1980s, Colombia became a figurative and literal battleground in this war, as the world’s principal cultivator of coca. ]]> Politics (News) chillinwill http://www.drugs-forum.com/forum/showthread.php?t=108640 Canada - Scientists have a duty to challenge government policies, top researcher says http://www.drugs-forum.com/forum/showthread.php?t=108638&goto=newpost Fri, 20 Nov 2009 16:58:34 GMT *Scientists have an obligation to speak out when political leaders “systematically ignore scientific evidence,” says a leading researcher with the British Columbia Centre for Excellence in HIV/AIDS... Scientists have an obligation to speak out when political leaders “systematically ignore scientific evidence,” says a leading researcher with the British Columbia Centre for Excellence in HIV/AIDS in Vancouver.
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]]> Politics (News) chillinwill http://www.drugs-forum.com/forum/showthread.php?t=108638 USA - What Would Marijuana Legalization Look Like? http://www.drugs-forum.com/forum/showthread.php?t=108576&goto=newpost Fri, 20 Nov 2009 04:06:10 GMT With multiple initiatives in circulation and an Assembly bill gathering headlines, discussions about legalizing marijuana have become part of California's political discourse.

Advocates on one side argue that the result will be an economic boon as tax revenues rolls in and jails rid themselves of nonviolent offenders. Defenders of prohibition say legalization would be a nightmare of stone ]]> Politics (News) chillinwill http://www.drugs-forum.com/forum/showthread.php?t=108576 USA - Philadelphia could save $3 million annually by ending marijuana mug shots http://www.drugs-forum.com/forum/showthread.php?t=108575&goto=newpost Fri, 20 Nov 2009 04:03:22 GMT Philadelphia could save more than $3,000,000 annually by not taking pot smokers in for mugshots
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Minor marijuana possession arrests in Philadelphia are handled with mandatory custody; this is a different process than every other county in Pennsylvania costing the city millions of dollar
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]]> Politics (News) chillinwill http://www.drugs-forum.com/forum/showthread.php?t=108575 <![CDATA[USA - Cheech & Chong Light Up 'The Factor' on Bill O'Reilly's Show]]> http://www.drugs-forum.com/forum/showthread.php?t=108550&goto=newpost Thu, 19 Nov 2009 23:40:46 GMT This is a RUSH transcript from "The O'Reilly Factor," November 18, 2009.

BILL O'REILLY, HOST: In the "Back of the Book" segment tonight: A segment not for kids, so if they're in the room, please change the channel.

There's a strong movement in America right now to legalize marijuana. In fact, pot has been made widely available under the medical marijuana ruse. Two strong advocates for the weed a ]]> Politics (News) chillinwill http://www.drugs-forum.com/forum/showthread.php?t=108550 USA - California Medical Association Says Pot Prohibition Is A “Failed Public Health Policy http://www.drugs-forum.com/forum/showthread.php?t=108507&goto=newpost Thu, 19 Nov 2009 18:17:44 GMT *Members of the California Medical Association’s (CMA) House of Delegates have endorsed a resolution stating that the criminal prohibition of marijuana is a “failed public health policy.”* As... Members of the California Medical Association’s (CMA) House of Delegates have endorsed a resolution stating that the criminal prohibition of marijuana is a “failed public health policy.”

As enacted, Resolution 704a-09, the “Criminalization of Marijuana” states: “[The] CMA considers the criminalization of marijuana to be a failed public health policy, … and encourage[s] … debate and educati ]]> Politics (News) chillinwill http://www.drugs-forum.com/forum/showthread.php?t=108507 USA - Waiting To Inhale http://www.drugs-forum.com/forum/showthread.php?t=108504&goto=newpost Thu, 19 Nov 2009 18:07:24 GMT Drug Czar/Ex-seattleite Gil Kerlikowske's Still A Real Prude When It Comes To Pot.
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Former Seattle Police Chief Gil Kerlikowske appears to be ever more out of sync with progressive thinking on drug policy, after the American Medical Association's recent announcement that it is asking th
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]]> Politics (News) chillinwill http://www.drugs-forum.com/forum/showthread.php?t=108504 International - Ex-Gov. Gary Johnson talks drug policy reform http://www.drugs-forum.com/forum/showthread.php?t=108503&goto=newpost Thu, 19 Nov 2009 18:03:50 GMT *More than a thousand people from around the globe gathered in Downtown Albuquerque from Nov. 12 through 14 to forge a plan for better drug laws. *... More than a thousand people from around the globe gathered in Downtown Albuquerque from Nov. 12 through 14 to forge a plan for better drug laws.
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The International Drug Policy Reform Conference brought together scientists, police chiefs and law enforcement officers, think tank policy-
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]]> Politics (News) chillinwill http://www.drugs-forum.com/forum/showthread.php?t=108503 <![CDATA[USA - Actually, Don't Legalize It]]> http://www.drugs-forum.com/forum/showthread.php?t=108347&goto=newpost Wed, 18 Nov 2009 20:16:10 GMT I'm going to take a controversial stance and assert that marijuana shouldn't be legalized. As a college student, that puts me in a very detested minority and sets me up for perhaps four years of campus castigation.

