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Bolivia's Biggest Cocaine Lab Raided (VIDEO)

Huffington Post | Posted 08.07.2009 | World

Read More: Bolivia Cocaine, Latin America, Evo Morales, Bolivia Cocaine Lab, Bolivia, Drug War, Bolivia Drugs, Drug War Bolivia, World News

Bolivian drug enforcement agents have raided the biggest cocaine lab ever found in the country, BBC reports. The lab was able to produce up to 220 pou...

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Drug War: Obama May Send 1,500 National Guard Volunteers To Mexican Border

AP | LOLITA C. BALDOR | Posted 08.01.2009 | World

Read More: Mexico, Foreign Affairs, Advocacy, Barack Obama, Mexico Drug Wars, Mexico Drug War, Mexico Drug Violence, National Guard, Us Mexico Drug Wars, Drug War, World News

WASHINGTON — The Obama administration is developing plans to seek up to 1,500 National Guard volunteers to step up the military's counter-drug e...

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NAFTA And The Drug Cartels: "A Deal Made In Narco Heaven" -- Exclusive Excerpt and Live Chat at 3pm EST

Ryan Grim | Posted 08.01.2009 | Politics

Read More: Drug Cartels, This Is Your Country on Drugs, Drug War, Nafta, Mexico Drug Cartels, Nafta Mexico, Mexico, Ryan Grim, NAFTA Drug War, NAFTA Drugs, Mexico Drug Violence, Mexico Drug Wars, Politics News
Ryan Grim

The NAFTA debate was difficult enough without having to talk about the sprawling Mexican drug trade and its attendant corruption. And how NAFTA would also end up benefiting the cartels. So President Clinton ordered his people not to talk about it.

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Drug War: Mexico Crackdown Squeezing Cocaine Dealers In Canada

Huffington Post | Posted 07.31.2009 | World

Read More: Cocaine Traffickers, British Colombia, Mexico Drug War, Mexico, Drug War, Drug Dealers, Canada, Cocaine, World News

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...

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Exclusive Excerpt: This Is Your Country On Drugs

Ryan Grim | Posted 07.30.2009 | Politics

Read More: Andy Warhol, Drug Culture, Lsd, This Is Your Country on Drugs, Drug War, Acid, Drug Use, Burning Man, LSD Statistics, Drugs, Ryan Grim, War on Drugs, Drug Policy, Drug Policy Reform, Politics News
Ryan Grim

When approached in isolation, drug policy almost always backfires, because it doesn't take into account the powerful economic, social, and cultural forces that also determine how and why Americans get high.

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Legalize Marijuana? Perish the Thought, Says Drug Czar -- Banish the Herb...and the Verb!

Norm Stamper | Posted 07.27.2009 | Politics

Read More: Law Enforcement Against Prohibition, Science, Chief Daryl Gates, Drug War, Marijuana Legalization, U.S. Drug Policy, Kerlikowske, Drug Czar, President Obama, Lapd, Politics News
Norm Stamper

The new Drug Czar: "The discussion about legalization is not a part of the president's vocabulary under any circumstances and it's not a part of mine."

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Mexico Drug War: Government To Decriminalize Minor Drug Use

Los Angeles Times | Tracy Wilkinson | Posted 07.23.2009 | World

Read More: Drug Tourist, Mexico President, President Calderon, President Felipe Calderon, Mexico, Mexico's Drug War, Drug War, World News

Reporting from Mexico City -- Could Mexican cities become Latin Amsterdams, flooded by drug users seeking penalty-free tokes and toots? That is the f...

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Drug War: Mexico Military FInds One Of Country's Largest Meth Labs

AP | E. EDUARDO CASTILLO | Posted 07.18.2009 | World

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BADIRAGUATO, Mexico — The Mexican Navy gave reporters a firsthand look Tuesday at what they described as one of the largest methamphetamine labs...

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Ryan Grim

Dems Using Drug War Playbook For Bank Regulation

HuffingtonPost.com | Ryan Grim | Posted 07.16.2009 | Politics

Read More: Drug War Bank Regulation, Bank Regulation, Drug War, Brad Miller, Controlled Substances Act, Politics News

Democrats in Congress are taking a page from the drug war playbook to see if they could apply it to new financial regulation. The drug war model was...

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Drug War: Brazil Drug Crackdown Arrests Dozens, Including 19 Police

The News | Posted 07.11.2009 | World

Read More: Latin America, Rio De Janeiro Drug Bust, Drug War, Rio De Janeiro, Foreign Affairs, Brazil, Rio De Janeiro-Brazil, Drugs, War on Drugs, Brazil Drug War, Advocacy, Drug Policy, World News

At least 41 people were arrested Tuesday, among them 19 police officers, in the largest operation conducted by authorities in the Brazilian state of R...

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Drug War: Mexican Police Standoff With Mexican Federal Agents

AP | JULIE WATSON | Posted 07.10.2009 | World

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MEXICO CITY — In a hair-raising standoff that sent motorists scrambling for cover, municipal police pulled their guns on masked federal agents i...

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Ryan Grim

House GOP Wants Cuts To Drug War

HuffingtonPost.com | Ryan Grim | Posted 07.05.2009 | Politics

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When President Obama's drug czar declared an end to the war on drugs, Republicans were apparently listening closely. House GOP leadership now wants ...

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Mexico Drug Violence Spills Into Guatemala

LA Times | Posted 07.05.2009 | World

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Authorities have boosted security at a Guatemala City prison since the arrests of members of the Zetas, a violent drug gang from Mexico....

