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DRCNet
Joins
the
Blogosphere
With
New
"Prohibition
and
the
Media"
Critique
12/17/04
https://stopthedrugwar.org/chronicle-old/367/blog.shtml
DRCNet executive director
David Borden has joined the blogosphere with a new "Prohibition and the
Media" web log. The purpose of the blog, which can be accessed at
https://stopthedrugwar.org/blog/
online, is to provide daily critiques of mainstream news media reporting
on drug issues. Specifically, our Prohibition and the Media blog
will deal with situations in which prohibition itself is an integral part
of the problem -- drug trade violence, futile drug busts, environmental
ravages from the illicit drug trade, public health disasters such as overdoses,
etc. -- by pointing out articles that report on the consequences of prohibition
but which do not (for the most part) identify them as such. (We're
not at this point blogging on the full range of drug war issues as we report
on in this newsletter, though perhaps we will in the future.)
Borden's first "practice"
entries deal with media reporting on a massive cocaine seizure in Philadelphia;
a mass arrest of drug trafficking suspects in Arkansas; a shootout between
police and a suspect in Indiana; and a set of meth lab stories from different
parts of the country. We are still learning how to use the blog software,
and so we have not yet added links to other blogs or web sites or customized
the format, but we will be doing so. Also, we are in discussions
with other organizations about ways they might participate in this effort
as well -- in keeping with our philosophy of coalitions and partnerships
-- but that is still a work in progress.
In the meantime, though,
the blog is there, and you are invited to participate in the discussion,
send a letter-to-the-editor, or just read. We are excited to be able
to provide daily updated content on our web site for the first time.
And we are excited that this project will in effect increase our range
of reporting to include types of articles on which Drug War Chronicle does
not typically focus. Again, visit https://stopthedrugwar.org/blog/
to check it out; we look forward to interacting with you there.
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Issue #367
-- 12/17/04
Editorial:
He
Would
Not
Torture
|
Dr.
Hurwitz
Convicted
on
50
Counts,
Faces
Life
in
Prison
|
DEA
Blocks
Private
Marijuana
Research
Grow,
Path
to
FDA
Approval
|
DRCNet
Interview:
Member
of
the
British
Parliament
Paul
Flynn
|
Investigative
Journalist,
"Dark
Alliance"
Author
Gary
Webb
Dead
at
Age
49
|
DRCNet
Joins
the
Blogosphere
With
New
"Prohibition
and
the
Media"
Critique
|
Ayahuasca
Church
Wins
Temporary
Victory
in
Supreme
Court
|
Newsbrief:
New
Jersey
Lawmakers
to
Ask
Court
to
Stop
Needle
Exchange
Programs
|
Newsbrief:
Reefer
Madness
Threatens
Hawkeye
State,
Iowa
Drug
Czar
Warns
|
Newsbrief:
Family
Files
$100
Million
Lawsuit
in
Kenneth
Walker
Killing
|
Newsbrief:
Alaska
District
Attorney
to
Challenge
1975
Court
Decision
Protecting
Marijuana
Possession
by
Adults
|
Newsbrief:
This
Week's
Corrupt
Cops
Stories
|
Newsbrief:
British
Government
Tripping
on
Magic
Mushroom
Policy
|
Newsbrief:
World's
First
Random
Drug
Test
of
Drivers
Results
in
World's
First
Random
Drugged
Driver
Bust
and
Threat
of
World's
First
Lawsuit
Against
the
Practice
|
Newsbrief:
Efforts
to
Suppress
Swaziland
Marijuana
Crop
Founder
on
Poverty,
Medical
Need,
UN
Says
|
Newsbrief:
Islamic
Militants
Kill
Russian
Drug
Cops,
Claim
They
Were
Dealers
|
Web
Scan:
Afghan
Poppies,
European
Hep
C
|
Apply
Now
to
Intern
at
DRCNet!
|
Internship
Opportunities
at
MPP
|
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Seeking
Information,
Affiliates,
Link
Exchanges
|
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Reformer's
Calendar
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