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JAMAICA WANTS IN ON THE BOOMING MARIJUANA MARKET. BUT WILL FARMERS BE ABLE TO CASH IN?
Here in Jamaica, where Baxter lives and works, growing pot for recreational use is illegal... READ MORE›
AMAZON CRIME? COMPANY SENDS 65 POUNDS OF MARIJUANA TO FLORIDA COUPLE
A Florida Amazon customer and her fiance received a large surprise after opening a package order that contained 65 pounds of marijuana... READ MORE›
DUTERTE PULLS POLICE OFF CONTROVERSIAL DRUGS CRACKDOWN
Police say they have killed over 3,850 people in anti-drugs operations since Mr Duterte took office last year... READ MORE›
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STUDY FINDS MUSHROOMS ARE THE SAFEST RECREATIONAL DRUG
People taking mushrooms in 2016 needed medical treatment less than for MDMA, LSD and cocaine, while one of the riskiest drugs was synthetic cannabis... READ MORE›
TRUDEAU SAYS MARIJUANA LEGISLATION EXPECTED BY SUMMER
Prime Minister Justin Trudeau says new marijuana legislation should be ready by summer, but his government is not considering the legalization of any other drugs... READ MORE›
PHILIPPINE POLICE 'DUMPING BODIES' OF DRUG WAR VICTIMS
Human rights organisations cast doubt over the police reporting, saying more than 7,000 people have been killed in connection to the drug war... READ MORE›
REPORTER WHO QUIT ON AIR TO FIGHT FOR POT LEGALIZATION COULD FACE DECADES IN PRISON
The state was the first to legalize cannabis for in-home use in the 1970s and passed a formal medical law in 1998... READ MORE›
ELEVEN COUNTRIES STUDIED, ONE INESCAPABLE CONCLUSION THE DRUG LAWS DONT WORK
The key finding of the report, written by Home Office civil servants, lies in a comparison of Portugal and the Czech Republic, both countries where personal use is decriminalised... READ MORE›
COMMENT: PILL TESTING COULD HAVE SAVED MY SON'S LIFE.
Adriana created a Change.org petition calling on the NSW and Victorian premiers to allow pill testing at music festivals... READ MORE›
PUNITIVE DRUG LAW ENFORCEMENT FAILING, SAYS HOME OFFICE STUDY
A Home Office spokesperson, responding to the evidence of the international report, said This government has absolutely no intention of decriminalising drugs... READ MORE›
DUTERTE LAUDS BLOODY DRUG RAIDS IN BULACAN STATE
Philippine president showers praise on police, who killed 32 suspects in the bloodiest drug raids near capital Manila... READ MORE›
JEFF SESSIONS, DONALD TRUMP'S NEW ATTORNEY GENERAL, SAID THE KU KLUX KLAN 'WAS OK UNTIL I FOUND OUT THEY SMOKED POT'
But Jeff Sessions, the attorney general-in-waiting, is expected to dismantle those laws, impose harsher punishments and completely reverse the national momentum towards decriminalisation... READ MORE›
ECSTASY SOLD IN US IS LESS PURE AND MORE DANGEROUS THAN IN EUROPE, EXPERTS WARN
People in the US have good prescription drugs, are moderate drinkers, smart cannabis users, but poorly discerning MDMA users, Winstock said... READ MORE›
MEXICAN HIGH COURT OPENS DOOR TO LEGALIZING MARIJUANA
Medical marijuana legalization bills are being debated in Brazil, Chile, Colombia, Costa Rica, and Mexico, the group said... READ MORE›
BRAZIL SUPREME COURT JUDGE CALLS FOR DRUGS LEGALIZATION TO BEAT GANGS
A rising number of Brazil's conservative and evangelical politicians are vowing a tougher stance on drugs, however... READ MORE›
MORE THAN 1,000 WORLD LEADERS SAY THE DRUG WAR HAS BEEN A DISASTER
