Obama Drug Czar Pick: No Recovery from War on Drugs?
Obama shouldn't make the mistake that Bill Clinton did and install a drug czar who will ignore science and push dogma.
Obama shouldn't make the mistake that Bill Clinton did and install a drug czar who will ignore science and push dogma.
Tony Newman | Posted 10.02.2008 | Living
I have to believe that the fear and anxiety being felt by so many because of the economic crisis will lead to increased use of alcohol and other drugs to calm fears or numb pain.
Robert Creamer | Posted 08.08.2008 | Politics
The Prince George's Sheriff's Office SWAT team raided the home of Berwyn Heights Mayor Cheye Calvo and without apparent provocation, they shot and killed the couples' two Labrador retrievers.
Jennifer Winstanley | Posted 07.10.2008 | Living
In 1997, the Thai government criminalized yaabaa in the same way as heroine. As a result, the prison population doubled within four years. There are a number of public health consequences of a policy that encourages and overuses incarceration.
Robert Creamer | Posted 07.02.2008 | Politics
Though the failures of the "War on Drugs" are more silent and insidious than the president's dramatic failures in the Middle East, the two have much in common.
Paul Armentano | Posted 06.24.2008 | Politics
What possible advances in the treatment of cancer could have been achieved had U.S. government officials chosen to advance, not suppress, research into the anti-cancer effects of cannabis?
Paul Armentano | Posted 06.16.2008 | Politics
While the feds' latest "reefer rhetoric" may sound alarming, there's little substance behind the hype. The average THC in domestically grown marijuana has remained unchanged for nearly a decade.
Bob Barr | Posted 06.10.2008 | Politics
When government attempts to solve problems, it creates even more of them, often increasing the size and depth of the original problem. A perfect example of this is the federal War on Drugs.
Tom Gregory | Posted 06.09.2008 | Politics
In the second part of my interview with Barney Frank, he talks bluntly with me about his views on drug policy and the legalization of medical marijuana.
Kurt Schmoke | Posted 05.22.2008 | Politics
Obama's remarks notwithstanding, the relative silence by presidential candidates about the War on Drugs has been disappointing but not surprising.
Anthony Papa | Posted 04.29.2008 | Politics
The original intent of the Byrne program was to provide financial support to combat the drug trade. But instead, it has a history of corruption and the destruction of lives.
Harold Pollack | Posted 04.26.2008 | Media
There is something ugly about the mob mentality a personal scandal or even a pie in the face can unleash. We can do better.
Maia Szalavitz | Posted 01.16.2008 | Living
HBO's The Wire does a far better job of examining the complexities of addiction than The Baltimore Sun. One must wonder about the kind of news judgment that regards 167 deaths as more important than 3,500 lives saved.
Matt Simon | Posted 12.20.2007 | Home
I run a NH Common Sense, which somebody recently mistook for Common Sense Issues, the group allegedly behind recent NH push-polls. It made me wonder: which of our groups actually lives up to its name?
Maia Szalavitz | Posted 12.06.2007 | Politics
America lost the drug war not by making tactical errors-- but by picking the wrong enemy. Rolling Stone deserves credit for making a strong case for just how wrong that went.
Tony Newman | Posted 09.19.2007 | Politics
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Maia Szalavitz | Posted 11.21.2008 | Politics