Pubdate: Tue, 11 May 2010 Source: Huffington Post (US Web) Copyright: 2010 HuffingtonPost com, Inc. Author: Ethan Nadelmann Note: Ethan Nadelmann is the executive director of the Drug Policy Alliance (www.drugpolicy.org) Referenced: The 2010 National Drug Control Strategy http://www.whitehousedrugpolicy.gov/strategy/ Referenced: Wall Street Journal article http://www.mapinc.org/drugnews/v09/n514/a02.html Bookmark: http://www.mapinc.org/people/Gil+Kerlikowske ETHAN NADELMANN CRITIQUES […]

Pubdate: Mon, 10 May 2010 Source: Wall Street Journal (US) Column: The Americas Copyright: 2010 Dow Jones & Company, Inc. Contact: wsj.ltrs@wsj.com Author: Mary Anastasia O’Grady ARIZONA’S REAL PROBLEM: DRUG CRIME The Vicious Violence the Border States Are Experiencing Is Not Committed by Migrant Laborers. The organized-crime epidemic in Latin […]

Newshawk: Please Write a LTE www.mapinc.org/resource/#guides Pubdate: Wed, 5 May 2010 Source: New York Times (NY) Copyright: 2010 The New York Times Company Contact: letters@nytimes.com A REMINDER ABOUT AMERICAN VALUES Gov. David Paterson of New York made a brave — and startling — move on Monday to create a board […]

Pubdate: Tue, 4 May 2010 Source: Wall Street Journal (US) Copyright: 2010 Dow Jones & Company, Inc. Contact: wsj.ltrs@wsj.com Author: Ana Campoy Bookmark: http://www.mapinc.org/topic/Texas Bookmark: http://www.mapinc.org/topic/Mexico DRUG WAR STALKS TEXAS CITY For Years, McAllen Profited From Ties to Mexico, but Now Violence Is Reversing Gains MCALLEN, Texas–For most of its […]

It’s kind of like stating the obvious, but now there is an interesting study to validate what drug war critics have been saying for decades.

Citizens from across the political spectrum have largely considered illicit drugs such as cocaine and marijuana a grave threat to Canadian society. Accordingly, promises to get tough on drugs are proven vote-spinners for politicians coast-to-coast.

The 2010 Pulitzer Prize has been awarded to Kathleen Parker of The Washington Post for her perceptive, often witty columns on an array of political and moral issues, gracefully sharing the experiences and values that lead her to unpredictable conclusions. A MAP author search turns up 121 articles by her […]

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 […]

If everyone is really worried about this, it would save lots of trouble to just legalize that.