Dear friends,

It's here. And you won't want to miss it.

This March, we invite you to join hundreds of students, alumni, and drug policy reform advocates from around the world in creating a society that embraces sensible drug policy. We invite you to bridge political divides, reconnect with lost friends and alumni, and magnify the diversity of our advocacy network.

We invite you to join us for...

This Is Your Brain On Drug Policy:
SSDP'S 11th Annual International Conference
March 12-14, 2010
The Fort Mason Center, San Francisco, CA

Joining us in San Francisco this March 12-14 will help to continue the incredible momentum that the drug policy reform movement has gained in 2009 and send the strong message that young people will not sit back as this war is waged in our names. We hope this will be the largest gathering of SSDP members in the history of the organization.

ssdp.org

California lawmakers took a first step toward legalizing marijuana when an Assembly committee approved legislation that would put the drug on the open market as a regulated and taxed product.

But it may have been more of a symbolic victory in a battle that will likely be next waged on the ballot.

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California Assembly Bill 390, (A.B. 390), known as the Marijuana Control, Regulation, and Education Act [wiki]
Legalize marijuana? Not so fast [Los Angeles Times]

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On Tuesday, January 12, members of the California Assembly will hold a historic vote on statewide marijuana policy. Members of the Public Safety Committee will decide on Assembly Bill 390, the Marijuana Control, Regulation, and Education Act, which seeks to regulate and control the production, distribution, and personal use of marijuana for adults age 21 and older.

norml.org

The medical marijuana industry in Colorado has gone to pot. There, the obvious pun needed to be said and gotten out of the way, but it’s not too far off the mark.

The marijuana dispensary industry, put into place by citizen initiative, is rapidly becoming both a spectacular failure and humorless practical joke on many who voted for it.

gjsentinel.com

Washington is one of four states where measures to legalize and regulate marijuana have been introduced, and about two dozen other states are considering bills ranging from medical marijuana to decriminalizing possession of small amounts of the herb.

king5.com

It's NORML bashing season. From celebrities to activists, NORML can't catch a break. Plus, there's their rivalries with other drug-reform organizations such as the MPP and DPA. Is NORML being unfairly singled out for the failure to end marijuana prohibition?

celebstoner.com

Der Leiter des UN-Büros für Drogen- und Verbrechensbekämpfung (ONUDC), Antonio Maria Costa, hat sich besorgt über den zunehmenden Drogenhandel in Afrika geäußert. Demnach würden Terroristen in der Sahelzone den Drogenhandel zur Finanzierung ihrer Aktivitäten nutzen.

focus.de

On Human Rights Day 10.12.09, Transform Drug Policy Foundation welcomes the launch of the International Centre on Human Rights and Drug Policy.

Individuals who use drugs do not forfeit their human rights...Too often, drug users suffer discrimination, are forced to accept treatment, marginalized and often harmed by approaches which over-emphasize criminalization and punishment while under-emphasizingharm reduction and respect for human rights.

humanrightsanddrugs.org