http://www.drugnews.org/ Media Awareness Project Drug News en-us Wed, 16 Sep 2026 21:21:28 -0700 Wed, 16 Apr 2025 16:10:02 GMT http://blogs.law.harvard.edu/tech/rss Modperl editor@mapinc.org (MAP Editor) webmaster@mapinc.org (MAP Webmaster) http://www.mapinc.org/drugnews/v18/n115/a04.html Charlotte Observer, 25 May 2018 - State Rep. Kelly Alexander, D-Mecklenburg, introduced a bill this week that would significantly increase the amount of marijuana a person could have in his or her possession for personal use before being charged with a misdemeanor or felony. Under Alexander's bill, a person would not be charged with a misdemeanor unless he or she had more than 4 ounces of marijuana. Under current law, possession of more than a half-ounce is a misdemeanor. A person would have to have more than 16 ounces -- more than 10 times the current limit -- to be charged with a felony. Fri, 25 May 2018 07:00:00 GMT http://www.mapinc.org/drugnews/v18/n115/a04.html http://www.mapinc.org/drugnews/v18/n104/a02.html Charlotte Observer, 20 Apr 2018 - Her son was supposed to die 13 years ago. She'll never stop fighting for him. Doctors predicted Jackson Helms would die by the time he was 6. Now 19, Jackson has lived longer than expected and gained relief from his severe epilepsy because of cannabidiol, or CBD, says his mom Kelly Helms. Fri, 20 Apr 2018 07:00:00 GMT http://www.mapinc.org/drugnews/v18/n104/a02.html http://www.mapinc.org/drugnews/v17/n039/a07.html Charlotte Observer, 19 Jan 2017 - President Barack Obama on Thursday commuted the 20-year prison sentenced imposed on Richard Ruiz Montes, convicted in 2008 for his role in the Modesto's pot-dealing California Healthcare Collective. In one of his final presidential acts, Obama used his executive authority to cut Montes' sentence by more than half. Now held at a federal facility in Atwater, according to the Bureau of Prisons' inmate locator, the 36-year-old Montes will be released May 19. Thu, 19 Jan 2017 08:00:00 GMT http://www.mapinc.org/drugnews/v17/n039/a07.html http://www.mapinc.org/drugnews/v17/n026/a01.html Charlotte Observer, 12 Jan 2017 - A Pew Research Center survey of nearly 8,000 police officers finds that more than two-thirds of them say that marijuana use should be legal for either personal or medical use. The nationally representative survey of law enforcement, one of the largest of its kind, found that 32 percent of police officers said marijuana should be legal for medical and recreational use, while 37 percent said it should be legal for medical use only. Another 30 percent said that marijuana should not be legal at all. Thu, 12 Jan 2017 08:00:00 GMT http://www.mapinc.org/drugnews/v17/n026/a01.html http://www.mapinc.org/drugnews/v16/n684/a03.html News & Observer, 30 Nov 2016 - Tillis says he may not return if bills like sentencing changes aren't passed Senate WASHINGTON - Sen. Thom Tillis said Wednesday that he may not seek re-election in 2020 unless a sweeping overhaul of the nation's prison sentencing system is passed. Wed, 30 Nov 2016 08:00:00 GMT http://www.mapinc.org/drugnews/v16/n684/a03.html http://www.mapinc.org/drugnews/v16/n667/a15.html Star-News, 05 Nov 2016 - I extend my deepest sympathies to the family of the child killed in the recent senseless car crash. I can'€™t imagine your grief. Here'€™s a summary of facts the StarNews reported about the driver charged in this incident: Sat, 05 Nov 2016 07:00:00 GMT http://www.mapinc.org/drugnews/v16/n667/a15.html http://www.mapinc.org/drugnews/v16/n621/a01.html Star-News, 20 Sep 2016 - All the nationwide rhetoric over lamentable black-on-black killings and lives matter doesn't ever seem to highlight the obvious reality that most of the shootings are drug-turf related. Every gang protects its square blocks and guns down intruders, unfortunately putting innocent people in the crossfire no matter where. If the Russians or Mexicans carved out turf and gunfire erupted, the conversation would revolve around white on brown killings, for instance. Decades ago I read about a supposedly true event in a New York county where Latinos and whites had installed themselves in a poor town where virtually all industries had closed. The underfunded city and county police couldn't cope with them. Tue, 20 Sep 2016 07:00:00 GMT http://www.mapinc.org/drugnews/v16/n621/a01.html http://www.mapinc.org/drugnews/v16/n553/a05.html News & Observer, 16 Aug 2016 - Those who argue against the mass legalization of marijuana say it's dangerous and can lead to more addictive drugs. But that hasn't been the experience of all who casually smoked pot in their younger years and then let it go. And, some in the medical field believe marijuana can relieve side effects of chemotherapy, ease the pressure associated with glaucoma and help with minor maladies. Thus, the Drug Enforcement Administration's decision to stay with a 46-year-old law categorizing marijuana as a Schedule 1 drug, a serious drug with no medical value, seems unreasonable. There is plenty of anecdotal evidence from people who have used it for medical reasons, and even as a "recreational" drug, is pot really more harmful than alcohol? That's a difficult argument to make. Tue, 16 Aug 2016 07:00:00 GMT http://www.mapinc.org/drugnews/v16/n553/a05.html http://www.mapinc.org/drugnews/v16/n531/a02.html Star-News, 07 Aug 2016 - Are you tired of hearing about the "opioid epidemic" ? Me too! As long as we have a "war on drugs" and draconian drug laws, we will continue to have drug epidemics. The answer is as simple as it is shocking to most people...legalize all drugs for all adults. Sun, 07 Aug 2016 07:00:00 GMT http://www.mapinc.org/drugnews/v16/n531/a02.html