Drug War

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Yankee Pitcher's Mom Arrested for Meth: Should She Get Treatment or Prison?

Tony Newman | Posted 06.05.2009 | Politics

Read More: Joba Chamberlain's Mother Jailed, Addiction Treatment, Joba-Chamberlain, Drug Policy Alliance, Prison, Drug War, Jacqueline-Standley-Selling-Meth, Politics News

We need to educate people about the possible harm from drug use, offer compassion and treatment and leave in peace the people who are causing harm to no one.

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Colombian Drug Lord Eugenio Montoya Sentenced To 30 Years In US Prison

AP | CURT ANDERSON | Posted 05.29.2009 | World

Read More: Colombia, Drugs, War on Drugs, Drug War, Drug Lord Arrested, Drug Lord, Colombian Drug Lord, World News

MIAMI — A Colombian who was one of the top financial managers and supervised money-laundering for a cocaine cartel accused of smuggling $10 bill...

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Obama Isn't Afraid of Mexico

Teresa Puente | Posted 05.25.2009 | World

Read More: Felipe Calderon, Puerto Vallarta, Drug War, Latina Voices, Mexico, Violence, Teresa Puente, Barack Obama, Guadalajara, World News

Unless you plan to vacation with narcotraffickers, I see no reason why Americans should avoid venturing south of the border.

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Mexican Police Arrest 44 At Drug Raid During Family Baptism

Times Online | Graham Keeley | Posted 05.21.2009 | World

Read More: Drug Cartels, Mexico Drug War, Mexico Drug, Mexico Drug Cartels, Mexico Police, Mexico, Drug War, Drug Wars, Mexico Drug Wars, World News

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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WATCH: The Conservative Case For Medical Marijuana (Video)

Lee Stranahan | Posted 05.21.2009 | Politics

Judge Jim Gray is a former prosecutor, member of the Navy JAG Corps and served as a judge for years in famously conservative Orange County. In this exclusive interview, he discusses medical marijuana.

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Failed Drug War Now Targets Whites

Earl Ofari Hutchinson | Posted 05.19.2009 | Politics

Read More: Meth, Whites, Drug Sentencing, Bush, Clinton, Blacks, Crack Cocaine, Sentencing Project, Powdered Cocaine, Drug War, Drugs, Race, Politics News

The result of the fiction that blacks are the prime drug users and abusers has been devastating in law and public policy.

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Challenging Conventional Wisdom

Sen. Fritz Hollings | Posted 05.17.2009 | Politics

Read More: Iraq War, International Trade, Marshall Plan, Drug War, Globalization, Free Trade, Manufacturing, Protectionism, Afghanistan War, Afghanistan, Hanoi-Vietnam, Vietnam, Mexico, Iraq, Politics News

I don't think we'll ever teach Afghan warlords to like democracy and grow cotton instead of poppies.

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Obama To Offer Mexico Solidarity In Drug War

AP | BEN FELLER | Posted 05.17.2009 | Politics

Read More: Drug War, Obama Mexico Trip, Barack Obama, Mexico Drug War, Mexico, Mexico City-Mexico, Politics News

MEXICO CITY — Confronting a security threat on the America's doorstep, President Barack Obama arrived Thursday in Mexico for a swift diplomatic ...

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American Violet: A Powerful Movie about Race and the Drug War

Chris Weigant | Posted 05.16.2009 | Politics

Read More: Review, Frontline, Movie, Drugs, War on Drugs, Michael O'Keefe, Racial, Prejudice, Injustice, Drug, Boyd, Systemic Racism, Tim Blake Nelson, Institutionalized Racism, American Civil Liberties Union, Erin Brockovich, District Attorney, Racism, Drug War, Confidential Informant, Justice System, Nicole Beharie, Regina Kelly, Graham Boyd, Texas, Film, American Violet, John Paschall, Chris Weigant, Sydney Poitier, Aclu, Mississippi Burning, Plea Bargain, Xzibit, Beharie, Kelly, Hearne, Paschall, Da, Politics News

Without spoiling the ending, American Violet is an excellent movie, and tells the story in a moving and heart-wrenching fashion.

