Editorial: Ignorance Leading to Suffering, Injustice and Death
Numbers and analysis on both sides of the ocean show the drug war to be a failure based on the weakest of assumptions.
Feature: Punk Rocker's Jailing Raises Questions About Field Drug Tests
It's kind of ironic when a Germ gets busted for soap, but Don Bolles isn't laughing after a bad field drug test said his Dr. Bronner's Magic Soap contained GHB. Neither is Dr. Bronner's.
Feature: In Britain, Labor's Decade-Long Drug War a Failure, New Report Finds
As Britain's 10-year drug strategy comes up for renewal or replacement next year, the latest in a long line of reports assailing it has come out.
Alert: Do You Live in AK, CO, CT, GA, IL, IA, KS, MD, MA, NH, NM, NY, NC, OH, OK, RI, TN, UT, VT, WA or WY? If So, We Need Your Help
E-mails and phone calls are urgently needed to certain US senators to help repeal a bad law at the juncture of drug policy and education.
Book Offer: Lies, Damn Lies, and Drug War Statistics
An important new book debunks literally years of statistical legerdemain by the nation's central drug policy office -- and is DRCNet's latest premium for our members.
Pain Medicine: Judge Dismisses Most Serious Charges in Hurwitz Retrial
The judge presiding over the retrial of Northern Virginia pain specialist Dr. William Hurwitz has thrown out the most serious charges.
Latin America: More Trouble in Peru's Coca Fields
Tensions are rising in Peru's Upper Huallaga Valley coca fields, as government eradicators come under attack, growers go on strike, and the GarcÃa government vows to take a hard line.
The Drug Debate: Republican Former Senator Calls for New Look at Drug Policies
Former US Senator Lincoln Chafee spoke out on the need for changes in drug policy at the SSDP Northeast Regional Conference last weekend.
Sentencing: New York Assembly Passes New Rockefeller Law Reforms
A bill that would significantly expand the so far modest reforms of New York's draconian Rockefeller drug laws has passed the state Assembly.
Sentencing: Maryland Passes Reform Measure for Drug Offenders
With a big push from reform organizations, the Maryland legislature has passed a measure that will help more than 1,000 drug offenders have a chance to get out early.
Medical Marijuana: Feds to Retry Ed Rosenthal in Futile Prosecution
Vindictive federal prosecutors are determined to go after Ed Rosenthal, even though they can't send him to prison and the judge told them not to.
Salvia Divinorum: Vermont Town Gets Fight Over Sales Ban
Last week, the Middlebury, Vermont, town council blindsided the Emporium Tobacco and Gift Shop with a sudden order to cease and desist from selling salvia divinorum. Now, the shop owner is fighting back.
Europe: British Junior Docs Call for Marijuana-Based Medicine Prescriptions
The British Medical Association Junior Members Forum has called for cannabis-based medicines to be prescribed by the National Health Service.
Media: The Drug Truth Network on YouTube
The underground radio Drug Truth Network is now doing video, using the popular service YouTube.
Web Scan
Vermont DA, Cannabinoid Chonicles, Arianna Huffington, Emperor of Hemp trailer, LSD chemical warfare experiments, Kirsten Dunst, Dow Jones on medical marijuana research, Tony Papa on John Valverde case, Ethan Nadelmann on NPR, GOOD magazine, Patients Out of Time on YouTube
Weekly: This Week in History
Events and quotes of note from this week's drug policy events of years past.
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