Face the Facts -- and End the War on Drugs
The unofficial slogan of the prohibitionists for decades has been: The facts will only undermine the war, so invent some that show how successful we are, fast. Look at the United States.
The unofficial slogan of the prohibitionists for decades has been: The facts will only undermine the war, so invent some that show how successful we are, fast. Look at the United States.
The Observer | Jamie Doward | Posted 11.07.2009 | Living
Drug addiction clinics say they are becoming increasingly concerned by the health risks associated with the chemical -- the only known example of the ...
AP | ELLIOT SPAGAT and SEAN MURPHY | Posted 10.23.2009 | World
OKLAHOMA CITY — In the largest single strike at Mexican drug operations in the U.S., authorities arrested more than 300 people in a sting that d...
Michael Kaplan | Posted 10.15.2009 | Politics
On October 14, 1982, President Ronald Reagan declared war on drugs ... again. There have been one or two conflicts in human history that lasted longer -- though we'd better win this before 2012, or we'll find ourselves alone in a league with the Hundred Years' War.
Andy Borowitz | Posted 10.15.2009 | Comedy
The historic profits notched by the nation's biggest banks are starting to have a positive impact on the broader economy, with the cocaine and hooker sectors showing striking gains.
Anthony Papa | Posted 10.07.2009 | New York
Having felt the sting of the Rockefeller laws firsthand -- serving 12 years under a 15-years-to-life sentence -- I understand the full meaning of the reforms that went into effect today.
Maryam Ishani | Posted 10.08.2009 | World
For over 20 years Captain Mario RodrÃguez has worked to counter the steady advancement of the transportation technologies employed by Colombian traffickers to smuggle cocaine into Mexico and the U.S.
Anthony Papa | Posted 10.02.2009 | Politics
Our nation's drug policy should be based on reason, compassion, health and human rights, but to do so will take a great deal of strategizing and organizing.
Joe Territo | Posted 09.21.2009 | New York
Police said the boy's father, afraid of getting caught with cocaine, had hidden it in his son's pockets and told him it was candy.
Paul Armentano | Posted 11.10.2009 | Politics
By age 25, 54 percent of the population has admittedly used marijuana. Does anyone still believe that marijuana prohibition is working -- or that all of these people deserve to be behind bars?
STNG | Posted 10.20.2009 | Chicago
Explosives, one live rocket launcher, a cache of guns, marijuana and cocaine were confiscated Wednesday from a home in unincorporated Antioch, and a f...
Tony Newman | Posted 10.19.2009 | New York
We have two candidates running for District Attorney of Manhattan, one the of the most powerful law enforcement jobs in the country, admitting to cocaine use.
AP | JON GAMBRELL | Posted 10.16.2009 | Home
LITTLE ROCK, Ark. — Nearly a third of all cocaine seized in the United States is laced with a dangerous veterinary medicine – a livestock ...
Tony Newman | Posted 09.26.2009 | World
In the last week both Mexico and Argentina made international news by passing a law and making a major Supreme Court ruling calling for low-level drug offenders to receive treatment instead of jail.
The Guardian | Jonathan Franklin | Posted 09.21.2009 | World
"Tonight we have two types of cocaine; normal for 100 Bolivianos a gram, and strong cocaine for 150 [Bolivianos] a gram." The waiter has just finished...
AP | MARK STEVENSON | Posted 09.21.2009 | World
MEXICO CITY — Mexico decriminalized small amounts of marijuana, cocaine and heroin on Friday – a move that prosecutors say makes sense eve...
Huffington Post | Posted 09.17.2009 | Politics
On Sunday, the American Chemical Society, a nonprofit scientific society chartered by Congress, released a study claiming that up to 90 percent of U.S...
AP | Posted 09.03.2009 | New York
WESTBURY, N.Y. (AP) -- Police have arrested a Long Island ice cream truck driver on charges of buying illegal drugs. Nassau County police say the 22...
Press Association | Posted 08.23.2009 | World
hocking rises in the number of children treated in hospital after overdosing on cocaine were revealed today. In less than a decade the number of unde...
AP | Posted 08.22.2009 | World
MIAMI — The U.S. Coast Guard says an estimated 1,600 pounds of cocaine were seized from a motorboat off the coast of Venezuela last week. Autho...
Bruce E. Levine | Posted 08.16.2009 | Living
ADHD drugs are either the "amphetamine-like" or actual amphetamines. It should not be surprising that long-term use is associated with many hazards.
Huffington Post | Posted 07.31.2009 | World
There's a new drug war brewing along the U.S. border -- but this time it's coming from up north. As Mexico cracks down on its warring drug factions, d...
Francesca Biller-Safran | Posted 07.30.2009 | Living
The passing of Michael Jackson and Farrah Fawcett has hit us near-baby boomers and full-on baby boomers with a rock and roll punch to the gut we weren't ready for.
The Independent | Posted 07.25.2009 | World
The UK is the cocaine capital of Europe, the UN said today. The United Nations Office on Drugs and Crime said the UK was Europe's largest cocaine m...
Richard Farrell | Posted 07.24.2009 | Living
Heroin is not a cold-shake like cocaine. The impurities used to cut heroin need to be cooked off in boiling water before you shoot it intravenously.
Johann Hari | Posted 11.10.2009 | World