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Law Enforcement Leaders Ask Department of Justice to Respect State Marijuana Law...

11/20/2012 9:40 AM EST  -   Law Enforcement Against Prohibition
Group Cites Public Safety Concerns Created by Illegal Marketplace; Teleconference With Colorado and Washington Law Enforcers at 12:00 PM ET
WASHINGTON, DC – This morning a former narcotics cop delivered a letter signed by 73 current and former police officers, judges, prosecutors and federal agents to Attorney General Eric Holder urging him not to interfere with the wishes of the voters of Colorado and...

One Marijuana Arrest Every 42 Seconds in U.S.

10/29/2012 1:52 PM EST  -   Law Enforcement Against Prohibition
New FBI Numbers Reveal Failure of "War on Drugs"
WASHINGTON, D.C. – Just over one week before voters in three states will decide on ballot measures to legalize and regulate marijuana, the FBI has released a new report today showing that police in the U.S. arrest someone for marijuana every 42 seconds and that 87% of those arrests are for possession alone.
A group of police, judges and other law enforcement...

New Website Tracks Politicians & Celebrities Who Support Legalizing Marijuana

10/22/2012 8:15 AM EST  -   Law Enforcement Against Prohibition
Marijuana Reform Is An Increasingly Mainstream, Majority-Support Position
Site Lets Supporters Tweet Prominent People to Encourage Speaking Out
SAN FRANCISCO, CA -- Just over two weeks before voters in three U.S. states decide on ballot measures to legalize marijuana, a new website launches on Monday that tracks prominent people and organizations speaking out in favor of changing marijuana laws....

Cops and Judges Support Colorado's Marijuana Regulation Ballot Measure

9/20/2012 2:00 PM EST  -   Law Enforcement Against Prohibition
National Black and Latino Police Groups Announce Endorsements for Amendment 64
Reporters Can Ask Cops Questions on 3:30 PM ET Teleconference Today
DENVER, CO -- A group of police officers, judges and prosecutors who support Amendment 64, the Colorado ballot measure to regulate marijuana like alcohol, held a press conference on Thursday to release a letter of endorsement signed by law enforcers from across the...

Cops, Prosecutors, and Judges to Endorse Initiative to Regulate Marijuana Like A...

9/20/2012 12:48 PM EST  -   Law Enforcement Against Prohibition
National Black and Latino police organizations announce support for Amendment 64
Former law enforcement officials will join campaign to announce the endorsements at a news conference on Thursday, Sep. 20, at 12 p.m. in front of the Denver City-County Building (1437 Bannock St.)
DENVER – A group of former police officers, judges and prosecutors who support Amendment 64, will join the Campaign to Regulate...

Cops and Judges Endorse Washington’s Marijuana Legalization Initiative

3/21/2012 12:18 PM EST  -   Law Enforcement Against Prohibition
Law Enforcers Say Ending Prohibition Will Improve Public Safety
SEATTLE, WA -- A group of police officers, prosecutors, judges and other criminal justice professionals – including Seattle’s former chief of police – is endorsing I-502, the Washington initiative to regulate and tax marijuana that voters will decide on this November.  
Norm Stamper, the former Seattle chief and a spokesman for the group Law...

Former Police Officers Testify for Changes to Marijuana Laws in Rhode Island

3/21/2012 10:40 AM EST  -   Law Enforcement Against Prohibition
Wednesday Hearing on Bills to Decriminalize Possession and to Legalize and Tax Sales
PROVIDENCE, RI -- A former Providence police officer and a former undercover narcotics detective will testify today before a Rhode Island House committee in favor of bills that would decriminalize and legalize marijuana. The bill to legalize and regulate marijuana sales (H7582/S2367), and the bill to decriminalize possession of...

Human Rights is a Foreign Concept in the UN’s “War on Drugs”

3/16/2012 1:18 PM EST  -   Law Enforcement Against Prohibition
Latin American Presidents’ Calls for Legalization Debate Go Unheeded at UN Drug Policy Meeting in Vienna
VIENNA, AUSTRIA – Even while several Latin American presidents are calling for an outright debate on drug legalization, delegates at the United Nations Commission on Narcotic Drugs meeting this week failed to even discuss a change in the global prohibitionist drug treaties, reports a group of judges,...

Cops Take Pro-Legalization Message to UN War on Drugs Meeting

3/8/2012 12:27 PM EST  -   Law Enforcement Against Prohibition
Law Enforcers Say Ending Prohibition Will Improve Global Security & Human Rights
VIENNA, AUSTRIA – Judges, prosecutors and jailers who support legalizing drugs are bringing their message to the United Nations Commission on Narcotic Drugs meeting next week in Vienna. At the U.N. session, which comes just days after the Obama administration stepped-up its attempts to counteract the emerging anti-prohibition...

U.S. Law Enforcement Officials Call on Canadian Prime Minister to Legalize Marij...

2/22/2012 8:00 AM EST  -   Law Enforcement Against Prohibition
Canada Risks Repeating ‘U.S. Mistakes‘ with Mandatory Minimum Sentences in Bill C-10
WASHINGTON, DC —A high-profile group of current and former law enforcement officials from the United States is calling on the Canadian government to reconsider the mandatory minimum sentences for minor marijuana offenses proposed in Bill C-10, arguing that the taxation and regulation of marijuana is a more effective policy...