Drug Wars

Pablo Escobar's 'Political Godfather' Sent Back To Prison

AP | By LIBARDO CARDONA | Posted 11.03.2011

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BOGOTA, Colombia -- The Supreme Court on Wednesday reinstated the murder conviction of a former justice minister for masterminding the 1989 assassinat...

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If All Books Were as Violent as Cormac McCarthy Books

Dave Astor | Posted 10.17.2011

Read More: The Road, Jane Eyre, Beloved, Little Women, Waiting to Exhale, Blood Meridian, Sexism, No Country for Old Men, Violence, Racism, Goodnight Moon, Life of Pi, All the Pretty Horses, Cormac McCarthy, Dr. Seuss, U.S.-Mexican Border, Drug Wars, Books News

Yup, it would be quite a literary world if all books contained as much mayhem as Cormac McCarthy novels.

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Mind The Grass Gap: Nearly Nine of Ten Chicagoans Convicted With Pot Are Black Men

Chicago Reader | Mick Dumke and Ben Joravsky, Chicago Reader | Posted 09.06.2011

Read More: Marijuana, Chicago Drugs, Racial Disparities in Marijuana Arrests, Racism, Drugs, Pot, Drug Wars, Chicago Police Department, Chicago News

A few weeks ago, hundreds of people, most of them white, gathered in Lincoln Park to celebrate Peace Fest, which featured DJ sets, jam bands, and enou...

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Drug War Creates Distrust Between Cops and Communities

Leigh Maddox | Posted 08.21.2011

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Forty years after the failed "war on drugs" began, the laws, policies and procedures driving the unjust and uneven enforcement of our drug laws must be challenged and reformed.

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On 40th Anniversary Of War On Drugs, Cops Decry Obama's Drug Policy

HuffingtonPost.com | Lucia Graves | Posted 08.15.2011

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WASHINGTON -- Forty years after President Richard Nixon first declared a war on drugs, the officers who fought in it are calling for a truce. Forme...

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Arizona Probation Officer Fired For Supporting Marijuana Legalization

HuffingtonPost.com | Lucia Graves | Posted 05.25.2011

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WASHINGTON -- Less than two months after signing a letter calling for the legalization, taxation, and regulation of marijuana, Joe Miller was terminat...

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The State of Brick City

Marc Levin | Posted 05.25.2011

Read More: Gang Wards, Newark, Cory Booker, Bankruptcy, New Jersey, American Poverty, Afghanistan, Great Recession, Civl Servants, The War of the Bloods in My Veins, Jiwe Morris, Iraq, Partisan Warfare, Drug Wars, Politce Director Garry Mccarthy, Austerity, Politics News

We're at war -- not just in Afghanistan and Iraq -- but right here on the home front, where the battle plays out at the local level across America.

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Imagine if We Never Ended the War on Alcohol

Cenk Uygur | Posted 05.25.2011

Read More: Mexican Government, Merida Project, War on Terror, Marijuana, Mexico, Drugs, War on Drugs, Drug Wars, Cuba, Mexico Drug Wars, Politics News

Horrific drug violence is not related to drug users; it's related to drug dealers. It's the prohibition itself that is causing this crime wave, just like it did during alcohol prohibition, when Al Capone reigned supreme here.

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Juarez and the Action We Should Take

Michael Evans | Posted 05.25.2011

Read More: Violence, Mexico Drugs, Mexico, Sports, Drugs, Drug Wars, Ciudad Juarez, Border, World News

The violence in Ciudad Juarez, Mexico is not the result of unintelligent US or Mexican policy. It's the result of a lack of opportunity for what were once vulnerable Mexican youth.

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Is New Mexico Providing A Model For Colorado Medical Marijuana?

AP | DEBORAH BAKER | Posted 05.25.2011

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SANTA FE, N.M. — Businessman Len Goodman owns a company that makes hand-painted art tiles, but these days his office desk is strewn with the raw...

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California Sprouts 'Green Rush' From Marijuana

AP | MARCUS WOHLSEN and LISA LEFF | Posted 05.25.2011

Read More: Drug Legalization, California, Marijuana, "Green Rush", Pot, Marijuana Legalization, Drug Wars, Business News

SAN FRANCISCO — A drug deal plays out, California-style: A conservatively dressed courier drives a company-leased Smart Car to an apartment on a...

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Submarines Now Account For A Third Of The Cocaine Smuggled Into U.S.

Washington Post | William Booth and Juan Forero | Posted 05.25.2011

Read More: Drugs, Submaries, Drug Wars, Cocaine, World News

When anti-narcotics agents first heard that drug cartels were building an armada of submarines to transport cocaine, they thought it was a joke. ...

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Mexican Police Arrest 44 At Drug Raid During Family Baptism

Times Online | Graham Keeley | Posted 05.25.2011

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Mexican federal police arrested 44 alleged members of the drugs cartel at a family baptism in Morelia, capital of the western state of Michoacan....

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Tijuana: Gangsters Spill Blood, Spread Fear (VIDEO)

Worldfocus | Posted 05.25.2011

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During the last year, more than 6,000 people have been murdered in Mexico's drug wars, more than 700 of them in Tijuana alone. Teodoro Eduardo Garc...

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Mexico's Drug Wars Reach Cancun

Los Angeles Times | Ken Ellingwood | Posted 05.25.2011

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Reporting from Cancun, Mexico -- The suspect cruised around in an SUV that had been reported stolen. He toted corrido music glorifying drug smugglers ...

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Ciudad Juarez Gets Up To 5,000 More Troops To Control Violence

Los Angeles Times | Ken Ellingwood | Posted 05.25.2011

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Reporting from Mexico City -- Amid growing alarm over drug violence in Ciudad Juarez, Mexico, the Mexican government will deploy as many as 5,000 more...

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