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Why Legalizing Marijuana Makes Sense for New York
There is no reason why New York, a global economic powerhouse, should not be able to provide its residents with the same opportunities that are being afforded to individuals in states that are generating millions of dollars in revenue from legalization. New York State has the potential to generate billions…
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Nightfall in Philippine slum revives spectre of deaths in drugs war
Bullet-ridden corpses are found hours or even days later, often just a few minutes away, although police say there have been no illegal killings in their anti-drug campaign. Yet the frequent police operations and shadowy murders have hit the slum hard and those who live there say more blood has…
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Calls for use of medicinal cannabis for pain relief amid codeine restrictions
Doctors are concerned access to codeine – which is only available by prescription from today – has been cut off with no viable alternative. Canberra emergency doctor David Caldicott said the use of medicinal marijuana was an obvious solution for pain relief, which he believes is safer and more effective. […]
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Duterte’s police kill dozens just months after Philippine president promises less deadly war on drugs
Philippine National Police have killed nearly 50 people suspected of using or selling drugs in the past two months, just months after President Rodrigo Duterte’s promised a less deadly so-called war on drugs. […]
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US: Despite Liberalising Marijuana Laws, the War on Drugs Still Targets People of Colour
The continuing arrests are part of a long pattern. From 2000 to 2010, an astounding 7,216,000 arrests were made in the U.S. for simple marijuana possession. How many lives were ruined as a result? How many people lost their jobs? Their right to vote? How many of those people lost…
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Why Is Australia Following America’s Lead Into a Hellish Drug War?
Australians can look at the US and see the sad legacy of the War on Drugs for what it is: Jails full of low level drug offenders, hospitals full of opioid addicts who’ve been revived with Narcan for the third time in a day, private addiction centres getting rich off human tragedy. […]
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SF will wipe thousands of marijuana convictions off the books
San Francisco will retroactively apply California’s marijuana-legalization laws to past criminal cases, District Attorney Gascón said Wednesday — expunging or reducing misdemeanor and felony convictions going back decades. The unprecedented move will affect thousands of people whose marijuana convictions brand them with criminal histories that can hurt chances of finding…
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Daniel Andrews faces push to support pill-testing after mass overdose
Drug checking can then decrease harm on a larger scale by being an early warning system for healthcare professionals and disseminating the information broadly so it reaches more than just the individual who had their pill tested.” […]
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N.Y. lawmakers want to fight opioid crisis with medical marijuana
Legislation introduced this month in both the Senate and Assembly would expand the legal uses of medical marijuana in New York to include opioid addiction treatment. […]
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Why cannabis is a gateway drug in the right direction
For those who argue that cannabis is a gateway drug, they’re right. It’s a gateway to finally treating people who use and misuse ALL drugs that are currently illegal with compassion. Because it is not just those who are terminally ill who need our compassion and understanding. […]