The Five Stages of Grief over Obama's Drug Policies
Obama is not committed enough to drug policy reform to incur the symbolism taking any steps towards liberalization would send.
Obama is not committed enough to drug policy reform to incur the symbolism taking any steps towards liberalization would send.
Jirair Ratevosian | Posted 08.16.2009 | Politics
Lifting the 20-year ban on federal funding of needle exchange provides greater options for states and local jurisdictions that require new and effective tools to prevent the spread of HIV.
Jill Harris | Posted 07.31.2009 | Living
If Michael Jackson's death was caused by an opioid overdose, it might have been averted had people close to him had access to a simple and reliable antidote: naloxone, otherwise known as Narcan.
Mitchell Beer | Posted 06.18.2009 | Living
When free-market alarmists who oppose U.S. health care reform storm Congress with their horror stories about Canada's public health insurance system, I don't know which system they're talking about.
Allan Clear | Posted 04.11.2009 | World
Will this be the year that member states will move towards a public health and human rights approach to drug policy? The signs have not been good.
Allan Clear | Posted 02.27.2009 | World
By making drug use as dangerous as possible, the US has facilitated the spread of HIV and hepatitis, and has created a prison system unlike anything since the Soviet gulags.
Allan Clear | Posted 01.22.2009 | World
At last, my final day in Vienna attending the United Nations' "Technical Seminar on Drug Addiction Prevention and Treatment: From Research to Practice" conference.
Allan Clear | Posted 01.19.2009 | Politics
Cross posted from from the Stop the Drug War Chronicle Blog (12/18/08) Ah, the Clockwork Orange brainwashing day. (For my preamble, click here. For c...
Allan Clear | Posted 01.18.2009 | World
Are the collected nations going to sign on to yet another tour of duty with the War on Drugs? Or will this new Declaration finally shift the focus of international drug policy towards a human rights, public health-based approach?
Stanton Peele | Posted 01.18.2009 | Living
How many adult substance abusers abstain? By now, we are inured to the frequent visits to rehab by problem drinking and drug abusing entertainment figures.
Jennifer Winstanley | Posted 07.25.2008 | Living
A few months ago I went to a rally in support of harm reduction services outside a UNAIDS meeting in Chiang Mai. The rally was organized by the Thai A...
Stanton Peele | Posted 09.08.2009 | Politics