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Rockefeller Drug Law Reforms Go Into Effect

Eric T. Schneiderman | Posted 10.07.2009 | New York

Read More: Rockefeller, Rockefeller Drug Laws, Judicial Discretion, Criminal Justice, Drug Sentencing, Drug Reform, War on Drugs, New York News
Eric T. Schneiderman

For all the (fair) criticism of Albany's dysfunction, our state government did get something right this year. The drug law reforms go into effect today.

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Colorado's War on Drugs a Fiscal Disaster

Mike Krause | Posted 10.07.2009 | Denver

Read More: Colorado Politics, Drug Policy Task Force, Marijuana, Ccjj, Cocain, War on Drugs, Colorado Commission on Criminal and Juvenile Justice, Heroin, Drug Policy, Colorado General Assembly, Denver News
Mike Krause

Colorado's failed attempt to incarcerate away drugs costs taxpayers roughly $140 million per year just for prison beds. Budget hawks have turned a blind eye to one of the most extreme spending sprees in state history.

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Matt Damon, Your Buddy Mayor Bloomberg Is a Hypocritical Drug Warrior

Tony Newman | Posted 10.05.2009 | New York

Read More: Legalizing Marijuana, Drug Policy Alliance, Marijauna, Mayor Bloomberg, Drug War, New York Mayoral Election, War on Drugs, Matt Damon, Racial Profiling, Hypocrite, Weed, New York News
Tony Newman

What may not be clear to Matt Damon, an admitted marijuana user, is that despite the mayor's "moderate" reputation Bloomberg is a full-fledged, drug warrior.

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Here Is Your Chance to Help End the Failed War on Drugs

Anthony Papa | Posted 12.02.2009 | Politics

Read More: Prison Reform, New Mexico, Marijuana, Drug War, Medical Marijuana, Treatment, War on Drugs, Marijuana Legalization, Ondcp, Cocaine, Politics News
Anthony Papa

Our nation's drug policy should be based on reason, compassion, health and human rights, but to do so will take a great deal of strategizing and organizing.

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Pot Wars: A Bipartisan Failure

Jessica Corry | Posted 11.25.2009 | Denver

Read More: Tom Tancredo, Marijuana, Medical Marijuana, Regulation, War on Drugs, Marijuana Legalization, Drug Policy, Hillary Clinton, Colorado, Prohibition, Denver News
Jessica Corry

Democrats calculate they will have nothing to gain by legalizing. Republicans fear angering a socially conservative base of voters all too eager to forget its beer-bonging college days.

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Free the 'Prince of Pot?' You Be the Judge...

Mason Tvert | Posted 11.19.2009 | Politics

Read More: Marc Emery, Drugs, Canada, War on Drugs, Pot, Legalization, Marijuana, Politics News
Mason Tvert

Emery operated his seed business entirely in Canada with no American branches or employees and he conducted business openly in Canada without ever facing charges of manufacturing or distributing marijuana.

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The War on Drugs and 40 Years of Escalation on the Border

Sito Negron | Posted 11.19.2009 | World

Read More: Sito Negron, Npt, Newspaper Tree, Border, War on Drugs, Utep, El Paso, Juarez, World News
Sito Negron

I live about a mile from the border, and can see Juarez from the yard in front of my apartment. Helicopters regularly fly so close overhead that my windows rattle.

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Leslie Crocker Snyder Should Not Be NYC's Next District Attorney

Anthony Papa | Posted 10.20.2009 | New York

Read More: Rockefeller Drug Laws, Manhattan Da Race, Leslie Crocker Snyder, Manhattan District Attorney, War on Drugs, Race, New York News
Anthony Papa

Crocker was a "hang em' high" judge who was infamous for handing out stiff drug sentences under the Rockefeller Drug Laws. I served a 15 to life sentence under those laws.

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Gunmen Kill 17 At A Drug Rehab In Mexico

AP | OLIVIA TORRES and ALICIA A. CALDWELL | Posted 10.19.2009 | World

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CIUDAD JUAREZ, Mexico — Neighbors mopped blood from the sidewalk outside a drug rehabilitation center Thursday, cleaning up the carnage after gu...

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Mexico And Argentina Move Towards Decriminalizing Drugs

guardian.co.uk | Rory Carroll in Caracas, Jo Tuckman in Mexico and Tom Phillips in Rio De Janeiro | Posted 10.16.2009 | World

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Argentina and Mexico have taken significant steps towards decriminalizing drugs amid a growing Latin American backlash against the US-sponsored "war o...

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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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Top Mexican Drug Cartel Leaders Indicted By Chicago Feds, Department Of Justice

AP | DEVLIN BARRETT | Posted 09.20.2009 | Politics

Read More: War on Drugs, Patrick Fitzgerald, Eric Holder, Mexican Cartels, Mexican Drug Cartel Indictment, El Chapo, Joaquin "El Chapo" Guzman Loera, Ismael El Mayo Zambada, Arburo Beltran-Leyva, Sinaloa Cartel, Politics News

WASHINGTON — Federal prosecutors on Thursday announced new indictments against 10 suspected Mexican drug cartel leaders accused of using everyth...

