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Mexico's Calderon Continues Shift Toward Drug Legalization Support

by borden, October 12, 2011, 05:58pm
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Linn State Admits They Have No Data to Justify Drug Testing Program

by borden, October 12, 2011, 04:32pm
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[image:1 align:right caption:true]A month ago we noted in Drug War Chronicle that Linn State Technical

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Obama Pardon/Clemency Record Even Stingier Than Bush's, Washington Post Notes

by borden, October 06, 2011, 09:57pm
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Obama Administration's War on Medical Marijuana Continues to Escalate

by borden, October 06, 2011, 02:33pm
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Marijuana Dispensaries Are Buying Safes to Store Cash After Feds Scare Away Banks

by borden, October 03, 2011, 12:30pm
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[image:1 align:right caption:true]We've reported this year on moves taken by the feds this year in California and Colorado putting

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Ray Kelly Heard "Allegations of Improper [Marijuana] Arrests" Oh Really?

by borden, October 01, 2011, 05:35pm
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Ailsa Chang, the WNYC reporter who broke the recent New York Police Department marijuana a

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Why Mandatory Minimum Sentencing is Wrong and Bad

by borden, September 30, 2011, 12:26pm
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scales of justice tilted to one side

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Why Do We Keep Talking About Prohibition?

by borden, September 30, 2011, 11:38am
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Reason TV, via Andrew Sullivan's The Dish:

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Guess Who Opposes Drug Testing Welfare Applicants?

by borden, September 27, 2011, 06:02pm
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Guess who besides us and the ACLU opposes drug testing welfare applicants?

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NYPD to Obey Law

by borden, September 27, 2011, 12:32pm
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In case you haven't seen our story from last Friday about the New York City Police Department'

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Video: "Count the Costs of the War on Drugs," Events in Five European Capitals

by borden, September 05, 2011, 03:52pm
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Actions organized by the European Drug Policy Initiative in Sofia, Bucharest, Warsaw, Oslo and Porto -- part of the "Count the Costs of the War on Drugs" campaign, which marks the 50th an

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Video: Florida Welfare Drug Testing Debate

by borden, September 01, 2011, 02:59pm
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Far from saving the state money, Florida's new welfare drug testing law, promoted aggressively by Gov.

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It's International Overdose Awareness Day

by borden, August 31, 2011, 01:33pm

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Overdose Awareness Day ribbon logo
Today

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One-Year Anniversary of the Fair Sentencing Act

by borden, August 03, 2011, 08:11pm
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[image:1 align:left]The Fair Sentencing Act of 2010 was signed a year ago today, providing the first relief for federal crack cocaine defendants. Sentencing reform, civil rights and racial justice advocates had worked on the issue for nearly 20 years.

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Chronicle Update -- Book Review, Mass. MedMj Init, This Week's Corrupt Cops Stories

by borden, August 03, 2011, 12:27pm

Phil has published a Drug War Chronicle book review, "Drugs and Drug Policy," published by so

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Chronicle Stories: New Zealand "Spice" Ban, Chicago to Stop Jailing Marijuana Users?

by borden, August 02, 2011, 08:52am

[image:1 align:left]Phil has two new stories in the Chronicle since last update.

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Going Through the Motions

by borden, July 31, 2011, 05:58pm
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[image:1 align:left caption:true]Bolivia's government has announced it plans to allow "excess

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What Were Florida's Legislators, Prosecutors and Judges Thinking?

by borden, July 30, 2011, 03:43pm
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[image:1 align:right caption:true]A federal judge in Orlando, Florida, did something good and important this week.

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National Review Endorses Frank/Paul Marijuana Legalization Bill

by borden, June 28, 2011, 07:02pm
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[image:1 align:right]The conservative flagship magazine National Review has endorsed the recently

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Good Drug Policy Bills to Be Introduced in Congress This Week

by borden, June 22, 2011, 03:42pm
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[image:1 align:right]Last April we reported that US Rep.

