War on Drugs

A Slugger's Drug Redemption

Anthony Papa | Posted 07.22.2008 | Politics

Read More: Steroids in Baseball, Drug Addiction, War on Drugs, Ondcp, Crack Cocaine, Alcoholism, Drug War, Drugs, Politics News
Anthony Papa

Hamilton was finally able to kick his addiction and return to baseball. He was fortunate that his addiction was not handled as a criminal manner, sending a powerful message to society.

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The Failure of the Office of National Drug Control Policy

John Carnevale | Posted 07.14.2008 | 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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The Public Health Consequences Of Thailand's War on Drugs

Jennifer Winstanley | Posted 07.10.2008 | Living

Read More: Human Rights, The Giving Life, Prison, Chiang Mai, Thailand, Public Health, War on Drugs, Drug Policy, Living News
Jennifer Winstanley

In 1997, the Thai government criminalized yaabaa in the same way as heroine. As a result, the prison population doubled within four years. There are a number of public health consequences of a policy that encourages and overuses incarceration.

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Tatum O'Neal's Drug Bust Sentence: Appropriate or Not?

Anthony Papa | Posted 07.03.2008 | Politics

Read More: Addiction Treatment, Tatum O'Neal Drugs, War on Drugs, Prison, Cocaine, Drug Sentencing, Tatum O'Neal Crack, Drugs, Politics News
Anthony Papa

Nonviolent drug offenders like Tatum O'Neal should be given an opportunity to receive treatment, not jail time. This would be a more effective solution for both the individual and the community.

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Stop Whining!

Malcolm Friedberg | Posted 07.02.2008 | Politics

Read More: Supreme Court, Second Amendment, 2008 Supreme Court Term, Antonin Scalia, Media, Drugs, Guns, War on Drugs, Justice Scalia, Politics News
Malcolm Friedberg

Most criticism of the Supreme Court's recent decisions comes off as whining about the fact that the Court decided against one's side, with zero appreciation of the fact that at least there's a relatively fair system.

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Americans Can't Allow McCain to Continue Bush's Failed Policies in the "War on Drugs"

Robert Creamer | Posted 07.02.2008 | Politics

Read More: Sentencing Policy, Cocain Use, Presidential Election, War on Terror, Latin America, Prison, Mccain, Coca Eradication, War on Drugs, Breaking News, Columbia, Drug Policy, Drug War, Bush War on Drugs, Jan Schakowsky, Politics News
Robert Creamer

Though the failures of the "War on Drugs" are more silent and insidious than the president's dramatic failures in the Middle East, the two have much in common.

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Message to George Will: Racism Ignored is Justice Denied

Anthony Papa | Posted 06.25.2008 | Politics

Read More: Racism, Crack Cocaine Sentencing, George Will, Drug War, African Americans, Sentencing Reform, Drugs, War on Drugs, Drug War Racism, Barack Obama, Politics News
Anthony Papa

The knee-jerk conclusion by some is that more black and brown people are in prison because the commit the majority of the crimes. But a closer inspection paints a vastly different picture.

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Just Say No To Winehouse

Michael Lewittes | Posted 06.23.2008 | Entertainment

Read More: Amy Winehouse Crack, Drugs, Amy Winehouse Rehab, War on Drugs, Amy Winehouse Emphysema, Amy Winehouse, Entertainment News
Michael Lewittes

I cannot in good conscience circuitously support her horrible drug habit. And neither should you. Simply, we, as her audience, are filling her crack coffers.

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As Long As We're Talking About Michelle Obama, Did You Know Cindy McCain Was A Drug Addict?

Stephen Elliott | Posted 06.19.2008 | Politics

Read More: Drug Addiction, Michelle Obama, War on Drugs, Cindy McCain, Politics News
Stephen Elliott

In the mid-nineties, Cindy was addicted to prescription pain killers. Worse, she was stealing the drugs from the American Voluntary Medical Team, a third world relief organization she founded.

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Drug War Makes New York Legislator Doggone Crazy

Anthony Papa | Posted 06.18.2008 | Politics

Read More: War on Drugs, Breaking Political News, Drug War, Dogs, Harsh Tactics, Rottweillers, Pit Bulls, New York State Assembly, Politics News
Anthony Papa

New York State Assemblyman Thomas Kirwan recently introduced legislation that would prevent people with felony drug convictions from owning dogs such as pit bulls and Rottweilers.

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Political Comedian/Activist Randy Credico Arrested Documenting Marijuana Arrests

Anthony Papa | Posted 06.13.2008 | Politics

Read More: Police Brutality, Rockefeller Drug Laws, Drug War, Marijuana, Nypd, Randy Credico, War on Drugs, Politics News
Anthony Papa

A tenfold increase in marijuana arrests over the previous decade is a figure marked by startling racial and gender disparities, according to a report released by the New York Civil Liberties Union.

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From Draconian Drug Laws to Life Without Parole -- Join the Movement Against Harsh Sentencing

Anthony Papa | Posted 06.12.2008 | Politics

Read More: Death Penalty, War on Drugs, Drug Sentencing, Mandatory Minimums, Politics News
Anthony Papa

Now is the time to question what it means for society to turn from state-sanctioned executions to punishments that impose what many prisoners describe as "in-house death sentences."

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I Was Wrong About The War On Drugs -- It's A Failure

Bob Barr | Posted 06.10.2008 | Politics

Read More: Chris Benoit, Drug Enforcement, Kane WWE, Bob Barr, Bob Barr Libertarian, War on Drugs, WWE, Libertarian Party, Drug Policy, Politics News
Bob Barr

When government attempts to solve problems, it creates even more of them, often increasing the size and depth of the original problem. A perfect example of this is the federal War on Drugs.