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Nearly $2.5 Million Worth Of Pot Torched By Authorities (VIDEO)

Huffington Post | Posted 09.19.2009 | Chicago

Read More: Cook County Marijuana, Video, Cook County Forest Preserve, Marijuana, Chicago Pot Bust, Palos Township Marijuana, War on Drugs, Chicago News

Nearly $2.5 million worth of marijuana went up in smoke Wednesday when Cook County Forest Preserve police and DEA agents set fire to a cache of plants...

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Up To 90 Percent Of U.S. Paper Money Contains Traces Of Cocaine: New Study

Huffington Post | Posted 09.17.2009 | Politics

Read More: Paper Money, Money, Cocaine Money, American Chemical Society, Drugs, War on Drugs, Scientific Study, Cocaine, Politics News

On Sunday, the American Chemical Society, a nonprofit scientific society chartered by Congress, released a study claiming that up to 90 percent of U.S...

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Over 2,500 Marijuana Plants Worth $2.5M Burned By Authorities

Daily Herald | Jameel Naqvi | Posted 09.14.2009 | Chicago

Read More: Mchenry County, Marijuana Plants Burned, Marijuana, War on Drugs, Mchenry County Marijuana, Chicago News

McHenry County Sheriff's deputies on Wednesday chopped up and burned more than 2,500 marijuana plants found in an unincorporated area near Woodstock....

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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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U.S. War on Drugs Is Killing Mexico

Diane Francis | Posted 09.11.2009 | World

Read More: Drug Trafficking, Tourism, Passport Requirements, Visa, Crime, Marijuana, Mexico, Illegal Immigration, Immigration, Canada, Drugs, War on Drugs, Protectionism, Legalize Marijuana, World News
Diane Francis

The Three Amigos Summit which just ended -- U.S., Canada and Mexico -- is the private gathering of North America's dysfunctional family.

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The Gates Affair: Why We Care

Daniel Bruno Sanz | Posted 09.10.2009 | Politics

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Daniel Bruno Sanz

Inheritance is White, poor credit scores, Black. A missing woman is White and a fugitive on the loose is Black.

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"All Rise!": A Better Way of Justice Is Now In Session

Nick Gillie | Posted 08.21.2009 | Politics

Read More: Drug Addiction, All Rise, Drugs, War on Drugs, Drug Courts, Judges, Criminal Justice System, Judicial System, Politics News
Nick Gillie

It is time to abandon "conventional" views that prison is the solution to addiction, and consider what the research says.

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Honduras... The Big Backstory

Eric Ehrmann | Posted 08.20.2009 | World

Read More: Iran-Contra, Otto Reich, Chicago, Havana, Arias, Obama, Ros-Lehtinen, South America, Ortega, China, Organization of American States, Iran, Oas, Zelaya, Saudi Arabia, Russia, Harry Potter, Panama Canal, Nicaragua, Bill Clinton, Hugo Chavez, Mara Salvatrucha, Latin America, Kremlin, Venezuela, Hugo Llorens, Israel, Hillary Clinton, Gangs, Hutchinson Whampoa, Cuba, Soto Cano, War on Drugs, Palmerola, Sandinista, Dea, Mossad, World News
Eric Ehrmann

The White House denounced the action in Honduras as "illegal." But that call requires Washington to cut off all but humanitarian aid and could jeopardize the big Soto Cano base outside Tegucigalpa.

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Pissing on Drug Warrior Graves

Dean Becker | Posted 08.09.2009 | Politics

Read More: Drug Trafficking, Jim-Webb-Drug-Legalization, War on Drugs, Drug War, Drug Lord, Politics News
Dean Becker

The truth is this: from the drug czar on down through the DEA, there is no one willing to justify the horrors created by this policy of drug prohibition.

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Ryan Grim Discusses His New Book "This Is Your Country on Drugs" On CNN (VIDEO)

Huff TV | Posted 08.09.2009 | Politics

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Huff TV

HuffPost's Senior Congressional Correspondent Ryan Grim was a guest on CNN's "American Morning" to discuss his new book "This Is Your Country On Drugs...

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Progressives Push Against Drug War: Will Dems Listen?

Norm Stamper | Posted 08.02.2009 | Politics

Read More: Politics, Drugs, War on Drugs, Crime, Marijuana, Progressives, Politics News
Norm Stamper

It's official. We can now talk openly about what the great majority of us have known for a long time: drug prohibition isn't working, and never will.

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My Jury Service to America

Paul Butler | Posted 08.01.2009 | Politics

Read More: The Wire, Jury Duty, Prison Population, Low-Level Drug Offenders, Prison, Jury Nullification Drugs, War on Drugs, Politics News
Paul Butler

If I get put on a jury in a non-violent drug case, I'll vote "not guilty," based on my principles -- even if I think the defendant actually did it.

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Michael Jackson and the Overdose Crisis in America

Jill Harris | Posted 07.31.2009 | Living

Read More: Michael Jackson, Harm Reduction, Naloxone, Drugs, War on Drugs, Overdose, Living News
Jill Harris

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.

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