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La Familia Cartel Targeted, Police Arrest More Than 300 Across U.S.

AP | ELLIOT SPAGAT and SEAN MURPHY | Posted 10.23.2009 | World

Read More: Drug Trafficking, Anti-Drug Operation, La Familia Cartel, Marijuana, Drug Raid, Mexico, Michoacan, Mexican Drug Cartel, Servando Gomez-Martinez, Bureau of Alcohol Tobacco Firearms and Explosives, Drug Enforcement Administration, Methamphetamine, Fbi, 300 Arrested, Cocaine, La Familia Michoacana en New York, Mexican Drug Cartel New York, Cartel, La Familia, World News

OKLAHOMA CITY — In the largest single strike at Mexican drug operations in the U.S., authorities arrested more than 300 people in a sting that d...

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Indonesia: Veiled Iranian Women Suspected Of Smuggling $12.5M Worth Of Methamphetamines

AP | NINIEK KARMINI | Posted 10.21.2009 | World

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JAKARTA, Indonesia — A group of 10 alleged Iranian drug smugglers, including eight veiled women, were caught with $12.5 million worth of methamp...

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Drugs: Losing the Longest War

Michael Kaplan | Posted 10.15.2009 | Politics

Read More: Durgs, Marijuana, Los Zetas, War, Addiction, Failure, Policy, Methamphetamine, Cocaine, Politics News
Michael Kaplan

On October 14, 1982, President Ronald Reagan declared war on drugs ... again. There have been one or two conflicts in human history that lasted longer -- though we'd better win this before 2012, or we'll find ourselves alone in a league with the Hundred Years' War.

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Ted Haggard Opens Up To Colorado Springs Independent: "I'm Here To Be Faithful To Me"

The Colorado Springs Independent | Bill Forman | Posted 10.02.2009 | Denver

Read More: Mike Jones, Megachurch, Christian Right, Ted Haggard, Colorado Springs, New Life Church, Methamphetamine, Homosexual, Colorado, Denver News

...And if I said the things that the therapists have said to me, some people out there would read it as me giving an excuse, which I don't want to do....

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Sparkman: Casualty of Methland, USA? Or Victim of Anti-Government Bile?

Richard M. Benjamin | Posted 09.26.2009 | Politics

Read More: Latinos, White House, Hate Crimes, Teabaggers, 2042-Minorities, Crime, Violent Crime, Tax Protests, Michele Bachman, Census Boycott, Immigration, Right Wing, Race, Working Class, Census, 2010 Census, Immigration Reform, Latino Politics, Illegal Immigrants, Bill Sparkman, Methamphetamine, Right-Wing Extremism, Anti-Government, Lou Dobbs, William Spakrkman Hanged, Lou Dobbs Immigration, Politics News
Richard M. Benjamin

Sparkman's workaday life and violent death -- whatever the cause and whoever the culprit -- highlight the precarious struggles of the white working class and the brewing storm surrounding the 2010 Census.

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New Do-It-Yourself Meth Formula Flys Under The Radar Of Anti-Drug Laws

AP | JUSTIN JUOZAPAVICIUS | Posted 09.24.2009 | Politics

Read More: Meth, Meth Labs, Methamphetamine-Addiction, Crystal Meth Labs, Meth Formula, Crystal Meth, War on Drugs, Methamphetamine, Politics News

TULSA, Okla. — This is the new formula for methamphetamine: a two-liter soda bottle, a few handfuls of cold pills and some noxious chemicals. Sh...

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Will Cameron Douglas Do More Prison Time Than Colombia's Top Drug Kingpin?

Anthony Papa | Posted 09.11.2009 | Entertainment

Read More: Breaking Entertainment News, Methamphetamine, Injustice, Michael Douglas, Mandatory Minimums, Drug-Lord-Arrested, Drug Sentencing, Cameron Douglas, War on Drugs, Colombia-Drugs, Unfair Sentencing, Cameron Douglas Drug Bust, Jail Time, Colombia-Drug-War, Diego Montoya, Drug Lord, Entertainment News
Anthony Papa

It's time to end these draconian war on drugs laws and implement a sentencing structure that promotes fairness and justice.

