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A rational breakdown of the facts regarding Marijuana leads to the logical idea of ending the prohibition. Please review the information and visit the links, then make the decision for yourself. There is enough information gathered here to show what a shift in resources would do. We believe the costs of enforcing such an outdated prohibition could be better directed towards us, the taxpayers.
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Change We Can Believe in: NY's Rockefeller Drug Law Reform Takes Effect
Jail for drug offenses is no longer mandatory in New York: judges can send people suffering from addiction into a range of programs, such as treatment and mental health services.
This week, two essential components of Rockefeller Drug Law reform go into effect: restoration of judicial discretion and resentencing eligibility for some people currently incarcerated under the failed laws. The enactment of these hard-won reforms signals a major shift in New York's approach to drug abuse and dependency.
Jail for drug offenses is no longer mandatory in New York: judges can send people suffering from addiction into a range of programs, such as treatment and mental health services.
This week, two essential components of Rockefeller Drug Law reform go into effect: restoration of judicial discretion and resentencing eligibility for some people currently incarcerated under the failed laws. The enactment of these hard-won reforms signals a major shift in New York's approach to drug abuse and dependency.
Source: Alternet
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Legal-Pot Backers Split on Timing
SAN FRANCISCO -- A majority of Californians in recent polls say the state should legalize marijuana. What pot proponents can't agree on is how soon voters will really be ready to approve legalization. A schism has emerged among California's pot-legalization advocates. On one side are those pushing to get a proposition to voters quickly, including activists such as Richard Lee, who last month began collecting signatures to put a pot-legalization measure on the state's November 2010 ballot.
Source: Wall Street Journal Online
SAN FRANCISCO -- A majority of Californians in recent polls say the state should legalize marijuana. What pot proponents can't agree on is how soon voters will really be ready to approve legalization. A schism has emerged among California's pot-legalization advocates. On one side are those pushing to get a proposition to voters quickly, including activists such as Richard Lee, who last month began collecting signatures to put a pot-legalization measure on the state's November 2010 ballot.
Source: Wall Street Journal Online
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Marijuana in America: More Mainstream Than Ever, More Arrests Than Ever
Marijuana's coming-out party is kicking into high gear across America -- but way to many people still are getting cuffed for it.
Need more evidence that marijuana has gone mainstream in America? This morning on the Today show, Matt Lauer chatted up a piece on so-called stiletto stoners -- educated, professional women with killer careers and enviable social lives who favor marijuana as their intoxicant of choice and are increasingly comfortable admitting it.
Source: Alternet
Marijuana's coming-out party is kicking into high gear across America -- but way to many people still are getting cuffed for it.
Need more evidence that marijuana has gone mainstream in America? This morning on the Today show, Matt Lauer chatted up a piece on so-called stiletto stoners -- educated, professional women with killer careers and enviable social lives who favor marijuana as their intoxicant of choice and are increasingly comfortable admitting it.
Source: Alternet
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Pot legalization gains momentum in California
Marijuana advocates are gathering signatures to get as many as three pot-legalization measures on the ballot in 2010 in California, setting up what could be a groundbreaking clash with the federal government over U.S. drug policy.
At least one poll shows voters would support lifting the pot prohibition, which would make the state of more than 38 million the first in the nation to legalize marijuana.
Source: Associated Press
Marijuana advocates are gathering signatures to get as many as three pot-legalization measures on the ballot in 2010 in California, setting up what could be a groundbreaking clash with the federal government over U.S. drug policy.
At least one poll shows voters would support lifting the pot prohibition, which would make the state of more than 38 million the first in the nation to legalize marijuana.
Source: Associated Press
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The Drug War Has Failed -- What Comes Next?
Talking sensibly about drug policy begins with smashing the radioactive rhetoric of "legal/illegal."
President Barack Obama’s drug czar, Gil Kerlikowske, should be commended for initiating some basic reforms in U.S. drug policy. One of his first sensible acts was to drop the phrase "War on Drugs." "Regardless of how you try to explain to people that it’s a ‘war on drugs’ or a ‘war on a product,’ people see a war as a war on them," he explained. "We’re not at war with people in this country."
Source: Alternet
Talking sensibly about drug policy begins with smashing the radioactive rhetoric of "legal/illegal."
President Barack Obama’s drug czar, Gil Kerlikowske, should be commended for initiating some basic reforms in U.S. drug policy. One of his first sensible acts was to drop the phrase "War on Drugs." "Regardless of how you try to explain to people that it’s a ‘war on drugs’ or a ‘war on a product,’ people see a war as a war on them," he explained. "We’re not at war with people in this country."
Source: Alternet
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'Legalising Cannabis Could Stop Recession'
Campaigners in California say the state should ease its crippling financial crisis - by legalising marijuana and collecting tax on its sale. California was the first state to allow people to smoke marijuana for medical purposes but under US federal law the drug remains illegal. It means campaigners pushing to have a state-wide vote on legalisation next year are on a collision course with the US government.
Source: Sky News
Campaigners in California say the state should ease its crippling financial crisis - by legalising marijuana and collecting tax on its sale. California was the first state to allow people to smoke marijuana for medical purposes but under US federal law the drug remains illegal. It means campaigners pushing to have a state-wide vote on legalisation next year are on a collision course with the US government.
Source: Sky News
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Green Army NY, Inc. is a not-for-profit organization formed under the laws of the state of New York to promote change in the public perception of marijuana use; to endeavor to change state laws and policies to allow for the legalization, sale and use of marijuana; to erase the stigma associated with the medical and recreational uses of marijuana; to examine the effects the criminalization of marijuana has on society; and to promote, foster and advance positive discussion on the legalization of marijuana.
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