|
Media
Scan:
Neal
Peirce
and
Ted
Galen
Carpenter
on
Legalization,
Dr.
Jane
Orient
on
the
Pain
Prosecutions,
Nation
Tony
Papa
Interview,
COHA
on
Guatemala
Drug
Trade
1/7/05
https://stopthedrugwar.org/chronicle-old/369/mediascan.shtml
Legalizing Street Drugs an
Experiment Worth Considering
Neal Peirce of the Washington
Post Writers Group discusses groundbreaking work done by the City of Syracuse
prompted by our friend Nic Eyle of the group ReconsiDer: Forum on Drug
Policy.
http://seattletimes.nwsource.com/html/opinion/2002138380_peirce03.html
Drug Prohibition is a Terrorist's
Best Friend
Ted Galen Carpenter of the
Cato Institute again intones on the counterproductive impact of the drug
laws in Afghanistan
http://www.cato.org/dailys/01-05-05.html
Outside View: Jailed
Doc, Tortured Patient
Dr. Jane Orient of the Association
of American Physicians and Surgeons decries pain doctor prosecutions such
as that of William Hurwitz and the resulting torture by denial of medication
of chronic pain patients, in an editorial published by United Press International.
http://www.upi.com/view.cfm?StoryID=20050104-010037-3092r
Talking With Anthony Papa
Interview by Rebecca Tuhus-Dubrow
for The Nation of Anthony Papa, author of "15 To Life: How I Painted My
Way to Freedom."
http://www.thenation.com/doc.mhtml?i=20041227&s=tuhusdubrow
The Coke Report: Guatemala:
The Crown Prince of Central America's Drug Trafficking
This concise analysis by
Christina McIntosh for the Council on Hemispheric Affairs appears on the
surface to bemoan the short-shifting of drug war priorities for economic
priorities. A closer reading, however, reveals a bluntly realistic
assessment of the futility of drug prohibition.
http://www.coha.org/NEW_PRESS_RELEASES/New_Press_Releases_2005/CokeReport%20the%20one.htm
-- END --
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Issue #369
-- 1/7/05
Editorial:
Stop
Before
It's
Too
Late
|
Bush
Administration's
Afghan
Dilemma
Coming
to
a
Head:
Promote
Stability
and
Fight
Terror
--
or
Fight
Drugs?
|
Black
State
Legislators
Condemn
Drug
War,
Seek
Alternatives
|
FDA
Okays
Second
Ecstasy
Study
--
Effect
on
Terminal
Cancer
Patients
to
be
Tested
|
This
Week's
Corrupt
Cops
Stories
|
BLOG:
Legalizers
Score
Big
This
Week
|
Newsbrief:
Dallas
Schools
Using
Trace
Scanner
for
Drug
Detection
|
Newsbrief:
Plunging
Dollar
Loses
Favor
with
Drug
Dealers
|
Newsbrief:
Hawaii
Unions
and
Hotels
See
Drug
Testing
Fight
Ahead
|
Newsbrief:
Here
Come
the
Revenoors
--
Tennessee
Illegal
Drug
Tax
Now
in
Effect
|
Media
Scan:
Neal
Peirce
and
Ted
Galen
Carpenter
on
Legalization,
Dr.
Jane
Orient
on
the
Pain
Prosecutions,
Nation
Tony
Papa
Interview,
COHA
on
Guatemala
Drug
Trade
|
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Week
in
History
|
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Now
to
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at
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