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Prosecutors: Michael Douglas' Son Moved Meth Via Fed Ex, Called It 'Pastry' And 'Bath Salts'

AP | TOM HAYS | Posted 09.07.2009 | Entertainment

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NEW YORK — Michael Douglas' son traveled coast to coast dealing large quantities of methamphetamine before his arrest last month, according to a...

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Michael Douglas' Son Should Not Go to Prison

Anthony Papa | Posted 09.06.2009 | Entertainment

Read More: Addiction, Treatment, Criminal Justice, Methamphetamine, Michael Douglas, Rockefeller Drug Laws, Cameron Douglas Drug Bust, Governor Pataki, Entertainment News
Anthony Papa

The role of drugs and drug addiction loom large in our society, but instead of demonizing addicted individuals, we need an alternative approach: treatment, not imprisonment.

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Turning Cold Medicine into a Controlled Substance?

Anthony Papa | Posted 08.21.2009 | Politics

Read More: Crystal Meth, Epidemic, Medication, Cold Remedies, Methamphetamine, Drug War, Politics News
Anthony Papa

As it stands now, consumers with colds across the country must present a photo ID and sign a log in order to purchase cold and allergy medicines containing pseudoephedrine.

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An Interview With Nick Reding, Author of Methland

Patrick Sauer | Posted 08.20.2009 | Media

Read More: Nick Reding, Iowa, Methamphetamine, Meth, Politics, Agribusiness, Pharmaceutical Industry, Big Pharma, Big Ag, Farming, Local Food, Local Farmers, Frank Rich, New York Times, Methland, Oelwein, Media News
Patrick Sauer

Oelwein is a microcosm of small town everywhere, but Methland shows that the drug abuse is a symptom, not the cause, of the deeply ingrained problems facing rural America.

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Nicole Bobek, Ex-Figuring Skating Champion, Charged With Being Part Of New Jersey Drug Ring

AP | Posted 08.07.2009 | New York

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(AP) -- Former figure-skating champion Nicole Bobek has been charged with being part of a northern New Jersey drug ring. Bobek, 31, made her first co...

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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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Scientists Endorse "Brain Boost" Drugs: Beginning of End of Drug War?

Maia Szalavitz | Posted 01.08.2009 | Living

Read More: Addiction, Drug War, Drugs, Drug Policy, Cognitive Enhancement, Methamphetamine, Health, Living News
Maia Szalavitz

Researchers are arguing that drugs that "boost the brain" should be permitted legal if they are safe and effective. Here's where it gets interesting: many drugs that boost the brain also produce a high.

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Wasilla's Meth Problem Made Palin's Borough The Meth Capital Of Alaska

AP | Posted 10.05.2008 | Politics

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WASILLA - The Matanuska-Susitna area is the methamphetamine capital of Alaska, according to Alaska State Troopers. In 2003, authorities uncovered nin...

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The Failure of the Office of National Drug Control Policy

John Carnevale | Posted 07.22.2008 | Business

Read More: National Institute on Drug Abuse, Marijuana, Economy, 2008 National Drug Control Strategy, Drugs, War on Drugs, Ondcp, Methamphetamine, Bush War on Drugs, Cocaine, Business News
John Carnevale

Having spent eleven years in the Office of National Drug Control Policy, I can say that in contradiction to a recent report, we have little reason to believe that America has reached a turning point in the war on drugs.

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NH Cop To McCain: Drug War Blows

Matt Simon | Posted 03.28.2008 | Home

Read More: Drugs, John McCain, Crime, Methamphetamine, Marijuana, 2008 Election, Offthebus, Home News
Matt Simon

At a town hall At Franklin PIerce College Sunday evening, Senator John McCain took a question on the War on Drugs from an audience member with an interesting perspective -- a police officer.

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