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A paper by StoptheDrugWar.org's executive director David Borden published in the Cardozo Public Law, Policy & Ethics Journal, "If Hard Drugs Were Legalized, Would More People Use Them?," examines these and other issues in the legalization vs. prohibition debate, noting the points on which thoughtful observers of the drug issue agree and disagree.A presentation by Borden at the UN's High Level ...
This Week's Corrupt Cops Stories | StoptheDrugWar.org
Aug 4, 2022 · Police Corruption. A small-town Pennsylvania got too friendly with the local drug dealer, a small-town Ohio cop probably wishes he had maintained domestic bliss, and more. In Ironton, Ohio, an Ironton police officer was arrested last Wednesday after a domestic dispute turned into a drug bust. Officer Bradley Spoljaric, 29, went down after ...
Reforming Global Drug Policy | StoptheDrugWar.org
StoptheDrugWar.org plays a leading role in US-based global drug policy reform. We advocate for drug policies prioritizing health, human rights and development. We call for revision of the three UN drug conventions in light of national moves toward marijuana legalization. On the basis of the supremacy of human rights under the UN charter, we assert countries' right to consider legalization or ...
This Week's Corrupt Cops Stories | StoptheDrugWar.org
Feb 13, 2013 · This Week's Corrupt Cops Stories. Submitted by Phillip Smith on Wed, 02/13/2013 - 3:37am (Issue #771) Drug War Issues. Police Corruption. A major police drug corruption bust in the Atlanta metro area, an Alabama deputy keeps the goodies he got doing drug buys, and an Ohio officer cops to helping launder money for a pot ring.
Washington, DC, Approves Natural Entheogen Initiative
Nov 4, 2020 · 2020. Voters in the nation's capital have overwhelmingly approved an initiative to effectively decriminalize the cultivation, use, possession, and distribution of natural psychedelics, such as ayahuasca, magic mushrooms, and peyote. According to unofficial election results, the measure was winning with 76% of the vote.
Federal Appeals Court Taps the Breaks on Drug Induced Homicide ...
Jun 24, 2021 · A woman who bought heroin with a pair of friends, one of whom shortly afterward suffered a fatal overdose on the drug, is not a murderer, at least according to the US 3 rd Circuit Court of Appeals. That was the June 1 ruling in US v.Semler, a case that may not set binding precedent, but does send a signal to the prosecutors and the judiciary that the federal courts do not want to see a federal ...
Utah SWAT Team Kills Drug Fugitive in Standoff
Jun 6, 2014 · A man wanted on drug and other arrest warrants who barricaded himself inside a West Haven auto body shop was shot and killed Wednesday afternoon when he allegedly pointed a weapon at SWAT officers after a standoff lasting several hours. Kristopher Chase Simmons, 35, becomes the 21st person to die in US domestic drug law enforcement operations ...
Fighting Back Against the Non-Consensual Drug Testing of …
Dec 23, 2021 · The two women, identified only as Crystal H. and Jane Doe, are being represented by the New York Civil Liberties Union (NYCLU) and National Advocates for Pregnant Women (NAPW). The complaints against Garnet Health Medical Center (GHMC) in Middletown were filed with the state Division of Human Rights.
Drug War Chronicle - StoptheDrugWar.org
Oct 30, 2024 · Endorsement Harris, Part 2 of 2: Cannabis (Marijuana) Policy. Advancing the rescheduling process is a critically important achievement of the Biden-Harris administration. Harris reduced arrests as San Francisco DA, and supports legalization. Trump's seeming tolerance for cannabis law reforms may have less to it than meets the eye. Breonna Taylor.
Drug Legalization | StoptheDrugWar.org
Far from protecting youth from the perils of drug abuse, prohibition causes crime, and makes the drugs themselves more harmful, especially to the addicted. As a broad-mission, national membership organization that unambiguously comes out for drug legalization (which can also be thought of as regulation and control), StoptheDrugWar.org (DRCNet) plays a unique and important role in the public ...