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Towards a National Policy: The 7th National Harm Reduction Conference
Harm Reduction Coalition
Nov. 13-16, 2008
Miami, FL
Click here for more info.

For more upcoming events, click here. Also check out the Drug Policy Alliance's Events Calendar for event listings.


The drug war lies on a foundation of myth. Learn the truth. Get the facts. Updated regularly, Drug War Facts is the premier information source on drug policies, offering up-to-date information with full citations to aid in further research. Individual sections as well as full edition available at DrugWarFacts.org. Most recently updated January 9, 2008.

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Canadian Drug Policy Reform

Canadians urge their government to avoid undertaking a US-style 'drug war.' Research on heroin maintenance for hardcore addicts in Canada: North American Opiate Medication Initiative (NAOMI) sparks controversy. Should the US stop pushing counterproductive policies and start learning from its northern neighbor?


The Drug Truth Network broadcasts from the studios of KPFT in Houston, TX, to more than 69 affiliate stations in the US and Canada. DTN's flagship program, Cultural Baggage, airs every Wednesday at 11:30am Central time. DrugTruth's Century of Lies is broadcast Tuesdays at 11:30am Central time. In addition, DTN produces daily 3-minute newsfeeds, the 4:20 Drug War News. Past shows are available in the DTN archive. Learn the truth about the war on drugs, check out the Drug Truth Network.

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US drug 'war' in Mexico results in many real casualties as Mexican citizens literally caught in crossfire. Officials in police, military, even president's office implicated in drug-trafficking, corruption, and violence. Click here for more about the US drug war in Mexico.


Marijuana, or cannabis, is used by millions of people around the US and the world. It is relatively less dangerous than alcohol, yet it is prohibited in the US. Learn more about marijuana and its effects by clicking here. Also visit Drug War Facts: Marijuana for more information.


Pain management: where healthcare and drug control policies intersect. Check out ManagingPain.org, the Common Sense project specifically addressing pain management, diversion, and related issues.


Families, Students Organize Against Repressive Anti-Drug Measures

How free is student speech? The Supreme Court will decide. Drug testing at schools? Federal research shows it doesn't work. Police raids at high schools? Students organize to uphold their rights. For news and information about the impact of the drug war on families, students, and youth. Also, check out Drug War Facts: Families.


Common Sense RSS News Feeds & DrugTruth Podcasts

Common Sense for Drug Policy now offers an RSS news feed. Keep up to date with news and information about drug control policy by subscribing to this free service.

Also, CSDP and the DrugTruth Network are collaborating to provide podcasts of the DTN's Cultural Baggage program, a half-hour news program focusing on the drug war. To learn how to subscribe to these services, click here.


ONDCP Watch

ONDCP's drug control strategy & budget reports ignore billions in federal spending on enforcement side, including $3 billion for incarceration of federal drug prisoners. Click here for news & information about the Office of National Drug Control Policy (ONDCP) and the federal drug strategy.

Reformers point out there are effective alternatives in an 8-point plan to control drug abuse and the drug markets. A PDF copy of "Eight Steps" can be downloaded by clicking here.


Methadone, Buprenorphine, and Heroin Addiction Treatment

In the US, methadone clinics face heightened restrictions in several states, localities in spite of their record of success. Internationally, countries discuss expansion of access to methadone, buprenorphine and heroin maintenance. Meanwhile research shows that access to opiate agonist therapy helps reduces HIV transmission among injection drug users. Click here for more news about heroin and methadone maintenance treatment.


Methamphetamine

Federal, state authorities move against some domestic methamphetamine production and trafficking yet laws seem to be backfiring as use remains high and imported product floods market. Click here for more news about methamphetamine in the US. Also, check out Drug War Facts: Methamphetamine for more background info.

Check out this PDF of CSDP's PSA, Is It Sound Policy To Jail Expectant Mothers?


Current US drug policy is focused on ineffective supply reduction and law enforcement approaches. Reformers point out even short of full-on legalization there are effective drug policy alternatives in an 8-point plan to control drug abuse and the drug markets. A PDF copy of "Eight Steps" can be downloaded by clicking here.


Drug War In Asia

Afghan opium production at record highs. Amnesty International, other human rights groups and AIDS activists denounce Thai drug war. Click here for the latest news about the US drug war in Asia.


Overzealous Enforcement & Fatal Errors

Police raids on the wrong properties, innocent citizens victimized by overzealous enforcement, suspects shot by over-eager agents, innocent citizens denounced by paid informants, lives lost or threatened because of official mistakes; these stories demand a second look. Click here to find out more.


