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Pardons are an important corrective to the sham war on drugs | Editorial
Philly.com· 6 hours agoThere are very good reasons for other states, including Pennsylvania and New Jersey, to follow...
With pardons in Maryland, 2.5 million Americans will have marijuana convictions cleared or forgiven
KOLR - KSFX Ozarks· 1 day agoMaryland this week became the latest state to announce mass pardons for people convicted of...
Double punishment: How a "war on drugs"-era SNAP ban contributes to recidivism and racism
Salon.com· 23 hours agoIn 2015, Barack Obama became the first sitting president to visit a federal prison after touring and...
Philippine VP Duterte exits Marcos cabinet as their alliance crumbles
Reuters via Yahoo News· 1 day agoMANILA (Reuters) -Philippine Vice President Sara Duterte resigned on Wednesday from the cabinet of...
New Jersey Gov. Phil Murphy announces clemency program to let some offenders seek early release from...
Philly.com· 4 hours agoNew Jersey Gov. Phil Murphy used the Juneteenth holiday to announce the creation of a new clemency...
Easing federal marijuana rules: There’s still a long way to go
Kentucky Lantern via Yahoo News· 6 hours agoMore than a month after the U.S. Drug Enforcement Administration proposed loosening a federal...
Wes Moore’s marijuana pardons echo mentor who pushed decriminalization
Washington Post· 1 day agoDecades before Gov. Wes Moore took the lectern on Monday morning to issue a sweeping pardon of state...
Maryland Governor’s Marijuana Pardons a Win for Justice, But Is It Enough?
Capital B via Yahoo News· 3 hours agoStephanie Shepard has had unsettling feelings in the pit of her stomach ever since she was convicted...
Crenshaw calling out cartels: "The cartels need to know they have pissed us off"
FOX 26 Houston· 16 hours agoA prominent Houston area congressman issuing a challenge to Mexico's incoming president to declare "...
President Marcos Jr. hasn't put an end to killings in the Philippines' drug war
NPR· 2 days agoMARY LOUISE KELLY, HOST: The U.N. estimates that more than 8,000 people have been killed in the Philippines' so-called war on drugs. In 2022, when the current president of the Philippines, Ferdinand ...