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Editorial: Todos los demás están locos
Un ex funcionario del Departamento de Estado de EE.UU. que trabó la lucha afgana contra la droga se ha ido al New York Times para decir por que el fracaso del programa no es su culpa, sino de todos los demás.
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Six More Drug War Disgraces
Drug warriors crash the party when Barney Frank announces his marijuana decriminalization bill.
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Police are awarded medals for terrorizing and nearly killing an innocent family in a botched drug raid.
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Mexico's US-funded war on drugs isn't protecting children, it's getting them killed in the streets.
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Pete Guither has a good, though depressing, post covering various interesting drug war trials taking place this week.
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Deputy drug czar compares smoking pot to having sex with 10-year-old girls
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I linked it yesterday, but can't stress enough the importance of 20/20's report on the Rachel Hoffman murder.
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Everywhere you look, the drug war is perverting our politics, ruining peaceful lives, wasting tax dollars, and even killing innocent children. But don't look away. That's what the authors of this grand catastrophe are hoping we'll do, what so many of our fellow citizens have already done, and what we will never do no matter how much it hurts to witness such hatred and abuse at the hands of our government. If these are the things they're willing to do right before our eyes, imagine what could happen if we turn away even for a moment.
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Police are awarded medals for terrorizing and nearly killing an innocent family in a botched drug raid.
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Mexico's US-funded war on drugs isn't protecting children, it's getting them killed in the streets.
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Pete Guither has a good, though depressing, post covering various interesting drug war trials taking place this week.
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Deputy drug czar compares smoking pot to having sex with 10-year-old girls
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I linked it yesterday, but can't stress enough the importance of 20/20's report on the Rachel Hoffman murder.
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Everywhere you look, the drug war is perverting our politics, ruining peaceful lives, wasting tax dollars, and even killing innocent children. But don't look away. That's what the authors of this grand catastrophe are hoping we'll do, what so many of our fellow citizens have already done, and what we will never do no matter how much it hurts to witness such hatred and abuse at the hands of our government. If these are the things they're willing to do right before our eyes, imagine what could happen if we turn away even for a moment.
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U.S. Drug War Funding Supports Human Rights Violations in Mexico
Only a month after President Bush signed a $465 million drug war aid package for Mexico, we're learning more about the types of brutal activities our tax dollars will be paying for:
Unsurprisingly, the Mexican government was quick to make light of the growing problem:
Unfortunately, human rights violations in the war on drugs are anything but isolated. They are endemic and inevitable. Horrible stories of misconduct emerge wherever drug laws are enforced. You can count on that, just as you can count on the people responsible for preventing such abuses to dismiss them and defend the policies under which they proliferate.
OJINAGA, Mexico (AP) â This hardscrabble Mexican border town welcomed 400 soldiers when they arrived four months ago to stop a wave of drug violence that brought daytime gunbattles to its main street.
But then the soldiers themselves turned violent, townspeople say, ransacking homes and even torturing people.
The frustration boiled over this week. More than 1,000 people marched through the streets carrying signs begging President Felipe Calderon for protection from his own troops.
Unsurprisingly, the Mexican government was quick to make light of the growing problem:
Mexico's National Human Rights Commission says it has documented more than 600 cases of abuse since Calderon sent 20,000 soldiers across the nation to take back territory controlled by drug lords.
Mexico's attorney general argues the cases are isolated incidents.
Unfortunately, human rights violations in the war on drugs are anything but isolated. They are endemic and inevitable. Horrible stories of misconduct emerge wherever drug laws are enforced. You can count on that, just as you can count on the people responsible for preventing such abuses to dismiss them and defend the policies under which they proliferate.
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solution to the immigration 'problem'
since the numbers of people under the control of the criminal justice system is now near seven million i believe there is enough to start a new movement to counteract the issue of illegal aliens in ou
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Capitol Hill Press Conference 7/30: Rep. Barney Frank and Advocates to Discuss Marijuana Bill
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MEDIA ADVISORYÂ Â Â
JULY 29, 2008
Capitol Hill Press Conference July 30: Congressman Barney Frank and Advocates to Discuss Marijuana De-Penalization Bill
CONTACT: Bruce Mirken, MPP director of communications ............... 415-668-6403 or 202-215-4205
              Dan Bernath, MPP assistant director of communications   202-462-5747 ex. 115
WASHINGTON, D.C. -- U.S. Rep. Barney Frank (D-Mass.) and representatives of organizations supporting reform of marijuana laws will hold a press conference on Wednesday to discuss Frank's "Personal Use of Marijuana by Responsible Adults Act of 2008." The bill, H.R. 5843, would remove federal criminal penalties for personal possession of up to 100 grams of marijuana or the nonprofit transfer of up to an ounce of marijuana. It would not change federal statutes forbidding cultivation, import, export or for-profit sale of marijuana.
   WHAT: Press conference to discuss H.R. 5843.
   WHO: U.S. Rep. Barney Frank (D-Mass.); Rob Kampia, Marijuana Policy Project; Bill Piper, Drug Policy Alliance; Allen St. Pierre, National Organization for the Reform of Marijuana Laws.
   WHEN: Wednesday, July 30, 10:00 a.m.
   WHERE: Room 2220, Rayburn House Office Building.
   With more than 25,000 members and 100,000 e-mail subscribers nationwide, the Marijuana Policy Project is the largest marijuana policy reform organization in the United States. MPP believes that the best way to minimize the harm associated with marijuana is to regulate marijuana in a manner similar to alcohol. For more information, please visit http://MarijuanaPolicy.org.
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Petition to Free Iranian Harm Reduction Doctors
Good morning,
I am reaching out this morning to my broad network of friends, family, and colleagues and asking that you consider signing onto the attached petition to the Government of Iran on behalf of Drs. Kamiar Alaei and Arash Alaei, physician brothers who have been working on HIV and drug use in Iran for many years. They have been detained without any charges by Iranian security forces since late June. We are concerned that their detainment may be related to their harm reduction work and leadership. The petition calls on the government of Iran to either charge or immediately release them.
Please consider signing PHR's petition and let me know if you would like me to keep you informed of progress in the case. The petition is online at http://actnow-phr.org/campaign/iran_free_the_docs.
Thank you.
Paola
Paola Barahona, MPH
Global Health Policy Associate
Physicians for Human Rights
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Gang hit 12,arrests 0
Vancouver experienced it's 12 gang hit yesterday.The victim was one of those wounded in the earlier Fortune Happiness hit.As he was evidently the target in the earlier shootings,the shooters were just