Decriminalise drugs use in Scotland now: Plea for new laws as deaths in rural areas rise eightfold
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Decriminalise drugs in Scotland use now: Plea for new laws as deaths in rural areas rise eightfold THE death toll from drugs misuse has soared up by up to eight times in a decade in parts of Scotland with rural areas among the grim hotspots, shocking new analysis has revealed. The Falkirk local authority area, has seen the biggest ten year rise in deaths in Scotland soaring by an astonishing 720%. In 2009, there were just five fatalities but in 2019 that had grown to 41.
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Maryland Del. Jazz Lewis and Broad Coalition of Advocates Call for Cannabis Legalization During Press Conference
The Maryland Cannabis Policy Coalition held a virtual press conference Jan. 26 in support of Lewis comprehensive legalization bill, H.B. 32.
Annapolis, MD PRESS RELEASE On Jan. 26, the Maryland Cannabis Policy Coalition held a virtual press conference in support of Del. Jazz Lewis’ (D) comprehensive legalization bill, H.B. 32 The Cannabis Legalization and Regulation, Inclusion, Restoration, and Rehabilitation Act of 2021. A recording of the press conference is available
H.B. 32 would legalize personal possession and home cultivation of cannabis for adults, automatically expunge past cannabis offenses, establish a social equity program to ensure inclusion in the industry from disproportionately impacted communities, and reinvest a significant portion of tax revenue to endowments to Maryland’s four HBCUs and communities hardest hit by the war on drugs.
Former senior police officers are campaigning for the decriminalisation of drugs as a key starting point to reduce Scotland’s shocking drugs death tally.Insisting that the “war on drugs” has failed