It has been incredible to see a diverse group of people and organizations pool their skills and resources to mount Anti-Stigma Week, with activities that all have one goal – enhancing individual and community health and well-being by transforming stigma around drug use. This year’s Anti-Stigma Week theme is Drug […]
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Drug War Anniversary a Time for Reflection and Action
By Ethan Nadelmann, Executive Director, Drug Policy Alliance Some anniversaries provide an occasion for celebration, others a time for reflection, still others a time for action. This June will mark forty years since President Nixon declared a “war on drugs,” identifying drug abuse as “public enemy No. 1.” As far […]
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What are Special Rapporteurs?
Drug Policy Question of the Week – 2-5-11 As answered by Mary Jane Borden, Editor of Drug War Facts for the Drug Truth Network on 2-5-11. http://www.drugtruth.net/cms/node/3256 Question of the Week: What are Special Rapporteurs? Shortly after enacting its charter in 1946, the United Nations established the Commission on Human […]
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What are Entheogens?
Drug Policy Question of the Week – 1-26-11 As answered by Mary Jane Borden, Editor of Drug War Facts for the Drug Truth Network on 1-26-11. http://www.drugtruth.net/cms/node/3243 Question of the Week: What are Entheogens? A paper in the Journal of Consciousness Studies defined entheogens as, “psychoactive agents more generally known […]
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New Dialogue Report Calls For Alternative Approaches To Drug War
Most Americans believe that the country’s forty-year “war on drugs” has failed. Yet, despite the costs and growing opposition to US anti-narcotics strategy across Latin America, the US debate on drug policy remains muted. According to Rethinking US Drug Policy, a report released in January by the Inter-American Dialogue, what […]
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The Obama Administration’s Public Health Approach to Drug Policy
By R. Gil Kerlikowske, Director, White House Office of National Drug Control Policy President Obama’s comments during last week’s live YouTube interview about the need to approach our national drug problem from a public health perspective were timely, thoughtful, and well-grounded in what science tells us about drug use and […]
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Global Commission on Drug Policies
Ex world leaders, Branson launch drugs campaign GENEVA — Former world leaders and other personalities including Virgin chief Richard Branson on Monday launched a global drive to tackle drug abuse, amid signs that a crackdown on drugs crime is failing. “There is a growing perception that the ‘war on drugs’ […]
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National Drug Control Strategy goals
Drug Policy Question of the Week – 1-22-11 As answered by Mary Jane Borden, Editor of Drug War Facts for the Drug Truth Network on 1-22-11. http://www.drugtruth.net/cms/node/3238 Question of the Week: Does the National Drug Control Strategy achieve its goals? A 2008 Congressional Research Service report describes a document released […]