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Drug War Issues

Criminal JusticeAsset Forfeiture, Collateral Sanctions (College Aid, Drug Taxes, Housing, Welfare), Court Rulings, Drug Courts, Due Process, Felony Disenfranchisement, Incarceration, Policing (2011 Drug War Killings, 2012 Drug War Killings, 2013 Drug War Killings, 2014 Drug War Killings, 2015 Drug War Killings, 2016 Drug War Killings, 2017 Drug War Killings, Arrests, Eradication, Informants, Interdiction, Lowest Priority Policies, Police Corruption, Police Raids, Profiling, Search and Seizure, SWAT/Paramilitarization, Task Forces, Undercover Work), Probation or Parole, Prosecution, Reentry/Rehabilitation, Sentencing (Alternatives to Incarceration, Clemency and Pardon, Crack/Powder Cocaine Disparity, Death Penalty, Decriminalization, Defelonization, Drug Free Zones, Mandatory Minimums, Rockefeller Drug Laws, Sentencing Guidelines)CultureArt, Celebrities, Counter-Culture, Music, Poetry/Literature, Television, TheaterDrug UseParaphernalia, Vaping, ViolenceIntersecting IssuesCollateral Sanctions (College Aid, Drug Taxes, Housing, Welfare), Violence, Border, Budgets/Taxes/Economics, Business, Civil Rights, Driving, Economics, Education (College Aid), Employment, Environment, Families, Free Speech, Gun Policy, Human Rights, Immigration, Militarization, Money Laundering, Pregnancy, Privacy (Search and Seizure, Drug Testing), Race, Religion, Science, Sports, Women's IssuesMarijuana PolicyGateway Theory, Hemp, Marijuana -- Personal Use, Marijuana Industry, Medical MarijuanaMedicineMedical Marijuana, Science of Drugs, Under-treatment of PainPublic HealthAddiction, Addiction Treatment (Science of Drugs), Drug Education, Drug Prevention, Drug-Related AIDS/HIV or Hepatitis C, Harm Reduction (Methadone & Other Opiate Maintenance, Needle Exchange, Overdose Prevention, Pill Testing, Safer Injection Sites)Source and Transit CountriesAndean Drug War, Coca, Hashish, Mexican Drug War, Opium ProductionSpecific DrugsAlcohol, Ayahuasca, Cocaine (Crack Cocaine), Ecstasy, Heroin, Ibogaine, ketamine, Khat, Kratom, Marijuana (Gateway Theory, Marijuana -- Personal Use, Medical Marijuana, Hashish), Methamphetamine, New Synthetic Drugs (Synthetic Cannabinoids, Synthetic Stimulants), Nicotine, Prescription Opiates (Fentanyl, Oxycontin), Psilocybin / Magic Mushrooms, Psychedelics (LSD, Mescaline, Peyote, Salvia Divinorum)YouthGrade School, Post-Secondary School, Raves, Secondary School

Consequences of Prohibition

CorruptionFinancial Corruption, Glamorization of Criminality, Government CorruptionCrime & ViolenceCivil Conflict, Drug Trade Funding Terrorists, Increased Illegal Gun Prevalence, Police/Suspect Altercations, Property Crime, Turf WarsDisorderDrug Trade in Schools, Open Air Markets, Police-Community Tensions, Political InstabilityEnvironmental HarmDeforestation, Meth LabsFutile PursuitsBusts & SeizuresHarm IntensificationDisease, Increased Drug Potency, Overdoses, Poisoned Drug Supply, Popularization of Worse Drugs

Politics & Advocacy

AcademicsElectoral PoliticsBallot Measures (2010, 2012, 2014, 2016, 2018, 2020), Candidates/RacesFederal GovernmentCongress, Executive Branch (DEA, ONDCP), Federal CourtsLaw EnforcementLegal CommunityOur SideOrganizations (Changing Minds 2009, Changing Minds 2010, Director's Blog), Political LeadersPolitics Outside USCanada, Philippines, United NationsPollingState & Local GovernmentState & Local Executive Branches, State & Local Legislatures, State CourtsThe Drug DebateDecriminalization, Legalization (Legalization Supporters, Marijuana Legalization), Media, Medicalization, Moderates, Prohibition, Public Opinion, Regulation of Legal Drugs, Spending Priorities, Tax and Regulate, Treatment Not JailThe Other SideBarry McCaffrey, Jim Sensenbrenner, John Walters, Mark Souder