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Drug Reformers Flex Muscles
At this week's Shadow Convention, a diverse, bipartisan group of reformers eloquently and fervently denounced the human costs of the drug war.The Shadow Convention roared into Philadelphia this week to...
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Good Bye (and Good Riddance), Drug Czar
A few words of parting for our illustrious drug czar: Mr. McCaffrey, your deliberate deceptions over an extended period of time on a critically important issue are a disgrace to your office and your...
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No Bark, Strong Bite: The Drug War and Elections 2000
Ballot initiatives around the country have enacted profound changes in some states' drug policies, and -- by historical accident -- drug war opponents became key swing voters in the presidential...
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Memo to the Next President, Re: The Drug War
"Dear Mr. President-Soon-To-Be: A week and a half after the election, I don't know who you are. I know you've used illegal drugs. How will that affect your druog policies?"Dear Mr....
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Potentially Useful: The President's Daughter
Jenna Bush -- busted last week for underage drinking -- is just steps away from becoming the poster child of the Higher Education Act Reform Campaign.It was a minor news item this week, almost gossip...
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Iran's Brutal War on Drugs
After 20 years of efforts by Iran to stop the opium trade, the violence is staggering: 3,100 police and soldiers have been killed, along with 10,000 traffickers.Up until the Islamic Revolution in 1979,...
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What Is It About Opium?
To listen to drug warriors these days you'd think opium was the lifeblood of terrorist organizations around the globe.What is it about opium? To listen to drug warriors these days, it is the lifeblood...
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Medical Marijuana Wars Heat Up
It could be a long hot summer for the DEA in California this year, as activists announce a day of direct action against the DEA and plan emergency responses to expected raids.California-based medical...
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Perspectives From Europe
ddOne of the most cited arguments for liberalization of drug laws is the example of European nations that have moved down that path, the Netherlands being a striking example, Switzerland as well. The...
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Canadian Senate Panel Calls for Marijuana Legalization
The Canadian Senate's Special Committee on Illegal Drugs issues a report recommending the legalization of marijuana and hashish.Phillip S. Smith, David BordenThe Canadian Senate's Special Committee on...
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More To This Vote Than Meets The Eye
The Executive Director of the Drug Reform Coordination Network reflects on the election -- what went wrong, what went right and what the next step is for the reform movement.More to This Vote Than...
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Editorial: It's Not About Public Safety
Not only is John Walters' new "drugged driving" initiative not about public safety, it's not even about driving while drugged.National shyster-in-chief (aka "drug czar") John Walters has done it again....
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Not Just in Texas
Today's massive denial of pain medication is a harmful consequence of the social, regulatory and law enforcement climate created by the war on drugs.One of the greatest but least-discussed problems in...
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Everywhere the Drug War
There are innumerable ways the drug laws serve to adversely affect our nation's youth, not to mention the rest of us.One of the reasons I became interested in drug policy was the wide range of issues...
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Which Cops Would You Pick for Your Town?
Most law enforcement leaders support the drug war while the public overwhelmingly rejects it.One of the stranger aspects of the drug debate in America is the disconnect between the people at large and...
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Congress Shoots Down Hinchey Amendment
The House rejects an amendment that would have forbidden the DOJ from using its resources to undermine state medical marijuana laws.Two pieces of news this week serve to highlight the extraordinary...
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The Ultimate Anti-Drug
Biotech corporations are formulating the drug to end all drugs – a vaccine against the 'disease' of drug-induced euphoria.A government-convened panel of scientists in the UK is considering...
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A Tragedy in the Capital
The attitude that led a judge to send a helpless, wheelchair-bound young man, who had hurt no one, to jail, is a barbaric one that our society desperately needs to leave behind.The District of Columbia...
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Imagining Prohibition's End
A new report outlines a model for a post-prohibition, regulatory system of drug control.It's important sometimes in any issue to push the boundaries of the debate. Last week, the group Transform, a...
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Travesty of Justice
William Hurwitz is an innocent doctor whose only crime is that he would not torture his patients by denying them the medicine they needed.Not a day goes by in the drug war without something happening...
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