Pubdate: Sat, 11 Jun 2011 Source: Pittsburgh Post-Gazette (PA) Copyright: 2011 PG Publishing Co., Inc. Contact: http://drugsense.org/url/pm4R4dI4 Website: http://www.post-gazette.com/ Details: http://www.mapinc.org/media/341 Author: Amesh A. Adalja, M.D. Referenced: http://www.mapinc.org/drugnews/v11/n360/a01.html BODILY RIGHTS I applaud the conclusions of the Global Commission on Drug Policy — detailed in Tony Norman’s June 3 column (“Ease […]
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40 Years of Drug War Hasn’t Worked
“Time for a Change,” Says 9-Year Veteran By Eric Sterling, AlterNet The “War on Drugs” was launched by President Richard Nixon 40 years ago this week. In 1980, at the end of its first decade, I began a nine-year career as a “captain” in the war on drugs. I was […]
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On 40th Anniversary of “War on Drugs,” Cops Release Report Showing its Failure
Obama’s Drug Czar Says He Ended “War on Drugs” Two Years Ago Cops Hand-Deliver Report to Drug Czar’s Office While Czar Refuses to Meet WASHINGTON, DC — In conjunction with this week’s 40th anniversary of President Nixon declaring “war on drugs,” a group of police, judges and jailers who support […]
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International Policy
Drug Policy Question of the Week – 6-15-11 As answered by Mary Jane Borden, Editor of Drug War Facts for the Drug Truth Network on 6-15-11. http://www.drugtruth.net/cms/node/3427 Question of the Week: What about international drug policies? Several recent reports highlight the impact of the international War on Drugs and call […]
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The Price of Prohibition
Forty years after Nixon declared war on drugs, it’s time to give peace a chance. By Jacob Sullum | June 15, 2011 Forty years ago this Friday, President Richard Nixon announced that “public enemy number one in the United States is drug abuse.” Declaring that “the problem has assumed the […]
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What are adverse drug events?
Drug Policy Question of the Week – 6-5-11 As answered by Mary Jane Borden, Editor of Drug War Facts for the Drug Truth Network on 6-5-11. http://www.drugtruth.net/cms/node/3413 Question of the Week: What are adverse drug events? An article in the Connecticut Law Review defines the U.S. Food and Drug Administration […]
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Harm Reduction or Mixed Messages?
By J.T. Junig, MD, PhD I’m curious what readers think about needle exchange programs, dosing rooms, and other means of harm reduction. Should we provide clean syringes and needles for drug addicts at taxpayer expense? Should the needles incorporate filters to protect people who dissolve and inject Suboxone—at the same […]
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‘Global War On Drugs Has Failed,’ Former World Leaders Say
“The global war on drugs has failed, with devastating consequences for individuals and societies around the world,” a high-powered commission whose members include former U.S. Secretary of State George Shultz and former U.N. Secretary General Kofi Annan warns today.