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Drug War News: Don't Miss Archive 2005
Crack/Powder Cocaine
News -- Sentencing
News -- Snitch News
-- Meth News --
Abuse News -- WA
State News &Activism -- Studies
and Reports -- Multimedia
-- ReEntry News -- Dissenting
Opinions
- The Journey for Justice Song,
by Amy, Julie, Jess and Molly: The Heartland Crofters (mP3 Format) -- Visit
The Journey For Justice
- Drug Offenders: Various Factors May Limit the Impact
Of Federal Laws That Provide For Denial Of Selected Benefits; from GAO, the Government Accounting Office
(PDF Format)
Battle Tactics: The Economics of the War on Drugs; from
The
University of Chicago Graduate School of Business --
More Studies and
Reports
- Seattle
Conference on Drug War Exit Strategies Gets Down to Nuts and
Bolts; from Drug War Chronicle (US Web), 12/9/05
-- More WA State Activism
- Rotting
Away: Thousands Of New York Inmates Have Hepatitis C. Only A
Few Hundred Get Treatment; from
Village Voice (NY), 12/7/05 -- More
Abuse News
- Prisoner
Of The Status Quo; from Providence
Phoenix (RI), 11/23/05 -- More
Blakely/Booker News
- Raymond's
Letter to President Bush; Nov
2005
All Alone In The World:
Children Of The Incarcerated; from Raw Story (US), 11/8/05 -- More
Children Of War
- OpEd: America's
Failed War On Drugs; from Santa Maria Times (CA), 12/30/05
- Feds
Try Stealing Xmas From Medi-Pot Dispensers, Hemp Growers; from
Austin Chronicle (TX), 12/30/05
- Bolivians
Waiting For Word On What To Do With Coca; from USA Today
(US), 12/30/05
- Flour In Condoms
Sent Her To Jail; from Philadelphia Inquirer (PA), 12/29/05
- Our Women
Behind Bars Need Help; from Herald Democrat (TX), 12/28/05
- In The
Dark; from San Francisco Bay Guardian (CA), 12/28/05
- Truth,
Light And The Little Guy; from San Diego City Beat (CA),
12/28/05
- Grass
Roots: 58,866 Denver Residents Voted To Legalize Pot; from Denver
Post (CO), 12/27/05
- Bolivians
Elect Evo Morales President; from Drug War Chronicle (US),
12/23/05
- Congress
Scales Back HEA Drug Provision; from Drug War Chronicle
(US), 12/23/05
- Christmas
Letter To A Prisoner; from Capital Times (WI), 12/21/05
- OPED:
One Thing Is Missing In The Agonizing Over Gang Violence; from
Vancouver Sun (CN BC), 12/16/05
- Jurors
Acquit California Narc Who Killed Rudy Cardenas in Mistaken Chase;
from Drug War Chronicle (US), 12/16/05
- Coca
Leader Evo Morales Poised to Win Bolivia Presidential Vote Sunday;
from Drug War Chronicle (US), 12/16/05
- Time
To Confront The Truth About Another U.S. War; from Baltimore
Sun (MD), 12/14/05
- Media-Fueled
Drug Hysteria Blurs Focus; from Vancouver Courier (CN
BC), 12/11/05
- Lawmen
vs. The Drug Warriors; from Arkansas Times (AR), 12/15/05
- Dr. Kale
vs. The Drug Warriors; from Arkansas Times (AR), 12/15/05
- Conflict
Of Interest? from San Diego City Beat (CA), 12/14/05
- 13 Medical
Pot Dispensaries In County Raided; from San Diego Union Tribune
(CA), 12/13/05
- Column:
The Phony War On Drugs; from Montreal Gazette (CN QU),
12/11/05
- Congresswoman
Sheila Jackson Lee, Seasoned Civil Rights Fighter; from African-American
News (US Web), Dec 2005
- LA
Jail Inmate Murdered Because Of Misunderstanding; from Associated
Press, 12/8/05
- Students
Seek Sensible Drug Policy; from New Paltz Oracle (NY Edu),
12/8/05
- Watchdog
Challenges U.S. Drug War In Colombia; from San Francisco Chronicle
(CA), 12/7/05
- Case
Of Killing In Line Of Duty Sent To Jury; from San Jose Mercury
News (CA), 12/8/05
- Mexican
Drug War Escalates In Blood; from New York Times, 12/4/05
- Old Drug
Charge Haunts Traveller; from Edmonton Sun (CN AB), 12/6/05
- Column:
Smoke Gets In Your Politics; from San Francisco Chronicle
(CA), 12/6/05
- Garrison
Keillor: A Foul Tragedy; from In These Times (US), 11/2/05
- Liberalism's
Brain On Drugs; from AlterNet (US Web), 12/6/05
- Freedom
Walk; from Wall Street Journal (US), 12/5/05
- Feds
to Fund Controversial School Surveillance; from The NewStandard
(US), 11/27/05
- Appalachian
Senior Citizens Charged With Selling Their Prescription Drugs;
from Appalachian News-Express (KY), 12/4/05
- Losing
The War On Afghan Drugs; from BBC News (UK Web), 12/4/05
- Killing
The Couriers Won't Win The War On Drugs; from Northern Advocate
(NZ), 12/3/05
- An Inconceivable
Solution? from Portland Mercury (OR), 12/2/05
- OPED:
Legalize The Sale Of Drugs; from Toronto Star (CN ON),
12/1/05
- Snagging
A Rogue Snitch; from Los Angeles Times (CA), 12/2/05
- Meth Mother's
Conviction Overturned; from Honolulu Advertiser (HI),
11/30/05
- Australian
Heroin Smuggler Put To Death; from Associated Press (US),
12/2/05
- High
Court To Rule On Medical Pot Firing; from San Francisco Chronicle
(CA), 12/1/05
Posted November, 2005
- War
On Drugs Intensifies Gang Violence; from San Bernardino Sun
(CA), 11/28/05
- 'Harm
Reduction' Offers Solution To Meth Addiction In Imperfect World;
from NewStandard (NY), 11/27/05
- Free
Clarence Aaron; from San Francisco Chronicle (CA), 11/25/05
- Good Drugs;
from AlterNet (US Web), 11/23/05
- A Culture
Of Drugs; from Gainesville Sun (FL), 11/20/05
- Running
On The Coca Ticket; from Sun-Sentinel (FL), 11/23/05
- OPED:
'Just Say No' To Student Drug Testing; from Hattiesburg American
(MS), 11/23/05
- Turn Our
Backs On The Island Of Death; from The Australian (AU),
11/22/05
- Drug-Exposed
Babies Not The Lost Causes Many Think; from Salt Lake Tribune
(UT), 11/21/05
- Black Inmate