Syringe exchanges and safe injection facilities work to reduce spread of HIV/AIDS. Review data from the US Centers for Disease Control, reports from Health Canada and the Dogwood Center, and more. Click here for the latest news and information about syringe exchanges.


New Research

Federal spin on drug war unravels on examination. Research shows decriminalizing marijuana saves money, police time. Click here for more info and links to source materials. Also check out CSDP's research section for additional materials.


Initiatives Move Drug Policy Reform Forward

Citizens, fed up with inaction, are enacting reforms to drug control policies by direct vote. Several states and localities have already passed ballot measures legalizing medical marijuana, setting rational drug enforcement priorities, and mandating treatment instead of incarceration. Click here to find out more.


Marijuana is medicine for millions of patients around the US. Federal opposition persists in spite of successful medical marijuana programs in several states. States, cities moving to allow medical use by those in need. Click here for the latest news and information about medical marijuana.


Drug policy reform continues to generate controversy but moves slowly ahead in United Kingdom. Click here for the latest news about UK drug reform.


Harm Reduction

Harm reduction is a set of practical strategies that reduce negative consequences of drug use, incorporating a spectrum of strategies from safer use, to managed use to abstinence. Some aspects of harm reduction such as needle exchanges, safe injection sites, and heroin maintenance can generate controversy yet are effective drug control strategies. Click here for more info. Also, check out this CSDP public service ad, US Meddling In Global AIDS Crisis: "A Triumph of Ideology Over Science."


International Drug Policy Reform

UN issues World Drug Report 2006. Policies in many European nations move toward reform, harm reduction and decriminalization. Drug warrior nations find repressive policies backfire. Click to find out more. Also check out Drug War Facts: International Policies & Trends.


Pot And The President

Nixon White House Tapes -- March 24, 1972, 3:02-3:39 pm -- Oval Office Conversation No. 693-1 -- press conference
Unknown reporter: "Mr. President, uh, do you have a comment sir on the, uh, recommendation of your commission on drugs that the use of marijuana in the home be, uh, no longer, uh, considered a crime?"
Pres. Nixon: "Um, I met with Mr. Shafer, uh, I've read the report, uh, eh, it is a report that deserves consideration and will receive it. However, as to one aspect of the report I am in disagreement. I was before I read it and reading it did not change my mind. Uh, I, uh, oppose the legalization of marijuana, and that includes the sale, its possession, and its use. I do not believe you can have effective criminal justice, uh, based on the philosophy, uh that something is half legal and half illegal. That is my position, despite what the commission has recommended."

Crime. Hard drugs. An unpopular war abroad. And so an American president declares war on marijuana. The past really does repeat itself. Nixon's Drug War has lessons for the present.


Focus On Ecstasy

Feds approve research on medical use of ecstasy to treat PTSD. Scientists admit 'killer' ecstasy claim was false. RAVE Act used to stop NORML benefit in Montana. Racine backs down, dismisses charges against 440 rave-goers. Activists protest federal RAVE Act. Click here to find out more.


States Push For Legal Hemp

Federal court rejects DEA ban on hemp foods. Several states endorse legal hemp production; Find out more by clicking here .


Research proves ONDCP ad campaign consistently fails to have positive impact and may be counterproductive.


The Experts Directory

The Directory of Drug Policy Experts was created by the Partnership for Responsible Drug Information (PRDI). Recognizing its value, Common Sense secured permission from PRDI to post the Directory on its site and to periodically update it. By consenting to be listed, the experts do not imply any endorsement of CSDP or its positions or proposals. In turn, individuals are listed herein based solely on the basis of their expertise. To check out the Directory, click here.


NarcoTerror -- The Convergence Of Prohibition And Terrorism

Heroin resurgence in post-war Afghanistan. Experts now fear that opium production spreading to neighboring Pakistan. Click here to find out more.

Check out this Common Sense public service ad which asks, "Is the funding of terrorism another unintended consequence of drug prohibition?" and this ad, "Now That We're In A Real War..."




Just Released

10 minute DVD: "Protestant, Catholic and Jewish Clergy Speak Out Against The War On Drugs." This important new documentary is also available on DVD directly from the Interfaith Drug Policy Initiative.


US Drug War In South America

Reports show significant increases in Colombian coca production, meanwhile purity up, prices down. White House pushes to send more troops and military aid to Colombia. US digs itself deeper into conflict as unrest, drug production and trafficking problems grow in other South American countries. Click here for more about the US drug war in South America.


