Drug Courts are Not the Answer finds that drug courts are an ineffective and inappropriate response to drug law violations. Many, all the way up to the Obama administration, consider the continued proliferation of drug courts to be a viable solution to the problem of mass arrests and incarceration of […]
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Mexico Drug War a Lost Cause as Presently Fought
By Sandy Goodman There’s a powerful new piece of evidence that, the way it is being fought, the war on drugs on the Mexican-American border is a lost cause. It comes in a report issued by the Council on Foreign Relations, a highly-respected foreign policy think tank, that recommends that, […]
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Medicinal Cannabis and its Impact on Human Health – Documentary
In this myth shattering, information packed documentary, learn from physicians and leading researchers about medicinal cannabis and its demonstrated effects on human health. This game-changing movie presents the most comprehensive synopsis to date of the real science surrounding the world’s most controversial plant. Medicinal Cannabis and its Impact on Human […]
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The Wire producer: War on drugs is ‘a war on the underclass’
By Eric W. Dolan Thursday, March 10th, 2011 — 7:04 pm David Simon, the creator and executive producer of HBO’s The Wire, said the war on drugs had devolved into a war on the underclass after actress Felicia Pearson was arrested in Baltimore on drug charges. Thirty-year-old Pearson had served a prison […]
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Drug Czar Says LEAP Is Wrong
In an interview with KCTS in Seattle, drug czar Gil Kerlikowske (a former Seattle police chief) disputed facts in an op-ed, by LEAP speaker Norm Stamper (also a former Seattle chief) on how the Obama administration continues to emphasize funding for punishment over funding for treatment despite having lots of […]
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Missed Opportunity
Obama and Calderon Fail to Discuss Alternatives to Drug War By Daniel Ernesto Robelo Mexican President Felipe Calderon and President Obama ignored the elephant in the room in their meeting — drug prohibition is the cause of prohibition.
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‘High’ holy men downed by Nepal cannabis ban
Mohideen Mifthah KATHMANDU, March 2, 2011 (AFP) – Police in Nepal on Wednesday cracked down on the sale of cannabis at a major religious festival where the drug is smoked legally by thousands of long-haired holy men to honour a Hindu god, an official said. Marijuana is illegal in Nepal, […]
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Harper’s Faith-Based Drug War
We should not pretend that Bill S-10 has anything to do with evidence – or with making our country a safer place in which to live. by Neil Boyd Associate Director, Criminology, Simon Fraser University. The Harper Conservatives are under fire for their extraordinarily expensive legislative initiative, Bill S-10. Among […]
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Why This Cop Asked the President About Legalizing Drugs
The president’s YouTube comments are a tremendous first step for a more open national dialogue on drug reform. You might not think a 65-year-old retired cop would take to the Internet to ask the president of the United States to consider legalizing drugs, but that’s just what I did recently. […]