Population At Issue; from The Capital Times (WI), 11/18/05
- Action Alert: Tell Congress to Stop War on Hurricane Victims; from Drug
Policy Alliance, October 27, 2005
- Is Pot
A Real Bummer? Study Doesn't Think So; from Times Union
(NY), 11/18/05
- Disabled
Prisoners at Issue in High Court; from Associated Press
(US), 11/8/05
- Deported
for a Trace - Farid's Tale; from Drug War Chronicle (US),
11/18/05
- The 2005
International Drug Policy Reform Conference in Long Beach, CA;
from Drug War Chronicle (US), 11/18/05
- Editorial:
Civil Rights Denied; from St. Petersburg Times (FL), 11/16/05
- Marijuana
World; from Tucson Weekly (AZ), 11/17/05
- Young, Assured
And Playing Pharmacist To Friends; from New York Times
(NY), 11/16/05
- Snitching
On The Snitches; from San Antonio Current (TX), 11/3/05
- Prison Reform
Expected To Be Top Priority Of Legislature; from Ricky Stokes
News (AL), 11/11/05
- Court To
Tackle Minimum Federal Sentences; from Rocky Mountain News
(CO), 11/15/05
- Cops And
Harm Reduction Hotties, Oh My! from In These Times (US),
11/14/05
- The Prison-Industrial
Complex; from Not With Our Money (US), Nov 2005
- Logic
Says Legalize Drugs; Reality Says It Won't Happen; from Vancouver
Sun (CN BC), 11/15/05
- Appeal Of
Pot Dealer's 55-Year Prison Term To Be Heard Tuesday; from Salt
Lake Tribune (UT), 11/14/05
- To Snuff
The Weed, Kill The Root; from San Antonio Express-News
(TX), 11/13/05
- Kids On
The Edge; from Reno Gazette-Journal (NV), 11/13/05
- Canada: One
Big Grow-Op; from Toronto Star (CN ON), 11/13/05
- A
Losing Battle On Drugs In Colombia? from Philadelphia Inquirer
(PA), 11/12/05
- Rehab
Center For Farm? Perhaps; from Concord Monitor (NH), 11/11/05
- Should
Prisons Punish Or Prevent? from The Oklahoman (OK), 11/11/05
- Meth
Still Driving People Nuts; from
Reason Magazine
(US), 10/26/05
- Sick:
A Florida Paraplegic Needs Relief
[Richard Paey]; from National Review (US), 10/24/05
- Drug War
Victory; from Cincinnati City Beat (OH), 11/9/05
- Inside
French Housing Project, Feelings Of Being The Outsiders; from
New York Times, 11/9/05
- War
On Drugs Or War On Education? from Knight News (NY Edu),
11/7/05
- Mexican
Drug Lords Increasingly Powerful; from Longview News-Journal
(TX), 11/7/05
- Don't
Follow U.S. Into A Disastrous War On Drugs; from The Scotsman
(UK), 11/2/05
- The
FBI's Secret Scrutiny; from The Washington Post (DC),
11/6/05
- Most
Alito Dissents More Conservative Than Majority Opinions; from
Morning Call (PA), 11/6/05
- Police
Presence Puts Chill On Needle Exchange; from Los Angeles Times
(CA), 11/4/05
- Study:
Religious Use Of Peyote Not Harmful To American Indians; from
Associated Press (US), 11/4/05
- Denver
Pot Issue Passes By Thin Margin; from Denver Post (CO),
11/2/05
- Faith
Case Before Supreme Court Targets Illegal Drugs; from Pittsburgh
Post-Gazette (PA), 11/2/05
- Study
Backs Growing Move For Sentencing Reform For Drug Offenders;
from Associated Press (US), 10/31/05
- Family
Focuses On Quest To Free Man From Prison; from Oakland Press
(MI), 10/29/05
Posted October, 2005
- Another Tulia
in TX? Crackpot Crackdown; from Austin
Chronicle (TX), 10/21/05
- Former
Lawman's Coast to Coast Horse Ride to Legalize Drugs Concludes
at Statue of Liberty; from Drug War Chronicle
(US Web), 10/14/05 -- More Press Coverage of Howard Wooldridge's Horseback
Journey Across America
- 'Stop
Snitchin' Shirts Stopping Criminal Trials;
from Pittsburgh Post-Gazette (PA), 10/18/05
- Liberalism's
Brain On Drugs; from In These Times (US), 10/31/05
- 'Tulia':
The Case Of The Lone Star Witness; from New York Times
(NY), 10/30/05
- Bleak
News From The Drug War; from The Record (CA), 10/28/05
- A Former
U.S. Police Chief Stirs The Pot On Drug Laws; from Globe and
Mail (Canada), 10/20/05
- Author Replaces
Drug War With Food; from North Texas Daily (TX Edu), 10/6/05
- War
On The War On Drugs; from Hartford Advocate (CT), 10/20/05
- Law Officers
Calling For End To 'War Against Drugs'; from Knoxville News-Sentinel
(TN), 10/17/05
- Against
The Tide Of DARE's Misinformation; from Brown Daily Herald
(RI Edu), 10/11/05
- Prisoner
Of Pain Becomes Martyr Of Drug War;
from Charlotte Observer (NC), 10/20/05
- "A
Better City Is Possible" - Resurrect New Orleans As Model
'Green' City; from the Ella Baker Center For Human Rights (CA)
- Suit Underscores
State's Prison Rape Problem; from Dallas Morning News
(TX), 10/17/05
- FBI
Dilemma Illustrates Hypocritical Drug Policies; from News
& Advance (VA), 10/17/05
- Let
Those Dopers Be; from Los Angeles Times (CA), 10/16/05
- Release: Commission
Hearing Probes Crowding In Prison, Use Of Isolation, & Medical
And Mental Health Care; from The Commission On Safety And Abuse In America's
Prisons, August 2005
- 'Two
Million is Too Many' Prison Rally Lays Groundwork for More, Better
Collaboration; from The Drug War Chronicle (US Web), 8/19/05
- The November Coalition: Draft of a Submission, by Kenneth Mentor, J.D., Ph.D. to be included in
the Encyclopedia of Corrections, edited by Mary Bosworth;
Posted March 2005
- Marijuana
Advocate Joins Governor's Race; from Montgomery Advertiser
(AL), 10/16/05
- Vast Probe
Puts Focus On [Florida] Prison System; from Miami Herald
(FL), 10/15/05
- Marijuana
Compound Spurs Brain Cell Growth; from Forbes Magazine
(US), 10/13/05
- The
War On Drugs Cannot Be Won; from National Post (Canada),
10/12/05
- Special
