US Marijuana Policy Edges Toward Acceptance (+Video)

Published January 26, 2014

US marijuana policy edges toward acceptance (+video)

Filed under: drug treatment programs in prison

Rick Perry said his policy is “to implement policies that start us toward a decriminalization and keeps people from going to prison and destroying their lives.” At a press … Bobby Jindal said he would support a strictly-controlled medical marijuana …
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Another Way to Honor LBJ's Legacy: Drug-Sentencing Reform

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Last on the list was a provision for expanded federal jurisdiction over illegal drugs, which provided not only for federal criminal-law enforcement but also for expanded rehabilitation and treatment programs. As my father recounted … cost taxpayers …
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Law could check some welfare recipients for illegal drug use

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Schaffer told the Senate panel that drug users would be referred to treatment programs, not jail. “We know that there is drug abuse in the system, and we can no longer afford to turn a blind eye to that fact,” he said in committee testimony. “This is a …
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