Newsy
| Apr 20, 2013
Across the US, and in an increasing number of countries around the world, weed enthusiasts are lighting up on April 20, a day where pot smokers and activists celebrate the controversial drug. The history of how 4/20 became an unofficial holiday fo...
Newsy
| Apr 7, 2013
UK psychiatrist and former head of the British Advisory Council on the Misuse of Drugs, Dr. David Nutt, is taking a stand against what he believes are misinformed drug laws which hinder medical research. Nutt claims the active chemical in magic mu...
Newsy
| Jan 1, 2013
Marijuana enthusiasts have found another reason to consider moving to Denver, Colorado. First recreational marijuana use was legalized in the 2012 election, and now pot fans have started a private club where members can smoke and share cannabis.
Associated Press
| Dec 6, 2012
As of today, the people of Washington state are free to carry around up to an ounce of marijuana -- and marry their same-sex partners while they're at it. Smoking the stuff in public is still banned, though police say ticketing tokers will not be ...
Al Jazeera English
| Nov 9, 2012
Some are painting the the US elections as a major victory for a progressive vision of America. President Barack Obama was re-elected despite attempts by Republicans to paint him as an angry, socialist liberal, African-American infringing on religi...
Democracy Now!
| Nov 9, 2012
In a historic move, the US states of Colorado and Washington have become the first to legalize marijuana for recreational use. Fifty-two percent of voters in Colorado supported Amendment 64, which will amend the state constitution to allow those 2...
Al Jazeera English
| Nov 7, 2012
Colorado and Washington state's decisions to legalize marijuana for all uses will be a blow to the brutal Mexican cartels who make up to a third of their profits from illegal trade in the drug. Ordinary Mexicans hope the legalization will be a fir...
Slate News
| Nov 7, 2012
Don't bogart that joint. Marijuana can now be shared in the open with pals under measures passed by voters in Washington and Colorado that legalizes recreational — as opposed to medical — pot use for the first time in the nat...
— last Saturday at 08:58 pm
...also have been made to change the illegal status of cannabis, seen as a part of drug liberalization, i.e. the process of decriminalizing and red...
Drug liberalization is the process of eliminating or reducing drug prohibition laws. Variations of drug liberalization include drug relegalization, drug legalization, and drug decriminalization. The reasons given for this include the failure of current policies, the revenue to be raised from taxing drugs, the right of adults to live their life without interference from the government and the reduction in crime it is claimed will come with liberalization.
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