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Pentagon, DHS Divided On Military's Role at Border

washingtonpost.com | Spencer S. Hsu | Posted 07.28.2009 | Politics

Read More: Janet Napolitano, Military, Department of Homeland Security Report, US Military, Pentago, Obama, War on Drugs, Robert Gates, Politics News

A proposal to send National Guard troops to the U.S.-Mexico border to counter drug trafficking has triggered a bureaucratic standoff between the Penta...

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A Roast to Prohibition (VIDEO)

Ross Hyzer | Posted 07.28.2009 | Comedy

Read More: Video, War on Drugs, Drug Laws, Marijuana, Barney Frank, Comedy News

Last week, to the delighted huzzahs of Government Mule fans the world over, Rep. Barney Frank introduced two pieces of marijuana-related legislation.

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Recent Heroin Surge: A Major Threat

Joshua Lyon | Posted 07.24.2009 | Living

Read More: Oxycontin, Vicodin, Heroin, War on Drugs, Drug Overdose, Overdose, Prescription Pills, Pills, Prescription Painkillers, Living News

If you're hooked on an opiate, and you find that same high at a much cheaper price, it becomes much easier to justify using heroin.

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Fighting My Own Drug War: An Excerpt From What's Left of Us

Richard Farrell | Posted 07.24.2009 | Living

Read More: Excerpt, Entertainment, Memoirs, Author, Books, Drugs, War on Drugs, Heroin, Aa, Rehab, God, Richard Farrell, Memoir, Living, Narcotics, Cocaine, Living News

Heroin is not a cold-shake like cocaine. The impurities used to cut heroin need to be cooked off in boiling water before you shoot it intravenously.

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A Ticket For Marijuana Possession In Cook County? Reduced Pot Penalty Proposed As Budget Woes Deepen

Huffington Post | Tim Taliaferro | Posted 07.21.2009 | Chicago

Read More: Tom Dart, Marijuana Decriminalization, Cook County Marijuana, Earlean Collins, Marijuana Laws, Allen St. Pierre, Cook County Pot Laws, Chicago Heights Marijuana, Cook County Board, Larry Suffredin, War on Drugs, Chicago News

Getting caught with a small amount of marijuana would not automatically lead to arrest if a Cook County Commissioner gets her way. An ordinance propo...

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More People In Illinois Prisons For Possessing Drugs Than For Selling

Chicago Public Radio | Rob Wildeboer | Posted 07.18.2009 | Chicago

Read More: War on Drugs, Illinois Prisons, Illinois Drug Offenders, Chicago News

Last year, more people in Illinois were sent to prison for possessing drugs than were sent for selling drugs....

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25 Years In Prison For Pot? Congressman's Proposal Is Just Plain Dumb

Paul Armentano | Posted 07.16.2009 | Politics

Read More: Cannabis, Mark Kirk, Marijuana, Barney Frank, Dea, Medical Marijuana, Thc, Obama, Pot, War on Drugs, HR 2835, Legalization, The Medical Marijuana Patient Protection Act of 2009, Weed, Potency, Health, Politics News

Facts play virtually no role in political drug policy debate, and ignorance hardly disqualifies someone from holding elected office.

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Third Screen: The Next Manhattan DA May Be A Woman

Vickie Karp | Posted 07.13.2009 | Politics

Read More: Leslie Crocker Snyder, Ed Koch, New York City Politics, Crime, Manhattan DA, Mayor Koch, Death Penalty, Drugs, War on Drugs, Gangs, Feminism, Politics News

Leslie Crocker Snyder is running to be the first woman to be Manhattan District Attorney. Snyder has prosecuted mafia members and drug lords and gang members. She created the first sex crimes unit in the United States, writing the Rape/Shield law that, to this day, saves rape victims from malicious and overly-broad cross-examination.

