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Drug War News: Don't Miss Archive 2007
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Latest News: Posted December 2007
- Column:
Decades Later, War On Drugs Is Still A Loser; from Atlanta
Journal-Constitution (GA), 12/30/07
- Drug
War, Minus Signs, Persists; from New York Times (NY),
12/29/07
- The
Top Ten Drug War Stories of 2007; from Drug War Chronicle
(US), 12/28/07
- Drug
Czar: Just Say No To Toad Licking; from Evening Sun (PA),
12/27/07
- What
Darwin Could Tell Us About The "War On Drugs"; from
AlterNet (US Web), 12/27/07
- Under
Attack, Drug Maker Turned to Giuliani for Help; from New York
Times (NY), 12/27/07
- OpEd:
The War On Drugs Chews And Grinds On People; from Rapid City
Journal (SD), 12/12/07
- Editorial:
Guilty Until Proven Innocent; from Lima News (OH), 12/18/07
- The
Cancer Drug; from Los Angeles Times (CA), 12/22/07
- Without
Hope In A Prison Cell; from The Day (CT), 12/16/07
- Big Easy
Offers Only Tough Choices For America's Drug War; from The
Guardian (UK), 12/18/07
- Set
in Steel: Prison Life Without Parole;
from Truthout.org (US), 11/28/07
- Column: The
Drug War On African-Americans; from Louisiana Weekly (LA),
12/10/07
- America,
Intoxicated: Conference Tackles Disasters Of The Drug War; from
AlterNet (US), 12/11/07
- Column:
Mitt Romney's Faith Fails To Be Color Blind; from Newsday
(NY), 12/9/07
- OpEd:
How The Drug War Targets Black Americans; from Times-Picayune
(LA), 12/6/07
- The Bible,
a Black Bag, and a Drug Dog -- A Florida Drug War Story; from
Drug War Chronicle (US), 12/7/07
- The
2007 International Drug Policy Reform Conference -- Mr. Costa
Meets the Opposition; from Drug War Chronicle (US), 12/7/07
- OpEd: It's
A Gray Area - Seeking Restorative Justice; from Daily Pilot
(CA), 12/8/07
- Mexico:
Drug War May Overwhelm Prisons; from USA Today (US), 12/7/07
- OpEd:
Now Is The Time For Real Sentencing Reform; from Times Union
(NY), 12/6/07
- SOA
Protest Weekend Combines Elements Of Flea Market And Activism;
from National Catholic Reporter (US), 12/5/07
- FL: Executing
Drug Dealers May Get Easier; from Tallahassee Democrat (FL),
12/5/07
- OpEd:
Drugs, The Other Stupid War; from East Texas Review (TX),
12/5/07
- Editorial:
Wacky Tabacky Case; from Los Angeles Times (CA), 12/4/07
- Federal
Appeals Court Strikes Down Public Funding of Evangelical Prison
Program in Iowa; from TruthOut.org (US), 12/3/07
- How
America Lost The War On Drugs; from Rolling Stone (US),
Dec 07
- Editorial:
Lapping Up Freedom; from Pasadena Weekly (CA), 11/29/07
- O Cannabis!
War On Drugs Seen As Flawed Echo Of U.S.; from Toronto Star
(CN ON), 12/1/07
Latest News: November 2007
- Canadian
Tories' Mandatory Minimum Drug Bill Draws Stiff Opposition, But
Can It Be Stopped? from Drug War Chronicle (US), 11/30/07
- Court
Affirms Law That All Federal Felons Provide DNA For U.S. Database;
from San Francisco Chronicle (CA), 11/30/07
- Column:
Free Clarence Aaron; from San Francisco Chronicle (CA),
11/29/07
- Editorial:
Locked-Up Logic; from Michigan Daily (MI Edu), 11/28/07
- Forced
12-Step Loses In Court; from Register-Guard (OR), 11/25/07
- A
Solution In Search Of A Problem; from Ottawa Citizen (CAN),
11/24/07
- Column:
Obama, Drugs and Everyone Else; from Real Clear Politics
(US), 11/22/07
- Poll Finds
Most Americans Oppose Use of SWAT-Style Tactics in Routine Drug
Raids; from Drug War Chronicle (US), 11/23/07
- Family
Files Suit In Fatal Police Raid; from Atlanta Journal-Constitution
(GA), 11/22/07
- Stephen
Harper Opens Door To Prison Privatization; from Georgia Straight
(CN BC), 11/22/07
- Clemency
Bids Backing Up For Bush; from Los Angeles Times (CA),
11/22/07
- Mandatory
Jail Terms In Tories' Drug Plan; from National Post (Canada),
11/21/07
- Brother's
Drug Sentence Ignited Woman's Crusade; from Washington Post
(DC), 11/20/07
- OpEd:
War On Drugs Is A Lost Cause; from Victoria Advocate (TX),
11/15/07
- Presidential
Contenders and Drug Policy II -- Republicans; from Drug War
Chronicle (US), 11/16/07
- Connecting
With The Congregation; from DrugSense Weekly (DSW), 11/16/07
- Editorial:
Break The Chain; from Texas Observer (TX), 11/16/07
- House
Panel Criticizes Latin America Anti-Drug Plan; from Los Angeles
Times (CA), 11/15/07
- Column:
One Solution To Gang Woes: Legalize Drugs; from Coquitlam
Now (CN BC), 11/14/07
- OpEd:
Making Addiction Less Deadly; from News & Observer
(NC), 11/14/07
- Blackwater
Mercenaries Poised To Get Fat New Pentagon Contract For "Drug
War"; from AlterNet (US), 11/13/07
- South
Florida Police Facing More Criminals Not Afraid To Shoot At Them;
from Sun-Sentinel (FL), 11/11/07
- Column:
I'm Yearning For The High Life; from Aspen Times (CO),
11/10/07
- Rep.
