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Uruguay's Jose Mujica: The poorest president in the world advice US and Europe about drugs and recommend regulated sale of marijuana.

KANSAS CITY, Mo. -- Supporters of legalizing medical marijuana in Kansas rallied at the statehouse in Topeka Friday morning. The rally was led by State Senator David Haley (D-WYCO), who wants the S...

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Reclassifying cannabis could have an important impact on the debate about how to handle this much-maligned plant.

Britain’s ‘war on drugs’ has a lot to learn from the legalisation of cannabis in Uruguay and two US states, according to Manchester drug campaigners.Manchester Re:Vision Drug Policy network are a group of young people seeking effective drug policies based on human rights.The group have come to life once again in Manchester in a bid to shift the public and political discourse on the war on drugs.

Bill to “Unmuzzle Drug Czar” Also Introduced Citing high numbers of arrests, billions of dollars [...]

The City of Windsor is starting to look at the possibility of businesses setting up shop to produce medical marijuana.

Starting on April 1, the government is dramatically changing the medical marijuana business, and only commercial-sized companies will be able to produce and distribute to people with valid prescriptions.

Tennessee's medical marijuana bill now has a senate sponsor to help legislation move forward.

MEXICO CITY (Reuters) - Left-wing Mexican senators on Tuesday presented an initiative to legalize medical marijuana , saying a new approach was needed to speed up drug liberalization and help end a cycle of cartel violence that has killed tens of thousands.

An hour's drive south of Canada's capital, past snow-covered pine forests and farmland, Chuck Rifici is growing marijuana at an old Hershey's factory.

The proposition of a law project to legalize and regulate the recreational, medicinal and industrial use of Cannabis was presented at the Brazilian..

(GREENFIELD, Mass.)  (WGGB)--Medical marijuana is coming to Massachusetts and efforts continue to set up dispensaries. Two Western Massachusetts counties were shut off when the first round of licenses were awarded. The Massachusetts... Read more

A Southern California college student accused of driving while under the influence of marijuana recently [...]

Momentum for changes to global drug policy is growing by the day. While I wrote in the Miami Herald about why the war on drugs has failed, a whole host of other drug-related issues are being debated elsewhere in the US and around the world. Kasia Malinowska-Sempruch wrote passionately in the Observe...

Marijuana has long been used to effectively treat symptoms associated with HIV, such as chronic pain and weight loss. But a growing body of research suggests the plant may be able to stop the spread of the disease itself.

Adding to these findings ...

Obama says he doesn’t want to end up a forgotten, no-name president. His refreshingly frank comments on marijuana legalization suggest a big way he could make that happen.

One local lawmaker is pushing a bill that would create a framework for medical marijuana if the constitutional amendment passes in November.