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Good news from California: Fresno bans marijuana grows indoors and outdoors
The Fresno City Council has deemed it illegal to grow marijuana both indoors or outdoors. This despite emotional appeals from...
Media continue cover-up of marijuana-induced mental illness
When The Baltimore Sun ran an editorial about the Maryland mall shooter, who killed two people and then himself, the...
Don’t let Colorado’s pot experiment draw in teenagers
It will be interesting to see what Colorado’s experiment in drug policy brings. But let’s keep the experiment there, not...
Colorado: State marijuana regulators pledge stronger enforcement
The state agency overseeing Colorado’s historic experiment in marijuana legalization is adding enforcement agents, data analysis and undercover operatives —...
‘Ndrangheta mafia ‘made more last year than McDonald’s and Deutsche Bank’
Study finds crime network made billions of euros from drug trafficking, illegal rubbish disposal and other activities. The study by...
Good news from New Hampshire: N.H. House overwhelmingly defeats marijuana legalization bill
The House stood strongly against legalizing marijuana this afternoon, 192-140. The 52 vote margin represents a major change since the...
The Narco of Narcos: A profile of fugitive Mexican druglord Rafael Caro-Quintero
The release of Rafael Caro-Quintero from a Mexican prison in August 2013 was a blow to U.S.-Mexico relations, the reputation...
Survey: More Finns at risk of poverty, marginalization
Nearly one million Finns are facing risks of poverty or marginalization, showed a survey carried out by the Finnish Broadcasting...
Calvina Fay: Why we must say no to drug legalisation
If we care about our children’s futures the pro drug lobby’s campaign to dismantle the international drug control system must...