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Drug War: Brazil Drug Crackdown Arrests Dozens, Including 19 Police

The News | Posted 07.11.2009 | World

Read More: Latin America, Rio De Janeiro Drug Bust, Drug War, Rio De Janeiro, Foreign Affairs, Brazil, Rio De Janeiro-Brazil, Drugs, War on Drugs, Brazil Drug War, Advocacy, Drug Policy, World News

At least 41 people were arrested Tuesday, among them 19 police officers, in the largest operation conducted by authorities in the Brazilian state of R...

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Mexico Drug Violence Spills Into Guatemala

LA Times | Posted 07.05.2009 | World

Read More: Guatemala City, Guatemala Violence, Mexico City, Drug War, Drug Violence, Foreign Affairs, Mexico, Guatemala, Drugs, Guatemala Drug Violence, War on Drugs, Mexico Drug Violence, Guatemala Gang Violence, Mexico Drug Wars, Advocacy, World News

Authorities have boosted security at a Guatemala City prison since the arrests of members of the Zetas, a violent drug gang from Mexico....

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Leave Rockefeller Drug Law Reforms Alone

Anthony Papa | Posted 07.03.2009 | Politics

Read More: Gov. Paterson, Rockefeller Drug Laws, Criminal Justice, War on Drugs, Prison, Politics News

District Attorneys and Republican Senators, who were the main opponents of the reforms, have struck back. They are now seeking to mount a campaign to repeal the reforms.

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Kristof Asks Readers: Should US Legalize Drugs?

HuffingtonPost.com | Ryan Grim | Posted 07.02.2009 | Politics

Read More: Drug Legalization, Nicholas Kristof Interview, Nicholas Kristof, War on Drugs, Nicholas Kristof Drug Legalization, Politics News

Nicholas Kristof wants to know: Should the U.S. legalize drugs? The influential New York Times columnist posted the question, which is being asked i...

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Fighting Drugs by Focusing on Demand

Craig and Marc Kielburger | Posted 06.29.2009 | World

Read More: Marc Kielburger, Colombia, War on Drugs, Craig Kielburger, Cocaine, Supply and Demand, World News

It seemed strange that so many people finished their meals together with Colombia's former-president César Gaviria. We sat next to him at a dinner...

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Drug Czar's Pot-Potency Claims Go Up In Smoke

HuffingtonPost.com | Ryan Grim | Posted 06.29.2009 | Politics

Read More: Marijuana, Drug Czar, Gil Kerlikowske, Drugs, War on Drugs, Pot, Drug Policy, Politics News

A newly released report about marijuana potency undermines previous claims by the Office of National Drug Control Policy (ONDCP) that the drug's poten...

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Germany Approves Prescribing Heroin to Long-time Users Unable to Quit

Tony Newman | Posted 06.28.2009 | World

Read More: HIV/AIDS, Crime, Germany, Heroin-Prescription, Drugs, War on Drugs, Heroin, Overdose, Health, World News

A new law has been approved allowing doctors to prescribe synthetic heroin to people with long-term drug addictions in an effort to reduce crime, overdose deaths and the spread of HIV.

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"That's What Real Policemen Do; They Stand Up for Each Other"

Norm Stamper | Posted 06.25.2009 | Politics

Read More: Drug Prohibition, Police Corruption, Narcs, Drug War, Dea, Drug Busts, Cleveland, War on Drugs, Narcotics Officers, Politics News

Cops lie for reasons embedded in the history, structure, and culture of the institution itself. Too many drug cops wind up lying to their bosses.

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Supervised Drug Injection Facilities in NY? Yes We Should (and Can)!

Tony Newman | Posted 06.25.2009 | Politics

Read More: HIV/AIDS, Overdose Deaths, Drug Policy Alliance, Safe Injection Facilities, Vancouver, Drug War, Insite, War on Drugs, New York, Health, Politics News

A Vancouver injection site reduced public drug use, cut down on the spread of HIV/AIDS and overdose deaths, and helped people get into treatment.