News Release: Marijuana Arrests For 2004 At Record High; from NORML
(US)
- Traumatised
Young Iraqis Turn Increasingly To Hard Drugs; from IRINNews.org
(UN), 10/11/05
- "Without
Proposition 36, I'd Probably Be Dead Now" from Drug Policy
Alliance (US Web), 10/5/05
- Release:
US: Thousands Of Children Sentenced To Life Without Parole; from
Human Rights Watch (US), 10/12/05
- Prohibition
And Terror -- The Afghan Connection; from Drug War Chronicle
(US Web), 10/7/05
- The Nature
Of Drugs And Teens; from The Denver Post (CO), 10/2/05
- To More
Inmates, Life Term Means Dying Behind Bars; from The New
York Times (NY), 10/2/05
- Review:
Book Puts Tulia Process On Trial; from Dallas Morning News
(TX), 10/2/05
- Meddling
Federal Lawmakers Share Blame In Senseless Medi-Pot Death; from
Austin Chronicle (TX), 9/30/05
- Prison
Reform Advocate Announces Run For Governor; from Montgomery
Advertiser (AL), 9/29/05
- Vets
Against The (Drug) War; from Fort Worth Weekly (TX), 9/28/05
- Cops
Say Legalize Drugs! Ask Us Why. - Long Rider Completes Cross-Country
Journey On Horseback; from Law Enforcement
Against Prohibition, 10/3/05
- Back
In Saddle, Preaching Drug Legalization;
from The New York Times (NY), 10/5/05
- Rescue
Came From The Grass Roots; from The Black
Commentator (US), 9/22/05
- A Less
Fashionable War; from Newtopia Magazine (US), 9/21/05
Posted September, 2005
- Proposal
For Meth Sentences Draws Fire; from The Oregonian (OR),
9/28/05
- Rockefeller
Drug Law Reform? from Gotham Gazette (NY), Sep. 2005
- Release:
Jury Finds First Defendant in Great Barrington Drug Sting NOT
Guilty; from Concerned Citizens For Appropriate Justice,
9/27/05
- Release:
Groundbreaking Decision on Employment Discrimination; from All
Of Us Or None (US), 9/27/05
- Etan
Thomas Electrifies Anti-War Washington; from Edge of Sports
(US), 9/26/05
- Rethinking
The War On Drugs; from BBC News (UK Web), 9/26/05
- Stark
Raving Mad; from Salon.com (US Web), 98/26/05
- A Sports
Drink for Children Is Jangling Some Nerves; from The New York
Times (NY), 9/25/05
- Petty
Crime, Outrageous Punishment; from Reader's Digest (US),
Oct 05
- As Laws
Dry Up Home Meth Labs, Mexican Cartels Flood U.S. Market; from
The Oregonian (OR), 9/25/05
- Seize
This! from Las Vegas City Life (NV), 9/22/05
- Dream
State; from The Montreal Mirror (CN), 9/22/05
- Happy
Trails; from Syracuse New Times (NY), 9/14/05
- Girl, 17,
Wounded In Drug Bust Dies; from The Fresno Bee (CA), 9-23-05
- Advocate
For Legalizing Drugs Rides Through Herkimer On Cross-Country
Trip; from The Evening Telegram (NY), 9-23-05
- The
Strange And Seedy Case Of Marc Emery, Canadian; from Los Angeles
City Beat (CA), 9-22-05
- Op-Ed:
Testing Students For Drugs Is Neither Solution Nor Bargain; from
The News-Sentinel (IN), 9-21-05
- Stones In
The Pathway Of Justice; from Arizona Republic (AZ), 9/19/05
- US
Prison Population Continues to Grow; from The Conservative
Voice (US), 9/16/05
- Former
Cop Now Promotes Drug Legalization; from The Post-Standard
(NY), 9/19/05
- Wyoming
Looks To Cut Cost Of Prison Health Care; from Associated Press,
9/18/05
- Drug War
And Class War; from The Providence Journal (RI), 9/18/05
- The
Return Of Reefer Madness; from Salon.com (US Web), 9/18/05
- Editorial:
Asset Forfeiture Abuse; from Las Vegas Review-Journal (NV),
9/18/05
- Justice
For A 'Death Of Neglect'; from Washington Post (DC), 9/17/05
- Venezuela
No Longer U.S. Ally In Drug War; from Miami Herald (FL),
9/16/05
- Ex-Cop
Now Horseback Drug Activist; from The Citizen (NY), 9/15/05
- Held
Behind Walls In Katrina's Wake, They Also Serve; from Wall
Street Journal (US), 9/14/05
- Prisoners
Left to Drown in New Orleans; from Democracy Now (US),
9/13/05
- Why
Not Legalise Drugs...It Worked Fine The Last Time; from The
Sun (UK), 9/12/05
- Family
Wants Answers After Man's Death In Swat Raid; from New Haven
Register (CT), 8/26/05
- Does
Minnesota Need A Marijuana Sales Tax? from Minnesota Daily
(MN Edu), 9/9/05
- T-Shirts
Warn Off Those Who 'Snitch'; from Wichita Eagle (KS),
8/14/05
- Smoked
Out; from Alternet (US Web), 9/12/05
- Editorial:
No Refuge' from San Francisco Chronicle (CA), 9/11/05
- 8,200
Prisoners Evacuated After Katrina; from The News Star
(LA), 9/8/05
- 'Speed'
Traps: Rethinking Meth Hype; from The Washington Times (DC),
9/9/05
- Penn's
Landing A Local Mob Movie? from Philadelphia City Paper
(PA), 9/8/05
- Doormat
Factor; from The Calgary Sun (CN AB), 9/5/05
- Iraq
A New Transit Point For Drugs; from Sydney Morning Herald
(Australia), 9/5/05
- Horse
Rider Hopes Journey Will Spur Legalization Of Drugs; from Erie
Times-News (PA), 9/4/05
- Time To
Legalize Drugs; from New York Daily News (NY), 9/1/05
- Not
An Outlaw In Canada; from The Athens News (OH), 9/1/05
- Suit
Spurs Debate On Hair Test For Drugs; from The Wichita Eagle
(KS), 8/31/05
- FBI
Plans 'Threat Assessment' Of Prison Inmates; from Associated
Press (US), 8/30/05
- Opinion:
Please Deposit All Your Money; from The New York Times,
8/31/05
- Editorial:
A Closer Look - Failed Drug Policies Need To Be Revised; from
Arizona Range News (AZ), 8/30/05
- Don't Steal
This Television; from AlterNet (US Web), 8/26/05
- Dancing
With Misty; from Trail Blazer Magazine, 7/1/05
Posted August, 2005
- Women's Rights: Another Casualty
of the Drug War; Resolution adopted
by The National
Organization of Women (NOW), passed July 3, 2005.
- Marijuana
Pipe Dreams; from The New York Times (NY), 8/27/05
- In Pain?
