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Latest Drug War News: Archive 2010
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New Local Scenes: "Blame
the Dads? Or the Drug War?" December 2009, New
Haven, CT
On The Radio:
- Nora Callahan and Chuck Armsbury discuss local
jail and prison issues on Tin Foil Hat Times,
hosted by Zaq Flannery, KYRS-FM,
Spokane, WA, 12/19/09
- Featured Interview: Drug War Prisoner Paulette
Melville on Tin Foil Hat Times, hosted by Zaq Flannery,
KYRS-FM, Spokane,
WA, 12/18/09
Washington
Marijuana Legalization Initiative Aims for November Ballot;
from Drug War Chronicle (US), 4/2/10
The
Colville Mountain Peace Sign; from Statesman-Examiner
(WA), 3/31/10
Medical
Marijuana Shootings in Washington State; from Cannabis
Defense Coalition (WA), 3/16/10 -- More
WA State News & Activism
Editorial:
Cocaine, Crack And Questions About Fairness; from Dallas
News (TX), 3/24/10
Same Crap,
Different County: Another Small Texas Town Overpunishes Another
Piddly Drug Offender; from Houston Press (TX), 3/14/10
Senate
Judiciary Committee Unanimously Passes Bill to Reduce Crack/Powder
Cocaine Sentencing Disparity; from Drug War Chronicle
(US), 3/12/10 -- More
on Crack/Powder Cocaine
FBI Still
Investigating Prison Death In Pekin; from Pekin Daily
Times (IL), 3/4/10
Charges
Dropped In 185 Drug Cases In Camden; from Courier-Post
(NJ), 3/20/10
Idaho:
Inmate Abuse Lawsuit Prompts Prison Warden Switch; from
Associated Press (US), 3/17/10
Maryland:
4.5 SWAT Raids Per Day; from Reason Magazine (US),
3/1/10
Americans
For SWAT Reform, a project of DRCNet. Sign the Petition for Responsible
Use of SWAT -- Watch the Video: SWAT Raids: No One Is
Safe. May 2009 -- More Abuse
News
Study:
Drug-Crime Crackdown May Do More Harm Than Good: B.C. Researchers;
from The Province (BC CAN), 3/23/10
Right-Sizing Prisons: Business Leaders Make the
Case for Corrections Reform; from Pew Center on the
States, Jan 2010 (pdf)
Smart
Justice: Findings and Recommendations for Florida Criminal Justice
Reform; from Collins Center for Public Policy, Feb
2010 -- More
Studies and Reports
Use Of Drug
Snitches Stretches The Law's Intent; from Voices of
Central PA (PA), 5/4/09
Retired
Drug Informant Says He Was Burned; from NPR (US),
2/13/10 (part 3 of 3)
Critics
Blast Informant System Cloaked In Secrecy; from NPR
(US), 2/12/10 (part 2 of 3)
The Case
Of A Confidential Informant Gone Wrong;from NPR (US),
2/11/10 (part 1 0f 3)
Snitch
Blog: A Comprehensive Resource On Criminal Informants,
hosted by Layola Law Professor Alexandra Natapoff
Tools For Lawyers: Resources For Tackling Informants
In Court; from The ACLU Informant Project -- More Snitch News
In Times
Square, A Billboard To Help Ex-Prisoners; from New
York Times (NY), 12/15/09
Recession
Raises The Bar On Inmate Work Release; from MSNBC
(US), 10/27/09
Study
Could Ease Concerns Over Hiring Ex-Offenders; from USA
Today (US), 6/24/099 -- More
ReEntry News
Did US Law
Spur Mexico's Meth Sales? from Christian Science Monitor
(US), 11/22/09
Wabash
Valley Woman Didn't Realize Second Cold Medicine Purchase Violated
Drug Laws; from Tribune-Star (IN), 9/3/09
New Meth Formula
Avoids Anti-Drug Laws; from ABC News (US), 8/24/09
-- More Meth News
7th Circuit
Chief Judge Calls for Loosening of Sentencing Guidelines;
from National Law Review (US), 9/14/09
Two
Judges Target Cocaine Penalties; from Washington Post
(DC), 6/29/09
OpEd: Retired
Judge Says It Is Time To End War On Marijuana; from Bellingham
Herald (WA), 3/21/09
Judge Quest To Decriminalize Minor Drug Use Gets Support;
from Houston Chronicle (TX), 1/15/09 -- More
Dissenting Opinions
Attorney
General Holderís Remarks From "Rethinking Federal
Sentencing Policy 25th Anniversary of the Sentencing Reform Act"
Symposium; from USDOJ (US), 6/24/09
2nd Circuit
Clarifies Consecutive Mandatory Minimum Sentencing; from
Law.com (US), 3/11/09
US Supreme Court: Guidelines Are Really, Truly
Advisory; from Sentencing Law and Policy, 1/29/09
- More Sentencing News
CNN's IReports: Prison And Your Family.
