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by borden, September 05, 2008, 12:00am, (Issue #550)
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by borden, September 05, 2008, 12:00am, (Issue #550)
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by borden, September 05, 2008, 12:00am, (Issue #550)
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by borden, September 05, 2008, 12:00am, (Issue #550)
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by borden, September 05, 2008, 12:00am, (Issue #550)
"Victim's Rights in the War on Drugs," "Palin Pick Makes Medical Marijuana a Problem Issue For McCain," "Police Raid Wrong Address, Hit Innocent Man With the Butt of a Shotgun," "Prosecutor Getting Nervous in the Ryan Frederick Case," "Republicans Promise to Continue the Drug War," "BREAKING: People Smoke Pot at Outdoor Concerts," "$20,000 Bond for One Ecstasy Pill," "How Much More Public Support Does Medical Marijuana Really Need?"
Offer: Unique and Important New Book on Medical Marijuana
by borden, September 05, 2008, 12:00am, (Issue #550)
"Dying to Get High," by sociologists Wendy Chapkis and Richard Webb, is a groundbreaking work that provides an in-depth portrait of one of the country's most well-known medical marijuana collectives.
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by borden, August 29, 2008, 12:00am, (Issue #549)
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by borden, August 29, 2008, 12:00am, (Issue #549)
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by borden, August 29, 2008, 12:00am, (Issue #549)
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by borden, August 29, 2008, 12:00am, (Issue #549)
"How Much More Public Support Does Medical Marijuana Really Need?," "New Medical Marijuana Regulations Are a Good Thing," "Police Cannot Identify Good Marijuana," "'Extremely Small Amount' of Marijuana Causes Panic Throughout Massachusetts," "California Attorney General Tells Police to Uphold Medical Marijuana Laws," "Biden is a 'Moderate' on Crime Issues?," "Joe Biden's Awful Record on Drug Policy."
Offer: Unique and Important New Book on Medical Marijuana
by borden, August 29, 2008, 12:00am, (Issue #549)
"Dying to Get High," by sociologists Wendy Chapkis and Richard Webb, is a groundbreaking work that provides an in-depth portrait of one of the country's most well-known medical marijuana collectives.
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by borden, August 29, 2008, 12:00am, (Issue #549)
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by borden, August 29, 2008, 12:00am, (Issue #549)
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by borden, August 22, 2008, 12:00am, (Issue #548)
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by borden, August 22, 2008, 12:00am, (Issue #548)
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by borden, August 22, 2008, 12:00am, (Issue #548)
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by borden, August 22, 2008, 12:00am, (Issue #548)
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by borden, August 22, 2008, 12:00am, (Issue #548)
"Panels Calls For Reduced Marijuana Enforcement During Democratic National Convention," "California Legislature Passes Employment Rights Bill for Medical Marijuana Patients," "Excellent Video: The Human Cost of Marijuana Prohibition," "College Presidents Call for Debate on Lowering the Drinking Age," "Pet Mountain Lion Gets Man Arrested for Marijuana," "Stephen Colbert's Top 7 Drug Moments," "If You Oppose Marijuana Laws, But Support Other Drug Laws, Read This," "Canadian Health Minister Attacks Doctors for Supporting Safe Injection Sites."
Offer: Unique and Important New Book on Medical Marijuana
by borden, August 22, 2008, 12:00am, (Issue #548)
"Dying to Get High," by sociologists Wendy Chapkis and Richard Webb, is a groundbreaking work that provides an in-depth portrait of one of the country's most well-known medical marijuana collectives.
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by borden, August 22, 2008, 12:00am, (Issue #548)
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Editorial: Why Hasn't Denver's Police Chief Been Fired for Violating Marijuana Laws?
by borden, August 22, 2008, 12:00am, (Issue #548)
In Hawaii County (the "Big Island") this week, city councilmembers respect their constituents so much that they approved a marijuana reform initiative for the ballot despite insufficient signatures. In Denver, police continue to flout not one but two similar laws that that city's voters passed. Why hasn't the police chief been fired for it?
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by borden, August 15, 2008, 12:00am, (Issue #547)
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by borden, August 15, 2008, 12:00am, (Issue #547)
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by borden, August 15, 2008, 12:00am, (Issue #547)
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by borden, August 15, 2008, 12:00am, (Issue #547)
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by borden, August 15, 2008, 12:00am, (Issue #547)
"The War on Drugs in 100 Seconds," "Another Top Drug War Official Calls for Legalization," "Stephen Colbert's Latest Outrageous Attack on Medical Marijuana," "Bob Barr Condemns Violent, Dog-Murdering Drug Raid," "Mexican Cartels Have Begun Kidnapping Americans," "Mayor Calvo Says Botched Drug Raids Are Commonplace," "TV Networks Refuse to Allow Discussion of Marijuana Laws," "The Real Reason SWAT Teams Kill Dogs and People," "Cartoon: Dogs as SWAT Team Target Practice."
