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Blogs
May 13, 2013
Civil Rights Groups Eye Youth Vote to Sway Mayoral Election On Stop And Frisk
At this point, it goes without saying the controversy that is stop and frisk will be a staple of the 2013 mayoral race. Floyd v. New York - a case that seeks to upend the controversial practice - is heating up, as the NYPD seeks to justify its usage through intimidating tutorial videos. The Communi ... More >>
News
October 3, 2012
For the First Time in 20 Years, New York's Crime Rate Is on the Rise
While Bloomberg brags about his record, the city's crime rate is on the rise
Blogs
June 26, 2012
Failed War On Drugs Contributing To AIDS Epidemic: Report
The Global Commission on Drug Policy released a report this afternoon that shows how the failed "war on drugs" is contributing to the AIDS epidemic amongst intravenous drug users and their sexual partners (you can review the entire report below).The Commission, which is made up of the who's who of f ... More >>
Blogs
June 22, 2012
Will New Jersey Decriminalize Weed?
And you thought nothing good comes out of New Jersey! A little while ago, we got word from the Drug Policy Alliance that the New Jersey General Assembly will weigh weed-decriminalizing legislation Monday.
Blogs
June 19, 2012
Weed Fans: Senate Republicans To Blame For "Public View" Marijuana Buzz-Kill
As we reported earlier, a bill that would decriminalize the "public view" loophole in New York's marijuana possession law appears to be dead in the water -- and weed fans are pissed. The Drug Policy Alliance, one of the many groups pushing the bill, is holding Republicans in the Senate responsible f ... More >>
Blogs
June 13, 2012
New Yorkers Are Systematically Screwed By "Public View" Marijuana Law. These Are Their Stories (Part Six)
In an effort to persuade New York lawmakers to support Governor Andrew Cuomo's push to decriminalize "public view" marijuana arrests, a drug policy group has started a video campaign to illustrate how people are getting screwed by a loophole in the Marijuana Reform Act, which (supposedly) decrim ... More >>
Blogs
June 12, 2012
New Yorkers Are Systematically Screwed By "Public View" Marijuana Law. These Are Their Stories (Part Five)
In an effort to persuade New York lawmakers to support Governor Andrew Cuomo's push to decriminalize "public view" marijuana arrests, a drug policy group has started a video campaign to illustrate how people are getting screwed by a loophole in the Marijuana Reform Act, which (supposedly) decrim ... More >>
Blogs
June 11, 2012
New Yorkers Are Systematically Screwed By "Public View" Marijuana Law. These Are Their Stories (Part Four)
In an effort to persuade New York lawmakers to support Governor Andrew Cuomo's push to decriminalize "public view" marijuana arrests, a drug policy group has started a video campaign to illustrate how people are getting screwed by a loophole in the Marijuana Reform Act, which (supposedly) decrim ... More >>
Blogs
June 9, 2012
New Yorkers Are Systematically Screwed By "Public View" Marijuana Law. These Are Their Stories (Part Three)
In an effort to persuade New York lawmakers to support Governor Andrew Cuomo's push to decriminalize "public view" marijuana arrests, a drug policy group has started a video campaign to illustrate how people are getting screwed by a loophole in the Marijuana Reform Act, which (supposedly) decriminal ... More >>
Blogs
June 7, 2012
New Yorkers Are Systematically Screwed By "Public View" Marijuana Law. These Are Their Stories (Part Two)
In an effort to persuade New York lawmakers to support Governor Andrew Cuomo's push to decriminalize "public view" marijuana arrests, a drug policy group has started a video campaign to illustrate how people are getting screwed by a loophole in the Marijuana Reform Act, which (supposedly) decrim ... More >>
Blogs
June 5, 2012
New Yorkers Are Systematically Screwed By "Public View" Marijuana Law. These Are Their Stories (Part One)
In an effort to persuade New York lawmakers to support Governor Andrew Cuomo's push to decriminalize "public view" marijuana arrests, a drug policy group has started a video campaign to illustrate how people are getting screwed by a loophole in the Marijuana Reform Act, which supposedly decriminaliz ... More >>
Blogs
June 4, 2012
Andrew Cuomo Wants To Make Weed Even Less Illegal (While Still Refusing To Support Medical Marijuana)
Governor Andrew Cuomo today will reportedly ask state lawmakers to make marijuana even less illegal than it already is in the Empire State. Keep in mind, though, Cuomo is the same guy who's still unwilling to support the legalization of marijuana used for medicinal purposes, despite enormous public ... More >>
Blogs
June 4, 2012
Cuomo's Plan To Decriminalize Weed In "Public View" Has Support Of Pretty Much Everyone
As we reported earlier, Governor Andrew Cuomo wants to make possession of marijuana even less illegal than it already is -- a move that apparently has the support of just about everyone.The governor's office put out a press release this afternoon announcing Cuomo's plan to make possessing weed in "p ... More >>
Blogs
May 21, 2012
Drug Policy Advocates: Cameron Douglas (Son Of Actor Michael Douglas) Doesn't Need More Prison Time, He Needs Treatment
In 2010, Cameron Douglas, the son of actor Michael Douglas, was sentenced to five years in prison after pleading guilty to charges that he was in possession of heroin and was dealing large amounts of methamphetamine and cocaine out of a New York hotel room.Last year, while in prison, Douglas, 33 -- ... More >>