Call A Cop; from DrugSense Weekly (DSW), 8/26/05
- Extradition
Hearing Date Set For Pot Activist; from Vancouver Sun
(CN BC), 8/26/05
- National
Methamphetamine Conference Convenes Unscathed Despite Attack
by Congressional Drug Warrior; from Drug War Chronicle
(US Web), 8/26/0
- Smuggling
Drugs? Let Us Count The Ways; from Wall Street Journal
(US), 8/26/05
- PLUR
Meets SWAT as Utah Cops Attack Electronic Dance Party; from Drug
War Chronicle (US Web), 8/26/05
- White
House Blasts Lawrence Pot Proposal; from Lawrence Journal-World
(KS), 8/26/05
- Hempfest
Fans Rockin' The Joint; from Seattle Times (WA), 8/21/05
- OpEd:
Inflicting Pain; from Orange County Register (CA), 8/19/05
- ACLU
Letter to the Senate Judiciary Committee Regarding S. 1088, the
Streamlined Procedures Act of 2005; from ACLU, 7/28/05
- Zero Intelligence;
from The Observer (UK), 8/23/05
- Why Can't
You Buy Heroin At Boots? from The Guardian (UK), 8/23/05
- Editorial:
Getting Real - The Harm Reduction Project; from Salt Lake
Tribune (UT), 8/22/05
- Rocky
Calls War On Drugs 'A Disaster' from Salt Lake Tribune
(UT), 8/20/05
- Drug
War Harms More Than It Helps; from DrugSense Weekly (US
Web), 8/19/05
- OpEd:
Against The Drug War; from Washington Times (DC), 5/16/05
- Survivors
Tell of Horrors Behind Bars at Federal Hearing on Prisoner Rape;
Press Release from SPR, 5/15/05
- Manufacturing
A Drug Panic; from National Post (Canada), 5/15/05
- A Different
View From On His Horse; from Herald-Palladium (MI), 8/9/05
- How
Can We Stop The Rise Of Drug-Related Deaths? from Evening
Times (UK), 8/9/05
- (Venezuela)
Chavez Abandons Co-Operation With US Over Drugs; from Financial
Times (UK), 8/9/05
- Cultural
Differences Complicate A Georgia Drug Sting Operation; from New
York Times (NY), 8/4/05
- Former
Michigan Cop Rides To Legalize Drug Use; from Post-Tribune
(IN), 8/8/05
- The Latest
Drug Crisis, Again; from Chicago Tribune (IL), 8/7/05
- Column:
US's War On Drugs Invades Canada; from Toronto Sun (CN
ON), 8/7/05
- Local
Pastors Rally Around Proposition 36; from Whittier Daily News
(CA), 8/7/05
- Fighting
The System; from Belleville News-Democrat (IL), 8/7/05
- High Anxiety;
from Newsday (NY), 8/7/05
- Column:
Pursuit Of Drug Case All Smoke, No Fire; from Seattle Post-Intelligencer
(WA), 8/5/05
- Prison
Protest Aiming for DC in Eight Days; from Drug War Chronicle
(US Web), 8/5/05
- US Should
Allow Doctors To Prescribe More Pain Relief; from Collegiate
Times (VA Tech, Edu), 8/4/05
- Locked
Down and Forgotten; from AlterNet (US Web), 8/3/05
- NEWS RELEASE:
Top Medical Doctors, Scientists & Specialists Urge Major
Media Outlets Not to Create "Meth Baby" Myth; from
National Advocates for Pregnant Women (NAPW), 7/27/05
- Column:
Colombia - Our Other War; from The Boston Globe (MA),
7/31/05
- OpEd: Schools,
Drugs And Prisons; from The Gainesville Sun (FL), 7/24/05
- DARE:
Is It Really Telling Children The Truth? from The Concord
Journal, (MA), 7/28/05
- Bush's War
On Pot; from Rolling Stone Magazine (US), 7/28/05
Posted July, 2005
- Little
Girl Faces Felony Charge For Throwing Rock At Little Boy; from
Associated Press (US), 7/16/05
- OpEd:
Handcuffs And Stethoscopes; from The New York Times (NY),
7/23/05
- Former
Cop Wants Drugs Legalized; from Core Weekly (WI), 7/21/05
- Editorial:
Perpetual Hysteria; from Daytona Beach News-Journal (FL),
7/22/05
- Coerced
Treatment: Pennsylvania Legal Challenge Threatens Drug Courts,
Judge; from Drug War Chronicle (US Web), 7/22/05
- War
On Drugs Is Not Delivering Peace; from Collegiate Times
(VA Edu), 7/21/05
- Going In
Circles; from Roslindale-West Roxbury Transcript (MA),
7/21/05
- Why Is
The DEA Hounding This Doctor? from Time Magazine (US),
7/25/05
- In Paterson,
The Drug-Dealing Life Is A Career For Many; from The Herald
News (NJ), 7/18/05
- 'Pleasure
Drugs' Boom On Way, Says Think-Tank; from The Daily Telegraph
(UK), 7/14/05
- AIDS Crisis
Brings Radical Change In Iran's Response To Heroin Use; from
The Washington Post (DC), 7/5/05
- Horseman's
Message: Legalize Drugs; from The Telegraph Herald (IA),
7/14/05
- Advocates
Urge Preservation Of Drug Treatment Not Incarceration; from San
Jose Mercury News (CA), 7/12/05
- Grand
Jury Lobbies For Needle Exchange; from The Fresno Bee
(CA), 7/11/05
- Officers
Seek Court's Mercy; from The Knoxville News-Sentinel (TN),
7/11/05
- Meth
'Moonshiners' On Rise; from The Washington Times (DC),
7/10/05
- Study: Prescription
Abuse Double Since '92; from CNN.com (US - Web), 7/7/05
- Doc Denounces
'War On Patients'; from The Billings Gazette (MT), 7/7/05
- Editorial:
Blame U.S. Drug Policy For The Bolivian Uprising; from The
Wall Street Journal (US), 6/17/05
- Hard Time:
California's Prisons In Crisis; from The San Francisco Chronicle
(CA), 7/3/05
- Revealed:
How Drugs War Failed; from The Guardian (UK), 7/5/05
- Indonesia:
Corby Shock As Trial Is Reopened; from The Herald Sun
(AU), 7/5/05
- Mexico's
Fight Against Drugs Is A Failure, Analysts Say; from The Bradenton
Herald (FL), 7/4/05
- OpEd: Drug
Testing Delivers Shock And Awe In Alexander School District;
from The Athens News (OH), 6/30/05
- World
On Drugs; from The Mirror (UK), 7/1/05
- Most
Marijuana Users in Drug Treatment Sent There By Criminal Justice
System; from Drug War Chronicle (US Web), 7/1/05
- U.S.