Law Enforcement Against Prohibition

One of the fastest-growing organizations working for drug legalization today is Law Enforcement Against Prohibition. Learn more about LEAP and why they're now fighting to end the drug war. Check out the new LEAP video produced by CSDP chair Mike Gray. In the words of retired anchorman Walter Cronkite: "Anyone concerned about the failure of our $69 billion-a-year War on Drugs should watch this 12-minute program. You will meet front line, ranking police officers who give us a devastating report on why it cannot work. It is a must-see for any journalist or public official dealing with this issue."


Official Corruption

Official Corruption: an inevitable byproduct of the war on drugs? That's been the experience of many US cities as well as globally. Click here for more info.


Cities & Counties Organizing Against The Drug War

From Syracuse, NY to King County, WA, citizens are organizing against the war on drugs, forming broad coalitions and getting local governments involved in exploring alternatives.


Mandatory Minimums

Mandatory minimum sentences condemn many nonviolent drug offenders to unjustly long prison sentences. Without rehabilitation and treatment for offenders, prisons become breeding grounds of resentment and crime. Click here for the latest news about mandatory minimum sentences.
Schedule information for Journey for Justice available by visiting the Journey for Justice site.

See Drug War Facts: Mandatory Minimums and Drug War Facts: Prisons for more information. Also, check out this Common Sense public service advertisement on prison crowding and mandatory sentencing.


Afghan Drug War

European drug policy group calls for Afghan opium to be legalized, turned to legitimate medical uses. Afghanistan once again the world's largest producer of opium. Bad bedfellows: Some US-backed warlords engage in trafficking, may hinder development efforts. Current policies are failing yet more drastic measures still being considered in effort to control illicit heroin market.


Treatment Alternatives To Incarceration

Treatment alternatives to incarceration include intensive probation, drug courts, and the Prop36/DTEF model. Growing in popularity as prison populations swell, research proves rehabilitation and treatment work. Click here for more.


Higher Education Act Reform

Support grows for repeal of punitive drug provision of Higher Education Act. Law currently denies federal aid to people with previous drug convictions. Support grows for legislation to repeal HEA drug provision.
Also, check out Students for Sensible Drug Policy and the Coalition for Higher Education Act Reform for more info and to get active on this issue.


Drug War Distortions

Countering The Lies:
Methamphetamines: The Facts. Marijuana and mental illness? Does more prison equal less crime? Is the 'Gateway Theory' true? Are marijuana users going to emergency rooms in record numbers? Do syringe exchanges encourage drug use? Several favorite drug warrior assertions are investigated, explained and refuted in Drug War Distortions.


Profiling & Racial Bias In The War On Drugs

Far too often, the drug war targets communities of color. From Tulia, TX, to New York, to Georgia and Kentucky and points in between, a few in authority create a huge problem for society by clamping down hard on the already-disenfranchised. Local community, churches and activists organize protests, demand action. Click here for news and information on racially biased drug control policies.


Reform Of New York's Rockefeller Laws

Baby steps toward reform: NY begins overhaul of Rockefeller Laws, yet bad policies continue to plague NY legal system & citizens. Broad coalition for reform includes activists, families of inmates, hiphop culture figures, and many others.


UN Drug Policy News, Research and Reports

UN AIDS organization stands up to US pressure, endorses needle exchanges in report while UN Office on Drugs and Crime succumbs, abandons support for successful anti-AIDS efforts and harm reduction concepts.


"Chronic Pain & Opioids: Debunking The Myths"

Chronic pain is a progressive disease of the nervous system. Chronic pain victims often benefit from supplementation with pharmaceutical opioids. Read more about this often-misunderstood and misreported subject in "Chronic Pain & Opioids: Debunking the Myths," by Frank B. Fisher, MD. Copies are also available in PDF.


Vital Information For Families

One of the most important online addiction resources available today: Addict in the Family by Dr. Andrew Byrne. Use and abuse of alcohol and other drugs cuts across all political, social and economic lines. Learn what to do if you discover you have an addict in the family. Also, read a review of 'Addict' from DRCNet's Week Online by clicking here.


DARE Revamps Program

Research confirms DARE is a failure. Proven alternatives are available. DARE program leaders concede critics are right, DARE is a failure, unveil new program.

For additional information, check out the Winter 2002 issue of ReconsiDer Quarterly. Also, read this paper by Rodney Skager, Professor Emeritus of the Graduate School of Education and Information Studies at the University of California-Los Angeles, titled "On Reinventing Drug Education, Especially for Adolescents," , prepared for the 2nd International Conference on Drugs & Young People, April 4-6, 2001 in Melbourne, Australia. Another article of interest is this piece by Mothers Against Misuse and Abuse (MAMA) founder Sandee Burbank, "Dare To Tell Your Kids The Truth - Quandaries Of A Thinking Parent." Also, check out Drug War Facts: Adolescents / Education & Prevention of Substance Abuse for more information.


