Saying No to Costly Drug Laws By ALEKSANDER KWAŚNIEWSKI May 10, 2012 WARSAW — In the year 2000, as the president of Poland, I signed one of Europe’s most conservative laws on drug possession. Any amount of illicit substances a person possessed meant they were eligible for up to three years in prison. Our hope … Read more »

AMSTERDAM — Dutch coffee shop owners went to court Wednesday in a last ditch bid to block a government plan to stop foreigners from buying marijuana in the Netherlands. Lawyers representing the coffee shops oppose what would be the most significant change in decades to the country’s famed soft drug tolerance: turning marijuana cafes into … Read more »

Interesting infographic on Cannabis legalization. Although the information presented in this graphic is focused on the United States, most of the arguments used could be applied to the majority of Western nations. Source: onlineparalegalprograms.com        

In 1992, Jim Gray, a conservative judge in conservative Orange County, California, held a press conference during which he recommended that we rethink our drug laws. Back then, it took a great deal of courage to suggest that the war on drugs was a failed policy.

Retired Superior Court Judge James P. Gray testifies in favor of a marijuana legalization bill in the California Assembly on October 28, 2009. Judge Gray is a member of LEAP (Law Enforcement Against Prohibition).