legalization

May 9, 2022
Constance Malleret

Although the game is historically tied to criminal groups, Brazil’s Congress is debating a proposal to legalize it.

December 14, 2016
Aviva Chomsky

A growing coalition of worker and immigration activists are demanding that President Obama issue a general pardon for immigration status infractions. 

October 23, 2014

Without sufficient regulation, drug legalization in the Caribbean could end up benefitting international business interests, and hurting those who depend on the informal cannabis economy to survive.

July 29, 2014
Mario Murillo

Mario Murillo talks with 33-year Maryland State police veteran Neill Franklin about why he hung up his badge, why drugs won't go away, and why he doubts you would use heroin even if it were legal. (Audio)

July 10, 2014
Hannah Hetzer and John Walsh

In 2013, Uruguay was the first nation in the world to legalize marijuana—not through ballot initiatives, but through deliberations within the national legislature.

May 23, 2014
Participants at this week’s Jamaica Cannabis Conference are doing more than just blowing smoke—they are discussing the upcoming stages of a long-overdue and vital transformation of the Caribbean’s regional economy.
April 4, 2012
Allen Hines

William Brownfield, U.S. assistant secretary of state for the Bureau of International Narcotics and Law Enforcement Affairs (INL), toured Central America last week to quell the growing opposition to U.S. drug war policies that have failed to reduce demand for drugs in the United States or disrupt supply routes from producer countries.

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