Recommended Reading: The Reformer's Bookshelf

Recommended Reading: Here are some great books on drug policy which should be part of anyone's library.


Eight Steps To Effective Drug Control: Reformers Present Ideas For New Federal Drug Strategy

We can no longer afford to pour $20 billion annually into a discredited drug strategy that has made our country less healthy and less safe. Experience and research in the USA and around the world shows that there are effective alternatives. This isn't just about saving money -- it's about protecting kids, saving families and preserving our long cherished American values. (Also for convenience, a PDF copy of "Eight Steps" can be downloaded by clicking here. And you can download a PDF of the CSDP news release on the Eight Step plan by clicking here.

Comparing Addictive Qualities of Popular Drugs

Top Stories On The Web

"Drug deaths soar in Boston," The Boston Globe, May 9, 2008

"Pot shop operators defend drug sales," The Modesto Bee (CA), May 9, 2008

"Teen marijuana use linked to later illness," Washington Post, May 9, 2008

"This bud's for you, and you, and you too," Los Angeles Times, May 9, 2008

"Mexico's police chief third official killed in capital this week," The Dallas Morning News, May 9, 2008

"Vietnamese lawmakers hear proposed drug law revisions," Thanh Nien Daily (Vietnam), May 9, 2008

"Student group protests SDSU drug bust," San Diego (CA) Union-Tribune, May 8, 2008

"Bush pitches funding plan for military aid to Mexico," Houston (TX) Chronicle, May 8, 2008

"Cannabis crackdown 'makes little difference'," The Scotsman (Edinburgh, Scotland), May 8, 2008

"Mayoral candidates back Insite," The (Vancouver) Province, May 8, 2008

"Scientists warn Smith over cannabis reclassification," The Guardian (Manchester, England), May 8, 2008

"NATO not curbing narcotics in Kabul," Press TV (Iran), May 8, 2008

"75 students, 21 others arrested in drug sting," The Washington Post, May 7, 2008

"Former national drug czar urges treatment for substance abuse," The Mississippi Press, May 7, 2008

"Cost halved for medical-pot IDs," Contra Costa Times (CA), May 7, 2008

"Cannabis U-turn: Q and A," Telegraph (UK), May 7, 2008

"Government set to defy its own experts and upgrade cannabis again," The Guardian (UK), May 7, 2008

"Reports find racial gap in drug arrests," The New York Times, May 6, 2008

"State panel plans wide review of sentencing," The Barre Montpelier (VT) Times Argus, May 6, 2008

"No room for ideology at Insite," Surrey Now (Canada), May 6, 2008

"UN joins OPEC partner to curb HIV among drug users," The Hindu (India), May 6, 2008

"Shorter terms for drug dealers," The Vancouver Sun (Canada), May 6, 2008

"State drug testing proposal hits snag," Pittsburgh Tribune-Review, May 5, 2008

"Vermont Supreme Court upholds DNA sampling of felons," The Barre Montpelier (VT) Times Argus, May 5, 2008

"U.S. base is no longer welcome in Ecuador," Miami (FL) Herald, May 5, 2008

"Addicts turning to pain patches," National Post (Canada), May 5, 2008

"US to assist Ghana on drug control," Daily Graphic (Ghana), May 5, 2008

"Warrantless handbag search gets court's nod," Massachusetts Lawyers Weekly, May 2, 2008

"Medical marijuana user dies for lack of liver transplant," The Seattle Times, May 2, 2008

"The war on pot," First Coast News (FL), May 2, 2008

"Medicinal opium' calls rejected," The Press Association, May 2, 2008

"Federal stand on Insite one of duplicity and intransigence," The Vancouver Sun, May 2, 2008

"Police want to retain cannabis warnings," The Herald (UK), May 2, 2008

"Selling pot not disputed, but legality is," The Modesto Bee (CA), May 1, 2008

"Recidivism: The point of no return," Lancaster (PA) Newspapers, May 1, 2008

"Justice delayed," Harvard Political Review, May 1, 2008

"LSD may shed hippie image with Swiss medical study," Bloomberg, May 1, 2008

"Social costs from illicit drugs use $1.3b in 2006," The New Zealand Herald, May 1, 2008

"Police will not enforce new cannabis policy," Evening Standard (UK), May 1, 2008