Danny Davis Leading The Charge To Help Ex-Offenders; from Chicago
Defender (IL), 11/9/07
- Calif.
Court Considers Marijuana Use; from Associated Press (US),
11/9/07
- Presidential
Contenders and Drug Policy I -- Democrats; from Drug War Chronicle
(US), 11/9/07
- 'Plan
Mexico' Latest Front In Failed U.S. Drug War; from AlterNet
(US), 11/6/07
- Let Adam
Smith Be The Drug Pusher; from Baltimore Sun (MD), 11/7/07
- OpEd:
A Prayer To Stop The Killing; from Daily Southtown (IL),
11/3/07
- Buying
Drugs: "It's So Easy"; from Courier-Journal
(KY), 11/4/07
- "Preppy
Killer" Faces More Time For Drug Sales Than The Murder He
Committed; from Huffington Post (US), 10/29/07
- Essay:
America Incarcerated; from Utne Reader (US), 11/1/07
- Interview:
Ex-Cop Walks The Talk In Anti-Prohibition Effort; from Austin
Chronicle (TX), 11/2/07
- Column:
Scales Of Justice Tip To White Collar Crime; from The Union
(CA), 10/30/07
- OpEd: A
Medical Marijuana Casualty; from Helena Independent Record
(MT), 10/30/07
- OpEd:
Fund Drug Treatment Rather Than Mexican Anti-Drugs Operations;
from San Francisco Chronicle (CA), 10/29/07
- Inmates
Play Major Role in Fire Fight; from Associated Press (US),
10/27/07
- Editorial:
Race And The War On Drugs; from America Magazine (US),
10/22/07
Latest News: October 2007
- Column:
Go Ahead, Just Say Yes To Your Government Pusher; from Ottawa
Citizen (ON CN), 10/29/07
- DC Sniper
Inmate Feels Shame, Guilt and Remorse in Supermax Prison; from
Ezine Articles (US Web), 10/11/07
- Prison
Crisis: Will California Spend More On Jails Than Universities?
from In These Times (US), 10/23/07
- Editorial:
Child Killings Challenge The Drug War; from Detroit News
(MI), 10/21/07
- Missoula
County Attorney To Police: Halt Misdemeanor Arrests For Pot;
from The Missoulian (MT), 10/20/07
- Column:
Why Europe Holds The Answer To Illegal Drugs; from Daily Telegraph
(UK), 10/20/07
- Crack
Users Do More Time Than People Convicted Of Manslaughter; from
AlterNet (US Web), 10/17/07
- Legalise
All Drugs: Chief Constable Demands End To 'Immoral Laws'; from
The Independent (UK), 10/15/07
- U.S.
Plan For Drug War Has Some In Mexico Worried; from Austin
American-Statesman (TX), 10/15/07
- OpEd:
Drug Tests, Searches Erode Our Freedoms; from Honolulu Advertiser
(HI), 10/12/07
- Dying
[Federal] Inmates May Be Given Leniency; from Los Angeles
Times (CA), 10/15/07
- OpEd:
5 Myths About That Demon Crack; from Washington Post (DC),
10/14/07
- Is This
The Way To Win The War Against Drugs? from South Wales Evening
Post (UK), 10/13/07
- OpEd:
Europe - Curing, Not Punishing, Addicts; from Los Angeles
Times (CA), 10/12/07
- 3-Part
Series: Sentencing Children To Life Behind Bars; from Monterey
County Herald (CA), 10/7/07
- Editorial:
This Story Won't Wash; from Palm Beach Post (FL), 10/7/07
- TheatreUNCA
Stages Production of "Thousand Kites" November 14-18;
from University of North Carolina, Asheville, 10/9/07
- OpEd:
Sentenced For Life; from Dallas Morning News (TX), 10/7/07
- Column:
What's Harper Smoking? from Ottawa Citizen (CN ON), 10/6/07
- US
Plans to Supersize Mexico Drug War Aid -- $1.4 Billion Package
in Works; from Drug War Chronicle (US), 10/5/07
- Editorial:
Tories' 'New' Strategy To Fight Drugs Just Pours More Money Into
Same Old Failed Approaches; from Vancouver Sun (CN BC),
10/5/07
- [Sen.]
Webb Urges Sentencing Policy Overhaul; from Baltimore Sun
(MD), 10/5/07
- FedCURE
Report: Mass Incarceration In The United States: At What Cost?
from FedCURE (US), 10/4/07
- Juvenile
Court is No Bargain for the Many Mychal Bells Flooding the System;
from BlackAmericaWeb (US), 9/30/07
- Drug
Money? [Asset Forfeiture]; from Hartford Advocate (CT),
10/4/07
- Maverick
Vancouver, B.C., Mayor Faces Olympic-Size Challenge; from Seattle
Times (WA), 9/30/07
- Mountains
Of Marijuana; from Courier-Journal (KY), 9/30/07
- OpEd:
Jena, O. J. And The Jailing Of Black America; from New York
Times (NY), 9/30/07
- OpEd: The
Stoner's Dilemma; from Harvard Crimson (MA Edu), 10/1/07
- Column:
Take Away Illegal Drug Demand, Ax Gangs; from Los Angeles
Daily News (CA), 10/1/07
- Aging
Inmates Clogging Nation's Prisons; from Associated Press
(US), 9/29/07
- [Federal
Bureau of] Prisons to Restore Purged Religious Books; from New
York Times (NY), 9/26/07
Latest News: September 2007
- Crack
and Powder Cocaine Sentencing Disparities: Take Action Now!
