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The war against drugs has been a terrible disaster for everybody involved. Why? And can we do something differently?

Source : http://news.yahoo.com/watch-man-overdose-heroin-crowded-194900737.html Shocking video released by a Philadelphia-area police department shows a man injecting heroin on a crowded city bus, authorities say. It also shows the 25-year-old appearing to lose consciousness and fall to the floor. The edited footage, released by the Upper Darby Police Department, shows first responders administering ...

Source : http://blog.sfgate.com/smellthetruth/2016/02/18/20-states-report-pot-legalization-measures-in-2016-election/ Voters in 20 U.S. states could potentially legalize some form of cannabis use in the November 2016 election — part of a historic backlash to the century-old war on marijuana. According to Ballotpedia, the encyclopedia of American politics, activists have submitted ballot measures for public vote in: Arizona, ...

Source : http://www.spiegel.de/international/world/kofi-annan-on-why-drug-bans-are-ineffective-a-1078402.html Drugs are dangerous, but current narcotics policies are an even bigger threat because punishment is given a greater priority than health and human rights. It’s time for regulations that put lives and safety first, argues former UN Secretary-General Kofi Annan. In my experience, good public policy is best ...

Source : http://www.thecannabist.co/2016/02/09/colorado-marijuana-sales-2015-reach-996-million/47886/ $996,184,788 — that’s the final tally for Colorado marijuana sales as December 2015 figures show a record-setting finish Licensed and regulated marijuana stores in Colorado sold $996,184,788 worth of recreational and medical cannabis in 2015, according to new data from the state Department of Revenue. “I think it’s ...

Source : https://www.minds.com/blog/view/547170043763372032 A study put out by the Journal of the American Medical Association in 2014 made an interesting discovery.  In every state that had legalized medical marijuana between 1999 and 2010 (13 states in all), there was a 25% reduction in deaths related to the overdose of legally prescribed ...