Dems Move to Change Federal Pot Laws

Dems move to change federal pot laws

Filed under: Colorado Drug Abuse

They call for directing the money to law enforcement, substance abuse treatment and the national debt. Last fall's votes in Colorado and Washington state to legalize recreational marijuana should push Congress to end the 75-year federal pot prohibition …
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Obama, business groups differ on minimum wage plan

Filed under: Colorado Drug Abuse

Prescription drug bills reintroduced in Congress · Prescription drug bills reintroduced in Congress. U.S. Sen. Jay Rockefeller and Congressman Nick Rahall have reintroduced bills to fight prescription drug abuse. U.S. Sen. Jay Rockefeller and …
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Mom in 'Juliette' case fights charges

Filed under: Colorado Drug Abuse

At the time of Juliette's death from blunt force trauma, the statute of limitations on child abuse resulting in death was seven years. Geurts' … At last update, Chauncey had not yet been transferred by Colorado, where he is serving a sentence on drug …
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Pot is a Bigger Problem than OxyContin, Drug Czar Says

Filed under: Colorado Drug Abuse

… marijuana is a worse public health problem than OxyContin. "More people are dying of prescription drug abuse than heroin and cocaine combined," Gil Kerlikowske said, right before he labeled pot America's number-one drug problem, despite the fact …
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