- Marijuana,
Drug Arrests Hit All-time High -- Again; from Drug War Chronicle
(US), 9/28/07
- Influx
Of U.S. Inmates Slowing, Census Says; from Washington Post
(DC), 9/27/07
- Perspective:
The Jena Six And US History; from Truthout (US), 9/27/07
- Column:
Unequal Justice, Times A Million; from Miami Herald (FL),
9/26/07
- Column:
21-Year 'War On Drugs' Spirals Into Web Of Injustice; from The
Tennessean (TN), 9/23/07
- Mexican
Official Wants Army Out Of Drug War; from Houston Chronicle
(TX), 9/22/07
- Media
Advisory: Prisoners Argue Constitutionality Of Criminal Code;
from www.NoCriminalCode.us, 9/24/07
- Column:
Life Sentence; from Boston Globe (MA), 9/23/07
- Column:
Rogue Milwaukee Officer Part Of Blue Crime Wave; from Capital
Times (WI), 9/22/07
- [Atty General
Candidate] Mukasey Hit Justice Dept On Sentencing; from Associated
Press (US), 9/21/07
- Column:
Legalized Drugs Could Save Lives; from Langley Advance
(CN BC), 9/21/07
- Sharpton
To Lead 50K Protesting Race Bias In Louisiana Town; from NY
Daily News (NY), 9/19/07
- In
Louisiana, A Tree, A Fight And A Question Of Justice; from New
York Times (NY), 9/19/07
- Column:
Jena 6: What Next To Erase This National Disgrace? from Louisiana
Weekly (LA), 9/17/07
- MAMA Brings
Program To Pendleton; from East Oregonian (OR), 9/17/07
- OpEd:
Mexico's War On Drug Lords; from Statesman Journal (OR),
9/17/07
- 5 Firms
To Join Anti-Drug Campaign; from Washington Post (DC),
9/17/07
- An Epic
Fight For One Man's Clemency; from Los Angeles Times (CA),
9/15/07
- My
Time At Supermax; from Washington Post (DC), 9/11/07
- Federal
Prisons Purging Books on Faith From Libraries; from New York
Times (NY), 9/10/07
- Prison
Reform Pow Wow at Capitol: Supported Bills, Exposed Human Rights
Violations; from California Chronicle (CA), 9/9/07
- Column:
Poppy Pathology - How U.S. Drug War Boosts the Taliban; from
New York Post (NY), 9/9/07
- Collected
Columns: An Honest Debate About Drugs; from Sydney Morning
Herald (Australia), 9/1-8/07
- Editorial:
Why We Are Fighting to End the War on Drugs; from Drug War
Chronicle (US), 9/7/07
- Judge
Strikes Down Parts of Patriot Act; from CBS News / Associated
Press (US), 9/6/07
- Column:
Dispatches from the War on the Drugs; from New York Times
(NY), 8/31/07
- OpEd:
Misguided U.S. War On Drugs Boosts Terrorists Abroad; from Denver
Post (CO), 9/2/07
- The Trial
Of Mollie Fry, MD; from CounterPunch (US Web), 9/1/07
- Column:
Give Peace A Chance -- Forget The War On Drugs; from The Times
(UK), 8/30/07
- OpEd:
Drugs -- The War No One Wants To Win; from The Signal
(CA), 8/31/07
- OpEd:
Prohibition Failing Spectacularly; from Vancouver Courier
(CN BC), 8/22/07
Latest News: August 2007
- Pot
Growers Are New Target In "War On Terror"; from AlterNet
(US), 8/29/07
- 'Bong
Hits' For Student Speech; from Education Week (US), 8/29/07
- OpEd:
So, What Made Me An Addict? from Washington Post (DC),
8/28/07
- [FL]
Budget May Cut Prisoners' Hard Time; from The Ledger (FL),
8/24/07
- Another
Congress Forgets Prisoners, Reform; from Des Moines Register
(IA), 8/25/07
- OpEd:
Think Again: Drugs; from Foreign Policy (US), Sep 2007
- Panel
To Look At Ways To Better Forecast Cost Of New Crime Laws; from
Press-Herald (ME), 8/13/07
- 5 Top
Painkillers See Large Jump In Sales; from Associated Press
(US), 8/21/07
- Inmates'
Families Get Help Coping; from Council Bluffs Daily Nonpareil
(IA), 8/19/07
- The
Lost War; from Washington Post (DC), 8/19/07
- Tight-Lipped
'Granny' Dies in Prison; from News & Observer (NC),
8/17/07
- New
York Mandatory Sentencing: Stalled Reform; from TIME Magazine
(US), 8/17/07
- Feds'
Effort To Get Patient Files Called 'Scary'; from The Oregonian
(OR), 8/11/07
- Tell the Sentencing Commission
to Make Crack Guideline Changes Retroactive! from Families
Against Mandatory Minimums (FAMM), 8/1/07
- Injustice
in Jena, Louisiana as Nooses Hang from the White Tree; from Left
Turn (US), 7/10/07
- Opinion:
When Neither Crime Nor Punishment Pay; from Newark Star-Ledger,
7/29/07
- US:
Stars and Bars; from The Nation (US), August 2007
- In Search
of a Presidential Candidate Who Will 'Just Say No'; from DrugSense
Weekly (US), 8/10/07
- Is
Addiction a Brain Disease? Biden Bill to Define It as Such is
Moving on Capitol Hill; from Drug War Chronicle (US),
8/10/07
- OpEd:
An Opportunity for Edwards to Lead; from Providence Journal
(RI), 8/6/07
- DEA's
Scarlet Letter; from LA Weekly (CA), 8/3/07