"Albert Hofmann, Swiss chemist who invented LSD, dies at 102," Bloomberg, April 30, 2008

"Medical marijuana dispute," KTTC (MN), April 30, 2008

"Converting Afghan opium into heroin," Middle East Times, April 30, 2008

"Tijuana drug war threatens hospitals, schools," Arizona Republic, April 30, 2008

"Treatment works,' city-sponsored conference told," The Vancouver Sun, April 30, 2008

"Gates urges Congress to avoid 'slap' at Mexico," Reuters, April 29, 2008

"Appeals Court rejects challenge to law denying student aid to drug offenders," The Chronicle of Higher Education, April 29, 2008

"Michigan to vote on legalizing marijuana for medical use," The Detroit (MI) News, April 29, 2008

"Effects of marijuana-use not as harmful as alcohol," Kansas State Collegian, April 29, 2008

"Operators go to court to protect B.C. injection site," Globe and Mail (Canada), April 29, 2008

"PM to ignore advice on cannabis reform," Scotsman (UK), April 29, 2008

"AMA's meth recommendations get cautious welcome from users," ABC News (Australia), April 29, 2008

"Labyrinth of permits for S.F. pot clubs," San Francisco (CA) Chronicle, April 28, 2008

"Drug overdoses a difficult problem to battle," Record-Journal (CT), April 28, 2008

"Rehab for retirees," The Columbus (OH) Dispatch, April 28, 2008

"Drug laws tested this week in B.C. Supreme Court," The Vancouver (Canada) Sun, April 28, 2008

"A balanced ruling," Toronto (Canada) Star, April 28, 2008

"Pregnant addicts blur crime debate," The Journal Gazette (Ft. Wayne, IN), April 27, 2008

"Medical marijuana needs new focus," Asbury Park (NJ) Press, April 27, 2008

"Pot shop owners: We followed law," Modesto (CA) Bee, April 27, 2008

"Wachovia part of probe into Latin drug money: report," Reuters, April 26, 2008

"America's gulag just keeps growing," AlterNet, April 25, 2008

"Boy, 16, dies after ingesting water laced with meth," The Seattle Times, April 25, 2008

"Future of cannabis clubs debated," The (CA) Daily Review, April 25, 2008

"Ecstasy tested on war trauma victims," Courier Mail (Australia), April 25, 2008

"Addicted to the simple idea," The Ottawa (Canada) Citizen, April 25, 2008

"Drug abuse debate: Legalization, medication or therapy?" The Jewish Journal of Los Angeles (CA), April 25, 2008

"Chief justice says drug courts are the way to go," The Huntsville (AL) Times, April 24, 2008

"Steroid inquiry widens to teen athletes," Tulsa (OK) World, April 24, 2008

"City to end post-drug rehabilitation programme," VietNamNet Bridge, April 24, 2008

"Roadside drug tests for motorists," Lancashire (UK) Evening Post, April 24, 2008

"Anti-terror laws to catch booze kids," Burton Mail (UK), April 24, 2008

"Prove me wrong, leaders," The Diamondback (U of Maryland – College Park), April 23, 2008

"Police union chairman urges for legalisation cannabis," Radio Netherlands Worldwide, April 23, 2008

"Rural does not mean drug-free," Richmond (VA) Times Dispatch, April 23, 2008

"Senate may snuff marijuana bill," Concord (NH) Monitor, April 23, 2008

"PM begged to extend B.C. drug injection program," The Gazette (Montreal, Canada), April 23, 2008

"Drug abusers and related crimes drop in number," VietNamNet Bridge, April 23, 2008

"Cracking open Ottawa's drug problem," The Ottawa (Canada) Citizen, April 23, 2008

"Criminally ill," Minneapolis (MN) Star Tribune, April 22, 2008

"US military recruits more ex-cons," BBC News, April 22, 2008

"Failure emerges in call for shorter crack sentences," McClatchy Newspapers / Detroit (MI) Free Press, April 22, 2008

"Law & Disorder: Ex-agent gets 6 months for drugs," Florida Times-Union (Jacksonville, FL), April 22, 2008

"Baseball: ADD claims hard to prove," The Hartford (CT) Courant, April 22, 2008

"Afghanistan's myriad drug smuggling routes," Middle East Times, April 22, 2008

"Role of mullah in opium war," New Straits Times (Malaysia), April 22, 2008

"Thailand's war on drugs undermine against Aids: activists," The (Thailand) Nation, April 22, 2008