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Former Baseball Star Willie Aikens Testifies Before Congress on Crack Cocaine Disparity

Anthony Papa | Posted 06.25.2009 | Politics

Read More: Willie Mays Aikens, War on Drugs, Crack Cocaine Sentencing, Crack Cocaine, Crime, Obama Prison Sentences, Obama Administration, Politics News

Sentencing disparities between powder and crack cocaine cases have produced the greatest racial disparity in the American criminal justice system.

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Colombian Farms Given Broad Incentives To Not Grow Coca

Washington Post | Posted 06.22.2009 | World

Read More: Coca Farmers, Colombian Coca, Latin America, Drug War, Afghanistan, Colombia, Colombian Coca Farmers, Foreign Affairs, Colombian Coca Crops, Drugs, Colombia Coca, War on Drugs, Cocaine, Advocacy, World News

Colombia, with $8 billion in U.S. backing since the late 1990s, has tried everything to eradicate the crop used to make cocaine....

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I, Pot Smoker

Daniel Denvir | Posted 06.20.2009 | Living

Read More: Drug War, Marijuana, Smoking Pot, Illinois Medical Marijuana, Medical Marijuana, New York Times, War on Drugs, Legalize Marijuana, Libertarians, The Discovery Channel's Planet Earth Dvd Set, Living News

The world of well-adjusted adult people who smoke pot is one of America's best-kept secrets.

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Cops Say to Legalize Drugs

Allison Kilkenny | Posted 06.19.2009 | Politics

Read More: Howard Wooldridge, Drug-Decriminalization, Law Enforcement Against Prohibition, Jack Cole, War on Drugs, Drug Legalization, Gil Kerlikowske, Barack Obama, Leap, Politics News

The benefits of legalizing drugs are now undeniable, and everyone from Obama's most zealous supporters to former drug enforcement officials are demanding legalization be considered a valid option.

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My Return to Prison: Views on the Failed Drug War from Inside Sing Sing

Wayne Kramer | Posted 06.15.2009 | Politics

Read More: Sing Sing, War on Drugs, Violent Crimes, Drug War, Prison, Drug Violence, Politics News

Non-violent drug offenders who are locked up are pawns in urban political gamesmanship. Nobody talks about them. There's no political will to look at it. There's no political capital in it. It's a no-winner.

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Begging for Help on Crack Street

Richard Farrell | Posted 06.15.2009 | Politics

Read More: High on Crack Street, Crack Cocaine, Richard Farrell, President Obama, Mexico, Drugs, War on Drugs, Massachusetts, Border Patrol, Mexico Drug Wars, Barack Obama, Columbia, Politics News

America will never be safe from the gigantic ramifications of illegal drug use unless the Obama administration mounts a major campaign to rehabilitate drug addicts.

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Ending the War on Drugs: The Moment is Now

Arianna Huffington | Posted 06.14.2009 | Politics

Read More: Crack Cocaine Sentencing, Eric Holder Drug War, Eric Holder Attorney General, Marijuana, Drug War, Crack Cocaine, Medical Marijuana, Obama Drug Policy, War on Drugs, Ryan Grim, Obama Marijuana, Eric Holder, Drug Policy, Colombia, Brazil, Mexico, Politics News

When it comes to addressing America's disastrous war on drugs, the Obama administration is saying the right things. But when it comes to putting its rhetoric into action, the administration has faltered.

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Don't Believe the Hype! Potent Pot, So What?

Paul Armentano | Posted 06.14.2009 | Politics

Read More: Cannabis, Cnn, Marijuana, John Walters, Drug Enforcement Administration, Potency Monitoring Project, Drug Czar, Thc, Drugs, War on Drugs, Pot, University of Mississippi, Potency, Politics News

If nothing else, the government's annual "new and improved pot" claims are good advertising for marijuana dealers. As for the rest of the public, it's time for a reality check.

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