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"That's What Real Policemen Do; They Stand Up for Each Other"

Norm Stamper | Posted 06.25.2009 | Politics

Read More: Drug Prohibition, Police Corruption, Narcs, Drug War, Dea, Drug Busts, Cleveland, War on Drugs, Narcotics Officers, Politics News
Norm Stamper

Cops lie for reasons embedded in the history, structure, and culture of the institution itself. Too many drug cops wind up lying to their bosses.

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Supervised Drug Injection Facilities in NY? Yes We Should (and Can)!

Tony Newman | Posted 06.25.2009 | Politics

Read More: HIV/AIDS, Overdose Deaths, Drug Policy Alliance, Safe Injection Facilities, Vancouver, Drug War, Insite, War on Drugs, New York, Health, Politics News
Tony Newman

A Vancouver injection site reduced public drug use, cut down on the spread of HIV/AIDS and overdose deaths, and helped people get into treatment.

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Colombian Farms Given Broad Incentives To Not Grow Coca

Washington Post | Posted 06.22.2009 | World

Read More: Coca Farmers, Colombian Coca, Latin America, Drug War, Afghanistan, Colombia, Colombian Coca Farmers, Foreign Affairs, Colombian Coca Crops, Drugs, Colombia Coca, War on Drugs, Cocaine, Advocacy, World News

Colombia, with $8 billion in U.S. backing since the late 1990s, has tried everything to eradicate the crop used to make cocaine....

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I, Pot Smoker

Daniel Denvir | Posted 06.20.2009 | Living

Read More: Drug War, Marijuana, Smoking Pot, Illinois Medical Marijuana, Medical Marijuana, New York Times, War on Drugs, Legalize Marijuana, Libertarians, The Discovery Channel's Planet Earth Dvd Set, Living News
Daniel Denvir

The world of well-adjusted adult people who smoke pot is one of America's best-kept secrets.

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My Return to Prison: Views on the Failed Drug War from Inside Sing Sing

Wayne Kramer | Posted 06.15.2009 | Politics

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Wayne Kramer

Non-violent drug offenders who are locked up are pawns in urban political gamesmanship. Nobody talks about them. There's no political will to look at it. There's no political capital in it. It's a no-winner.

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Ending the War on Drugs: The Moment is Now

Arianna Huffington | Posted 06.14.2009 | Politics

Read More: Crack Cocaine Sentencing, Eric Holder Drug War, Eric Holder Attorney General, Marijuana, Drug War, Crack Cocaine, Medical Marijuana, Obama Drug Policy, War on Drugs, Ryan Grim, Obama Marijuana, Eric Holder, Drug Policy, Colombia, Brazil, Mexico, Politics News
Arianna Huffington

When it comes to addressing America's disastrous war on drugs, the Obama administration is saying the right things. But when it comes to putting its rhetoric into action, the administration has faltered.

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New Drug Czar: "We're Not at War With People in This Country"

Norm Stamper | Posted 06.14.2009 | Politics

Read More: Law Enforcement Against Prohibition, Obama Budget, Drugs, War on Drugs, Marijuana, Budget, Gil Kerlikowske Drug Czar, Drug War, Gil Kerlikowske, Politics News
Norm Stamper

In retiring the phrase from the federal lexicon will we really be ending the "War on Drugs"? Hardly.

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EU To Combat Latin American Drug Trade

Huffington Post | Posted 06.14.2009 | World

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The European Union has agreed to expand its effort in combating drug trafficking and violence in Central and South America, reports AFP. The region i...

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Brazil Slums Riot Against Drug Arrests

AP | ALAN CLENDENNING | Posted 06.14.2009 | World

Read More: Brazil, Foreign Affairs, Advocacy, Sao Paulo, Brazil Slums, Brazil Drugs, Drugs, Drug War, Drug Arrests, Slum Riots, Brazil Slum Riots, Sao Paulo Slum Riots, World News

SAO PAULO — Slum dwellers rioted after the arrest of drug dealers in a Sao Paulo shantytown Wednesday, burning vehicles and tires, pelting polic...

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White House Czar Calls For End to 'War on Drugs'

Wall Street Journal | GARY FIELDS | Posted 06.13.2009 | Politics

Read More: Obama War on Drugs, Gil Kerlikowske, Kerlikowske, Drug War, Drugs Czar, War on Drugs, End War on Drugs, Drug Czar, Politics News

WASHINGTON -- The Obama administration's new drug czar says he wants to banish the idea that the U.S. is fighting "a war on drugs," a move that would ...

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Drug War Hurts Many Bolivian Farmers Who Rely On The Coca Plant

WorldFocus.org | Posted 06.11.2009 | World

Read More: Bolivia Cocaine, Coca Plant, Latin America, Foreign Affairs, Bolivian Farmers, Evo Morales, Drug War, Bolivia, Drugs, War on Drugs, Advocacy, Cocaine, World News

For more than 30 years, a drug war was waged in Bolivia with the help of the U.S. drug enforcement administration. Bolivia's Yungas region is one o...

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Antiquated Drug Laws Cost Us Plenty

Diane Dimond | Posted 06.11.2009 | Politics

Read More: Diane Dimond, Marijuana, Drug War, Smoking Pot, Diane Dimond Weekly Column, Canada, Drugs, Health, Marijuana Arrests Crowd Prisons, FBI Marijuana Arrests for 2007 Equal 872 Thousand, Cannabis, Illegal Drug Trade, Millions of Marijuana Arrests, Medicinal Marijuana, Medical Cannabis, Legalize Marijuana, Mexico Drug Violence, Politics News
Diane Dimond

Come sit down with me. Let's have a chat -- a meaningful and productive chat. You comfortable, you want some tea? Here's what I'm thinking. With al...

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