Offer: Unique and Important New Book on Medical Marijuana
by borden, August 15, 2008, 12:00am, (Issue #547)
"Dying to Get High," by sociologists Wendy Chapkis and Richard Webb, is a groundbreaking work that provides an in-depth portrait of one of the country's most well-known medical marijuana collectives.
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by borden, August 15, 2008, 12:00am, (Issue #547)
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Press Release: First Global Conference on Methamphetamine to Feature 80 Speakers from 16 Countries
by borden, August 15, 2008, 12:00am, (Issue #547)
For all the mouthing off by government officials about methamphetamine abuse, it took an NGO to take the obvious step of getting everybody who's working on the problem together to talk about it.
Update and Appeal: StoptheDrugWar.org Media Coverage This Year
by borden, August 15, 2008, 12:00am, (Issue #547)
Thanks in part to growing web site traffic, StoptheDrugWar.org's media coverage is increasing in both frequency and importance. Financial support from our readers makes up a critical part of our budget -- please read this update and then make a generous donation to ensure that this work can continue.
Job Opportunities: Marijuana Policy Project, Washington, DC
by borden, August 15, 2008, 12:00am, (Issue #547)
The Marijuana Policy Project is hiring a Membership Coordinator and a Membership Assistant to work out of the organization's Washington, DC office.
Editorial: The Coca Wars are Futile, Whereas Drug Legalization is a Win-Win
by borden, August 15, 2008, 12:00am, (Issue #547)
A recent article in Time made important points about the difference between the coca plant and its legal uses, vs. the international cocaine trade and efforts to fight it in Bolivia. Unfortunately, the article stopped there and didn't ask the next logical -- and desperately needed -- question.
The Real Reason SWAT Teams Kill Dogs and People
by borden, August 12, 2008, 12:59pm
In the wake of the acquittal of the Lima, Ohio, SWAT team member who killed Tarika Wilso
Cartoon: Dogs as SWAT Team Target Practice
by borden, August 11, 2008, 04:13pm
PolitickerMD sent us a copy of their latest editorial cartoon, about the killing of two dogs by a Prince Georges County, Maryland, SWAT team:
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by borden, August 08, 2008, 12:00am, (Issue #546)
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by borden, August 08, 2008, 12:00am, (Issue #546)
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by borden, August 08, 2008, 12:00am, (Issue #546)
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by borden, August 08, 2008, 12:00am, (Issue #546)
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by borden, August 08, 2008, 12:00am, (Issue #546)
"An Excellent Column on Marijuana Prohibition From Reuters," "Florida Prosecutor Stands Up For Rachel Hoffman, Refuses to Work With DEA," "After Killing His Dogs, Police Admit Mayor Calvo Was Probably Innocent," "DEA Secures Another Medical Marijuana Conviction by Lying in Court," "Police Are Confiscating Cars for Minor Drug Crimes," "Cop Acquitted After Killing Unarmed Mother and Shooting Her Baby," "Marijuana Offers Hope For Battling Colon Cancer," "Hey Politicians, Reforming Marijuana Laws is Smart Politics," "More Video of Drug Reformers and Their Encounters with the 'Other Side' at the UN in Vienna Last Month"
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by borden, August 08, 2008, 12:00am, (Issue #546)
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Offer: Unique and Important New Book on Medical Marijuana
by borden, August 08, 2008, 12:00am, (Issue #546)
"Dying to Get High," by sociologists Wendy Chapkis and Richard Webb, is a groundbreaking work that provides an in-depth portrait of one of the country's most well-known medical marijuana collectives.
Arizona Court of Appeals Rejects Religious Right to Marijuana, But Leaves Door Open
from Arizona Daily Star, August 02, 2008Location:
More Video of Drug Reformers and Their Encounters with the "Other Side" at the UN in Vienna Last Month
by borden, August 02, 2008, 06:15pm
Last month I posted some video highlights, filmed by the
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by borden, August 01, 2008, 12:00am, (Issue #545)
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by borden, August 01, 2008, 12:00am, (Issue #545)
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by borden, August 01, 2008, 12:00am, (Issue #545)
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by borden, August 01, 2008, 12:00am, (Issue #545)
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by borden, August 01, 2008, 12:00am, (Issue #545)
"Marijuana Laws Killed Two People This Week," "SWAT Team Kills Mayor's Dogs in Botched Drug Raid," "Drug-Sniffing Turtle Discovers Marijuana," "Six More Drug War Disgraces," "US Drug War Funding Supports Human Rights Violations in Mexico," "Isn't it Already Illegal to Traffic Drugs in a Submarine?," "Drug Raid: Police Shoot Man, Find Nothing But Codeine Syrup," "Everyone Should Know the Story of Rachel Hoffman," "Concerned Citizen Launches "Drugs Bring Death" Campaign," "Drug Dealing, Entrepreneurship, and Drug Prohibition," "Hey, Dirtbags, Ya Wanna Know What Cops Think About Frank's Decrim Bill (and You)?"
