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March 25, 2014
Colorado residents who were charged with cannabis possession prior to legalization are eligible to have those charges overturned, after an Appeals Court ruling on March 13. Read more
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March 21, 2014
On the heels of pot legalization in Washington and Colorado, the movement for less punitive drug policy is coalescing at every level. Its new leaders could come from the very countries that have suffered the most. Read more
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March 5, 2014
Cartels spar over a powerful, illicit, global trade worth hundreds of billions. Read more
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January 29, 2014
The recent legalization of cannabis in both Washington state and Colorado -- and many other states are poised to follow suit in the coming months and years -- remains a major point of contention for many social conservatives who still view the... Read more
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January 15, 2013
APATZINGAN, Mexico (AP) - Vigilantes who have challenged the government's authority in lawless Michoacan state held onto their guns Wednesday as federal authorities struggled to rein in a monster they helped create: citizen militias that rose... Read more
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January 14, 2014
ANTUNEZ, Mexico (AP) - The Mexican government moved in to quell violence between vigilantes and a drug cartel, and witnesses say several unarmed civilians were killed in an early Tuesday confrontation. Read more
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August 1, 2013
After a fierce 13-hour debate, the lower house of the Uruguayan parliament, the chamber of deputies, narrowly approved on July 31 the marijuana legalization bill introduced by President Mujica and his governing coalition. Read more
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June 28, 2013
While the U.S. Supreme Court was handing down its string of blockbuster rulings this week on the scope of federal laws, the nation's mayors were developing their own guidance for the feds. Read more
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February 12, 2013
When change comes, it will be brought about by grassroots civil society organizing in the U.S. and in Mexico. Read more
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