Drug Prohibition

Radley Balko

Wisconsin Residents: The Police Stole Our Bail Money

HuffingtonPost.com | Radley Balko | Posted 05.21.2012

Read More: Drug Prohibition, Video, Drug War, Brown County Wisconsin, Bail, Bond, Asset Forfeiture, Criminal Justice, Civil Asset Forfeiture, Green Bay, Politics News

When the Brown County, Wis., Drug Task Force arrested her son Joel last February, Beverly Greer started piecing together his bail. She used part o...

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Is The War On Drugs A Lost Cause?

Posted 04.30.2012

Read More: 4/20, Drug Prohibition, Video, Obama War on Drugs, Drug War, Marijuana, War on Drugs Obama, 420, War on Drugs Debate, War on Drugs, Drug Prevention, Politics News

This 4/20, people around the country are gathering in public and in private to take part in the annual tradition of marijuana use. Thanks in part to a...

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Radley Balko

Strict Meth Laws Hurt Consumers, Have Little Effect on Meth Supply

HuffingtonPost.com | Radley Balko | Posted 02.21.2012

Read More: Drug Prohibition, Meth, Video, Cold Medicine, Meth Labs, Meth Laws, Drug War, Pfizer, Henry Waxman, Dea, Pseudoephedrine, Drug Laws, Oregon, Politics News

Since 2006, the state of Oregon has had the strictest pseudoephedrine laws in the country. The popular decongestant, a common additive to over-the-cou...

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NYPD Marijuana Crusade Is Going Too Far

Tony Newman | Posted 04.10.2012

Read More: Drug Prohibition, Drug Policy Alliance, Mayor Bloomberg, Nypd Scandals, Marijuana Arrests, War on Drugs, Police Commissioner Ray Kelly, Ramarley Graham, New York News
Tony Newman

In September Commissioner Kelly ordered his police to stop making improper marijuana arrests. The 2011 statistics, however, show that his order has not stopped these arrests -- and NYC remains the marijuana arrest capital of the world.

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Winning the War on Drugs

Chris Ladd | Posted 03.21.2012

Read More: Drug Prohibition, Medical Marijuana, War on Drugs, Marijuana, Drug War, Drug Overdose, Prohibition, Marijuana Legalization, Legalize Marijuana, Legalization, Politics News
Chris Ladd

Would regulation increase marijuana use? Perhaps, but judging by how well and truly drugged up we already are it is tough to imagine that a marginal increase in marijuana use is going to make a meaningful difference.

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Get Busted for Marijuana; Work as a Police Informant; Get Killed

Tony Newman | Posted 03.12.2012

Read More: Drug Prohibition, Shelly Hilliard, Police-Informant, Drug Policy Alliance, War on Drugs, Marijuana, Drug War, Rachel Hoffman, Crime News
Tony Newman

No one has ever died from smoking marijuana. But getting busted with a small amount of marijuana has led to countless tragic deaths.

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Ron Paul Talks Failure Of War On Drugs

Posted 01.04.2012

Read More: Drug Prohibition, Video, Ron Paul Drugs, Paul 2012, Ron Paul Iowa, Drug War, Ron Paul New Hampshire, Ron Paul, Ron Paul War on Drugs, Elections 2012, Ron Paul 2012, War on Drugs, Ron Paul for President, Ron Paul Drug War, Prohibition, Politics News

Fresh off a third-place finish in the Iowa caucuses on Tuesday, a weary-looking Ron Paul spoke with CNN Wednesday morning but managed to summon his us...

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Land of the Free? 1 out of 3 Are Arrested by Age 23!

Tony Newman | Posted 02.18.2012

Read More: Drug Prohibition, Drug Policy Alliance, Marijuana, Senator Jim Webb, War on Drugs, Drug War, Prison Overcrowding, Crime News
Tony Newman

Last week we witnessed the U.S. leaving Iraq after nine long years and questionable success. It is time to find an exit strategy from our 40-year-old war on drugs that is unquestionably a failure.