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by borden, August 01, 2008, 12:00am, (Issue #545)
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Editorial: Two Dogs Dead, a Family Traumatized, Another Day in the Drug War
by borden, August 01, 2008, 12:00am, (Issue #545)
County police near Washington brought marijuana to a local mayor's home, then sent a SWAT team in because of the marijuana. Now the family's two dogs are dead. Another day in the drug war.
Drug Dealing, Entrepreneurship, and Drug Prohibition
by borden, July 29, 2008, 08:05pm
In my recent televised debate with the UK's Deirdre Boyd, the question came up of whether people involved
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by borden, July 25, 2008, 12:00am, (Issue #544)
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by borden, July 25, 2008, 12:00am, (Issue #544)
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by borden, July 25, 2008, 12:00am, (Issue #544)
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by borden, July 25, 2008, 12:00am, (Issue #544)
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by borden, July 25, 2008, 12:00am, (Issue #544)
"Needle Exchange Saves Lives. Why Are We Still Arguing About It?," "A Revealing Remark From the Deputy Drug Czar," "The Drug War Doesn't Reduce Drug Use. Drug Users Reduce Drug Use.," "In New Orleans, You Can Get 5 Years in Prison for a Joint of Marijuana," "Police Kill Dog During Drug Raid, Find No Drugs," "Barack Obama Proposes 'Shifting the Model' on the Drug War," "Video Highlights from Vienna Drug Policy NGO Forum," "Drug Smugglers Use Hurricane for Cover."
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by borden, July 25, 2008, 12:00am, (Issue #544)
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Media: David Borden in Televised Drug Legalization Debate
by borden, July 25, 2008, 12:00am, (Issue #544)
StoptheDrugWar.org's executive director recently did a 25-minute debate on drug legalization on a network that airs across Europe and the Middle East. Video is online here.
Editorial: It's Everybody Else Who's Crazy
by borden, July 25, 2008, 12:00am, (Issue #544)
A former State Department official who fought the Afghan drug war has taken to the New York Times to tell why the failure of the program is everybody else's fault not his.
Video Highlights from Vienna Drug Policy NGO Forum
by borden, July 22, 2008, 04:23pm
The week before last NGOs from around the world concerned with drug policy gathered at the United Nations Vienna location.
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by borden, July 18, 2008, 12:00am, (Issue #543)
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by borden, July 18, 2008, 12:00am, (Issue #543)
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by borden, July 18, 2008, 12:00am, (Issue #543)
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by borden, July 18, 2008, 12:00am, (Issue #543)
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by borden, July 18, 2008, 12:00am, (Issue #543)
"Drug Testing Advocate Gets Busted For Drugs," "U.S. Drug Warriors Interfere With Vienna Drug Policy Summit," "Former Staffer Accuses Drug Czar's Office of Faking Statistics," "Opponents of Marijuana Reform Can't Keep Their Story Straight," "The Link Between Sagging Pants Laws and the Drug War," "Prosecutors Spend Confiscated Drug Money on Margarita Machine, Win 'Best Margarita' at County Fair," "Save the Children, Legalize Drugs," "How Many Patients You Say??... Well Here Are Their Names, Addresses, and Card Numbers."
Help Needed: Drug War Chronicle Seeking Cases of Informant Abuse
by borden, July 18, 2008, 12:00am, (Issue #543)
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by borden, July 18, 2008, 12:00am, (Issue #543)
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Media: David Borden in Televised Drug Legalization Debate
by borden, July 18, 2008, 12:00am, (Issue #543)
StoptheDrugWar.org's executive director recently did a 25-minute debate on drug legalization on a network that airs across Europe and the Middle East. Video is online here.
Help Needed: Drug War Chronicle Seeking Cases of Informant Abuse
by borden, July 18, 2008, 12:00am, (Issue #544)
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Medical Marijuana: Do Not Prosecute
from Post-Intelligencer, July 12, 2008Location:
Editorial: Do Drug Laws Affect Drug Use Rates? Evidently Not
by borden, July 11, 2008, 12:00am, (Issue #542)
Another major study has shown that drug policy doesn't affect drug use rates, and we already know the drug war doesn't affect sales. But we know the harm that prohibition does. So what's the point?
