United States Michigan supporters of relaxing restrictions on marijuana are making a second attempt to put a ballot question on the matter before state voters. Last year's try fell short in collecting the over 300,000 signatures required, so organizers are now redoubling their efforts. A 1999 drug raid in the Texas Panhandle town of Tulia that rounded up a large percentage of the town's black population was the spark for a rally last Saturday against the drug war. Montana's legislature joins only North Dakota in supporting licensing and regulating hemp cultivation. Canada Canada's Liberal Justice Minister has opened the way for a debate over the legalization of marijuana.
Conservative opponents charge that the government just wants something new to tax.
Prostitution is also legal, though solicitation is not. This proposal, though far from perfect, is a legitimate attempt by Parliament to license and regulate the use of medical marijuana for seriously ill patients. Colombia An overview analysis of the worsening Colombian crisis, and its implications on prolonging the atrocities attendant to the War on Drugs, with links to stories from the Los Angeles Times and other sources. Peru CIA personnel on a U.S. surveillance plane did not attempt to read the registration number stenciled on the side of an aircraft full of missionaries before it was shot down by the Peruvian Air Force because they were afraid that it would escape. Peru Relatives of American missionaries whose plane was mistakenly shot down by Peruvian drug interdiction forces said the aircraft received clearance to land just moments before the Peruvian air force fired on it without warning.