Share your stories of Drug War Injustice here! from CNN,
May 2009
Visit
The Thousand Kites Project Today! -- Video: About The Thousand Kites Project; from
YouTube, 9/26/07
Latest Drug War News: Posted April 2010
The Drug War:
A War On Women And Their Families; from AlterNet (US), 4/5/10
U.S.-Mexico
'War On Drugs' A Failure; from CNN.com (US), 4/2/10
High Times In L.A.;
from California Lawyer (CA), 4/1/10
Afraid
Of Being Uprooted; from Los Angeles Times (CA), 4/8/10
Orange Is
the New Black: A Year in a Women's Prison - a Powerful Memoir
by Piper Kerman; from TruthOut (US), 4/1/10
Photo Essay: The Drug War in Mexico;
from Boston Globe (MA), 3/25/10 (Warning: Graphic Content)
Afghanistan's
New Bumper Drug Crop: Cannabis; from TIME Magazine (US), 4/1/10
Column: The
Business Of Illegal Drugs; from Daily Tar Heel (U of NC, Edu),
3/29/10
Some
Question US Training Of Mexican Forces; from El Paso Times
(TX), 3/28/10
Book Review:
The Land of Lock and Key; from New York Times (NY), 3/28/10
Can Anyone
Pacify The World's Number One Narco-State? from TruthOut (US),
3/30/10
Latest News: March 2010
- You
Can't Understand Drug War Bloodbath in Mexico Unless You're Living
It; from AlterNet (US), 3/26/10
- Felony Marijuana Cases Getting Tossed Out Of Court;
from Huffington Post (US), 3/28/10
- How Marijuana Can Fix California; from AlterNet
(US), 3/30/10
- After 19 Years, Released From Prison Under the Rockefeller
Drug-Law Reforms; from WNYC.org (NY), 3/23/10
- Column:
The War On Drugs Is Doomed; from Wall Street Journal (US),
3/22/10
- Susceptibility to Addiction Depends on Your Environment;
from McGill Daily (CN QU Edu), 3/15/10
- U.S.
Turns a Blind Eye to Opium in Afghan Town; from New York Times
(NY), 3/20/10
- State Prison Numbers Drop For 1st Time Since 1972;
from Associated Press (US), 3/17/10
- Social
Networking: Break The Law And Your New 'Friend' May Be The FBI;
from Detroit News (MI), 3/16/10
- Did
The CIA Test LSD In The New York City Subway System? from New
York Post (NY), 3/14/10
- Two Drug Slayings in Mexico Rock U.S. Consulate; from
New York Times (NY), 3/14/10
- Part
II: Michelle Alexander on "The New Jim Crow: Mass Incarceration
in the Age of Colorblindness"; from Democracy Now! (US),
3/12/10
- The Rainmakers: Banking On Private Prisons In The
Fleecing Of Small-Town America; from In These Times (US),
3/5/10
- A Generational Moment for Drug Policy Reformers; from
True/Slant (US), 3/9/10
- Slowly, Limits On Pot Are Fading; from USA Today
(US), 3/9/10
- CANADA:
Building Boom Set For Federal Prison System; from National
Post (Canada), 3/9/10
- The
New Jim Crow: How the War on Drugs Gave Birth to a Permanent
American Undercaste; from TruthOut (US), 3/8/10
- How
The War On Drugs Is A War On Class; from Tremble the Devil
(US), 9/3/09
- How
the DEA Scrubbed Thomas Jefferson's Monticello Poppy Garden From
Public Memory; from AlterNet (US), 3/3/10
- Police Raid Never Get Busted HQ, Barry Cooper Arrested;
from True/Slant (US), 3/3/10
- The Racialization of Crime and Punishment; from TruthOut
(US), 3/2/10
- The
War Next Door, by Charles Bowden; from High Country News (CO),
3/2/10
- Prohibition
Increases Violence At Home and Abroad; from WeedPolitik (US),
3/1/10
- Obama Continues Bush-Era "Drug War" Hypocrisy;
from Huffington Post (US), 2/26/10
- The
Bogus Crime Wave; from TruthOut (US), 2/26/10
- $100,000 Per Year to Lock up a Cheese Thief? The Perverse