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by borden, July 11, 2008, 12:00am, (Issue #542)
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by borden, July 11, 2008, 12:00am, (Issue #542)
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by borden, July 11, 2008, 12:00am, (Issue #542)
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by borden, July 11, 2008, 12:00am, (Issue #542)
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by borden, July 11, 2008, 12:00am, (Issue #542)
"If Police Don't Find Anything During a Drug Raid, Should They Have To Fix the Damage?," "'Clearly there's no LSD, and how long does it take to test a chocolate-chip cookie for marijuana?'," "Do Pharmaceutical Companies Support Marijuana Prohibition?," "Police Refuse to Take Responsibility For Botched Drug Raid," "Police Discover World's Most Expensive Marijuana," "Congressional Black Caucus Members Try to Ban Menthol Cigarettes," "Almost Any Drug Offense Can Keep You from Becoming a Citizen or Getting a Green Card."
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by borden, July 11, 2008, 12:00am, (Issue #542)
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Almost Any Drug Offense Can Keep You from Becoming a Citizen or Getting a Green Card
by borden, July 09, 2008, 09:58pm
Yasha Spector of drugpolicycases.com has joined us in the Speakeasy with a discussion of
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by borden, June 27, 2008, 12:00am, (Issue #541)
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by borden, June 27, 2008, 12:00am, (Issue #541)
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by borden, June 27, 2008, 12:00am, (Issue #541)
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by borden, June 27, 2008, 12:00am, (Issue #541)
"Nation's Mayors Take a Stand for Harm Reduction," "And the Winner of the War on Meth is…Cocaine," "Our Drug War Alliances in South America Are Crumbling," "Trained Pigeons That Smuggle Drugs and Cell Phones Into Prison," "They're Drug Testing Our Sewage," "Don Imus: Critic of Racial Profiling?," "George Will's Weak Defense of Our Embarrassing Incarceration Rates," "Rising Coca Cultivation In Colombia Is Driving the UN Drug Czar Crazy."
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by borden, June 27, 2008, 12:00am, (Issue #541)
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by borden, June 27, 2008, 12:00am, (Issue #541)
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Editorial: How Long Does an Experiment Need to Continue Before It's Declared a Failure? (e.g. Drug Prohibition)
by borden, June 27, 2008, 12:00am, (Issue #541)
US federal drug prohibition began with the Harrison Narcotics Act in 1914 -- close to a century ago. And yet the Taliban last year could earn a hundred million dollars from the opium trade, and there's not a single drug free high school in our country. When will the failed and not very noble experiment be ended, so we can start to clean up the mess it's left for us?
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by borden, June 21, 2008, 12:00am, (Issue #541)
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by borden, June 20, 2008, 12:00am, (Issue #540)
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by borden, June 20, 2008, 12:00am, (Issue #540)
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by borden, June 20, 2008, 12:00am, (Issue #540)
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by borden, June 20, 2008, 12:00am, (Issue #540)
"Dutch Smoking Ban Could Improve Marijuana Quality," "Drug Cops Shouldn't be Paid With Confiscated Drug Money, But They Are," "Increased Pot Potency Just Proves That Marijuana Laws Have Failed," "Why You Shouldn't Try to Eat Your Marijuana if You're Pulled Over," "U.S. Government Stopped Research After Finding That Marijuana Slowed Cancer Growth," "Mexican Drug War Analysis: It's Not Going Well."
Help Needed: Drug War Chronicle Seeking Cases of Informant Abuse
by borden, June 20, 2008, 12:00am, (Issue #540)
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by borden, June 20, 2008, 12:00am, (Issue #540)
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Press Release: New Report Finds Teen Marijuana Use Down in States With Medical Marijuana Laws
by borden, June 20, 2008, 12:00am, (Issue #540)
Opponents of medical marijuana sometimes argue that allowing it will encourage kids to smoke pot. But new report coauthored by SUNY Albany researcher Dr. Mitch Earleywine has found that teen marijuana use has actually declined in states that have medical marijuana laws, and more markedly than national averages.
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by borden, June 13, 2008, 12:00am, (Issue #539)
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by borden, June 13, 2008, 12:00am, (Issue #539)
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by borden, June 13, 2008, 12:00am, (Issue #539)
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by borden, June 13, 2008, 12:00am, (Issue #539)
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by borden, June 13, 2008, 12:00am, (Issue #539)
"Will John McCain Avoid Running a 'Tough-On-Crime' Campaign?," "World Record Marijuana Crop Gets Blown Up By Fighter Jets," "Two More Horrible Drug Raid Disasters," "Bob Barr's Newfound Drug War Opposition Shows That Anything is Possible," "Vietnam Orders Police to Win the Drug War by August," "Stop Making Excuses and Go Watch 'The Wire'," "People are Getting Themselves Arrested Just So They Can Sell Drugs in Jail," "The Drug War is a War on Communities of Color," "George Bush and Cocaine: How the President Might Save His Approval Rating."
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