- Stopping
the Madness; from Review Magazine (MI), 8/2/07
- OpEd:
The Other Lost War; from Columbus Free Press (OH), 7/29/07
- Colombia
Announces Shift to Manual Eradication of Coca Crops; from Drug
War Chronicle (US), 8/3/07
- Op-Ed:
The Presence of Malice; from New York Times (NY), 8/2/07
- OpEd:
Drug Treatment Isn't A Silver Bullet; from Detroit News
(MI), 7/31/07
- Balance
Scales Of Justice For People Of Color; from Rochester Democrat
and Chronicle (NY), 7/30/07
- Reefer
Inanity: Never Trust the Media on Pot; from Huffington Post
(US Web), 7/30/07
- Family
Blames Cops In 80 Year-Old's Fatal Shooting; from Savannah
Morning News (GA), 7/28/07
- Column: DEAsy
Pickings; from Press-Enterprise (CA), 7/29/07
- U.S.,
Mexico Near Deal on Drug War Aid; from Miami Herald (FL),
7/28/07
- OpEd:
Stuffing Prisons With Black Men; from Philadelphia Inquirer
(PA), 7/26/07
Latest News: July 2007
- In Memoriam:
Virginia Resner - Strong Advocate For Reform Of National Drug
Policy; from San Francisco Chronicle (CA), 7/26/07
- Editorial:
Border Law And Order Has Attorney In Hot Water; from Austin
American-Statesman (TX), 7/23/07
- Drug War
Enforcement Hits Minorities Hardest; from Chicago Tribune
(IL), 7/22/07
- Editorial:
The Nonsensical Trial Over 58 Vicodin Pills; from St. Petersburg
Times (FL), 7/22/07
- Editorial:
Why Should the Drug Czar's Office Even Exist? from Drug War
Chronicle (US), 7/20/07
- Meth
Project Founder Critical Of 'Crazy' Drug Policy; from Great
Falls Tribune (MT), 7/20/07
- OpEd:
The Policy On Drugs; from Taos Daily Horse Fly (NM), 7/19/07
- Rudy's
Role With Drug Firm Raises Questions; from Newsday (NY),
7/15/07
- Column:
The Very Worst Policy To Combat Drugs; from The Independent
(UK), 7/13/07
- A
Coca/Cocaine Disconnect; from Los Angeles Times (CA),
7/14/07
- Column:
The Police Aren't Experts On Drug Use; from Ottawa Citizen
(CN ON), 7/13/07
- Pardon
Whom? from The Nation (US), July 2007
- Column:
'Tough' Drug Laws Only A Kingpin Could Love; from St. Petersburg
Times (FL), 7/11/07
- OpEd:
Senator, You Used To Be A Pot Head - Now You're Talking Like
A Narc; from AlterNet (US Web), 7/6/07
- OpEd:
Well-Connected Get Commutation While So Many Languish In Prison;
from The Times (LA), 7/7/07
- The
Drug War's Collateral Damage; from In These Times (US),
7/6/07
- Column:
Alaskan Candidate Has Most Sense About Drug War In Cities; from
USA Today (US), 7/7/07
- Column:
Bogarting Sanity In The Marijuana Wars; from Washington Post
(DC), 7/7/07
- King
of 'Carceration; from American Chronicle (US), 7/5/07
- Column:
Libby's Independence Day; from San Francisco Chronicle
(CA), 7/3/07
- Psych
Meds Use Seen High In VT Prisons; from Associated Press (US),
6/30/07
- Editorial:
A Much-Needed Second Chance; from New York Times (NY),
7/2/07
- Drug-Free
Zones Unfairly Target Blacks, Critics Say; from Palm Beach
Post (FL), 7/1/07
- Lawyer
Wants DARE Off Vehicle Stickers; from Daily Southtown
(IL), 7/1/07
- OpEd:
Reaping Unintended Consequences; from San Francisco Chronicle
(CA), 7/1/07
- Editorial:
Court Teaches Kids Bad Lesson; from Daily Herald (UT),
7/1/07
- Column:
This Is Your Brain On Drugs; from Austin Chronicle (TX),
6/29/07
Latest News: June 2007
- Nation's
Mayors Call for a New Bottom Line in U.S. Drug Policy; from Drug
Policy Alliance (US), 6/27/07
- Column:
Time To End Plan Colombia; from Spokesman-Review (WA),
6/27/07
- Column:
Booker Redirects His Anger At The War On Drugs; from Star-Ledger
(NJ), 6/24/07
- Immigrant
Advocates Decry [Federal] Tent Prison; from Valley Morning
Star (TX), 6/24/07
- Column:
For Lack Of Clean Needles, Lives Are Lost; from Chicago Tribune
(IL), 6/23/07
- From
the Folks Who Brought You Plan Colombia; from CounterPunch
(US), 6/18/07
- ONDCP
Kicks Off Annual Summer Marijuana Scare Campaign With Report
Linking Drugs to Gangs, Violence; from Drug War Chronicle
(US), 6/22/07
- OpEd:
Up From Prohibition; from New York Sun (NY), 6/21/07
- Column:
War On Drugs Claims Another Victim; from Daily Southtown
(IL), 6/21/07
- Militarizing
Mexico's Drug War; from In These Times (US), Jul 07
- Editorial:
Some Wars Aren't Meant To Be Won; from East Texas Review
(TX), 6/20/07
- Column:
Can We Stop The 'Gathering Storm' Of Violent Crime? from Charlotte
Observer (NC), 6/20/07
- OpEd:
Too Many Americans Are Behind Bars; from Fresno Bee (CA),
6/12/07
- Police
Raiding Wrong Home Part Of Trend; from Asheville Citizen-Times
(NC), 6/12/07