"America On Drugs," Los Angeles (CA) Times, April 21, 2008

"Marijuana grown indoors can sicken," Pittsburgh Tribune-Review, April 21, 2008

"Fighting drugs has gone to dogs," Las Vegas Review-Journal, April 21, 2008

"Dutch plan to shift coffeeshops worries neighbours," International Herald Tribune, April 21, 2008

"Drug dealing in Lebanon: At home with a drug baron," Yemen Times, April 21, 2008

"NATO undermining opium fight, Khalid says," Globe and Mail (Canada), April 21, 2008

"Drug policy group opposes tougher three-strikes law," Greenwich (CT) Time, April 18, 2008

"Venezuela targets cocaine traffickers' airfields," NPR, April 18, 2008

"Sam CASTs lot with Insite," The Vancouver Courier, April 18, 2008

"Constitutional pot challenge fails," Coast Reporter (Canada), April 18, 2008

"Overdoses, disease cause of half the deaths of B.C. homeless people," The Vancouver Sun, April 18, 2008

"Rep. Barney Frank introduces legislation to remove federal penalties on personal marijuana use," Office of US Congressman Barney Frank, April 17, 2008

"This is your country on drugs," Los Angeles Times, April 17, 2008

"Make room in Minnesota for medical marijuana," St. Paul (MN) Pioneer Press, April 17, 2008

"New prison chief knows where the problems are," Sacramento (CA) Bee, April 17, 2008

"For user demographic, drs. ask about cocaine," The Daily Free Press (Boston University), April 17, 2008

"Columbia Historian tackles the politics of heroin abuse," The Daily Gazette (Swarthmore College), April 17, 2008

"Beijing cracks down on party drugs ahead of Olympics: report," AFP, April 17, 2008

"Mayor backs pot clubs in dispute with feds," The Examiner, April 16, 2008

"Not just once," Boise (ID) Weekly, April 16, 2008

"Legislation aims to track pseudoephedrine sales," News-Leader (MO), April 16, 2008

"Gene therapy reduces cocaine use in rats," EurekAlert, April 16, 2008

"Drug war causes wild west blood bath, killing 210 in a Mexican border town," The New York Times, April 16, 2008

"Mandatory madness," The Baltimore Sun, April 15, 2008

"Despite positive substance use trends, tobacco and alcohol still have high costs to society," Medical News Today, April 15, 2008

"America's second drug war is only getting increasingly worse," The (Virginia Tech) Collegiate Times, April 15, 2008

"Health Canada looking for firm to grow its medical marijuana," The Canadian Press, April 15, 2008

"Germany: Marijuana smokers were poisoned with lead in Leipzig," The New York Times, April 15, 2008

"Hillary's uninspiring drug reform plan," AlterNet, April 14, 2008

"Drug sanity," The New Republic, April 14, 2008

"Spain's cocaine problem," Los Angeles Times, April 14, 2008

"Bulging prisons drain Michigan's budget," The Detroit (MI) News, April 14, 2008

"Medical marijuana users more than $500,000 in arrears with Health Canada," The Canadian Press, April 14, 2008

"628,000 opioid users in the country: report," The (Pakistan) Post, April 14, 2008

"Cocaine knights," The Sunday Herald (Glasgow, Scotland), April 13, 2008

"Clinton outlines anti-crime plan," AP, April 11, 2008

"Marijuana foes see through smoke screen," Worcester (MA) Telegram, April 11, 2008

"Drug convictions should not lead to lack of Federal aid," The (Virginia Tech) Collegiate Times, April 11, 2008

"Government's bong ban 'will harm cannabis smokers," The (Australia) Advertiser, April 11, 2008

"Reporter scores drug hit after just 26 minutes in town," HoldTheFrontPage (UK), April 11, 2008

"Elfyn Llwyd calls for end to 'revolving door' prisons," Daily Post (UK), April 11, 2008

"Lead-tainted marijuana poisons users," ABC News, April 10, 2008

"Police Department to start routinely testing officers for steroid use," The New York Times, April 10, 2008

"Joines urges city to hire more of those leaving prison or jail," Winston-Salem Journal (NC), April 10, 2008

"City caught in drug cartels' crossfire," Forth Worth (TX) Star-Telegram, April 10, 2008

"MP suggests decriminalising hard drugs," The Argus (UK), April 10, 2008

"Huntington Beach police return pot to medical marijuana patient," AP / San Jose (CA) Mercury News, April 9, 2008

"House panel may snuff pot bill," The Providence Journal, April 9, 2008

"U.S. army promotes using keychain alcohol detectors to fight drunken driving," The Daily Gleaner (Canada), April 9, 2008

