A short and concise look in the amazing history of cannabis (prohibition)
FAILED DRUG WAR CREATED A HUMAN RIGTHS NIGHTMARE
Source: Alternet.org
28 April 2011
By Michelle Alexander
The Failed Drug War Has Created a Human Rights Nightmare — How Can This Happen in Our Country and Go Virtually Undiscussed?
If we fail to commit ourselves to ending mass incarceration, future generations will judge us harshly.
KRATOM IN THAILAND
Source: Series on Legislative Reform of Drug Policies Nr. 13
April 2011
By Pascal Tanguay
Kratom in Thailand
Decriminalisation and Community Control?
CARRYING CANNABIS MEDICINE TO BE LEGAL IN IRELAND
Source: Irish Examiner
20 April 2011
By Jennifer Hough
DEPARTMENT of Health officials have been instructed by the Department of Justice to enact an EU agreement which allows people to carry legally prescribed narcotic or psychotropic drugs for medical use.
Germany: Petition against §24a Narcotics Law
Dear Mmd. and Mr.,
I call for your support for the Petition ID 16782 in the German Federal Parliament for cultivation and trade of industrial hemp. The aim of the petition is to make the cultivation and trade with industrial hemp easier for farmers. In Germany we have strong regulations regarding production and processing of industrial hemp. To take away this barrier we request the removal of §24a in the German Narcotics Law, which is the duty of disclosure of cultivation.
CHAKIB IS FREE
On 14 April 2011, 2 years and 2 months after he had been arrested, Chakib El Khayari was released from prison in Morocco.
Jamaica Government Officials To Review Marijuana Decriminalization
KINGSTON, Jamaica — Top government officials will review recommendations to decriminalize possession of small amounts of marijuana for personal and religious use in Jamaica, which is the Caribbean’s largest pot exporter to the U.S.
THE EVOLUTION OF PREJUDICE
Source: Scientific American
April 5, 2011
By Daisy Grewal
Scientists see the beginnings of racism in monkeys
DRUGS AND DEVELOPMENT – CAUGHT IN A VICIOUS CYCLE
Source: The Guardian
7 April 2011
By Nick Crofts
Poverty Matters Blog
As we mark the 50th anniversary of the global war on drugs, the world can no longer ignore the intricate links between narcotics, development and conflict