Stories tagged "warondrugs"

A pioneering Swiss program to give addicts government-authorized heroin was overwhelmingly approved Sunday by voters who simultaneously rejected the decriminalization of marijuana.

The recent spate of drug-related killings in Nogales, Mexico, is driving apart what have long been close-knit communities, discouraging some residents of its Arizona sister city from crossing the border.

The dark ages have descended upon sunny San Luis Obispo, California, where a sheriff has made a personal mission out of punishing a legal medical marijuana dispensary owner. Threats, intimidation, and an absolute and total disregard for his own .....

With the inarguably safer marijuana, however, just to avoid being arrested, I’m forced to register with the state like a sex offender. Furthermore, in a twisted bit of irony, I have to pay the state for the privilege of avoiding that arrest.

The voters of Switzerland are likely to approve a plan to make prescription heroin available to addicts through doctors and possibly pharmacies. The plan is already being used in Switzerland on a trial basis and is likely to be approved by voters as a per

Run by the Mexican military and open only to graduating cadets and select guests, the Museo de los Enervantes presents the drug war in all its ugliness and complexity.

Four federal parties rally in support of an initiative to replace a ban on cannabis use for adults, while strictly enforcing its prohibition for those under 18. Swiss voters are set to vote on the issue, rejected by parliament four years ago, in a Novembe

Police raided a 79-year-old widow's Highland cottage after mistaking her tomato plants for a cannabis factory, it was reported.

City council has asked it staff to review the bylaw, in light of an autumn spat between the municipality and Hempyz, a small downtown store that sold a few health and beauty products containing hemp, along with gifts and novelty items emblazoned with pot

Former Mexican President Ernesto Zedillo, who helped supervise the Brookings Institution study, says Washington needs to focus on consumption in addition to targeting traffickers.