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The Missing Chair at the Holiday Table

Gretchen Burns Bergman | Posted 01.23.2012

Read More: Holidays, Drugs, Moms, Drug Prohibition, Drug Incarceration Rate, War on Drugs, Parents News
Gretchen Burns Bergman

I weep for the countless families who have been torn apart by discriminatory and destructive drug policies that lock up fathers and remove children from their mothers in the name of the war on drugs.

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It's Time to Declare Peace in the War Against Drugs

Doug Bandow | Posted 12.19.2011

Read More: Drug Arrests, Drug Prohibition, Medical Marijuana, Decriminalization, Drug Incarceration Rate, War on Drugs, Marijuana, Drug War, Politics News
Doug Bandow

Prohibition advocates are brutally determined to impose their will on everyone else, turning the Drug War into a broad assault on a free society. It is time to end the Drug War. The U.S. government should declare Drug Peace.

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God, Liquor And The Gospel Of Ken Burns

Ben Stevens | Posted 12.17.2011

Read More: Christian Fundamentalism, Fundamentalism, Christianity, Liquor, Ken Burns, Prohibition, Drug Prohibition, Film, Religion and Politics, Religion in America, Prohibition Documentary, Modern Prophets, Ken Burns Prohibition, American Morality, Ethics, Religion News
Ben Stevens

Even when we lament their zeal, our society needs the kinds of unpopular people who are extremely outspoken about public morality.

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Momentum Builds to End Failed Drug War: 1,000 to Attend Upcoming Conference

Tony Newman | Posted 12.05.2011

Read More: Drug Prohibition, Marijuana, Drug Policy Alliance, War on Drugs, Mexico Drug War, Drug War, Gary Johnson New Mexico, Gavin Newsom Lieutenant Governor, Politics News
Tony Newman

It is obvious that the war on drugs has failed. We are building an alternative. It is time for us as a society to learn how to live with drugs, because they aren't going anywhere.

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Medical Marijuana: A Science-Free Zone At The White House

Bill Piper | Posted 09.14.2011

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Bill Piper

Two weeks ago, the U.S. Department of Justice issued medical marijuana guidelines to U.S. attorneys that are at best confusing and at worst a flip-flop on administration policy.

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Elected Officials, VIPs and Grassroots Slam Drug War on 40th Anniversary

Tony Newman | Posted 08.14.2011

Read More: The Wire, Drug Prohibition, Marijuana, John Conyers, Maxine Waters, Drug Policy Alliance, President Nixon, Drug War, Legalization, Global Commission on Drug Policy, 40th Anniversary, War on Drugs, Sonja Sohn, Drug Policy, Politics News
Tony Newman

June 17 will mark forty years since President Richard Nixon officially declared a "war on drugs." A trillion dollars and millions of ruined lives later, the war on drugs has proven to be a catastrophic failure.

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4/20: Time to Have Fun -- And to End Marijuana Prohibition!

Tony Newman | Posted 06.19.2011

Read More: Drug Prohibition, 4/20, President Nixon, Drug Policy Alliance, War on Drugs, Legalize Marijuana, Marijuana, Drug Reform, Santa Cruz, Smoking, Richard Nixon, Pot, Drug Policy, Weed, Politics News
Tony Newman

While many people associate marijuana with fun times, it also happens to be at the epicenter of a catastrophic war on drugs that is destroying as many lives as ever.

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Thousands in Mexico Take to Street to Protest Drug War -- We Need to Do the Same Here

Tony Newman | Posted 06.07.2011

Read More: Drug Prohibition, Marijuana, Drug Policy Alliance, Mexico Drug War, Legalize Drugs, Richard Nixon, Drug War, World News
Tony Newman

We need the "grassroots" -- we need people to hit the streets against the unwinnable drug war. That's why yesterday's protests in Mexico are inspiring.

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How Should Society Deal With the Drug Nicotine?

Tony Newman | Posted 05.25.2011

Read More: Drug Prohibition, Harm Reduction, War on Drugs, Tobacco, Drug War, Marijuana, Cigarette Smoking, Mexico Drug War, Politics News
Tony Newman

We should celebrate our success curbing cigarette smoking and continue to encourage people to cut back or give up cigarettes, but let's not get carried away and think that criminalizing smoking is the answer.

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Will Cigarettes Be Illegal In The Future?

