Drug War

Cops Become Drugstore Cowboys in Vermont; 4th Amendment Officially Dead

Maia Szalavitz | Posted 12.04.2007 | Politics

Read More: Drug War, Opioids, Fourth Amendment, Oxycontin, Prescription Drugs, Vermont Prescriptions, Politics News
Maia Szalavitz

It's about time that everyone in America realizes that if you allow a drug war exception to the Fourth Amendment, the Constitution is effectively moot.

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Panel May Cut Sentences For Crack Over Charges Of Racial Bias

Washington Post | Posted 11.13.2007 | Politics

Read More: Crack Sentences, Crack Cocaine Sentences, Crack Cocaine Sentencing, Crack Penalties, Drug War, Politics News

An independent panel is considering reducing the sentences of inmates incarcerated in federal prisons for crack cocaine offenses, which would make tho...

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All the Rich Flavor With None of That Annoying Euphoria

Ned Goldreyer | Posted 11.12.2007 | Politics

Read More: THC, Hemp Nebraska, Drugs, War on Drugs, Hemp, Nebraska, Drug War, Politics News
Ned Goldreyer

In order to keep the DEA busy while giving burgeoning hemp farmers a break, I've compiled a list of other common products that contain traces of controlled substances.

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American Gangster, American Stereotype

Earl Ofari Hutchinson | Posted 11.07.2007 | Entertainment

Read More: Racism, Drug War, New York Cops, Russell Crowe, Denzil Washington, Blacks Drugs Media, Racist Laws, Black Jail Sentencing, Drug Sentencing, Stereotypes, Black in Jail, American Gangster, War on Drugs, Entertainment News
Earl Ofari Hutchinson

The public scapegoat of blacks for America's drug problem during the past two decades has been relentless, and the at all costs hunting down by Richie (Crowe) of Lucas (Washington) in American Gangster is stark testimony to that relentlessness.

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"Preppy Killer" Faces More Time for Drug Sales than the Murder he Committed

Anthony Papa | Posted 10.29.2007 | Politics

Read More: War on Drugs, Preppy Killer, Jennifer Levin, Drug War, Robert Chambers, Politics News
Anthony Papa

The most outrageous fact of this case is that Robert Chambers faces more time now for a drug offense under the Rockefeller Drug Laws than he did for taking Jennifer Levin's life.

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Bush Wants New "Surge" -- In The War On Drugs

Washington Post | Posted 10.23.2007 | Politics

Read More: Bush Drugs Mexico, Bush War on Drugs, War on Drugs, Drug War, Bush Mexico Cartels, Politics News

President Bush announced Monday in Washington that he will ask Congress to approve a $500 million package to help Mexico fight drug cartels, the large...

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Rapper TI: Wrong Side of a Thin Legal Line

Malakkar Vohryzek | Posted 10.18.2007 | Politics

Read More: Rapper TI, TI Drug Conviction, TI Guns, Firearms, Prison, TI Felon, TI Arrested, Rapper, Drug War, War on Drugs, Politics News
Malakkar Vohryzek

I hope that T.I. manages to beat the case against him because a long prison sentence for possession of weapons by an ex-felon serves no societal purpose whatsoever.

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Mayors of SF, Newark and Salt Lake City "Just Say No" to War on Drugs

Tony Newman | Posted 10.10.2007 | Politics

Read More: Gavin Newsom Drug War, War on Drugs, Salt Lake City Drug War, Drug War, Cory Booker Drug War, Politics News
Tony Newman

Voters are craving elected officials who are courageous and principled enough to speak out against a failing war, whether it is in Iraq or here at home.

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Will Drug Lord Do Less Time Than the Average American Nonviolent Drug Offender?

Anthony Papa | Posted 10.01.2007 | Politics

Read More: Drug Sentencing, Cocaine in the U.S, Drug War, Diego Montoya, Drug Lord Arrested, Colombian Cocaine, Politics News
Anthony Papa

How much time will Diego Montoya serve when he is brought to the United States to stand trial for the death and destruction he has caused?

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Cover Story in Foreign Policy Magazine: Making the Case for Ending Drug War

Tony Newman | Posted 09.19.2007 | Politics

Read More: Drug Legalization, Drug War, Drug Policy, Politics News
Tony Newman

The current cover of the influential magazine Foreign Policy provocatively asserts, "Legalize It; Why It's Time to Just Say No to Prohibition." The a...

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