Drug Policy Question of the Week – 6-9-10 As answered by Mary Jane Borden, Editor of Drug War Facts for the Drug Truth Network on 6-6-10. http://www.drugtruth.net/cms/node/2930 Question of the Week: Can heroin be used to treat heroin addiction? First, a look at the numbers finds that there were approximately […]
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What makes drug policy a human rights issue?
Drug Policy Question of the Week – 6-6-10 As answered by Mary Jane Borden, Editor of Drug War Facts for the Drug Truth Network on 6-6-10. http://www.drugtruth.net/cms/node/2927 Question of the Week: What makes drug policy a human rights issue? Let’s first count the numbers. In its “Prisoners in 2008” report, […]
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The effectiveness of paramilitary drug law enforcement
Drug Policy Question of the Week – 5-25-10 As answered by Mary Jane Borden, Editor of Drug War Facts for the Drug Truth Network on 5-25-10. http://www.drugtruth.net/cms/node/2912 Question of the Week: Is the use of paramilitary SWAT raids in drug enforcement effective? First, let’s count the numbers. The Office of […]
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The federal government’s failure to find any positive use for marijuana
Drug Policy Question of the Week – 5-19-10 As answered by Mary Jane Borden, Editor of Drug War Facts for the Drug Truth Network on 5-19-10. http://www.drugtruth.net/cms/node/2902 Question of the Week: Why has the federal government failed to find any positive use for marijuana? Let’s say that it did, but […]
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Teen use in states that have medical marijuana laws
Drug Policy Question of the Week – 5-10-10 As answered by Mary Jane Borden, Editor of Drug War Facts for the Drug Truth Network on 5-10-10. http://www.drugtruth.net/cms/node/2890 Question of the Week: Is teen use of marijuana is higher in states with medical marijuana laws than in states without them? The […]
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The Price of the Drug War
The price that Americans are paying for the drug war has become an issue in these times of severe federal, state, and local budget deficits. Some of these costs can be found within the Economics link at Drug War Facts and have been distilled into the flyer, “The Federal, State, […]
Cannabis & Hemp
Assuaging the Opposition
If you’re from Ohio or interested in its cannabis policies, you may have seen my April 7th interview with the Ohio News Network (ONN): http://www.10tv.com/live/content/onnnews/stories/2010/04/07/story-medical-marijuana.html Via ONN, this interview made its way across state to Toledo and maybe beyond. http://www.wtol.com/global/story.asp?s=12275194 I was interested to hear the comments made by Patricia […]
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Take a new look at Drug War Facts
Those interested in drug policy need to take a new look at Drug War Facts . This long standing project of Common Sense for Drug Policy has been a staple of drug policy research for more than ten years. The resource has recently undergone a thorough review and renovation to […]
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The Case for Drug Regulation
By Mary Jane Borden Note: This post was written on September 19, 2001, just days after 9/11. The tragedy that unfolded the morning of September 11, 2001, shook America to its core. Surely we will look back upon that day, that moment in time, as the turning point on which […]