Blogs
May 9, 2012
Weed Fans: Mike Bloomberg's Marijuana Enforcement Practices Are Racist -- Let's Protest
Weed fans and several elected officials will come together on Saturday to protest what they say are racist marijuana enforcement practices by Mayor Mike Bloomberg, the NYPD, and police Commissioner Ray Kelly.Officials from the Drug Policy Alliance say the allegedly racist practices of selective enfo ... More >>
Blogs
May 3, 2012
Drug Fans: More Teens Smoke Weed Than Cigarettes; The War On Drugs Has Failed
A study released yesterday shows evidence of something most of us already know: teenagers like smoking weed. However, the study shows that teens apparently like smoking weed significantly more now than they did two years ago. Meanwhile, teens abusing other -- government regulated -- drugs is on the ... More >>
Blogs
April 10, 2012
Andrew Cuomo's Saying Nope To Medical Dope Actually Is "Encouraging" To Prescription Pot Advocates
An upcoming bill in the New York Legislature that would legalize marijuana for medicinal purposes is getting no love from New York's gov -- Andrew Cuomo said yesterday that he still thinks the cons outweigh the pros when it comes to medical marijuana and that he wouldn't support the bill...this year ... More >>
Blogs
February 2, 2012
NYPD Arrests for Marijuana Soar in 2011, Second Highest on Record
The folks at the Drug Policy Alliance -- who we talked to extensively for last year's Voice feature "The White Mayor's Burden" -- put out a scathing press release yesterday writing that the NYPD arrested 50,680 New Yorkers for marijuana in 2011, making it the highest year for the Bloomberg administr ... More >>
Blogs
October 12, 2011
Mike Bloomberg's Young Men's Initiative: the TV Show
Last week, we had the opportunity discuss our Voice feature story "The White Mayor's Burden" on Brian Vines's BCAT show Intersect. Vines invited us to join Dr. Noel Anderson of Brooklyn College to talk about Mayor Bloomberg's Young Men's initiative.
Blogs
September 26, 2011
Harry Levine of Marijuana-Arrests.com: "We Are Always Encouraged When the Police Decide to Obey the Law"
Queens CollegeMuch of what we know about the racial discrepancy between marijuana use and marijuana arrests in New York comes largely from the research of one man: Queen College sociology professor Harry Levine. Levine is the go to guy for information on marijuana and the criminal justice sys ... More >>
Blogs
September 25, 2011
Ethan Nadelmann of the Drug Policy Alliance Responds to the Big NYPD Marijuana News
Drug Policy AllianceEthan Nadelmann is the founder and Executive Director of the Drug Policy Alliance. Interviews with DPA staff and data from DPA reports were used through out this week's Voice feature, "White Mayor's Burden." We spoke with Nadelmann after the stunning news from WNYC that t ... More >>
Blogs
September 25, 2011
NYPD Tells the Voice Marijuana Order Will Apply to All Police, Not Just "Uniformed" Cops
Rickard BlommengrenPolice Commissioner Ray Kelly's memo ordering the NYPD to stop arresting people for low level marijuana possession not in plain view will apply to "all police officers," not just "uniformed members of the service," the Voice has learned. When WNYC broke the story about Ke ... More >>
Blogs
September 23, 2011
Ray Kelly Finally Does the Right Thing with Weed Arrests
After a decade of aggressively using stop and frisks to produce hundreds of thousands of bogus marijuana arrests, Commissioner Ray Kelly seems to have belatedly reversed course, judging from an internal memo.
News
September 21, 2011
Young Men's Initiative: The White Mayor's Burden
Bloomberg aims to help the young black and Latino men he has been throwing in jail for a decade
Blogs
September 21, 2011
Crime Higher in Neighborhoods Without Marijuana Dispensaries, RAND Corporation Finds
Rickard BlommengrenOur feature in this week's Voice finds that under Mayor Bloomberg, over 60,000 (mostly black and Latino male) New Yorkers will be arrested this year for small levels of marijuana possession. In a study co-authored by Harry Levine and Loren Sigel, the Drug Policy Alliance pu ... More >>
Blogs
May 13, 2011
Pot Smokers: Albany Wants to Help You Out With Those Annoying Low-Level Arrests
Sick of getting busted for smoking that joint on your stoop? Well, the folks in Albany have a cure -- new legislation that would close a loophole that allows cops to arrest anyone caught with less than 7/8 of an ounce of marijuana. The legislature actually banned the practice in 1977, excep ... More >>
Blogs
March 16, 2011
Marijuana Busts Cost City $75 Million A Year, Report Says (Updated with Police Comment)
The city spends $75 million a year on the NYPD's campaign of arresting people on low level marijuana possession charges, a new report says. The Drug Policy Alliance report says police and court expenses total up to $2,000 per arrest. Between 2002 and 2010, police made 350,000 marijuana posse ... More >>
Blogs
February 11, 2011
NYC Named "Marijuana Arrest Capital of the World"
The hippies at the Drug Policy Alliance announced in a press release yesterday that the New York City Police Department arrested 50,383 people for "low-level marijuana offenses" in 2010, based on a report from the New York Division of Criminal Justice Services. According to the group, that ac ... More >>

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