OPINION: Foreign Policy Magazine Exposes Folly of Marijuana Ban

By National Organization for the Reform of Marijuana Laws , Working to Reform Marijuana Laws - July 05, 2009

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The reason why the editor of Foreign Policy magazine Moises Naim's recent column is significant is because for far too long the foreign policy community has been a willing conduit for exporting America's wrongheaded and failed cannabis prohibition around the globe. But, the American dominance of the drug policy debate has started to wane over the last 8-10 years in quarters like the United Nations, and columns like Mr. Naim's underscore the myriad reasons why America's elected ... Read the Full Article
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OPINION: Foreign Policy Magazine Exposes Folly of Marijuana Ban
  • AB390
    Legalize Marijuana in California

    Our current marijuana laws are impossible to enforce. Despite decades of marijuana eradication and despite arresting 800,000 people a year, pot is still easier to buy for most high school kids than beer.

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    - AB390US July 5, 2009 1:38PM

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    • Elsie AB
      Legalise Cannabis Alliance (UK)

      PRINCIPLES
      • We believe the use of cannabis ought to be a matter of choice and not of law .

      • We believe that the prohibition of cannabis is against the public interest.

      • We believe that the prohibition of cannabis contravenes Human Rights.

      • We believe that the prohibition of cannabis inhibits the use of a beneficial resource.

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      • To secure the release of all prisoners convicted only of cannabis offences and to ensure that all criminal records for cannabis offences are expunged.

      • To encourage public and private research into the many beneficial uses of cannabis including industrial, social and medical uses for the good of the people.

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      • To provide a voice for those in society persecuted and prosecuted for cannabis activities that victimise none.


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      • That cannabis and natural products should be removed from the UK Misuse of Drugs Act, thereby being legalised.

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      • That cannabis be re-introduced into our society.

      • That high priority be given to the cultivation of cannabis for the express purpose of the localised production of virtually cost free fuels through the process of pyrolysis on cannabis biomass, and as a source of fibre and hurd.

      • That provision be made to enable the setting up of establishments where the use of cannabis is permitted.

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      • Decrease in general crime rate.
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      - Elsie ABGB July 5, 2009 4:58PM

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