Seizes State Prison Health Care; from San Francisco Chronicle
(CA), 7/1/05
- Mexico:
The War On The Border Streets; from The Economist (UK),
6/30/05
- Buying
Cold Pills? Fill Out This Form; from Los Angeles Times
(CA), 6/29/05
- Editorial:
Needle-Exchange Program Politics Gets In The Way; from Philadelphia
Inquirer (PA), 6/30/05
- Police
Explorers Used In Drug Sting At Barlow High School; from Connecticut
Post (CT), 6/29/05
- Editorial:
Vilsack Takes Moral Road In Felon Voting; from Iowa City Press-Citizen
(IA), 6/26/05
Posted June, 2005
- World's
Illegal Drug Trade Set At $321b A Year; from The Vancouver
Sun (CN BC), 6/30/05
- Drug
War Fails To Dent U.S. Supply; from The Los Angeles Times
(CA), 6/28/05
- U.S Drug Warriors
Looking To Inflict Another Casualty; from The Vancouver Courier
(CN BC), 6/28/05
- Retired
Cop Rides For Change To Nation's Drug Policy; from Brush News
Tribune (CO), 6/15/05
- OPED: The
Verdict Of Statistics Is Racial Injustice In Judicial System;
from High Point Enterprise (NC), 6/25/05
- Crystal's
Not The Real Villain; from Xtra! (CN ON), 6/23/05
- Reporter
Discovers Lortab Is A Click Away On The Internet; from The
Winchester Sun (KY), 6/22/05
- Editorial:
From Speakeasies To Dial-A-Dope; from The Daily News (CN
NS), 6/21/05
- Column:
Apology Accepted, Now Do Something; from The Quad-City Times
(IA), 6/21/05
- Sometimes
It's Better Just To Do Less Harm; from The New York Times
(NY), 6/21/05
- Column:
Never Steal A Turkey In Lubbock, And Other Tales Of Texas Justice;
from Los Angeles Times (CA), 6/20/05
- Rethinking
Treatment of Female Prisoners; from Los Angeles Times
(CA), 6/19/05
- Editorial:
Debating Drug Use Openly; from The Lancet (UK), 6/18/05
- 'Drug
War Refugee' Could Get 10 Years; from The Ottawa Citizen
(CN ON), 6/18/05
- Spreading
Truth; from DrugSense Weekly (USWeb), 6/16/05
- Criminalization
Out Of Control; from The Baltimore Sun (MD), 6/17/05
- Creepshow:
A Disturbing Glimpse into DEA Mentality; from Drug War Chronicle
(US Web), 6/17/05
- Time
For A New Strategy In The War On Drugs; from Seattle Times
(WA), 6/15/05
- House: Medical
Marijuana A Federal Case; from Associated Press (Wire),
6/15/05
- War
on Crime, Not on Drugs; from AlterNet.org (US Web), 6/15/05
- Poll Finds
Opposition To Pot Raids; from The Oakland Tribune (CA),
6/14/05
- Column:
Will The Real 'War On Drugs' Please Stand Up; from Hendersonville
Times-News (NC), 6/13/05
- OpEd:
Regulation Of Illicit Drugs Gains Support; from San Antonio
Express-News (TX), 6/13/05
- Supreme
Court Rules on Medical Marijuana (Raich Decision); from Drug
Policy Alliance (US Web), 6/6/05
- Column:
Court Sends Feds To Prey On The Sick; from The Sentinel &
Enterprise (MA), 6/13/05
- Column:
Moral Authority Jeopardized By Medical Pot; from Wisconsin
State Journal (WI), 6/12/05
- Column:
End Marijuana Hypocrisy To Save Nation Billions; from Detroit
News and Free Press (MI), 6/12/05
- Killing
Off Limited Federal Government; from The Korea Herald
(South Korea), 6/11/05
- Column:
Getting Tough With The Terminally Ill; from The Orlando Sentinel
(FL), 6/8/05
- Column:
Will Congress Have The Guts To Tackle Medical Marijuana? from
The Chicago Tribune (IL), 6/8/05
- The Mugging
of the American Dream, By Bill Moyers; from AlterNet.org
(US Web), 6/6/05
- Reefer Madness:
Is Sanity Breaking Out? from Salon.com (US Web), 6/7/05
- Targeting
Marijuana Saps Anti-Drug Effort, Critics Say; from The Chicago
Tribune (IL), 6/5/05
- Column:
Legalize Drugs To Reduce Crime; from The Daily Republic
(CA), 6/4/05
- US
Congressman Criticizes Drug War at John W. Perry Fund Reception
in Seattle; from The Drug War Chronicle (US-Web), 6/3/05
- Drug
Convict Seeks Release, but Prosecutor Stands Firm; from New
York Times (NY), 6/2/05
- Jailed
Informants Spark Legal Debate; from The Miami Herald (FL),
5/31/05
- Students
Losing Freedoms; from The Connecticut Post (CT), 5/29/05
- China Admits
Drug War Is Failing; from The Taipei Times (Taiwan), 5/27/05
- Editorial:
Bringing Fairness to Drug Sentencing; from New York Times
(NY), 6/2/05
- Milton
Friedman: Legalize It! from Forbes Com (US Web), 6/2/05
- Fourth
Anniversary of California's Popular Treatment Instead of Incarceration
Initiative (Prop. 36); from Drug Policy Alliance (US)
- How
FBI Drug Sting Spread In Arizona; from Los Angeles Times
(CA), 6/1/05
- Profits
From Selling Cocaine Make It A Lucrative Business Venture, Even
With The High Risks Of Prison Or Even Death; from Winona Daily
News (MN), 5/31/05
- Needle
Exchange Program Could Make Difference For All; from Worcester
Telegram & Gazette (MA), 5/31/05
Posted May, 2005
- Corruption
Crosses The Border With Agent Bribes; from The Houston Chronicle
(TX), 5/29/05
- 20-Year
Sentence For Tourist In Drug Case That Gripped Australia; from
The Guardian (UK), 5/28/05
- Call
Off The War On Drugs; from The Charlotte Observer (NC),
5/26/05
- The Whizzinator:
A House Panel's No. 1 Priority; from The Washington Post (DC),
5/18/05
- The New Asylums, a PBS
Frontline Program. Aired May
10, 2005. Nearly ten times as many mentally ill Americans are
in prison as in psychiatric hospitals.
- Pain Patient, Coalition
Cartoonist and Drug
War Prisoner Richard Paey appeared
on ABC Nightline Wed. May 11. Report coverage available here
- Arrested
Development; from The Wall Street Journal (US), 5/24/05
- OPED:
The Celling Of California; from San Francisco Bay View
(CA), 5/19/05
- Prison
System's Growth Mortgaging State's Future; from West Virginia
Gazette (WV), 5/23/05
- Weed Watch:
Walters' Propaganda Won't Hold Water; from The Austin Chronicle
(TX), 5/20/05
- The
Other War: Smugglers' Blues; from San Diego Union Tribune
(CA), 5/22/05
- Powder
Mix-Up Fools Sniffer Dogs; from BBC News (UK), 5/21/05
- Spy Vs.
Spy; from DrugSense Weekly (US - Web), 5/20/05
- Colombia:
Anti-Drug Herbicide to Be Sprayed Again in Nature Reserves; from
IPS (Institute for Policy Studies) News (US), 5/20/05
- Senior
Republican Proposes "Draft" for the War on Drugs; from
The Drug Policy Alliance, 5/16/05
- Potheads
vs. Narcs; from Roll Call (WA DC), 5/16/05
- Editorial:
Anti-Crime Hysteria In The U.S. Congress; from The Miami Herald
(FL), 5/12/05
- How 'Sting'
Spiraled Out Of Control At South Side Motel; from The Des
Moines Register (IA), 5/12/05
- Roundtable:
Jail Solutions A Thing Of The Past, by Nora Callahan; from The
Spokesman-Review (WA), 5/12/05
- Fooling
Drug Tests Is A Hot Niche Market; from Minneapolis Star-Tribune
(MN), 5/12/05
- Uncontrolled
Substances: Our Drug Laws Have Failed Miserably - And Only Increased
Demand. 'Harm-Reduction' Programs Could Change That, from Evergreen Monthly (WA), May 05
- Editorial:
After The Scandal: Report Calls For Changes In Culture, Policy;
from Dallas Morning News (TX), 5/11/05
- To Free,
Or Not To Free; from Decatur Daily (AL), 5/11/05
- City's
'New' Drugs Policy; from The Ottawa Citizen (CN ON), 5/9/05
- Elderly,
Ailing Speak Out As Pot Ruling Nears; from The Los Angeles
Times (CA), 5/8/05
- Editorial:
A Prickly Dilemma; from Greensboro News & Record (NC),
5/8/05
- State
High Court Says Racial Profiling Can Get Cases Tossed; from The
Arizona Republic (AZ), 5/5/05
- Prisons:
Some Architects Call for Profession to Reject Prison, Jail Design
Jobs; from The Drug War Chronicle (US Web), 5/6/05
- War on
Drugs Shifts to War on Marijuana; from The Drug War Chronicle
(US Web), 5/6/05
- Editorial:
Attacking Judges, Not Drugs; from The Los Angeles Times
(CA), 5/5/05
- Dozens
Denied Pain Drugs After DEA Raid; from The Billings Gazette
(MT), 5/6/05
- Marijuana
Advocates Play It Straight In D.C.; from The San Francisco
Chronicle (CA), 5/5/05
- Editorial:
U.S. Jails, Prisons Overflowing; from The Denver Post
(CO), 5/3/05
- Illegal
Drug Uses Brings Together Students, Parents; from The Daily
Targum (NJ Edu), 5/2/05
- Interview
With Dr. Andrew Weil; from Common Ground (CN BC), 5/1/05
- Lock 'Em
Up; from The Daytona Beach News-Journal (FL), 4/30/05
- 2 N.J.