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Mexican Drug War: 10 Shocking Facts

GlobalPost | Posted 05.16.2009 | World

Read More: Mexico Drug War, Drug War, Drug Lords, Foreign Affairs, Mexico, War on Drugs, Barack Obama, Drug Policy, Summit of the Americas, Mexican Drug Lords, Obama Summit, Mexico Drug Violence, Mexico Drug Wars, Advocacy, Mexico's Drug War, Mexico City-Mexico, Mexican Drug War, Mexican Drug Wars, Mexico Drug Facts, Mexican Drug War Facts, Drug War in Mexico, Mexican Drug Wars, Mexico's Drug War Facts, Mexican Drug War News, World News

In anticipation of President Obama's trip south this week -- first to Mexico on Thursday and then to the Summit of the Americas in Trinidad and Tob...

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Don Mario: Colombia's Most Wanted Drug Lord Captured

AP | CESAR GARCIA | Posted 05.16.2009 | World

BOGOTA — Colombia's most wanted drug lord was cowering like a dog under a palm tree when he was captured Wednesday in a jungle raid involving hu...

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New Campaign Should Blame Prohibition, Not Pot Smokers for Violence in Mexico

Tony Newman | Posted 05.15.2009 | World

Read More: Drug Czar, Drug Policy Alliance, Drug-Prohibition, Legalize Marijuana, Mexico Drug Violence, Drug War, Al Capone, Mexico, Mexico Drug Wars, Pot, World News

It is disingenuous to connect the average American's marijuana consumption to the horrific violence that is resulting from Mexico's drug war.

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Time to Dream Big

Benjamin Todd Jealous | Posted 05.12.2009 | Politics

Read More: Rockefeller Drug Laws, Prison, David Paterson, Drug War, Drug Laws, Naacp, Politics News

Repeal of New York state's Rockefeller drug laws signals a perfect storm for changing our expensive, ineffective, and discriminatory drug laws.

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Taxing THC: Turning Old New York into New New Amsterdam

Warren Holstein | Posted 05.09.2009 | Comedy

Read More: New Orleans, Rockefeller Drug Laws, Marijuana, Drugs, Amsterdam, California, Military Industrial Complex, Glaucoma, Norml, David Paterson, Drug War, Medical Marijuana, Blue Laws Repealed, Decriminalization, Budget Deficit, New York, Tom Ammiano, Politics, Cannabis, Intractable Pain, Federal Budget Deficit, Marijuana Amsterdam, Blue Laws, Neoconservatives, Weed, Legalize Marijuana, Ground Zero, Law Enforcement, Economy, Comedy News

Bollocks! How is that California, the crossroads of implants, spray tans and superficiality, has a leg up on the Empire State, on the possible legalization and taxation of Cannabis sativa?

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Obama: (Reefer) Madness to Tackle Legalization?

Norm Stamper | Posted 05.07.2009 | Politics

Read More: Romney, Drug War, Justice, Marijuana, Economy, Palin, Drug Policy Reform, Politics News

Should Obama have tackled the marijuana issue during his recent online town hall meeting, or was he wise to shrug it off?

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Marijuana No Laughing Matter, Mr. President

Norm Stamper | Posted 04.28.2009 | Politics

Read More: Law Enforcement, Drugs, Intractable Pain, Marijuana, Economy, Budget, Barack Obama, Drug War, Medical Marijuana, Obama Drug Policy, Obama Marijuana, Norm Stamper, Politics News

Our leader doesn't seem to understand that millions of his interlocutor-constituents are actually quite serious about the issue.

