Uruguayan President Asks World to Help Him Legalize Weed

Uruguayan President Asks World To Help Him Legalize Weed

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“We ask the world to help us create this experience,” Mujica told A Folha de São Paulo during an interview at his farm outside Montevideo. “It will allow us to adopt a socio-political experiment to address the serious problem of drug trafficking… the … Read more on Huffington Post

Mexican cartels abet heroin and meth surge in US, DEA study says

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The yearly report, released Monday and known as the National Drug Threat Assessment Summary, is an effort to describe “the threat posed to the United States by the trafficking and abuse of illicit drugs.” The report is a synthesis of quantitative data … Read more on Los Angeles Times

Orchard Park mother joins fight for medical marijuana with young daughter in mind

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… a growing number of people advocating for the State Legislature and Gov. Andrew M. Cuomo to legalize its use in New York. Others, like Sydney Drowning, fear that legalizing medical marijuana would open the door to more rampant drug abuse by … Read more on Buffalo News