The “so-called” war on drugs has failed and decriminalizing marijuana may help curb drug-related violence and heal broken social stigmata. At least, that’s what the consensus of several heralded former world leaders was on Wednesday.
“The global war on drugs has failed, with devastating consequences for individuals and societies around the world,” members of the Global Commission on Drug Policy recorded in a report which is scheduled to be officially presented to Ban Ki Moon in New York today; the 19-member commission includes former Brazilian president Fernando Cardoso, former Colombian president Cesar Gaviria, Mexico’s former president Ernesto Zedillo and the ex-UN chief Kofi Annan.
“Fifty years after the initiation of the UN Single Convention on Narcotic Drugs, and 40 years after President (Richard) Nixon launched the US government’s war on drugs, fundamental reforms in national and global drug control policies are urgently needed.”
The report acknowledges that “the global scale of illegal drug markets — largely controlled by organized crime — has grown dramatically” and urges those in authority toward swift, proactive measures that are proven to reduce crime and improve health “encourage experimentation by governments with models of legal regulation of drugs (especially cannabis) to undermine the power of organized crime and safeguard the health and security of their citizens” and in turn, promote social and economical development.
Online coupon websites have been springing up like dandelions; businesses are bumping shoulders with each other, attempting to reel in fresh and recurring business through special deals and loyalty programs. Medical marijuana collectives and dispensaries are hopping on the online coupon bandwagon right and left, reeling in new patients with coupons accessible via mobile/web. Check into your favorite dispensary on Foursquare next time you’re there, you might get a freebie!
In a world where competing medical marijuana retail venues litter the streets in the kinds of numbers as McDonalds or Starbucks, online coupons are helping budding business owners draw in new and hopefully, recurring business. Colorado entrepreneurs saw the need for a bottleneck and filter for this surge of loyalty cards and goods vouchers and launched MMJDAILYDEALS.COM, an online medical marijuana coupon aggregator that currently serves over 10,000 patients in five Colorado cities and suburban areas: Boulder, Colorado Springs, Denver, Ft. Collins, Summit County & Mountains.
Right now, their front page deal is a quarter ounce of any top shelf strain (which currently consists of: Chocolate Chunk, NYC Diesel, and Super Skunk) for $42 at Cannabis & Co in Denver, Colorado. It pleases me as an internet technology evangelist and medical marijuana patient to see these businesses adopting this online coupon strategy.
Snoop Dogg’s new web show, the Double G News Network (GGN) made its debut today on the social video giant YouTube. Catch the blunt as it falls and be one of Snoop’s first fans to catch the premier as he puts his Facebook Wall and Twitter Stream on blast.
Snoop Dogg: world premiere of tha double g news network ya digg!!!