Sure, I may have ruffled a few feathers with my articles on abortion and gun control, but decrying the ganja in a public forum? That's heresy that will critically tarnish my ]]> Politics (News) chillinwill http://www.drugs-forum.com/forum/showthread.php?t=108347 USA - The Drug War, historic symmetry and the Albuquerque conference http://www.drugs-forum.com/forum/showthread.php?t=108336&goto=newpost Wed, 18 Nov 2009 18:30:00 GMT *On the way to the Drug Policy Alliance conference in Albuquerque, we were pulled over at the Border Patrol checkpoint just past Hatch, heading north on I-25. I’ve lived more than a quarter-century... On the way to the Drug Policy Alliance conference in Albuquerque, we were pulled over at the Border Patrol checkpoint just past Hatch, heading north on I-25. I’ve lived more than a quarter-century in El Paso, and having to pass a paramilitary checkpoint on the way elsewhere has been a continual sore spot.
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]]> Politics (News) chillinwill http://www.drugs-forum.com/forum/showthread.php?t=108336 USA - DEA Stops Citing AMA on Medical Marijuana http://www.drugs-forum.com/forum/showthread.php?t=108277&goto=newpost Wed, 18 Nov 2009 12:10:28 GMT Speaking of evolving positions on medical marijuana, it looks like the DEA has stopped telling the public "the American Medical Association recommends that marijuana remain a Schedule I controlled substance," a legal category that signifies a high potential for abuse, a lack of medical utility, and a lack of safety even under medical supervision.

That statement was still on the DEA's we ]]> Politics (News) chillinwill http://www.drugs-forum.com/forum/showthread.php?t=108277 USA - Tobacco Health Costs: $800; Booze Health Costs: $165; Pot Health Costs: $20- http://www.drugs-forum.com/forum/showthread.php?t=108205&goto=newpost Wed, 18 Nov 2009 00:01:33 GMT This post is excerpted from this week's forthcoming NORML weekly media advisory.
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Health-related costs per user are eight times higher for drinkers than they are for those who use cannabis, and are more than 40 times higher for toba
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]]> Politics (News) chillinwill http://www.drugs-forum.com/forum/showthread.php?t=108205 Other - Drug Violence: Reaching a New Pinnacle http://www.drugs-forum.com/forum/showthread.php?t=108198&goto=newpost Tue, 17 Nov 2009 23:15:56 GMT *Although the media has steadily turned its attention away from the country’s high levels of drug violence, recent developments show the situation has experienced a further deterioration in relation... Although the media has steadily turned its attention away from the country’s high levels of drug violence, recent developments show the situation has experienced a further deterioration in relation to the already bloody first half of this year, and more so in relation to the previous year.
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Love it or hate it, people smoke marijuana - lots of it. In some states marijuana consumption and posession have been decriminalized, and even legalized for medicinal purposes. But, have you ever wondered how large the economics of Marijuana were? Us too. As a result ,have decided to put tog
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]]> Politics (News) chillinwill http://www.drugs-forum.com/forum/showthread.php?t=108165 USA - Ex-U.S. attorney: Time to change pot laws http://www.drugs-forum.com/forum/showthread.php?t=108147&goto=newpost Tue, 17 Nov 2009 17:37:52 GMT Three years ago, former U.S. Attorney John McKay was somewhere near the front lines of the nation's drug war.
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Directing federal prosecutions in Western Washington before he was fired in 2006 by the administration that appointed him, McKay's office sent marijuana smugglers and farmers t
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