Pubdate: Tue, 15 Jun 2010 Source: New York Times (NY) Page: A20 Webpage: http://www.nytimes.com/2010/06/15/us/15scotus.html Copyright: 2010 The New York Times Company Contact: letters@nytimes.com Website: http://www.nytimes.com/ Details: http://www.mapinc.org/media/298 Author: Adam Liptak Referenced: the Supreme Court decision http://www.supremecourt.gov/opinions/09pdf/09-60.pdf Bookmark: http://www.mapinc.org/topic/deportation JUSTICES EASE DEPORTATION RULE IN MINOR DRUG CASES WASHINGTON — Immigrants who […]
Drug Policy , Question of the Week
Can heroin be used to treat heroin addiction?
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 […]
Drug Policy , Question of the Week
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, […]
Drug Policy , Law Enforcement & Prisons , Question of the Week
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 […]
Cannabis & Hemp , Drug Policy , Question of the Week
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 […]
Cannabis & Hemp , Drug Policy , Question of the Week
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 […]
Drug Policy
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, […]
Drug Policy , Hot Off The 'Net
Reining in SWAT — Towards Effective Oversight of Paramilitary
Feature: Reining in SWAT — Towards Effective Oversight of Paramilitary from Drug War Chronicle, Issue #634, 5/28/10 As is periodically the case, law enforcement SWAT teams have once again come under the harsh gaze of a public outraged and puzzled by their excesses. First, it was the February SWAT raid […]
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Teachers Suspended for Screening MPP-Funded Film on Constitutional
Two high-school teachers in Norfolk, Virginia have been placed on paid
administrative leave because a parent objected to them handing out a
one-page flier and showing a film, both about constitutional rights, to
a 12th grade government class.