General Assembly will hold a special session on global drug policy in New York this week... READ MORE›
6 500 BUNDLE OF MARIJUANA FALLS FROM THE SKY AND CRUSHES FAMILY DOGHOUSE
Officers responded saying that an aircraft probably dropped the load while smuggling drugs from Mexico to the US... READ MORE›
BAN ON FORMER LEGAL HIGHS HAS DRIVEN TRADE UNDERGROUND STUDY
However, the report says that as a result of the ban, Spice and other NPSs have become just another street drug being sold by illicit dealers... READ MORE›
'WAR ON THE POOR': AMNESTY SLAMS DUTERTE'S ANTI-DRUG CAMPAIGN AS 'CRIME AGAINST HUMANITY'
'War on the poor' Amnesty slams Duterte's anti-drug campaign as 'crime against humanity' -- RT News... READ MORE›
BRITAIN DIVIDED: HOW WE REALLY FEEL ABOUT DRUGS
And there are signs that these drugs suffer little of the stigma that dog, say, crack cocaine and heroin... READ MORE›
WHAT AL CAPONE CAN TEACH INDIA ABOUT PROHIBITION
Can India's gigantic prohibition experiment succeed, 80 years after America's failed?... READ MORE›
POT LEGALIZATION GAINS TRACTION ACROSS THE AMERICAS
Elizalde wanted to provide his daughter with marijuana oil, an experimental treatment available in the United States and Europe, but Mexico had banned the substance... READ MORE›
WAR ON DRUGS: UN CHALLENGED BY COLOMBIAN PRESIDENT
The president's wider appeal to the UN demands a fundamental rewriting of global policy on drugs, drug-dealing and the laundering of drugs money... READ MORE›
DARK NET MARKETS: THE EBAY OF DRUG DEALING
The most infamous of these dark net markets was called Silk Road, named after the ancient trading route... READ MORE›
AUSTRALIAN MUSLIM MP 'INTERROGATED' AT LAX ABOUT HOW SHE GOT AUSTRALIAN PASSPORT
To be treated with such hostility at Los Angeles airport is the last thing you expect... READ MORE›
MARIJUANA INDUSTRY FACES NEW THREAT - BUGS AND PESTICIDES
Recreational use of cannabis is legal in four states and Washington DC while it is also approved for medical use in 23 others... READ MORE›
CAMPAIGN GROUP LED BY POLICE OFFICIALS CALLS FOR RETHINK ON WAR ON DRUGS
Paul Whitehouse, former chief constable of Sussex police, pointed out the damage caused by drink-driving and alcohol-related domestic violence... READ MORE›
FORGET 'CHIPPING SNORTON', YOUNG DAVID CAMERON WAS THE MAN WHO COULD HAVE LEGALISED DRUGS
Lord Ashcroft's David Cameron Biography Reminds Us Young PM Was A Drug Reform Revolutionary... READ MORE›
CANADA SET TO REAP BILLIONS IN TAXES IF IT LEGALIZES MARIJUANA
Canada set to reap billions in taxes if it legalizes marijuana study... READ MORE›
SEAN PENN REGRETS FALLOUT FROM EL CHAPO INTERVIEW
Guzman was recaptured last week, six months after staging a spectacular prison break through a tunnel in his cell floor... READ MORE›
TIME TO DECRIMINALIZE DRUGS? A GLOBAL PANEL SAYS YES.
It's time for us to rethink our approach to global drug policies, and put scientific evidence and public health at the heart of drug policy discussions... READ MORE›
AMERICANS SPENT MORE ON LEGAL WEED IN 2015 THAN ON DORITOS, CHEETOS AND FUNYUNS COMBINED
Legal sales of the drug are expected to increase by 25 percent this year to reach 6.7 billion in the U.S., according to the report... READ MORE›
DRUG EXPERT SAYS AUSTRALIA'S PRESENCE AT UN SUMMIT A WASTE OF MONEY
I think it is our duty to advocate for significant change in global drugs policy, he said... READ MORE›