Editor's Note: As more states begin to debate the question of legally controlling marijuana, many lawmakers are posing questions to NORML regarding what effect, if any, such a policy change may have upon the public's use of cannabis and/or young people's attitudes toward it.

The following paper reviews various studies** that have examined this issue in regions that have either a) regulated marijuana use and sales for all adults; b) decriminalized the possession of small quantities of marijuana for adults; c) medicalized the use of marijuana to certain authorized individuals; or d) deprioritized the enforcement of marijuana laws. This paper also proposes general guidelines to govern marijuana use, production, and distribution in a legal, regulated manner.

norml.org

Der Hanfplantage ist aufgefallen, dass die deutschsprachige Wikipedia noch gar keinen Eintrag zu dem Gesetzesvorschlag 19 in Kalifornien hat, der die Wähler des Bundesstaates Kalifornien, USA, im November die Legalisierung von Cannabis in bestimmten Rahmen abstimmen lässt.

hanfjournal.de

Sheriff’s deputies seized more than 400 pounds of marijuana Tuesday afternoon from a woman they say was impersonating a U.S. Army recruiter.

The deputies stopped the woman on Interstate 20/59 after noticing that the U.S. government tags on the front and rear of the GMC Yukon she was driving didn’t match, Tuscaloosa County Sheriff Ted Sexton said.

tuscaloosanews.com

Ingrid Peters, a resident of the Princess Condominiums, helps recover debris coming off the 33-foot boat that came ashore carrying 800 pounds a marijuana just south of the Shuckers restaurant in the 9800 block of A1A in St. Lucie County, just north of the Martin County line on Tuesday morning. "All the action happens right here, right in front of Shuckers," Peters said. "Remember the airplane crash, I called 911. And then the boat, weeks ago, I called 911. And now this week...so you never know what's going to wash ashore."

tcpalm.com

Die mexikanische Armee hat nach eigenen Angaben bei einem Einsatz gegen die mächtigen Drogenkartelle mindestens 25 mutmaßliche Bandenmitglieder getötet. Die Soldaten seien beschossen worden, als sie sich einem verdächtigen Gebäude im Bundesstaat Tamaulipas genähert hätten, teilte die Armee gestern mit.

orf.at
spiegel.de

At least 25 suspected drug gang members were killed in an army raid in rural northeastern Mexico on Thursday, the army said in a press release.

Soldiers were sent to the location after an airborne patrol sighted armed men outside a building. Fighting began when the men opened fire on the troops.

reuters.com