Anthropology

Numbers show marijuana raids more lethal than pot

“The US Drug Enforcement Agency has not yet documented one overdose fatality stemming from the drug itself… at least 20 marijuana-related drug raids since 2010 that have ended in at least one death… suspects have been killed during these raids for as little as 0.2 grams of marijuana.” Drug raids targeting marijuana have been a…

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Politics

Drugs are a problem, but not a crime

“If decriminalisation has any effect on behaviour, it is to make it easier for drug‑users to become non‑drug-users, because they can seek help to quit without risking prosecution and jail.” One option is to decriminalise the taking of drugs by adults, converting it from a problem of crime into a problem, where it exists, of…

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Anthropology

…vast majority of U.S. voters want federal government to respect state marijuana laws

The nationwide survey of 1,323 voters found that five out of seven voters (71%) — including majorities of Republicans, Democrats, independents, and every age group polled — oppose the government enforcing federal prohibition laws in states that have made marijuana legal for medical or adult use. 93% now support allowing marijuana for medical use and…

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Anthropology

Gov. Kate Brown… hands off Oregon legal pot biz

Oregon Gov. Kate Brown says she wants Oregonians left alone to “grow these jobs”. In Oregon alone, that’s roughly 12,500 jobs, said economist Beau Whitney of Portland, adding that he is making a conservative estimate. Oregon’s attorney general said she would be duty-bound to fight to protect the state’s marijuana industry… She noted that citizens…

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