https://news.yahoo.com/colombia-legalizes-medical-marijuana-171023547.html
“Colombian President Juan Manuel Santos signed a decree Tuesday legalizing and regulating medical marijuana, the latest softening of the country’s hardline tactics in the war on drugs.”
“Chilean President Michelle Bachelet has signed a decree that removes marijuana from the country’s list of hard drugs.
The decree also authorizes the sale of cannabis-derived medicines at pharmacies.”
http://www.politics.co.uk/blogs/2015/11/04/drugs-don-t-hurt-families-home-office-admits
“in accordance with the published guidance, it was concluded there were no tangible direct impacts on families [by any recently banned drugs]”
http://www.sfgate.com/crime/article/California-prisons-have-released-2-700-inmates-6117826.php
“Cycling addicts in and out of jail is a sinkhole for taxpayer resources, and it doesn’t make us safer.”
http://www.delawareonline.com/story/firststatepolitics/2015/06/18/senate-debate-marijuana/28927757/
“Senate lawmakers gave final legislative approval on Thursday to a measure that decriminalizes the possession and private use of up to an ounce of marijuana”
http://www.bbc.com/news/world-us-canada-33098923
“The court ruled that prohibiting possession of non-dried forms of marijuana is ‘contrary to the principles of fundamental justice because they are arbitrary; the effects of the prohibition contradict the objective of protecting health and safety’.”