"Drug court brings new alternative for addicts," The Daily Mississippian, April 9, 2008

"SWAT wants to snuff our smoking in films," Willows Journal, April 9, 2008

"Retired U.S. Marshall speaks about war on drugs," The (Virginia Tech) Collegiate Times, April 9, 2008

"No marijuana dispensary in Templeton," San Luis Obispo Tribune (CA), April 9, 2008

"New law could free nearly 7,000 inmates," Jackson (MS) Clarion Ledger, April 8, 2008

"Legislative changes can cut overdose deaths," Albany (NY) Times Union, April 8, 2008

"Study finds drug culture has grown in rap," The Daily Californian, April 8, 2008

"Urban poppy grower convicted," Calgary Herald (Canada), April 8, 2008

"Cocaine - Worcester's problem revealed," Stourbridge News (UK), April 8, 2008

"Afghan opium – The farmer's perspective," Middle East Times, April 8, 2008

"Drug blitz shows scale of problem nationally," The Huntsville (AL) Times, April 7, 2008

"Pot clubs could get another extension for permits," The Examiner, April 7, 2008

"Proposal alleviates costs for prisons," Myrtle Beach (SC) Sun Times, April 7, 2008

"U.S. should help Guyana fight drugs," Sun-Sentinel (FL), April 7, 2008

"Venezuela steps up efforts to thwart cocaine traffic," Washington Post, April 7, 2008

"Laid-back approach is best for cannabis," Scotsman (UK), April 7, 2008

"Declare peace in war on drugs," Baltimore (MD) Sun, April 6, 2008

"Funding an epic study of drug habits," AP / San Francisco (CA) Chronicle, April 6, 2008

The 10 percent theory: We're here, we're weird, get used to it!" Honolulu (HI) Star-Bulletin, April 6, 2008

"Rick Steves: Their cure doesn't cost more than problem," Dallas (TX) Morning News, April 5, 2008

"Cruise fumes over marijuana association," San Francisco (CA) Chronicle, April 4, 2008

"Feds want $5.4 million back from S.F.," San Francisco Chronicle, April 4, 2008

"Drug war called 'abject failure," The Bellingham (WA) Herald, April 4, 2008

"Cannabis: tough penalties on way after another change of mind," Times Online (UK), April 4, 2008

"Call for restraint in gov't's latest anti-drug campaign," The Nation (Bangkok, Thailand), April 4, 2008

"Warlords using heroin cash to buy surface-to-air missiles," The Independent (UK), April 4, 2008

"Freedom eludes many crack inmates," Los Angeles (CA) Times, April 3, 2008

"Bill to regulate tobacco moves forward," The New York Times, April 3, 2008

"Bill would create marijuana dispensaries," The Providence (RI) Journal, April 3, 2008

"Marijuana could be on state's November ballot," Ionia (MI) Sentinel-Standard, April 3, 2008

"Drug poisoning deaths on the rise," USA Today, April 3, 2008

"Cannabis 'should remain class C'," Guardian (UK), April 3, 2008

"Defiant Brown set to tighten law on cannabis," The Independent (London, England), April 3, 2008

"Prof educating Harper with weekly readings," The Martlet (University of Victoria – British Columbia, Canada), April 2, 2008

"Sheriff, officer debate drug laws," Asheville (NC) Citizen-Times, April 2, 2008

"OxyContin abuse in region soars," The Seattle Times, April 2, 2008

"A grim tradition, and a long struggle to end it," The New York Times, April 2, 2008

"War on drugs a total bust," Toronto (Canada) Star, April 2, 2008

"Thai government launches new war on drugs, emulating controversial 2003 campaign," PR-Inside, April 2, 2008

"Party's Political Bureau toughens drug combat," VietNamNet Bridge, April 2, 2008

"City to get medical pot store," The Coloradoan, April 1, 2008

"Fresh Ideas for a tired crusade," The New York Times, April 1, 2008

"Mayor, lawmakers promote tough anti-meth legislation," Aurora (IL) Beacon News, April 1, 2008

"The rise of the cocaine tourist," Guardian (UK), April 1, 2008

"Mexico's drug war rages on," Independent Online (South Africa), April 1, 2008

"Ecuador sues Colombia over anti-drug spraying," Reuters, March 31, 2008

"Marijuana penalties vary widely," The Concord (NH) Monitor, March 31, 2008

"Audit of private prisons possible," The Honolulu (HI) Advertiser, March 31, 2008

"Merck obesity drug helps shed pounds, increases irritability," Bloomberg News Service, March 31, 2008