- Doctor
Or Drug Pusher? from New York Times Magazine (NY), 6/17/07
- So
Much For Big Pharma's 'Anti-Pot' Pill; from AlterNet (US
Web), 6/15/07
- New
Law Protects Good Samaritans; from New Mexican (NM), 6/14/07
- The Great
And Costly Drug-War Fraud; from Times Colonist (BC CN),
6/15/07
- Almost
No Drug Warrants in Atlanta Since Police Gunned Down Old Woman
in Botched Drug Raid; from Drug War Chronicle (US), 6/15/07
- Is
Mexico's Drug War "Calderón's Iraq"? from Drug
War Chronicle (US), 6/15/07
- [Police]
Raids Terrify Children; from Toronto Star (CN ON), 6/14/07
- US
Congress Urges Military To Tackle Afghan Opium; from Christian
Science Monitor (US), 6/14/07
- Put
The Gangs Out Of Business: Legalize Drugs; from National Post
(Canada), 6/13/07
- Columbia:
Romancing The Snow; from San Francisco Chronicle (CA),
6/12/07
- Scared
Straight? Or Just Scared? from Child Brain Magazine (US),
Spring 2007
- Fireworks
At Book Forum In Washington As Authors Confront ONDCP Official;
from Drug War Chronicle (US), 6/8/07
- Column:
O'Reilly's Got His Shorts In A Knot; from Boulder Weekly (CO),
6/7/07
- Out
Of Unenforceable Laws, Amnesties Are Born; from Washington
Post (DC), 6/4/07
- California
Prisons Bursting At Seams -- Inmates Live In Hallways, Gyms;
from Ottawa Citizen (CN ON), 6/4/07
- CWA
Debate Continues To Heat Up; from Daily Camera (CO), 6/3/07
- Column:
No More Prisons! from Pasadena Weekly (CA), 5/30/07
- Ed
Rosenthal Convicted Again In Pyrrhic Victory For Feds; from Drug
War Chronicle (US), 6/1/07
- US
Senate Passes Bill to Restore Drug Task Force Grants; from Drug
War Chronicle (US), 6/1/07
Latest News: May 2007
- In Memoriam:
Dr. Tod Mikuriya -- Pioneering
Researcher On Marijuana And Cannabis Therapeutics Dies At 73
- Lockdown, USA: On the 34th anniversary of the failed Rockefeller
Drug Laws, hip-hop megastar Jim Jones has released a new rap
single and video, from the forthcoming documentary film of the
same name. Watch the video here.On The Job: Profiting From Profiling; from San
Francisco Gate (CA), 5/29/07
- Home
Drug Tests A Hit With Parents; from Press Democrat (CA),
5/29/07
- Senate
OKs Bill To Reduce Prison Need; from Dallas Morning News
(TX), 5/28/07
- OpEd:
Why The US Is Losing Its War On Cocaine; from Independent
on Sunday (UK), 5/27/07
- Column:
War On Drugs Kills Blacks; from Chicago Sun-Times (IL),
5/27/07
- Spiritual
Highs And Legal Blows; from Reason Magazine (US), 6/1/07
- Border
Blues: Canada, US Both Bar People Who Used Drugs -- Ever; from
Drug War Chronicle (US), 5/25/07
- Federal
Inmate Judith Giglo Writes Rep. Louie Gohmert (R-TX), and "Calls
Him Out" on The Second Chance Act; from FedCURE (US),
5/18/07
- Set
Free Prison Politics In New York State; from Albany Times-Union
(NY), 5/21/07
- Column:
U.S.'s Colombian Drug Experiment A Disaster; from Ottawa Citizen
(CAN), 5/21/07
- Column:
Racism And Sleazy Business Practices -- A Fine Start To U.S.
Drug War; from Honolulu Star-Bulletin (HI), 5/21/07
- Summer
Of Love: 40 Years Later; from San Francisco Chronicle
(CA), 5/20/07
- Jury
Trials Becoming Extinct; from New York Times (NY), 5/20/07
- Top
Anti-Drug Official Gunned Down in Mexico City; from Drug War
Chronicle (US), 5/18/07
- OpEd:
Drug Test Kits A Sad Commentary On Slipping Standard; from San
Antonio Express-News (TX), 5/16/07
- Oxy Morons;
from Wall Street Journal (US), 5/15/07
- Editorial:
Don't Handcuff Police Oversight; from Atlanta Journal-Constitution
(GA), 5/13/07
- Border
Case Puts U.S. Attorney On Defensive; from Los Angeles Times
(CA), 5/14/07
- OpEd:
The Un-Winnable War; from Oroville Mercury-Register (CA),
5/12/07
- Opinion:
Kathryn Johnston: A Tragedy Destined To Happen; from The Chattanoogan
(TN), 5/5/07
- New
York Must Reform Its Racist Drug Laws; from AlterNet (US
Web), 5/5/07
- California
Prison Package Hailed; from Sacramento Bee (CA), 5/4/07
- US
Sentencing Commission Announces Reduction in Crack Cocaine Sentences;
from Drug War Chronicle (US), 5/4/07
- Guilty
Pleas Only the Beginning in Aftermath of Atlanta "Drug Raid"
Killing of 92-Year Old; from Drug War Chronicle (US),
5/4/07
- Driving
While Black Or Brown; from Washington Post (DC), 5/2/07
- Good
Cop, Bad Doctor; from Reason Online (US Web), 5/2/07
- Column:
Futile Drug War Ignores Target - Safety; from Atlanta Journal-Constitution
(GA), 5/2/07
- Column:
Economics Explains Why War On Drugs Is Hopeless; from Tribune
Star (IN), 5/1/07
