Monday night a Colbert Report War on Drugs segment addressed American drug laws, highlighting NY Governor Andrew Cuomo’s recent push for decriminalization.
While DEA officials have come out against the three 2012 state marijuana initiatives citing their “danger,” a new study casts doubt on their concerns.
Mostly excluded from discussions about drug prohibition and its consequences are its effects on the environment.
Gov. Chris Christie is the latest high-ranking US government official to condemn the decades-long War on Drugs as a public policy failure.
The Supreme Court held that the Fair Sentencing Act’s less severe mandatory minimums apply to the post-Act sentencing of pre-Act offenders.
Medical marijuana is quasi-legal and produces big profits, something which invites criminals and organized crime.
The issues of marijuana legalization and the broader drug war bleed into all aspects of US public policy.