Tony Newman | Posted 05.25.2011

Read More: Drug Policy Alliance, Drug Prohibition, Menthol Cigarettes, Bhutan, Criminalization, Smoking, Marijuana, War on Drugs, Tobacco, Drug Legalization, Cigarette Smoking, Addiction & Recovery, Health, Home News
Tony Newman

Will cigarettes be illegal in the future? The battle over cigarettes is heating up -- and recent news shows that momentum to criminalize tobacco smoking continues to build in the U.S. and around the world.

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Ending the Drug War: 8 Top Stories of 2010

Tony Newman | Posted 05.25.2011

Read More: Drug Prohibition, Marijuana, Drug Policy Alliance, California-Marijuana-Legalization, Drug War, President Obama, Drug Czar, War on Drugs, Crack Cocaine, Naacp, Media News
Tony Newman

I feel discouraged about many things happening in our country. But steps towards ending the war on drugs continues to bring me hope and cautious optimism.

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Judiciary Committee Member to Block Leonhart for DEA

Michael Carmichael | Posted 05.25.2011

Read More: Drug Policy Alliance, Students for Sensible Drug Policy, Senate Judiciary Committee, Marijuana Policy, Marijuana, Sen. Herb Kohl, Dea, Medical Marijuana, Herb Kohl, Norml, Drug Policy, Drug Prohibition, Cannabis, Sen. Sheldon Whitehouse, Sheldon Whitehouse, Drug Enforcement Administration, National Organization for the Reform of Marijuana Laws, Law Enforcement Against Prohibition, Marijuana Policy Project, Senate, Michelle Leonhart, Politics News
Michael Carmichael

Citing Michelle Leonhart's controversial position on prescription pain-killers for terminal patients suffering intractable pain, the Senate Judiciary Committee blocked her nomination to head the DEA.

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A Laboratory of Democracy

Norman Goldman | Posted 05.25.2011

Read More: Taxes, Drug Prohibition, Drugs, War on Drugs, Proposition 19, Marijuana, Los Angeles News
Norman Goldman

Cannot California experiment with legalizing marijuana, in the spirit of Supreme Court Justice Louis Brandeis's "laboratory of democracy"?

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HBO's Boardwalk Empire Helps Us Understand Drug Prohibition

Tony Newman | Posted 05.25.2011

Read More: Drug Prohibition, California Prop 19, Drug Policy Alliance, Boardwalk Empire HBO, Marijuana, Drug War, HBO Series, War on Drugs, Legalize Marijuana, Alcohol-Problems, Al Capone, Entertainment News
Tony Newman

Prohibition didn't work with alcohol -- that's why it was repealed after just 13 years. Today, after several decades of drug prohibition, it should be clear that it's never going to work.

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Prohibition and Civil Unrest

Andrea Lyon | Posted 05.25.2011

Read More: Drug Prohibition, Law Enforcement, Crime, Mexico, Law Enforcement Against Prohibition, Criminal Justice, Drug Policy, Mexico Drug Wars, Prohibition, Politics News
Andrea Lyon

Drug abuse and gang violence flourish in a drug prohibition environment, just as they did during alcohol prohibition in the US. Legalizing drugs will put the black market out of business.

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Dismantling the Talking Points of Marijuana Prohibitionists

Tony Newman | Posted 05.25.2011

Read More: Drug Prohibition, Drug Policy Alliance, California-Marijuana-Legalization, Drug War, Alcohol, War on Drugs, Legalize Marijuana, Mexico Drug Violence, Cigarette Smoking, Politics News
Tony Newman

The war on drugs will be on the ballot in California this November. The nation will watch the state decide whether to tax and regulate marijuana or continue to arrest adults for possession of this plant.

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My Testimony to Congress on the War on Drugs

Ethan Nadelmann | Posted 05.25.2011

Read More: Drug Prohibition, Prison Reform, Drug Czar, Ondcp, War on Drugs, Gil Kerlikowske Drug Czar, Drug War, Ethan Nadelmann, Politics News
Ethan Nadelmann

The predominant role that criminalization and the criminal justice system play in dealing with particular drugs and drug use in this country is unsustainable in both fiscal and human terms.

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