President Obama said it is time for the federal government to tighten its belt and stop wasting money on needless expenses. The failed war on drugs is one expense we could do without. Write President Obama and ask him to stop wasting your tax dollars on failed drug policies.
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Soldiers Seize Drug Slingshot on US-Mexico Border
In what seems like a scene straight out of a Monty Python movie, Mexican soldiers seized a giant catapult believed to have been used to fling drugs across the U.S.-Mexico border. Acting on a tip from the U.S. Border Patrol, the Mexican military confiscated 45 pounds of marijuana, an SUV […]
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Obama’s Questions From Youtube Deal Mostly With Legalizing Pot
By David Jackson, USA TODAY The YouTube generation is speaking, and many of them want to legalize marijuana. Changing the nation’s drug laws is dominating the questions submitted by YouTube users in advance of President Obama’s 2:30 p.m. question-and-answer on the video website. UPI is reporting that “the top 10 […]
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Border Patrol Agent Fired For Views On Drug Legalization Files Lawsuit
By Lucia Graves In September of 2009, border patrol agent Bryan Gonzalez was fired for expressing his views on drug legalization to a fellow agent. Now, the American Civil Liberties Union of New Mexico has joined Gonzalez in filing a lawsuit on First Amendment grounds seeking unspecified compensatory and punitive […]
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Global Commission on Drug Policies
Ex world leaders, Branson launch drugs campaign GENEVA — Former world leaders and other personalities including Virgin chief Richard Branson on Monday launched a global drive to tackle drug abuse, amid signs that a crackdown on drugs crime is failing. “There is a growing perception that the ‘war on drugs’ […]
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Your Interview with the President
On Tuesday January 25 at 9 p.m. ET, President Obama will deliver his 2011 State of the Union Address, which will be streamed live at http://www.youtube.com/worldview You can submit your questions for the President for an exclusive YouTube Interview that will take place just two days later, on January 27. […]
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U.S. Rejects Indigenous Rights in Favor of Failed War on Drugs
Strong-arms Other Countries to Follow Suit By Daniel Ernesto Robelo, Alternet Why is the United States formally objecting to Bolivia’s request to the UN to allow its ancestral practice of coca leaf chewing? Last week the United States formally objected to Bolivia’s request to the United Nations to allow the […]
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The War On Drugs Is Lost
By Fernando Henrique Cardoso SAO PAULO-The war on drugs is a lost war, and 2011 is the time to move away from a punitive approach in order to pursue a new set of policies based on public health, human rights and common sense. These are the core findings of the […]
Letter Writer of the Month
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Letter Writer of the Month – December – Allan Erickson
DrugSense recognizes Allan Erickson of Eugene, Oregon for his three published letters during December, which brings his total published letters that we know of to 152. Allan is a frequent MAP newshawk and writes a blog at http://morningdonut.blogspot.com/ You may read his published letters at: http://www.mapinc.org/writers/Allan+Erickson