War on Drugs Failure

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Racism's Hidden History in the War on Drugs

Judge Frederic Block | Posted 03.05.2013 | Crime

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In 1909 Congress made opium smoking a federal offense by enacting the Anti-Opium Act. It reinforced Chinese racism by carving out an exception for drinking and injecting tinctures of opiates that were popular among whites.

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WATCH: Michael Steele Calls War On Drugs The 'New Segregation'

HuffingtonPost.com | Mike Sacks | Posted 10.28.2012 | Politics

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The drug war is a failure, but we'll be hard pressed to hear any national leader pushing meaningful reform. As part of HuffPost Live's Shadow Conventi...

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Politicians Ignore Failed 'War on Drugs' at Their (and Our) Peril

Leonard Frieling | Posted 10.28.2012 | Politics

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Opposing the war on drugs is often portrayed as a liberal issue. But it is also a conservative issue for anyone who champions classic "republican" values.

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Gov. Christie: War On Drugs 'A Failure'

HuffingtonPost.com | Alex Becker | Posted 07.10.2012 | Politics

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WASHINGTON -- New Jersey Gov. Chris Christie (R) has become the latest leader to condemn the now 40-year-old war on drugs. "The war on drugs, while...

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Author and Legal Scholar, Michelle Alexander, Talks About The War on Drugs and Mass Incarceration (Part 2)

Kathleen Wells, J.D. | Posted 07.09.2012 | Black Voices

Author and legal scholar, Michelle Alexander, has written a powerful and highly acclaimed, well-researched book titled, "The New Jim Crow: Mass Incarceration in the Age of Colorblindness."

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Author and Legal Scholar, Michelle Alexander, Talks about the War on Drugs and Mass Incarceration (Part 1)

Kathleen Wells, J.D. | Posted 05.04.2012 | Politics

Author and legal scholar, Michelle Alexander, has written a powerful and highly acclaimed, well-researched book titled, "The New Jim Crow: Mass Incarceration in the Age of Colorblindness."

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WATCH: Cook County Board President Says War On Drugs 'Has Failed'

Posted 08.20.2011 | Chicago

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At a rally on Friday, the chief executive of the second-most populous county in the nation declared that the 40-year-old war on drugs "has failed" in ...

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