DrugSense Weekly - April 16, 2010 #644

DrugSense Weekly - Domestic News- Policy - April 16, 2010 #644

Some major institutions, or at least their representatives, continue to challenge drug prohibition. This week, we hear from doctors and the head of a teachers union. And, another U.S. institution in Mexico finds the drug war there creeping closer. And, finally, a good column about the psychology of prohibition that needs to be overcome.

DrugSense Weekly - Law Enforcement and Prisons - April 16, 2010 #644

The legacy of drug war-related police corruption in another American city starts to unfold. The violence of the Mexican drug war starts to hit tourist country. And, in Canada, a disturbing trend toward U.S.-style drug law enforcement.

DrugSense Weekly - Cannabis and Hemp - April 16, 2010 #644

California Assemblyman Tom Ammiano remains confident that he will find a co-sponsor for his Bill that would "regulate, control and tax" cannabis in November 2010.

Canadian compassion clubs are ill at ease after one of the oldest and largest clubs in the country was raided by police last week, ending several years of unofficial detente.

Grim economics continue to make cannabis law reform increasingly attractive to impoverished state governments.

A Los Angeles Superior Court judge ordered the Organica medical marijuana dispensary in Del Rey to stop selling cannabis, finding that California law allows for only non-profit collectives.

DrugSense Weekly - International News - April 16, 2010 #644

As we close the international news section our thanks to Doug Snead for his analysis over the years. The drug war outside the United States should be of concern to the reform community, as the following articles indicate. - Richard Lake