Latest News: April 2007
- Besieged
By Crime, Afraid Of The Police; from Atlanta Journal-Constitution
(GA), 4/29/07
- Cocaine
Cheaper Despite Billions Spent On Drug War; from The Associated
Press, 4/27/07
- Pleas
Won't End Probe Of Atlanta Police; from Atlanta Journal-Constitution
(GA), 4/27/07
- As
Blood Continues to Flow, Mexico's Opposition Calls for Drug Legalization
-- Starting with the US; from Drug War Chronicle (US),
4/27/07
- Officers
Plead Guilty In Elderly Woman's Death; from Atlanta Journal-Constitution
(GA), 4/26/07
- Man Fights
To Clear Name After Drug Raid; from Press Democrat (CA),
4/24/07
- Balancing
Threat And Support In Local Drug War; from Asheville Citizen-Times
(NC), 4/26/07
- Marijuana
Martyr; from Nashville Scene (TN), 4/26/07
- Speaker
Links Effects Of Slavery To Substance Abuse; from Journal
News (NY), 4/24/07
- Column:
At Trial, Pain Has A Witness; from New York Times (NY),
4/24/07
- LSD
As Therapy? Write About It, Get Barred From US; from The Tyee
(CN BC Web), 4/23/07
- OpEd:
Marijuana's Long And Colorful History Taints Its Reputation Today;
from Campus Press (CO Edu), 4/23/07
- Editorial:
Ignorance Leading to Suffering, Injustice and Death; from Drug
War Chronicle (US), 4/19/07
- Advocates
Say Rockefeller Drug Laws Remain Too Harsh; from Ithaca Journal
(NY), 4/19/07
- Court
Asked To Revive Challenge To Student Loan Restrictions; from
Associated Press (US), 4/19/07
- Bongloads
Of Justice; from Pasadena Weekly (CA), 4/19/07
- Column:
We're Fighting On The Wrong Front In The 'Drugs War'; from The
Times (UK), 4/17/07
- Canadian,
American Cops Say It's Time To End Drug Prohibition, Save Lives;
from Brooks Bulletin (CN AB), 4/14/07
- Employers
Grapple With Medical Marijuana Use; from USA Today (US),
4/17/07
- Review:
Why The War On Drugs Isn't Working; from Vancouver Sun
(BC CN), 4/12/07
- Column:
Drug Prohibition - Lost Liberty, Money; from The Observer
(NY), 4/11/07
- The
Census' Prisoner Miscount Distorts Democracy; from Prison
Policy Initiative (US), 4/10/07
- Stanford
Conference To Explore Prisons, Race; from Palo Alto Daily
News (CA), 4/9/07
- Among Architects,
a Prison Design Boycott Gains Steam; from Drug War Chronicle
(US), 4/6/07
- Prohibition
And Organized Crime Go Hand In Hand; from Vue Weekly (CN
AB), 4/5/07
- New
Mexico Bars Drug Charge When Overdose Is Reported; from Associated
Press (US), 4/5/07
- Brennan
Center And Former U.S. Attorneys Release Prosecutorial Guidelines
To Address Racial Disparities In The Criminal Justice System;
from Brennan Center for Justice (NY), 4/4/07
- Ex-FBI
Chief: Relax Delaware Drug Sentence Laws; from News Journal
(DE), 4/3/07
- The
Forgotten War on Drugs: War on Drugs Hasn't Stemmed Flow Into
U.S.; from National Public Radio (US), 4/2/07
- OpEd:
Medical Use Of Marijuana Should Be Legalized; from St. Louis
Post-Dispatch (MO), 4/3/07
- News
Media Shine Its Light On Racial Injustice In Texas; from Florida
Times-Union (FL), 4/2/07
- Governor Approves
Changes to California Sentencing Law; from Metropolitan News-Enterprise
(CA), 4/2/07
- Column:
Let's Try Anti-Smoking Tactics With Other Drugs; from Victoria
Times-Colonist (CN BC), 4/2/07
- Column:
Addicted To Life; from Honolulu Star-Bulletin (HI), 4/1/07
- Crist
Set To Unveil Felons' Rights Plan; from Miami Herald (FL),
4/1/07
Latest News: March 2007
- Student
Voices On Drug Testing; from Asbury Park Press (NJ), 3/27/07
- Trafficker
Or Healer? And Who's The Victim? from New York Times (NY),
3/27/07
- Sentencing
Bill Worsens California's State Prison Crisis; from California
Progress Report (CA), 3/20/07
- OpEd:
The War On Drugs' War On Minorities; from Los Angeles Times
(CA), 3/24/07
- Is This
The Answer To Drug Use? from New York Times (NY), 3/25/07
- NYCLU
Slams New York City for 'Over-Policing' of Schools; from NewStandard
(US), 3/20/07
- Lawyer
Slams Prison Wages; from San Francisco Chronicle (CA),
3/22/07
- MS
Sufferer Serving 25-Year Sentence for Taking Pain Killers; from
HuffingtonPost.com (US), 3/13/07
- Police
Focus On Hard-Core Criminals; from New Orleans Times-Picayune
(LA), 3/13/07
- NYPD
Blues: For Big Apple Tokers, Justice Is More Black Than White;
from High Times Magazine (US), 3/12/07
- Officer
Won't Be Charged In [Teen's] Killing; from Victoria Advocate
(TX), 3/15/07
- Dying
Woman Loses Appeal On Marijuana As Medication; from New York
Times (NY), 3/15/07
- Federal
Attempt To Jail Pot Grower Shot Down; from San Francisco Chronicle