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Drug War Madness: Smoke a Joint and Your Whole Family May End Up Homeless

Tony Newman | Posted 05.28.2008 | Politics

Read More: Marijuana, Drug Policy Alliance, 1-Strike and Your Out, War on Drugs, Politics News
Tony Newman

The application of the government's zero-tolerance prohibition policies on drug use in public housing are overtly racist, classist, ineffective and inhumane.

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Obama's Drug Past Isn't Hurting Him -- But Thousands Aren't So Lucky

Vince Beiser | Posted 05.28.2008 | Politics

Read More: Obama, War on Drugs, Marijuana, Drug, Cocaine, Hillary Clinton Barack Obama Cocaine Use, Politics News
Vince Beiser

Many currently incarcerated for drug use are no different than the young Barack Obama, or millions of other Americans like him -- curious kids experimenting with intoxicants for kicks.

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Obama Not Completely Silent on the Drug War

Kurt Schmoke | Posted 05.22.2008 | Politics

Read More: Drug War, Clyde Bailey, Addiction, NAADPC, War on Drugs, Barack Obama, Drug Policy, Politics News
Kurt Schmoke

Obama's remarks notwithstanding, the relative silence by presidential candidates about the War on Drugs has been disappointing but not surprising.

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How The War On Drugs Takes Horticultural Hostages

Kerry Trueman | Posted 05.06.2008 | Living

Read More: Afghanistan, Asparagus, Aghan Poppy Crop, Agriculture, War on Drugs, Taliban, Diabetes, Michigan, Living News
Kerry Trueman

It's a safe bet that diabetics outnumber crackheads in the U.S. by a big fat margin, but the corn cartel's got carte blanche to fill us (and our gas tanks) with their Beltway-blessed by-products.

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A Pollster Takes Me to the Cyber-Woodshed on Colombia and the Drug War: I Respond

Arianna Huffington | Posted 04.16.2008 | Politics

Read More: Hillary Clinton Colombia, Pollsters, Bill Clinton Colombia, Polling, Drug War, Colombia Free Trade, Colombia, Mark Mellman, War on Drugs, Mike Isikoff, Opinion Polling, Drug Smuggling, Politics News
Arianna Huffington

Writing in The Hill, pollster Mark Mellman took me to the cyber-woodshed yesterday. Mellman claims that Lockheed hired him to produce "a serious study on the underexplored subject of drug policy." Very noble of Lockheed.

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Prosecutors Try to Silence Pain Activist, Don't Like Fair Play

Maia Szalavitz | Posted 04.08.2008 | Living

Read More: Addiction, Pain, Painkillers, First Amendment, Opioid, Oxycontin, Drugs, War on Drugs, Living News
Maia Szalavitz

It is an outrage against democracy to suggest that an activist be gagged to keep them in the dark to support a misguided drug war.

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Sentence First, Verdict Afterwards! Judges, Bail and Coercive Plea Bargains

David Feige | Posted 04.06.2008 | Home

Read More: District Attorney, Drug Sentencing, Judges, Brooklyn, Bail, Conspiracy, Drugs, War on Drugs, Prosecutors, Home News
David Feige

Michael Brick's ambitious piece in today's New York Times about the wide ranging narcotics prosecutions in the housing projects of Brooklyn omitted ...

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Defeating the Taliban by Treating the World's Sick: A New Approach to the Afghan Poppy Trade

Lisa Gans | Posted 04.06.2008 | Politics

Read More: Palliative Care, Aghan Poppy Crop, Taliban, Afghanistan, War on Drugs, World Health Organization, Development, Narcotics, International Narcotics Control Board, Opium, Afghanistan Drugs, Taliban Poppy, Afghanistan Poppy, Opiates, Poppy, Drugs, Poppy Crop, Politics News
Lisa Gans

The U.S. policy of poppy eradication in Afghanistan is futile, unimaginative and fails to take into account the economic needs of the Afghan population.

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Heads I Win, Tails You Lose: How Judges Make You Do the Time Even If You Didn't Do the Crime

David Feige | Posted 04.02.2008 | Politics

Read More: Supreme Court, Drugs, Criminal Justice, Drug Sentencing, War on Drugs, Crack Cocaine Sentencing, Acquitted Conduct, Politics News
David Feige

Not only have many defendants been sentenced for stuff the jury acquitted them of, but yesterday the Supreme Court refused to do anything about it.

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The Wire's Ineffective War on Juries

David Feige | Posted 03.18.2008 | Media

Read More: The Wire, Television, Jury, Jury Nullification Drugs, War on Drugs, Drug Cases, David Simon, Bodie, Wallace, Bubbles, Media News
David Feige

Juries are comprised not of a fair cross-section of the population, but rather by conservative folks who have no compunction about convicting someone of a drug crime regardless of the eventual sentence.

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The Wire's Final Season and the Story Everyone Missed

David Simon | Posted 03.17.2008 | Media

Read More: Newspapers, Drug War, No Child Left Behind, Drugs, War on Drugs, Media, Press, David Simon, David Simon on the Wire, Newspaper Industry, The Wire, Media Consolidation, David Simon on the Wire's Final Season, The Wire's Final Season, Baltimore Sun, Brian Lowry, Nclb, Media News
David Simon

Let's happily concede that all criticism stands and get to the real fun: something happened in season five of The Wire when almost no one -- among the working press, at least -- was looking.

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Salvia: The Next Marijuana?

AP | JESSICA GRESKO | Posted 03.11.2008 | Living

Read More: Medical Marijuana, Hallucinogenics, Drugs, Salvia, War on Drugs, Marijuana, Living News

TALLAHASSEE, Fla. — On Web sites touting the mind-blowing powers of Salvia divinorum, come-ons to buy the hallucinogenic herb are accompanied by...

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