Logic of "Three Strikes"; from AlterNet (US), 2/25/10
Latest News: February 2010
- Mexico Conference Calls for New Direction in Drug
Policy, Says Prohibition Has Failed; from Drug War Chronicle
(US), 2/26/10
- No Obama Budget Freeze for Prisons; from Mother
Jones (US), 2/22/10
- The
Chemist's War: The Little-Told Story Of How The U.S. Government
Poisoned Alcohol During Prohibition With Deadly Consequences;
from Slate.com (US), 2/19/10
- Some
Sanity Creeps into the Drug War; from TruthOut (US), 2/15/10
- Grandmother
Will Mark President's Day By Petitioning Obama To Commute Her
27-Year Prison Sentence For Non-Violent Crime; from ACLU Drug
Law Reform Project (US), 2/11/10
- Mexicans
Take To Juarez Streets For 'March Of Anger' Against Drug War;
from Raw Story (US), 2/14/10
- If "Cops Don't Make Laws, They Just Enforce Them",
Why Are Police Opposing Marijuana Legalization? from NORML
Blog (US), 2/12/10
- El Paso City Council Passes Resolution Criticizing
Drug War, But Only After Killing Marijuana Regulation Language;
from Drug War Chronicle (US), 2/12/10
- Bad
Policies Are Really What's Driving California's Huge Prison Costs;
from AlterNet (US), 2/8/10
- Battling Drugs in the Americas: "The Military
is Not Suited to Pursue Criminals"; from Spiegel Online
(Germany), 2/10/10
- Murder
Capital of the World; from TruthOut (US), 2/4/10
- CIA
Misled Congress, Dragged Feet on Disciplining Employees in Killings
of US Citizens in Peru Drug War Plane Shootdown; from Drug
War Chronicle (US), 2/5/10
- Obama
Grows The Drug War, With Enforcement A Clear Priority; from Raw
Story (US), 2/2/10
- Landmark Case Could Restore Felon Voting Rights, from
Truthout (US), 2/1/10
- Michael Douglas's Son Faces More Time Than a Murderer
or a Rapist for a Non-Violent Drug Charge; from AlterNet (US),
1/31/10
- Drug Warriors: Addicted to Myths; from Huffington
Post (US), 1/31/10
- Compassionate Release Law Has Little Effect On Early
Release For Inmates; from New York Times (NY), 1/30/10
- Latin
America Rejects Old US Approach In Drugs War; from Reuters
(US), 1/29/10
Latest News: January 2010
- In
Times Square, A Billboard To Help Ex-Prisoners; from New York Times (NY), 12/15/09
- Obama
Nominates Drug Warrior Michele Leonhart to Head DEA -- Reformers
Gird for Battle; from Drug War Chronicle (US), 1/29/10
- The
Forfeiture Racket; from Reason Magazine (US), Feb 2010
- The Marijuana Cancer Cure Cult; from AlterNet (US),
1/26/10
- War
Without Borders: In Drug War, Tribe Feels Invaded by Both Sides;
from New York Times (US), 1/26/10
- Part
3: Bondsman Lobby Targets Pretrial Release Programs; from NPR
(US), 1/22/10
- Part
2: Inmates Who Can't Make Bail Face Stark Options; from NPR
(US), 1/22/10
- Part
1: Bail Burden Keeps U.S. Jails Stuffed With Inmates; from NPR
(US), 1/21/10
- US
Waves White Flag in Disastrous 'War on Drugs'; from The Independent
(UK), 1/17/10
- California Is Free To Make Its Own Drug Laws; from
Los Angeles Times (CA), 1/14/10
- Supreme Court Agrees To Hear Challenge To BOP "Good
Time" Calculation! from FAMMGram (US), Winter 2010
- OpEd: Beyond Drug Law Reform: We Need A New Wickersham
Commission; from Baltimore Sun (MD), 1/11/10
- Recalibrating
Drug Laws, Based On Science; from Dallas Morning News (TX),
1/10/10
- New
Drug Law Changes Little In Mexico; from Arizona Republic (AZ),
1/10/10
- Swapping Politics For Science On Drug Policy; from
The Nation (US), 1/4/10
- Book