(CA), 3/15/07
- OpEd:
Harm Reduction Is Key To New Drug Policy; from Rutland Herald
(VT), 3/14/07
- Column:
Can We End Harry Anslinger's Costly Legacy? from Sacramento
Bee (CA), 3/14/07
- For
U.S. Troops At War, Liquor Is Spur To Crime; from New York
Times (NY), 3/13/07
- A Trip
Back In Time: A Brief History Of Our 'Moral Panic'; from Sunday
Herald (UK), 3/10/07
- Drug
Raids, Related Trauma, On Rise; from Herald News (NJ),
3/11/07
- Pot
Smoker Jailed For Life Gets Pardon; from Dallas Morning News
(TX), 3/10/07
- Column:
Cracked Justice; from Daytona Beach News-Journal (FL),
3/5/07
- Measure:
Toughen No-Knock Warrant Requirements; from Associated Press
(US), 2/28/07
- Column:
We're Losing The Drug War On Two Fronts; from Texarkana Gazette
(TX), 2/25/07
- Column:
Hard Time; from Orange County Register (CA), 3/4/07
- OpEd: State's
War On Drugs A 100-Year-Old Bust; from San Francisco Chronicle
(CA), 3/4/07
- 'Bong
Hits 4 Jesus' Goes To The Supreme Court; from Anchorage Daily
News (AK), 3/4/07
- Justice
Vs. Politics; from San Diego Union Tribune (CA), 3/3/07
- Killing
Highlights Risk Of Selling Marijuana, Even Legally; from New
York Times (NY), 3/2/07
- In the Bolivian
Chapare, Evo Morales' "Coca, Si; Cocaine No" Policy
Brings Peace, If Not Prosperity; from Drug War Chronicle
(US), 3/1/07
Latest News: February 2007
- OpEd:
War On Drugs Is Harmful To Police Force; from Oregon Daily
Emerald (OR Edu), 2/26/07
- OpEd:
Why Is The Violent Crime Rate Up? from Gainesville Sun
(FL), 2/25/07
- 6 Chaska
Middle Schoolers Charged In Drug Case; from Minneapolis Star-Tribune
(MN), 2/24/07
- OpEd:
Canada Must Not Follow The U.S. On Drug Policy; from Ottawa
Citizen (CN ON), 2/22/07
- Column: When
Justice Doesn't Add Up; from Boston Globe (MA), 2/21/07
- A Liberal
Experiment That Is Sweeping The World; from The Independent
(UK), 2/19/07
- Family:
Wharton Teen Shot By Police Was Unarmed; from Victoria Advocate
(TX), 2/16/07
- The Anti-Dobbs:
Winning The War Within Through Drug Legalization; from Drug
War Chronicle (US), 2/16/07
- Judge
Limits New York Police Taping; from New York Times (NY),
2/16/07
- Police
Shoot And Kill Teen In Drug Raid; from Wharton Journal-Spectator
(TX), 2/15/07
- OpEd:
The Cost Of Dying; from Philadelphia City Paper (PA),
2/14/07
- Kathryn
Johnston's Real Killer; from Creative Loafing Atlanta
(GA), 2/14/07
- Aiming
For Course Corrections On Prison Priorities; from Denver Post
(CO), 2/14/07
- OpEd:
A Draconian Double Standard On Drugs; from Orlando Sentinel
(FL), 2/13/07
- Column:
The Folly Of Prohibition; from Winnipeg Sun (CN MB), 2/14/07
- Editorial:
Fit Punishment; from Post-Standard (NY), 2/13/07
- Prosecutor
Says Drug War Isn't Working; from Rutland Herald (VT),
2/13/07
- Research
Supports Medicinal Marijuana; from Washington Post (DC),
2/13/07
- Dopey, Boozy,
Smoky -- And Stupid; from American Interest (US), Feb
2007
- 2nd-Grader
Faces Drug Charge; from New Haven Register (CT), 2/9/07
- FUGITIVE;
from New York Times Magazine (NY), 2/11/07
- OpEd:
Think Outside The Cell; from Houston Chronicle (TX), 2/11/07
- Another
Case Of Shrinking The Gender Gap: Prison; from St. Petersburg
Times (FL), 2/10/07
- Atlanta
Narcs to Be Indicted for Murder by State -- Federal Investigation
Could Be Hurt; from Drug War Chronicle (US), 2/9/07
- Chavez
Will Fund Factories To Make Legal Coca Products; from Los
Angeles Times (US), 2/9/07
- Report
Concludes Convicted Agents Lied, Covered Up Shooting; from Associated
Press (US), 2/8/07
- AZ:
Bulging Prison Bill Going Up; from East Valley Tribune
(AZ), 2/7/07
- David
Simon: "We're Headed Towards Separate Americas!" from
Baltimore IndyMedia Center (MD), 2/8/07
- Column:
More Effort Is Needed To Lift Up Poor Communities; from Florida
Times-Union (FL), 2/5/07
- In
New Orleans, Dysfunction Fuels Cycle Of Killing; from New
York Times (NY), 2/5/07
- OpEd:
A Balanced Policy Needed; from Clarion-Ledger (MS), 2/4/07
- California
To Start Forcing Inmates To Transfer Out Of State; from San
Francisco Chronicle (CA), 2/3/07
- Defense
Lawyers Protest Skid Row Drug Crackdown; from Los Angeles
Times (CA), 2/2/07
- Editorial:
That Other Muddled War; from Ledger Dispatch (CA), 2/2/07
- Late
For Court: Connecticut Case Draws Scrutiny; from New York
Times (NY), 2/2/07
- A Change
In The Weather; from Los Angeles City Beat (CA), 2/1/07
- Guard-Outlaw
Standoff On Border Rattles Troops; from Associated Press
