British Medical Journal On Harm Reduction Strict laws on the criminalisation of drug use and drug users are fuelling the spread of HIV and other serious harms associated with the criminal market and should be reviewed, say experts. In this video, epidemiologist Elizabeth Pisani and other leading commentators describe which […]
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Prison Reform And The Cost Of Drug Prohibition
The Adam Smith Institute Blog The decriminalization of drugs has the potential to save the British taxpayer money, and simultaneously improve the security and health of the general public. By Karthik Reddy, Guest blogger Faced with the dire need to restore discipline to British public finances and a rising rate […]
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Mexico: Drug Ties Lose Political Stigma
Newshawk: The Constitution a Victim of the Drug War www.csdp.org/ads/const.htm Pubdate: Sun, 4 Jul 2010 Source: Los Angeles Times (CA) Page: Front Page, continued on page A12 Copyright: 2010 Los Angeles Times Contact: http://mapinc.org/url/bc7El3Yo Author: Tracy Wilkinson, Reporting from Culiacan, Mexico; Ken Ellingwood, Reporting from Ciudad Juarez, Mexico Bookmark: http://www.mapinc.org/topic/Mexico […]
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Mexico: Calderon Calls on Mexicans to Unite Against Crime Gangs
Pubdate: Wed, 30 Jun 2010 Source: Los Angeles Times (CA) Page: A3 Copyright: 2010 Los Angeles Times Contact: http://mapinc.org/url/bc7El3Yo Author: Ken Ellingwood, Reporting from Mexico City Bookmark: http://www.mapinc.org/topic/Mexico Bookmark: http://www.mapinc.org/people/Felipe+Calderon MEXICO UNDER SIEGE CALDERON CALLS ON MEXICANS TO UNITE AGAINST CRIME GANGS Facing widespread dismay over the assassination of a […]
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Mexico: How Juarez Became the World’s Deadliest City
Pubdate: Thu, 1 Jul 2010 Source: Boston Review (MA) Webpage: http://bostonreview.net/BR35.4/hill.php Copyright: 2010 Boston Review Contact: editors@bostonreview.net Author: Sarah Hill Bookmark: http://mapinc.org/topic/Juarez The War for Drugs HOW JUAREZ BECAME THE WORLD’S DEADLIEST CITY In April 2007 Ciudad Juarez-the sprawling Mexican border city girding El Paso, Texas-won a Foreign Direct Investment […]
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Drug and Health
June 26 marks International Day against Drug Abuse and Illicit Trafficking. According to World Drug Report 2010 by the UN, drug use is shifting towards new drugs and new markets. To better understand the current situation on drug use around the world, we have …. Guests: Jack Cole, Executive director […]
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UN, Western Nations Complicit in Drug Of…
UN, Western Nations Complicit in Drug Offender Executions, Report Says from Drug War Chronicle, Issue #638, 6/25/10 With the United Nations’ International Day Against Drug Abuse and Illicit Trafficking set for tomorrow, the timing couldn’t be better for a new report from the International Harm Reduction Association (IHRA) decrying the […]
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International Drug Crime Measures ‘Lead to Executions’
Newshawk: http://www.novembercoalition.org Pubdate: Mon, 21 Jun 2010 Source: Guardian, The (UK) Page: 21 Copyright: 2010 Guardian News and Media Limited Contact: letters@guardian.co.uk Website: http://www.guardian.co.uk/guardian/ Details: http://www.mapinc.org/media/175 Author: Mary O’Hara Cited: International Harm Reduction Association http://www.ihra.net/ Referenced: The report http://www.ihra.net/Assets/2538/1/IHRA_DeathPenaltyReport2010.pdf INTERNATIONAL DRUG CRIME MEASURES ‘LEAD TO EXECUTIONS’ Enforcement by Britain, the […]
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Mexico: Despite Killing, Mexican Backs Drug Policy
Pubdate: Mon, 14 Jun 2010 Source: New York Times (NY) Page: A13 Webpage: http://www.nytimes.com/2010/06/15/world/americas/15mexico.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: Marc Lacey Cited: The presidential Website http://www.presidencia.gob.mx/ Bookmark: http://www.mapinc.org/topic/Mexico Bookmark: http://www.mapinc.org/people/Felipe+Calderon DESPITE KILLING, MEXICAN BACKS DRUG POLICY MEXICO CITY — Faced with […]