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Weekly Foreign Affairs Roundup

Christopher Herbert and Victoria Kataoka Rebuffet | Posted 04.27.2009 | World

Read More: Pentagon, Hugo Chavez, Venezuela, US Military, Sco, World Cup, Afghanistan, Drug War, Ignoramus, Dalai Lama, Pakistan, North Korea, Mexico, Iran, Drugs, Tibet, Shanghai Cooperation Organization, War on Drugs, Taliban, South Africa, g20, Barack Obama, Pyongyang, Lisbon Treaty, Missile Launch, Chinese Military, American Journalists, Benjamin Netanyahu, Ali Larijani, China, Czech Republic, Foreign Affairs, Advocacy, World News

The Week's Top Stories in Foreign Affairs: A Failed Mexican State? Facts: US Secretary of State Hillary Clinton traveled to Mexico and committed more ...

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Obama and Clinton on Drugs: Just Say No. . . Sometimes?

Phil Bronstein | Posted 04.27.2009 | Politics

Read More: Drugs, Politics, Medical Marijuana, Mexico, Hillary Clinton, Phil Bronstein, Mexico Drug Wars, Barack Obama, Economy, Drug War, Obama Administration, Obama Drug Policy, Politics News

Hey government dudes! (male and female). Give the bong back to Michael Phelps and make up your mind. The left hand seems to have forgotten what the right hand is doing.

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Taking the Pro-Pot Position (Because Somebody Has To)

Dan Sweeney | Posted 04.26.2009 | Politics

Read More: Marijuana Legalization, Obama Online Town Hall, Marijuana, Barack Obama, Drug War, Obama Drug Policy, War on Drugs, Legalize Marijuana, Obama Marijuana, Politics News

Ganja may cause the giggles, but legalization shouldn't be a laughing matter. And it certainly shouldn't be treated as cavalierly as it has by the current administration.

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Obama Readies Major Anti-Drug Effort On Mexican Border

Washington Post | Spencer S. Hsu and Mary Beth Sheridan | Posted 04.22.2009 | Politics

Read More: Mexico Drug War, President Obama, Obama Administration, Mexico, Drug War, War on Drugs, Politics News

President Obama is finalizing plans to move federal agents, equipment and other resources to the border with Mexico to support Mexican President Felip...

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Why We Can't Legalize Drugs

Stanton Peele | Posted 04.12.2009 | Politics

Read More: Mexican Drug Cartels, Addiction Brain Disease, National Institute on Drug Abuse, Drug War, Joe Biden Vice President, John Walters, Mexican President Felipe Calderon, Congressional Hearings on Mexican Drug Cartels, Drug Czar, Gil Kerlikowske, Addiction, Mexico Drug Wars, Politics News

California's multibillion dollar sales of marijuana can't be taxed while the State drowns in red ink. Yet the Obama Administration won't contemplate the possibility of legalizing marijuana. Why not?

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Maddow Lends Eye And Insight To Drug Policy Issues

HuffingtonPost.com | Jason Linkins | Posted 04.12.2009 | Politics

Read More: Video, Marijuana Policy, Rachel Maddow, Gil Kerlikowske, Drug Czar, Drug War, Drug Legalization, Barack Obama, Drug Policy, Politics News

Last night's Meghan McCain interview ended up being the Rachel Maddow Show's most talked-about segment, but Media Monitor Eric Friedman notes that att...

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Obama May Move National Guard To Mexican Border In Escalating Drug War

McClatchy | Maria Recio | Posted 04.11.2009 | Politics

Read More: Barack Obama, President Obama, Mexico, Drug War, National Guard Drug War, Us Mexico Border Drug War, National Guard, Politics News

President Obama weighed in Wednesday on the escalating drug war on the U.S.-Mexico border, saying that he was looking at possibly deploying National G...

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Obama Nominating Seattle Police Chief as Drug Czar

Ethan Nadelmann | Posted 04.11.2009 | Politics

Read More: Drug Policy Alliance, Gil Kerlikowske Drug Czar, Barack-Obama-War-on-Drugs, Ethan Nadelmann, Drug Czar, Medical Marijuana, Drugs, War on Drugs, Drug War, Obama Drug Czar, Gil Kerlikowske, Kerlikowske, Obama Drug Policy, Politics News

What gives me hope is the fact that Seattle has been at the cutting edge of harm reduction and other drug policy reform developments in the U.S. over the last decade.

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