Review: Dorm Room Dealers -- Drugs and the Privileges of Race
and Class; from Drug War Chronicle (US), 1/8/10
- CA:
Giving Students Priority Over Inmates Will Test Governor; from
Los Angeles Times (CA), 1/7/10
- OpEd:
The Deadly Ignorance Of "Drug Warriors"; from Huffington
Post (US), 1/7/10
- Court Spectator Sues Judge For Drug-Testing Him 'On
A Hunch'; from Raw Story (US), 1/6/10
- Editorial:
Government Moving To American-Style Justice; from World-Spectator
(CN SN), 1/4/10
- The
Year on Drugs 2009: The Top Ten US Domestic Drug Policy Stories;
from Drug War Chronicle (US), 12/29/09
- Marijuana's
Steady Creep Toward Legalization Nationwide; from SF Weekly
(CA), 1/6/10
- Insidious Rise Of Gulf Cartel; from Houston Chronicle
(TX), 1/3/10
- The
Best Chance Yet for Legalizing Marijuana; from AlterNet (US),
1/4/10
Latest News: December 2009
- Ten Things You Can Do to Reduce Incarceration; from The Nation (US), 11/16/09
- Whites
Smoke Pot, But Blacks Are Arrested; from New York Times (NY),
12/23/09
- The
Raw (And Ugly) Truth About The War On Drugs; from Farm Wars
(US), 12/23/09
- Plea
Bargains Get Renewed Scrutiny; from Wall Street Journal (US),
12/19/09
- Justices Revisit Rule Requiring Lab Testimony; from
New York Times (NY), 12/23/09
- Marijuana -- Reefer Madness or Cure-all? from Farm
Wars (US), 12/20/09
- CDC: Two-Thirds Of Cocaine Seized On US Borders Cut
With Dangerous Cancer Drug; from Raw Story (US), 12/20/09
- OpEd:
An Equality Conundrum Remains; from Times-Union (NY), 12/17/09
- The
Year on Drugs 2009: International Drug Policy Developments; from
Drug War Chronicle (US), 12/18/09
- Hired By US Customs, But Working For The Cartels;
from New York Times (NY), 12/18/09
- US Drug War Crackdown Misses The Money; from MSNBC
(US), 12/17/09
- One War Obama May Curtail; from Antiwar.com (US),
12/15/09
- In
Times Square, A Billboard To Help Ex-Prisoners; from New York Times (NY), 12/15/09
- Column: U.S. May Take New Look At `War On Drugs';
from Miami Herald (FL), 12/14/09
- Former
Police Chief Norm Stamper: 'Let's Not Stop at Marijuana Legalization;
from AlterNet (US), 12/14/09
- CA: Huge Signature Gathering Success Sends Pot Legalization
to Ballot; from AlterNet (US), 12/14/09
- Medical
Marijuana Apartheid: Different Rules Apply for Rich and Poor
Pot Smokers; from AlterNet (US), 12/13/09
- Prisoner At Center Of 'KopBusters' Campaign May Soon
Be Freed; from Raw Story (US), 12/12/09
- Infiltrated:
Drug Cartels' Sway On U.S. Politics Rises, Expert Says; from
El Paso Times (TX), 12/12/09
- Kid
Cannabis: How A Chubby Pizza-Delivery Boy From Idaho Became A
Drug Kingpin; from Rolling Stone (US), 10/6/09
- New
Drug Conviction Reversed, And US Ruling Is Criticized; from Boston
Globe (MA), 12/9/09
- OpEd:
Enduring Legacy Of Prohibition; from Summit Daily News (CO),
12/7/09
- The
Scandal Of Nuttgate; from Student Direct: Mancunion (UK Edu),
11/30/09
- The
Secret To Legal Marijuana? Women; from AlterNet (US), 12/5/09
- Top
10 Drug War Stories Of The Year; from AlterNet (US), 12/4/09
- Obama
"Ecstasy" Pills Contain Zero Ecstasy; from The Stranger
(WA), 12/4/09
- Bernie
Ellis's Seven-Year Nightmare With The Law Is Over; from Nashville
Scene (TN), 12/3/09
- One
Man's Crusade For Legal Relief; from Roanoke Times (VA), 11/29/09
- Column:
The Art And Science Of Evidence About Drugs; from The Guardian
(UK), 12/1/09
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