Cities Gear Up For Needle Exchanges; from The Star-Ledger
(NJ), 4/30/05
- What's
The Drug Czar's Problem? from DrugSense Weekly (US Web),
4/29/05
- Wiretaps
Up; Officials Cite Technology; from The Associated Press
(US), 4/29/05
- I'm Telling
... And Getting Paid For It; from The Beacon (PA Edu),
4/25/05
Posted April, 2005
- Column:
Prison Not Best Way To Deal With Drug Use, By Roger Lauen And Daniel R. Merkle, Guest Columnists;
from The Seattle Post-Intelligencer (WA), 3/24/05
- Crime
Still Paying Well; from The Ledger-Enquirer (GA), 4/26/25
- The
Politics Of Pain; from The Boston Globe (MA), 4/24/05
- 'Bad Trip'
Describes View Of Nation's War On Drugs; from The Oklahoman
(OK), 4/24/05
- Drug Czar
Plays Defense; from The National Journal (US), 4/23/05
- SSDP Fights
For Drug Policy Reform; from The Flat Hat (VA Edu), 4/25/05
- Organizations
Seek Black Voice In Drug Laws; from The Baltimore Sun
(MD), 4/24/05
- House
Conservatives Pushing Bill to "Fix" Sentencing, Increase
Mandatory Minimums, Create New Drug Crimes; from The Drug
War Chronicle (US Web), 4/22/05
- Just Say
Yes ... To Drug Policy Week; from The Dog Street Journal
(VA Edu), 4/21/05
- Rethinking
The War On Drugs; from The Daily Record (MD), 4/8/05
- A
Kinder, Gentler, Cheaper Way Of Dealing With Drug Offenders;
from The Chicago Tribune (IL), 4/17/05
- Decision
To Release Jailhouse Snitch Backfires; from The Tribune Review
(PA), 4/17/05
- Senate
Bill Would Dismantle Drug Treatment Effort That Works; from San
Jose Mercury News (CA), 4/19/05
- The DEA's
War On Pain Doctors; from The Village Voice (NY), 4/18/05
- Down The
Drug Hole; from The Lexington Herald-Leader (KY), 4/18/05
- Column:
Student Drug Testing Is Un-American; from The San Francisco
Chronicle (CA), 4/17/05
- Students
Paid For Tattling On Peers; from USA Today (US), 4/17/05
- Group
With Links To Law Enforcement Says Legalize Drugs; from The
San Antonio Express-News (TX), 4/17/05
- Dreaming
In Green; from The Pacific Northwest Inlander (WA), 4/7/05
- Legislative
Alert: New Bill Pushes For More, Tougher
Mandatory Minimum Sentences; from FAMM
- Editorial:
Nothing To Show For Cocaine War; from Valley Morning Star
(TX), 4/14/05
- At Least
20 Years Await Convicted Doctor; from The Los Angeles Times
(CA), 4/14/05
- Bush Goes At
Drug Problem Backward; from Newsday (NY), 4/13/05
- Editorial:
Sentencing Law Spawns Inequities; from North Adams Transcript
(MA), 4/11/05
- The
Pot Thickens In Library Ruckus; from The Los Angeles Times
(CA), 4/6/05
- US Mercenaries
Spill Blood Over Afghan Opium; from The Independent (UK),
4/13/05
- Testing
Times; from The Guardian (UK), 4/11/05
- Supreme Court
Could Alter Drug Cases; from The Collegiate Times (VA
Edu), 4/8/05
- Don't Treat
Patients Using Marijuana As Criminals; from The Modesto Bee
(CA), 4/8/05
- Teachers
and Classmates Express Outrage at Arrest of Girl, 16, as a Terrorist
Threat; from The New York Times (NY), 4/9/05
- Decriminalization:
A Growing Debate; from The Citizen (NH), 4/8/05
- Drug War
Lacks Emphasis On Treatment; from The Citizen (NH), 4/8/05
- This
Week's Corrupt Cops Stories; from The Drug War Chronicle
(US Web), 4/8/05
- Buprenorphine:
The Bitter Pill; from Wired Magazine (US), Apr 05
- And Marijuana
For All; from NOW Magazine (CN), 4/7/05
- Failed
Drug War Won't Protect Our Children; from Mountain Xpress
(NC), 4/6/05
- Reefer
Refugees; from AlterNet (US Web), 4/6/05
- Santee's
Dr. Yang: Saint Or Sinner; from The San Diego Union Tribune
(CA), 4/2/05
- Editorial:
Minor Crimes, Major Sentences; from The Gadsden Times
(AL), 4/4/05
- New NORML
Executive Director Talks Of The Groups Longevity, Future; from
The Times-Standard (CA), 4/3/05
- Ex-Policeman
Found Guilty; from The Washington Times (DC), 4/3/05
- 16 Students
Led Away In Handcuffs; from The Cincinnati Enquirer (OH),
4/2/05
- Accused
Aussie Drug Runner Battles From Behind Bars; from The New
Zealand Herald (New Zealand), 4/2/05
- Lost Time:
Freedom's Just Another Word For Power-Mad Parole Officers; from
The Village Voice (NY), 3/31/05
- Man With
A Mission Travels Through Town; from The Quartzsite Times
(AZ), 3/30/05
Posted March, 2005
- In Memoriam: Gary Webb, Pioneering Journalist & Author of Dark
Alliance: The CIA, the Contras, and the Crack Cocaine Explosion
- New
York State Votes To Reduce Drug Sentences; from The New York Times (NY), 12/8/04
- Black
Coalition To Target Effects Of Drug Policy; from The Tuscaloosa News (AL), 10/21/04
- Bush
Plan To Reduce Drug Program Budget Riles Law Enforcement; from
The San Diego Union-Tribune (CA), 3/30/05
- Early
Release For Inmates Weighed; from The Clarion-Ledger (MS),
3/30/05
- Reefer
Madness: They've Proved That Cannabis Makes You Aggressive; from
The Guardian (UK), 3/29/05
- Editorial:
Metro Cop Planted Drugs In Suspect's Car; from The Las Vegas
Review-Journal (NV), 3/28/05
- Why
A Drug-Free Afghanistan Is Not So Easy; from The Khaleej Times
(UAE), 3/23/05
- Drug
Dealing A Minority Business? from The Sentinel And Enterprise
(MA), 3/21/05
- Helping
Inmates Is Best Course For State; from The Stamford Advocate
(CT), 3/20/05
- It's Past
Time To Change Mandated Drug Sentences; from The Birmingham
News (AL), 1/23/05
- State
Is Joining Shift on Prisons; from The Los Angeles Times
(CA), 3/27/05
- Column:
Weighing The Difference Between Treating Pain And Dealing Drugs;
from The New York Times (NY), 3/26/05
- 'Drug
War' Targets Wrong People; from The Daily Aztec (CA Edu),
