Guatemala looking at legalized poppy production

Searching for alternatives to the failed war on drugs, the Government of Guatemala is looking at poppy production in a legal and controlled manner. President Otto Perez Molina’s was the only voice raised in the Western Hemisphere in support of the Government of Uruguay authorizing the legalization of marijuana.

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Commons

How US Federal Prosecutors Force Drug Defendants to Plead Guilty

The 126-page report details how prosecutors throughout the United States extract guilty pleas from federal drug defendants by charging or threatening to charge them with offenses carrying harsh mandatory sentences and by seeking additional mandatory increases to those sentences. Prosecutors offer defendants a much lower sentence in exchange for pleading guilty.

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Commons

Watched Cops Are Polite Cops

Requiring law enforcement to wear video cameras will protect your constitutional rights and improve policing. This summer, after a civil suit challenged the New York City Police Department’s notorious program of patting down “suspicious” residents, Judge Shira A.

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Eco

Why the legalization of marijuana may be good for agriculture

Traditionally, covert marijuana growers have earned themselves a bad rap, at least environmentally speaking. From indoor growers’ massive consumption of electricity to deforestation and agricultural pollution, a lack of regulation – combined with the promise of massive cash rewards – have led to an “anything goes” mentality, which has resulted in significant harm in the past.

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Commons

What’s So Bad About Casual Drug Use?

So Representative Trey Radel, the Republican from Florida, a self-styled ” conservative voice” in Congress, has pleaded guilty to a misdemeanor charge of cocaine possession. And Toronto’s city council has stripped Mayor Rob Ford of much of his power after it came out that he had smoked crack (never mind that Ford’s well-known drunken antics were not cause for such censure).

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