SB14-177 and SB14-178, a set of bills defining a drug-endangered child, failed on the floor of the Colorado Senate yesterday. On a vote of 15-20, three Democrats sided with the Republicans in a roll-call vote to defeat both bills. Parents… Read More ›
A late bill favorable to marijuana has been introduced in the Colorado Senate. SB218 allows anyone who was convicted of a marijuana offense that would not have been illegal had Amendment 64 been in effect at that time to request… Read More ›
A Colorado resident has filed a lawsuit claiming he was the victim of what his attorney calls “license-plate profiling” during a road trip through Idaho last year. Darien Roseen filed the federal lawsuit Wednesday in the District of Idaho, more… Read More ›
As debate over harsh school discipline heats up nationwide, San Francisco is taking a lead role among big cities by formally limiting the role of police on campuses and requiring specific types of training for school-based officers. The California city… Read More ›
Even top researchers from NIDA agree that resources would be better spent on reducing driving under the influence of alcohol than marijuana. And yet, the leadership of Colorado is doing everything it can to discourage people from having a safer… Read More ›
In the past year there has been an explosion of films that dare to intelligently explore the U.S. drug war. Spurred by the rapid reform of cannabis policy, pot is increasingly becoming a centerpiece of American culture. Out of the… Read More ›
From Minnesota to Oregon to every other state in the union, law enforcement uses the drug war to bolster their budgets. It’s an area that doesn’t get nearly enough attention because it’s not flashy, and doesn’t draw big headlines. However,… Read More ›
The federal government has subsidized the criminalization of millions of young people simply for having a small amount of pot. Why are marijuana arrests so racially skewed? Such dramatic and widespread racial disparities are clearly not the product of personal… Read More ›
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