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January 23, 2014
Texas Lawmakers Will Consider Legalizing Pot Texas may soon welcome more relaxed marijuana laws as two state lawmakers promise to reintroduce marijuana reform laws. Nathan Jones, the Alfred C. Glassell III Postdoctoral Fellow in Drug Policy, is quoted as saying that legalization will happen, but not before five or ten years are up.
January 23, 2014
Legislators to revisit proposals to change Texas marijuana laws Two Texas lawmakers vow to reintroduce marijuana reform legislation. Nathan Jones, Alfred C. Glassell III Postdoctoral Fellow in Drug Policy, tells KHOU News that marijuana reform in Texas is inevitable within the next 10 years.
January 23, 2014
Small Steps to Syrian Transition? Bernard Gwertzman of the Council on Foreign Relations conducts a Q&A with founding director Ambassador Edward Djerejian on the Geneva II talks.
January 22, 2014
Obama stands fast on intelligence gathering but promises more oversight President Barack Obama made clear in his speech January 17 that he has no plans to cut back on the intelligence community's efforts to gather and analyze large amounts of electronic communications. Christopher Bronk, fellow in information technology policy, is quoted.
January 22, 2014
Iran's Rouhani to woo business in Davos Iranian President Hassan Rouhani will court global business in Davos next week after winning an easing of some economic sanctions, but any trade bonanza depends on the long-term success of nuclear diplomacy. Jim Krane, the Wallace S. Wilson Fellow for Energy Studies, is quoted.