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Drug War Autopilot and Co-Autopilot: ONDCP Director Gil Kerlikowske with President Obama

Meet Obama's Proposed 2013 Federal Drug Budget [FEATURE]

The White House has released its proposed 2013 federal drug budget, and it looks pretty much like all the other federal drug budgets, only bigger.

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Giving Addicts Heroin More Effective Than Methadone, Study Finds

Canadian researchers report that giving addicts maintenance doses of heroin is more cost-effective than giving them maintenance doses of methadone.

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Drug Testing for Public Assistance Bills Proliferate in New Year [FEATURE]

Bills targeting welfare recipients or people on unemployment insurance for drug testing are all the rage again this year.

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Drug Policy Reform Gets Standing Ovation in New Jersey Statehouse

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Something amazing happened in New Jersey yesterday. It's not the kind of news that's likely to make national headlines, but I think it says a lot about where our nation is heading when it comes to our attitudes about drug use and the criminal justice system.

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The Top Ten International Drug Policy Stories of 2011 [FEATURE]

We go around the world to find the most important international drug policy stories of 2011.

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British Lib Dems Call for Sweeping Drug Reforms [FEATURE]

Britain's Liberal Democrats, junior partners in a coalition government with the Tories, have passed a resolution calling for decriminalization of drug possession, regulated marijuana sales, and more.

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Vietnam Using Drug Takers as Slave Labor [FEATURE]

A shocking new report from Human Rights Watch details how Vietnamese "drug treatment centers" don't provide treatment, but do provide abuse, torture and virtual slave labor for private companies to exploit.

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Greek Government Proposes Drug Decriminalization

The Greek government has submitted a bill that would decriminalize drug possession in most circumstances and provide for drug treatment instead of jail for addicts.

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Chronicle Book Review: Drugs and Drug Policy

A trio of academic experts have come up with a drug policy book you're going to want to read, even if only to argue with it. Especially to argue with it.

Obama Says Drug Users Must Be Treated as Criminals

No, those weren't his exact words, but his exact words don't sound much better. My latest piece at Huffington Post explores the inherent contradictions that spring forth from the president's most recent contribution to the drug policy debate. Check it out.

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