Drug War Chronicle

El nuevo presidente de México, Felipe Calderón, ha desencadenado un ataque vigoroso contra los carteles poderosos y violentos del narcotráfico de ese país. Washington está contenta, pero los analistas de México se preguntan si es sólo más un poco de teatro político.

La ley seca tentó a los jóvenes a llevar vidas de crimen en el pasado. La prohibición de las drogas está tentándolos de nuevo de la misma manera ahora.

Alcohol prohibition tempted young people into lives of crime back then. Drug prohibition is tempting them again the same way now.

Vancouver Mayor Sam Sullivan has called for stimulant maintenance trials for more than 700 hard-core methamphetamine and cocaine users as part of a broad plan to improve the quality of life in the city before the 2010 Winter Olympics.

The UC Berkeley student senate Wednesday night passed a measure that will provide $400 scholarships for students denied federal aid under the Higher Education Act's drug provision because they were convicted on drug charges.

More SWAT team madness -- this time, Indiana cops doing a small-time drug raid manage to inflict serious burns on their man when they fired a flash-bang grenade into his home -- business as usual, according to their leader.

Mexico's new president, Felipe Calderon, has unleashed a vigorous attack on that country's powerful and violent drug cartels. Washington is happy, but Mexico analysts wonder if it's just another bit of poltical theater.

In a first for a drug policy reform organization, the Drug Policy Alliance's New Mexico office has been selected to administer a $500,000 federal grant to develop comprehensive methamphetamine education and prevention strategies aimed at youth in the state.

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