3/23/05
- Steroids,
Sluggers, and the War on Drugs; from The Drug War Chronicle
(US Web), 3/25/05
- Most Female
Prisoners Are Black; from San Francisco Bay View (CA),
3/23/05
- Rave Bust:
Police Had All the 'Luck' In Club Raid; from The Flint Journal
(MI), 3/22/05
- Study
Of Drug, Alcohol Use Reveals Some Surprising Findings; from The
Regina Leader-Post (CN SN), 3/24/05
- Editorial:
Disgrace - Why So Many Prisons? from The Charleston Gazette
(WV), 3/23/05
- Stop Trying
To Change The Laws Of Economics; from The Victoria Times-Colonist
(CN BC), 3/23/05
- 'Harm
Reduction' Works In Europe; from The Vancouver Sun (CN
BC), 3/22/05
- Better
Life Behind Bars; from The Los Angeles Daily News (CA),
3/22/05
- Prison
Not Best Drug War Answer; The Daily Trojan (CA Edu), 3/22/05
- Send The
Right Message About Needle Exchanges; from The Houston Chronicle
(TX), 3/22/05
- Tough
On Crime Means Losing Drug War, Critics Say; from The Daily
Progress (VA), 3/21/05
- Cannabis
Use In Adolescence: Self-Medication For Anxiety; from O'Shaughnessy's
(CA), Apr 05
- World
Weed; from Slate.com (US Web), 3/20/05
- How Science
Is Skewed To Fuel Fears Of Marijuana; from The Ottawa Citizen
(CN ON), 3/20/05
- Editorial:
Cold Remedy Control Is Not A Tool Of Drug War; from The Burlington
Times-News (NC), 3/19/05
- Report
Clears D.C. Judge Of Misconduct In Inmate Death; from The
Washington Post (DC), 3/18/05
- Drugs Can't
Be Legislated Away; from North Shore Sunday (MA), 3/18/05
- ACLU
Report: U.S. Drug Laws Harm Women; from The Associated Press
(US), 3/17/05
- Column: Say
Hello To The New PC; from The Cape Cod Times (MA), 3/17/05
- Where
A Puff Of Marijuana Is The Ultimate Power-Up; from The New
York Times (NY), 3/17/05
- Media
Duped On Dope Story; from The Toronto Star (CN ON), 3/13/05
- When In
Doubt, Lock 'Em Up; from The Las Vegas Mercury (NV), 3/10/05
- Burned
By The System; from Newsday (NY), 3/10/05
- Editorial:
Canada Could Be A World Leader In Smarter Drug Strategies; from
The Vancouver Sun (US), 3/11/05
- Use Of Taser
To Get Sample Of Urine Being Investigated; from The Gainesville
Sun (FL), 3/10/05
- Drug
War Strategy Assailed At Forum; from The Seattle Post-Intelligencer
(WA), 3/10/05
- Marijuana
Users In Treatment: Unraveling The Federal Spin; from DrugWar.com
(US Web), 3/9/05
- Life Sentence
Sought For VA Pain Doctor; from The Washington Post (DC),
3/9/05
- RCMP
Slayings Should Not Be Exploited; from The Edmonton Journal
(CN AB), 3/7/05
- Editorial:
We Need Better Schools, Not Prison; from Wisconsin Rapids
Daily Tribune (WI), 3/7/05
- For
Years, Everyone Saw This Coming [RCMP Deaths]; from The Ottawa
Citizen (CN), 3/5/05
- U.S.
Ideologues Put Millions At Risk; from The International Herald-Tribune
(Intl), 3/4/05
- Washington
State Groups Offer 'Exit Strategy' For The War On Drugs; from
Associated Press (Wire), 3/4/05
- Why The War
On Drugs Can Never Be Won; from The National Post (Canada),
3/4/05
- International
Harm Reduction Battle Heating Up; from The Drug War Chronicle
(US Web), 3/4/05
- Martha
[Stewart]: What's Next; from USA Today (US), 3/3/05
- In the
Name of His Father; from Philadelphia City Paper (PA),
3/3/05
Posted February, 2005
- A New
Kind Of Drug War; from Business Week (US), 2/28/05
- Bush
Dodges As Addicts Rot In Jail; from The Toronto Star (CN
ON), 2/27/05
- Our
War On Drugs Only Aids Criminals; from The Lansing State Journal
(MI), 2/27/05
- Frank
Talk About Drugs Could Do Us All Some Good; from The St. Louis
Post-Dispatch (MO), 2/25/05
- Ex-Narcotics
Chief Behind Bars; from The Knoxville News-Sentinel (TN),
2/23/05
- Treating
Students Like Cattle; from WorkingForChange.com (US Web),
2/24/05
- Drug
Czar Pushes To Expand Drug Courts; from The Associated Press
(US), 2/23/05
- New Drug
Chapter Hopes To Take Off; from The Daily Campus (CT Edu),
2/23/05
- US
Seeks Colombian Help On Drugs; from The Financial Times
(UK), 2/23/05
- Campbell
Officers To Plead Guilty; from The Knoxville News-Sentinel
(TN), 2/22/05
- The Proverbial
'Live Boy' (Hunter S. Thompson Dead at 67) from Truthout.org
(US Web), 2/22/05
- Heartland
Hysteria; from The Drug War Chronicle (US Web), 2/18/05
- A Zealous
Prosecutor Of Drug Criminals Becomes One Himself; from The
New York Times (NY), 2/15/05
- Brain-Dead
Prison Inmate Is Granted an Early Release; from The Los Angeles
Times (CA), 2/15/05
- Journeys
With Jeffrey; from AlterNet (US Web), 2/15/05
- The War
On Pain Sufferers; from The Baltimore Chronicle (MD),
2/14/05
- New
ABA Report Says Nation's Indigent Defense Systems "Mired
In Crisis" from The American Bar Association, 2/11/05
- Marijuana
Activist Sweeps Into Jupiter Promoting Pot Reform; from The
Jupiter Courier (FL), 2/13/05
- Lies Cloud
Medical Marijuana Debate; from The Chicago Sun-Times (IL),
2/13/05
- 'Cardiff
Prison Made Me Smack-Head' from The Western Mail (UK),
2/8/05
- Drug-War
Follies; from The San Francisco Chronicle (CA), 2/10/25
- Battles
Won, A War Lost; from The Economist (UK), 2/10/05
- Drug
Test Nation; from Reason Online (US Web), 2/9/05
- 'News'
Anchor Can't Get Story She Wants On School Drug Busts; from The
Palm Beach Post (FL), 2/9/05
- Ark. Drug
Bust Crashes Kid's Birthday; from The Kansas City Star (MO),
2/8/05
- 'Avenue Of
Incarceration'; from The Gainesville Sun (FL), 2/6/05
- Woman
Got Bad Advice, Free Her From Prison, Judge Says; from The
Arkansas Gazette (AR), 2/8/05
- The Birth
Of A Narco State; from The Asia Times (Int'l), 2/8/05
- U.S.
