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Latin America Will Push U.S. To Discuss New Drug War Strategies

AP | SONIA PEREZ DIAZ | Posted 06.04.2013 | Latino Voices
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ANTIGUA, Guatemala — Latin American countries frustrated by the United States' refusal to change its drug war strategy are pushing the U.S. gove...

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Honduras Makes MAJOR Drug Bust

AP | FREDDY CUEVAS and MARTHA MENDOZA | Posted 08.29.2012 | World
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TEGUCIGALPA, Honduras -- Honduran authorities announced Wednesday that the National Police have busted a rare, makeshift cocaine laboratory hidden in ...

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America's Failed Drug War

Posted 08.27.2012 | World
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One in three black men in the United States can expect to go to prison in their lifetime, according to the Bureau of Justice Statistics. In Baltimore,...

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Radley Balko

House Bill Would Apply U.S. Drug Policy Globally

HuffingtonPost.com | Radley Balko | Posted 12.06.2011 | Politics
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The House Judiciary Committee passed a bill yesterday that would make it a federal crime for U.S. residents to discuss or plan activities on foreign s...

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How To Win A Drug War

AFP | Posted 09.02.2011 | World
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LISBON — Health experts in Portugal said Friday that Portugal's decision 10 years ago to decriminalise drug use and treat addicts rather than punish...

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U.S. Can't Justify Billions In Drug War Spending: Report

The Los Angeles Times | Brian Bennett | Posted 08.09.2011 | Politics
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As drug cartels wreak murderous havoc from Mexico to Panama, the Obama administration is unable to show that the billions of dollars spent in the war ...

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EU To Combat Latin American Drug Trade

Huffington Post | Posted 05.25.2011 | 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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