Articles tagged “drugs”

Denver continued to promote itself as a young active city even after its marijuana legalization vote, which would make Portland the first U.S. city to turn its laid-back attitude about drugs into an official marketing campaign.

Colorado and Washington State's relaxing of pot laws in the 2012 election cycle have already placed them on every stoner's bucket list, but they'll both need to make sure the destinations continue to focus on the breadth of activities available to visitors -- they don't want to become one-horse towns that non-smokers avoid.

Smaller towns don't have quite the same problem as Amsterdam when it comes to chasing off dope-based tourism. You should still expect to see big city officials implementing the rules in order to clean up less-desirable parts of cities.

Fresh off a victory and with a third term not possible, Obama may finally bring some sense to U.S. drug policies. If so, Colorado and Washington may be leading the vanguard among the states.

While so much of security is focused on foreign flights, it seems there’s been an increase in infractions by airline workers looking to exploit their behind-the-scenes access at airports.

Uruguay is taking a different approach than previously pot-friendly destinations like Amsterdam. Instead of being just a place where the habit is indulged, the state is becoming a dealer in an attempt to cut out criminal gangs who currently control the business.

A new law that requires a local "weed pass" for coffee shops would not only decrease the number of annual tourists, but also alter the city’s free-loving, laidback image that draws in even sober foreigners.

Travelers may be unaware of a drug called kratom before visiting Thailand, but 94% of surveyed Thai teens say they take it, boiling the leaves and mixing it with Coca-Cola and cough syrup.