Over a 1,000 experts, health professionals, elected officials, students, activists and law enforcement gathered in Los Angeles over the weekend for the 2011 International Drug Policy Reform Conference, hosted by the Drug Policy Alliance. By Sam Sabzehzar | November 7, 2011 The list could go on and on, and the who’s who in attendance was [...]
Bill of Rights for kids of incarcerated parents, a call to end the War on Drugs and to “Ban the Box” on job applications among many ideas presented at the Long Beach Peace and Justice Summit. By Sam Sabzehzar | October 26, 2011 Opening the Peace and Justice Summit was Drug Policy Alliance’s Stephen Gutwillig, [...]
Former NYPD Detective Testifies that Police Regularly Plant Drugs on Innocent People to Meet Arrest Quota By David Borden | Published by Drug Policy Alliance Stephen Anderson, a former NYPD narcotics detective, testified yesterday that he regularly saw police plant drugs on innocent people as a way to meet arrest quotas. Mr. Anderson is testifying [...]
With the West Coast Cannabis Expo bringing to light the plight of medical cannabis patients, and those who help provide them with some of their medical needs, the conversation shifted from concern to dissent, as the spirit of the Occupy Wall Street movement spread through the halls of the Cow Palace. By Sam Sabzehzar | [...]
Published in RT | September 22, 2011 Drug abuse is now responsible for killing more Americans than car crashes, reveals a new report from the Los Angeles Times. An ongoing surge in prescription drug abuse has helped put the tally of Americans killed by narcotics — legal or otherwise — at a figure more substantial [...]
Performance art meets political action as Parents for Addiction Treatment & Healing (PATH-LA) and their new campaign, Moms United to End the War on Drugs, along with the support of Drug Policy Alliance and other local advocacy groups, held a ‘Die-in’ in front of Grauman’s Chinese Theater to celebrate life and bring awareness to the [...]
http://youtu.be/ZoK47TAxE6s Ethan Nadelmann, Executive Director of the Drug Policy Alliance, discusses the failed war on drugs and marijuana legalization in this one-on-one interview with Bill Maher.
9,000 in Prison for Drug Possession at Cost of $450 Million a Year – Advocates Urge California to Focus on Resolving Crisis, Including Ending Prison as Response to Drug Use Published by The Drug Policy Alliance The United States Supreme Court ruled today in Brown, et al. v. Plata, that the unconstitutional conditions of California’s prisons were caused [...]
From our friends Fred Gardner and the Gardner Party… this video includes photos of the ripped-off cannabis garden and were taken in Santa Cruz the day the DEA raided WAMM. The war on plants is made possible by our terrible disconnect from nature. Here’s a funny little video… funny because it’s true, and because we’ll [...]
By Margaret Dooley-Sammuli | Published in California Progress Report My husband and I will welcome our first child at the end of this month. It’s a very exciting time – one filled with hopes for who our child will be and trepidation at what he will face in life. There are all the usual questions: [...]
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