Drug Policy , Question of the Week

What is drug decriminalization?

Drug Policy Question of the Week – 9-29-12 As answered by Mary Jane Borden, Editor of Drug War Facts for the Drug Truth Network on 9-29-12. http://www.drugtruth.net/cms/node/3945 Question of the Week: As a multiple part series on drug control models, the question for this week asks, What is drug decriminialization? […]

Drug Policy , Question of the Week

What is drug depenalization?

Drug Policy Question of the Week – 8-19-12 As answered by Mary Jane Borden, Editor of Drug War Facts for the Drug Truth Network on 8-19-12. http://www.drugtruth.net/cms/node/3945 Question of the Week: As a multiple part series on drug control models, the question for this week asks, What is drug depenalization? […]

Drug Policy , Question of the Week

What is prohibition?

Drug Policy Question of the Week – 7-30-12 As answered by Mary Jane Borden, Editor of Drug War Facts for the Drug Truth Network on 7-30-12. http://www.drugtruth.net/cms/node/3945 Question of the Week: As a multiple part series on drug control models, the question for this week asks, What is prohibition? The […]

Drug Policy , Question of the Week

Drug Control Models

Drug Policy Question of the Week – 7-25-12 As answered by Mary Jane Borden, Editor of Drug War Facts for the Drug Truth Network on 7-25-12. http://www.drugtruth.net/cms/node/3945 Question of the Week: What are drug control models? The abstract of a 1996 article that appeared in the Journal of Policy Analysis […]

Drug Policy , Law Enforcement & Prisons , Question of the Week

Stop and Frisk

Drug Policy Question of the Week – 7-21-12 As answered by Mary Jane Borden, Editor of Drug War Facts for the Drug Truth Network on 7-21-12. http://www.drugtruth.net/cms/node/3945 Question of the Week: What is Stop and Frisk? A May 2011 briefing paper from the Drug Policy Alliance defines a “stop” as […]

Question of the Week

AIDS and the Drug War

Drug Policy Question of the Week – 7-13-12 As answered by Mary Jane Borden, Editor of Drug War Facts for the Drug Truth Network on 7-13-12. http://www.drugtruth.net/cms/node/3945 Question of the Week: Does the drug war cause AIDS? A new report from the Global Commission on Drug Policy seems to think […]

Drug Policy , Question of the Week

DUID

Drug Policy Question of the Week – 7-4-12 As answered by Mary Jane Borden, Editor of Drug War Facts for the Drug Truth Network on 7-4-12. http://www.drugtruth.net/cms/node/3935 Question of the Week: What is DUID? DUID stands for “driving while under the influence of drugs.” Some reports have called this “OUI” […]

Cannabis & Hemp , Drug Policy , Question of the Week

Endocannabinoid System

Drug Policy Question of the Week – 6-13-12 As answered by Mary Jane Borden, Editor of Drug War Facts for the Drug Truth Network on 6-13-12. http://www.drugtruth.net/cms/node/3908 Question of the Week: What is the endocannabinoid system? According to the Drug Enforcement Administration in its July 2011 entry into the Federal […]

Drug Policy , Question of the Week

Drugs in Ancient History

Drug Policy Question of the Week – 6-5-12 As answered by Mary Jane Borden, Editor of Drug War Facts for the Drug Truth Network on 6-5-12. http://www.drugtruth.net/cms/node/3903 Question of the Week: When did people start using drugs? According to a 2009 historical overview by the United Nations Office on Drugs […]