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Activists and leaders gathered for the National Cannabis Policy Summit held at the Newseum in Washington, D.C. In this portion of the summit, panelists discussed the role of journalists cove…

Participants debated the legalization of marijuana. They assessed the “war on drugs,” the impact of Prohibition, potential revenues from taxation, rates of drug use, incarceration rates for …

Ethan Nadelmann of the the Global Commission on Drug Policy talked his organization’s new report regarding the global war on drugs. The evidence in the report shows that the war has failed, …

The Drug Policy Alliance held a news conference on the outcomes of drug policy initiatives that were on several state ballots in the 2002 election. Participants talked about the war on drugs…

Drug and foreign policy experts talked about the war on drugs and war on terrorism. Among the issues they addressed were the similarity between the two efforts, developing effective policies…

The featured speakers, Governor Johnson and the Reverend Jackson, spoke about the failed war on drugs as well as the issue of diversity and inclusiveness. Others provided commentary an…

“Unconventional” politicians and commentators gathered to discuss and debate the issues as an alternative to the scripted major party events. Senator McCain emphasized the campaign finan…

The panelists discussed the struggle to make marijuana legal for use in medical treatment.

Economists and scholars talked about the drug problems that have plagued urban areas in the United States. They talked about proposed solutions and what role government should play in attemp…

This panel explained why marijuana should be excluded from the nation’s War on Drugs. This is the twentieth-anniversary conference of the National Organization for the Reform of Marijuana L…