Drug Policy Question of the Week – 3-12-12 As answered by Mary Jane Borden, Editor of Drug War Facts for the Drug Truth Network on 3-12-12. http://www.drugtruth.net/cms/node/3787 Question of the Week: What is the size of the global illegal drug market? A 1994 report from the United Nations called “the […]
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’Occupy UNODC Vienna 2012
With the slogan ’Occupy UNODC Vienna 2012’ the critics of current drug policies based on three UN Conventions will unite during the forthcoming annual meeting of the Commission on Narcotic Drugs. Fifty years after the 1961 UN Single Convention on Narcotic Drugs was launched, the global war on drugs has […]
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The War on Drugs : Versus Debate : 13th March, 7pm GMT
Julian Assange and Richard Branson; Russell Brand and Misha Glenny; Geoffrey Robertson and Eliot Spitzer. Experts, orators and celebrities who’ve made this their cause – come and see them lock horns in a new Intelligence2/Google+ debate format. Some of our speakers will be on stage in London, others beamed in […]
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Is Drug War Driven Mass Incarceration the New Jim Crow?
By Bill Frezza Once in a great while a writer at the opposite end of the political spectrum gets you to look at a familiar set of facts in a new way. Disconcerting as it is, you can feel your foundation shift as your mind struggles to reconcile this new […]
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The War on Drugs survey – what do you think?
By Richard Branson One minute survey: We believe it is time to end the criminalisation and stigmatising of drug users to more effectively combat drug use and drug related crime. Criminal syndicates should face the law and jail time but people with drug problems need health care, not prison! We […]
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Race and Prison
Drug Policy Question of the Week – 2-28-12 As answered by Mary Jane Borden, Editor of Drug War Facts for the Drug Truth Network on 2-28-12. http://www.drugtruth.net/cms/node/3770 Question of the Week: How many people of color are under the control of the U.S. corrections system? In its analysis of racial […]
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Celebrity Overdose
Drug Policy Question of the Week – 2-21-12 As answered by Mary Jane Borden, Editor of Drug War Facts for the Drug Truth Network on 2-21-12. http://www.drugtruth.net/cms/node/3759 Question of the Week: Why have there been so many reports of celebrity overdoses? From Heath Ledger, to Michael Jackson, to Amy Winehouse, […]
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Foro Internacional: Drogas: Un Balance a un Siglo de su Prohibición
México Unido Contra la Delincuencia A.C., es una asociación civil nolucrativa, laica y apartidista. Nuestra visión es tener una sociedad que pueda vivir y progresar conseguridad y tranquilidad en un marco en que prevalezca el Estado dederecho, con ciudadanos comprometidos con México, conscientes de su responsabilidad social, participativos y que […]