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NYPD Marijuana Arrests Scandal Blows Up Again

[image:1 align:right caption:true]A front page story on The Huffington Post reported on

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Mark Kleiman Wins Washington Marijuana Legalization Implementation Contract

Prominent policy analyst and UCLA professor Mark Kleiman has

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Is the International Narcotics Control Board Ignoring Human Rights?

A recent report by the UN special rapporteur on torture charged that compulsory drug treatment centers in some countries, particularly Vie

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Drug War Symposium, Cardozo Law, NYC 3/13

I am presenting at a symposium sponsored by the Cardozo Public Law, Policy and Ethics Journal, "

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HCLU Interview with Former EU Drugs Commissioner Carel Edwards

[image:1 align:right caption:true]Our friends at the Hungarian Civil Liberties Union have a fascinating interv

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HuffPost Live on Mexican Drug War and Security, 11:30am EST TODAY

I am participating on a HuffPost Live panel starting at 11:30am EST this morning

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The Next Seven States to Legalize Marijuana?

[inline:rolling-stone-marijuana-states-map-200px.jpg align=right caption="The Rolling Stone map marks medical marijuana states with a leaf/red cross icon, medical marijuana states they judge a

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Legalization and the UN Drug Treaties -- A Minor Obstacle at Worst

I have criticized the ease with which some media outlets and even some reformers have accepted the

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Senate Judiciary Committee to Take Up Legalization Next Year

[inline:pat-leahy.jpg align=right caption="Pat Leahy"]Huge news this morning: Senate Judiciary Committee chairman Patrick Leahy (D-VT) has sent a

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Cato Policy Analysis and Forum on State Legalization and Preemption

[inline:cato-institute.jpg align=right caption="Cato Institute (cato.org)"]The libertarian Cato Institute has published a Policy Analysis, "

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Prohibitionists are Overstating Feds vs. State Marijuana Legalization Case to Media

[image:1 align:right]A mostly great piece in Rolling Stone this weekend, "Obama's Pot Proble

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What Happens Next?

We noted this morning that marijuana is now legal in Washington State. (!) But what happens next?

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Protecting Your Rights in a College Dorm

Over at Flex Your Rights, we've been getting a lot of questions lately about how to protect your rights when you're living in a college dorm. I put together this video response that I hope everyone will find helpful (I think a lot of the tips will be useful to anyone who's living around lots of other people, so this isn't just for students). Enjoy, and please share with any students you know.

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Marijuana Legalization Victories Are Already Ripping the Drug War Apart

[inline:marijuanaleaf1.jpg align=right]Of all the fascinating reactions I've seen to Colorado and Washington's successful marijuana legalization initiatives, this is by far the most extraordinary.

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Will CO and WA Campuses Change Their Marijuana Policies?

[image:1 align:right caption:true]A USA Today article predicts colleges in Colorado and Washington

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