Tag: drug policy alliance articles
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The Biden administration is doing the rarest of things: rational drug policy
For over half a century, marijuana has been classified as a Schedule I drug under the Controlled Substances Act. That designation places it in the most strictly regulated category of drugs under federal rules, and means that a drug has “high potential for abuse, no currently accepted medical use in treatment in the United States, and a lack of accepted safety for use under medical supervision.” Marijuana’s Schedule I classification puts it in the same class of drugs as heroin. The Biden...
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Poilievre blames B.C. decriminalization, drug policy for record deaths
Conservative Leader Pierre Poilievre accuses 'radical activists, bureaucrats and pharmacists' of 'making a fortune' off of B.C.'s opioid crisis.
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British Columbia to re-criminalize hard drug use in public after massive policy failure
Far-left British Columbia premier David Eby announced last week that his province plans to re-criminalize hard drug use in public spaces after its decriminalization last year led to widespread social disorder.