Drug policy

Mexico's plan points to the failure of the decades-long international war on drugs.

As legal Canadian and U.S. weed companies see soaring profits and investment, many governments are noting the plant's lucrative potential.

Using a canine team, the officers located five packages of cocaine attached to the women's bodies.

"Seeing our neighbors making progress should put much more pressure on us to get it right and ditch our outdated federal marijuana policy," Democrat Congressman Earl Blumenauer from Oregon told Newsweek.

"Even people that might have smoked it 20, 30 years ago, they're being asked, 'Have you ever smoked cannabis?'" Estevan Mayor Roy Ludwig said.

David Dratch, 23, could face up to five years in prison and a $250,000 fine if convicted.

Cannabis users have pointed out that some legal marijuana products come with about 70 grams of plastic, foil and cardboard packaging for just one gram of weed.

The report from the International Drug Policy Consortium overviewed the failure of the 10-year global strategy from the United Nations, which intended to eradicate the illicit drug market by 2019.

"I want to buy legally! But the prices are almost double what I pay now," one Canadian cannabis user posted on Reddit.

"As just the second country and the first G7 nation to end marijuana prohibition, Canada has positioned itself as a global leader for cannabis business and development."

"If we don't see something happen in 2019, almost all of us will be takeout targets for Canadian players."

Representative Earl Blumenauer told Newsweek he sees a legal cross-border North American market as "not just possible" but "probable."

Vermont is the ninth state in the U.S. to legalize cannabis for recreational use and also the first state in the country to do so through its legislature.

The Canadian government has warned citizens on its website that legal cannabis use could still cause problems when traveling abroad.

The bill is expected to pass by the end of the Canadian Parliament's term on Friday.

Albania is not only the highest per-capita cocaine user in the world, but a significant European exporter.

The attorney general has long been an opponent of cannabis legalization.

A cross-party parliamentary group wants cannabis to be made available over the counter.

UK lecturers in Mental Health and Criminology argue that the government's current ban on cannabis use is ineffective, and suggest more efficient regulations to protect public health.

Briefing reporters on agency's new national drug report, the Acting Administrator of the Drug Enforcement Administration Chuck Rosenberg called marijuana "bad" and "dangerous."

Legalizing marijuana may still be too difficult. But there is a compromise that would help.

It'll also make you laugh, and maybe even cry.