(US), 2/1/07
- Meet The Next
Possible Drug Crisis: Yaba; from East Valley Tribune (AZ),
1/31/07
- "Smokable"
Pain Drugs Promise Faster Action; from Reuters (US), 1/31/07
- One Uninsured
Group Can Now Exhale; from Washington Post (DC), 1/31/07
- Harm Reduction
Collective To Meet; from Eureka Reporter (CA), 1/30/07
Latest News: January 2007
- Idaho
Prison Chief Faces 'Serious Challenges'; from Associated Press
(US), 1/31/07
- In Wake
Of 2 Fatal Shootings, Some Question Police Tactics; from Florida
Times-Union (FL), 1/29/06
- 'Tough'
New Labour Bends To Tabloid Will; from The First Post
(UK), 1/26/07
- County
Cuts Could Mean Less Drug-War Money - And That's Not Such A Bad
Thing; from Daily Southtown (IL), 1/28/07
- OpEd:
It's Time To Declare Defeat In The War On Drugs; from Asheville
Citizen-Times (NC), 1/25/07
- Our Justice
System Has Gone Mad; from AlterNet (US Web), 1/26/07
- Drug-Policy
Activists Fight to Preserve Calif. Treatment Program; from The
NewStandard (US), 1/26/07
- Editorial:
Their Security Demands You Vote Repeal; from Drug War Chronicle
(US), 1/26/07
- Let
Them Have Their Pot; from Los Angeles Times (CA), 1/26/07
- Editorial:
Closing The Revolving Door; from New York Times (NY),
1/25/07
- Dying
And Living In 'COPS' America; from San Francisco Chronicle
(CA), 1/7/07
- Government
Accused Of Negligence Over 'Blocked' Prisons; from The Independent
(UK), 1/24/07
- Speaker:
U.S. Needs New Approach To Drug Problem; from Journal Times
(WI), 1/22/07
- Burdened
U.S. Military Cuts Role In Drug War; from Los Angeles Times
(CA), 1/22/07
- Court
Eases Restrictions On Inmate Suits; from Associated Press
(US), 1/22/07
- Editorial:
The Street Corner Trap; from New York Times (NY), 1/21/07
- Disabled
Man Appeals Drug Trafficking Conviction To Supreme Court; from
Associated Press (US), 1/19/07
- Legalize
It - How To Solve Afghanistan's Drug Problem; from Slate
(US Web), 1/16/07
- Tony
Serra's Letter from Prison; from Break The Chains (US
Web), 1/20/07
- Column:
War On Drugs Records Interesting Casualty; from Northern Iowan
(IA Edu), 1/19/07
- Column:
Sentencing Laws Should Make Sense; from Capital Times
(WI), 1/19/07
- Medical
Marijuana Raids Are Criticized; from Los Angeles Times
(CA), 1/19/07
- Drug
Truce; from Salt Lake City Weekly (UT), 1/18/07
- A Controversial
Weapon In The War Against Drugs; from Houston Chronicle
(TX), 1/18/07
- DEA
Raids 11 Marijuana Outlets; from Los Angeles Times (CA),
1/18/07
- Editorial:
Ending the Prison Windfall; from New York Times (NY),
1/17/07
- Editorial:
Spitzer's Call The Right One; from Newsday (NY), 1/17/07
- Column:
Early-Morning Police Visit Puts Woman Out Of Her Home; from La
Crosse Tribune (WI), 1/15/07
- Forfeiture
Policy Goes To Court; from Sarasota Herald-Tribune (FL),
1/14/07
- Ecuador's
Divided Loyalties; from Los Angeles Times (CA), 1/15/07
- Private
Prisons, Public Questions; from New Mexican (NM), 1/13/07
- OpEd:
Gov. Patrick, Fix Bay State Drug Policy; from Providence Journal
(RI), 1/12/07
- OpEd:
The Other Losing War; from New York Times (NY), 1/13/07
- OpEd: Why
Tolerance For 'Zero Tolerance' Is Running Out; from Globe
and Mail (CAN), 1/13/07
- Fatal
Raid Linked To Lies For Warrant In Drug Case; from New York
Times (NY), 1/12/07
- Prisons
Push California to Seek New Approach; from New York Times
(NY). 1/11/07
- Congress
Is Expected To Revisit Sentencing Laws; from New York Times
(NY), 1/9/07
- Column:
Struggle And The War On Drugs; from The Review (CN ON),
1/8/07
- Mexico's
New President Sends Thousands Of Federal Officers To Fight Drug
Cartels; from New York Times (NY), 1/7/07
- Hemp:
DEA Has Spent $175 Million Eradicating "Ditch Weed"
Plants That Don't Get You High; from Drug War Chronicle
(US), 1/5/07
- [Leonard
Peltier] Appeal Filed To The United States Court Of Appeals For
The Tenth Circuit; from Leonard Peltier Defense Committee
(US), 1/4/07
- Column:
Adding Time Doesn't Stop Crime; from Ottawa Citizen (CN
ON), 1/4/07
- OpEd:
The Time Has Come To Stop The War And Reform Our Drug Policies;
from Times Argus (VT), 1/4/07
- Rehab
Pushed In Prison Debate; from Dallas Morning News (TX),
1/4/07
- OpEd:
High Achievers; from Harvard Crimson (MA Edu), 1/3/07
- Put Drug
Laws On Day One Docket; from Times Union (NY), 1/2/07
- Drug
Reform And The Democratic Congress: What's Going To Happen? from Drug War Chronicle (US), 12/8/06
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