Drops Criminal Inquiry Of C.I.A. Antidrug Effort In Peru; from
The New York Times (NY), 2/6/05
- Tape
Reveals Terrifying Campaign In War On Drugs; from The Knoxville
News-Sentinel (TN), 2/6/05
- Kept In
The Dark; from The Sunday Herald (UK), 2/6/05
- US Cash
Threat To AIDS War; from The Observer (UK), 2/6/05
- Drug War
Wastes Needed Resources; from The Collegiate Times (VA
Edu), 2/4/05
- Did You
Hear The One About The Drug Laws? from The New York Times
(NY), 2/1/05
- Cashing In
On Cons; from In These Times Magazine (US), 2/4/05
- OPED:
School Drug Testing Less Effective Than Parenting; from The Journal
Gazette (IN), 2/3/05
- Editorial:
Is It Any Wonder Kids Are Confused About Drugs? from The Jupiter
Courier (FL), 2/2/05
- A Guide
to Rockefeller Drug Reform: Understanding the New Legislation;
from The Center for Community Alternatives (NY), Jan 05
- Drug War,
A Disgrace; from The Free Press (TX), 2/1/05
- Witnesses'
Use Questioned; from The Charleston Gazette (WV), 1/30/05
- Ex-Policeman
Fights Drug Laws; from The Reading Eagle-Times (PA), 1/27/05
- Prison Programs
Help, But No Match For Temptations On Outside; from The Wisconsin
State Journal (WI), 1/20/05
Posted January, 2005
- Stop Stalling
- Justice Due Ex-Felons; from The Orlando Sentinel (FL),
1/30/05
- Principal
Accused Of Tipping Off Mom In Pot Investigation; from The
Vancouver Sun (CN BC), 1/26/05
- A Lasting
Effect On First-Time Offenders; from The Kansas City Star
(MO), 1/26/05
- ACLU: People
Can Be Safe And Still Free; from The Advertiser (LA),
1/25/05
- Students
Could Face Up To 15 Years In Jail; from The Sun-Sentinel
(FL), 1/29/05
- 'Propaganda
Act' To Be Introduced In Senate; from Editor & Publisher
(US), 1/27/05
- Hundreds
Of Inmates Are Released; from The Herald Democrat (TX),
1/28/05
- Reporters
Go Beyond Stewart To Cover Prison Trends; from Women's eNews
(US Web), 1/26/05
- Justices
Uphold Use Of Drug-Sniffing Dogs In Traffic Stops; from The
New York Times (NY), 1/25/05
- Woman
Seriously Burned By Device During Drug Raid; from Newsday
(NY), 1/21/05
- Give
Us The Straight Dope; from Heresj.com (Saint John, CN
NK), 1/20/05
- Students
Deserve Teachers' Respect; from The Calgary Herald (CN
AB), 1/23/05
- Meet The
'Silver Sniffers'; from The Independent (UK), 1/23/05
- U.S. Backs
Away From Afghan Aerial Spraying; from The Los Angeles Times
(CA), 1/22/05
- Colombia's
Oscar Hope: Biopic Of A Drug Lord; from The Christian Science
Monitor (US), 1/21/05
- Hair Tests
For Drug Use Need A Closer Look; from The Chicago Sun-Times
(IL), 1/20/05
- Prison Inmates,
Republican Constituents; from The Times Union (NY), 1/19/05
- Deja Vu:
To Fight Car Searches, A Florida City Declared Itself a Foreign
Nation; from The Wall Street Journal (US), 1/19/05
- What Would
Rev. Martin Luther King Jr. Say About Drugs? from The New
Pittsburgh Courier (PA), 1/14/05
- January 2005 - NORML
Founder Keith Stroup Retires
- Prisons:
Freedom And The Sting Of Reality; from The Wisconsin State
Journal (WI), 1/19/05
- The People
Left Behind; from Charlotte Creative Loafing (NC), 1/19/05
- Scientific
Approaches To Addiction Worth Thinking About; from The Daily
Times (TN), 1/17/05
- Ex-Cop:
Rein In The War On Drugs; from The Tribune Review (PA),
1/18/05
- Out Of
Prison: Programs Aim To Keep Inmates From Returning; from The
Detroit Free Press (MI), 1/17/05
- Crackajuana
Kills! from The Free Press (TX), 1/15/05
- Congress
Prepares To Tackle Prisoner Recidivism; from The Wall Street
Journal (US), 1-15-05
- The Unwinnable
War On Dangerous Drugs; from The Financial Times (UK),
1/15/05
- Filling
Prisons Is No Cure-All; from The Wisconsin State Journal
(WI), 1/16/05
- Coleman
Convicted Of Perjury; from The Lubbock Avalanche-Journal
(TX), 1/15/05
- Afghan Poppies
Bloom; from AlterNet (US Web), 1/13/05
- Martha
Stewart Worries About 'Depressed' Inmates; from The Wall Street
Journal (US), 1/14/05
- Texas Undercover
Cop Convicted Of Perjury; from The Associated Press (US),
1/14/05
- Texas
Bill Would Ban Drug Offenders From Areas of San Antonio; from
The Drug Policy Alliance (US Web), 1/13/05
- Easing
Of New York Drug Laws Takes Effect; from The New York Times
(NY), 1/13/05
- Jury
Selection Begins For Former Tulia Agent; from The Associated
Press (US), 1/10/05
- Whose War
Is It Anyway? from The Herald (UK), 1/10/05
- A War
On Drugs, Or A War On Farmers? from The Wall Street Journal
(US), 1/11/05
- People
Shouldn't Pay For Fake News; from The Spokesman-Review
(WA), 1/10/05
- Scariest
Drugs Are Legal Ones; from The New York Daily News (NY),
1/9/05
- The White
Stuff; from The Observer (UK), 1/8/05
- Activists,
Politicians Vow Renewed Effort To Further Amend Harsh Drug Laws;
from The New York Law Journal (NY), 1/7/05
- Dangers
Of Questioning Government Actions; from The Chicago Tribune
(IL), 1/6/05
- Drug Control
Office Faulted For Issuing Fake News Tapes; from The Washington
Post (DC), 1/6/05
- One Pill
Makes You Better; from The Sacramento News & Review
(CA), 1/6/05
- Drug
Prohibition is a Terrorist's Best Friend; from The Cato Institute
(US), 1/5/05
- Euro Trash:
Even Drug Dealers Are Giving Up On The Dollar; from Slate.com
(US Web), 1/3/05
- Drugs, Booze
Easy For GIs To Get In Iraq; from The Arkansas Democrat-Gazette
(AR), 1/3/05
- Column:
Stewart Speaks For Women Inmates; from MaineToday.com
(US Web), 1/2/05
- Can One
City Impact Drug Law Madness? from The Washington Post
(DC), 1/2/05
- Bill Would
Lighten Youthful Offender Penalties; from The Shelby Star
(NC), 1/2/05
- An
Afghan Quandary For The U.S.; from The Los Angeles Times
(CA), 1/2/05
- Bulging
Prisons Bring Political Power, Cash To Upstate Region; from The
Watertown Daily Times (NY), 12/31/04
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