"Drug cartels operate training camps near Texas border just inside Mexico," Dallas (TX) Morning News, March 30, 2008

"State proposal for medical marijuana," Kalamazoo (MI) Gazette, March 30, 2008

"Coca crackdown," The Guardian (Manchester, England), March 30, 2008

"Methadone user numbers under fire," BBC News, March 29, 2008

"It is time for some frank talk about legalizing marijuana," The Spectrum (St. George, UT), March 29, 2008

"Venezuela destroys clandestine airstrips," Associated Press, March 29, 2008

"Ottawa nixed extradition deal, says Pot Prince Emery," The National Post (Don Mills, Ontario, Canada), March 28, 2008

"Chinese court upholds death penalty for Taiwan drug dealer," The People's Daily Online (Beijing, China), March 28, 2008

"Crowd of 100 blasts proposed clinic," The Morning Call (Allentown, PA), March 28, 2008

"Happy birthday, happy pill," Calgary (Alberta, Canada) Herald, March 28, 2008

"Italy murder fuels 'mafia' fears," BBC News, March 28, 2008

"Colombia poised to release rebel fighters," The Guardian (Manchester, England), March 28, 2008

"Senate passes legislation to amend drug policy," The New Paltz Oracle (SUNY-New Paltz), March 27, 2008

"Bill to decrease pot fines is stalled," The Boston Globe, March 27, 2008

"Spitzer's fall sparks hope for overhaul of New York's Rockefeller drug laws," AlterNet, March 27, 2008

"Medicinal marijuana puts tax collectors in tight spot," Capitol Weekly (CA), March 27, 2008

"Cocaine wars in a land of beauty," Yemen Times, March 27, 2008

"Uganda: Country leads in marijuana growing," The Monitor, March 27, 2008

"Time to legalize marijuana," The Providence (RI) Journal, March 26, 2008

"Gay youth report higher rates of drug and alcohol use-University Of Pittsburgh researchers report findings in Journal Addiction," Medical News Today, March 26, 2008

"At least Paterson keeps it real," Newsday (NY), March 26, 2008

"Afghanistan's opium dilemma," Middle East Times (Egypt), March 26, 2008

"Drug testing prisoners in Loughborough," Loughborough (UK) News, March 26, 2008

"U.S. Supreme Court will hear Utah case on police searches," Deseret Morning News (UT), March 25, 2008

"Future looks bleak for marijuana bill," Nashua (NH) Telegraph, March 25, 2008

"Players, owners nearing consensus on drug policy," Chicago (IL) Daily Herald, March 25, 2008

"Colleges ponder anti-drinking efforts," Hartford (CT) Courant, March 25, 2008

"US Congressman's bid to legalise cannabis challenges United Kingdom's stance," Canna Zine, March 25, 2008

"Study: Meth use declining among state's workers," Billings Gazette (WY), March 24, 2008

"New tricks in Morocco's cat-and-mouse drugs war," AFP, March 24, 2008

"Air strikes, war on drugs drive Taliban," Globe and Mail (Canada), March 24, 2008

"Disappearances, the 'Silent Side' of Mexico's narco war," Frontera NorteSur, March 24, 2008

"Uganda must take drug trade seriously," The Monitor, March 24, 2008

"Frank to file bill on legal marijuana," Boston (MA) Globe, March 23, 2008

"Peru sees cocaine making a comeback," Los Angeles (CA) Times, March 23, 2008

"Pot bill may go up in smoke," Eagle Times (Claremont, NH), March 23, 2008

"Hearing puts city at front of drug war," Rutland (VT) Herald, March 21, 2008

"Lewisville ISD's new drug-testing program is the most ambitious in North Texas," Dallas (TX) Morning News, March 21, 2008

"The evolution of drug abuse," World Science, March 21, 2008

"Canada's pot tolerance is under attack," The Detroit News, March 21, 2008

"Struggling for solutions as opium trade blossoms," The Washington Post, March 21, 2008

"Lock the door, throw away the key," Sacramento (CA) News & Review, March 20, 2008

"New Milford may use breathalyzer at school events," Danbury (CT) News Times, March 20, 2008

"Marijuana: Pharmacology and therapeutics part one," Salem-News (OR), March 20, 2008

"Drugs tsar: 'He has had to grasp the wider social issues'," Scotsman (UK), March 20, 2008

"No fighting drug war alone," Bangkok Post, March 20, 2008

"Study: College students unaware of risks of ADHD drugs," The Examiner (MD), March 19, 2008

"Successes, failures of Drug Court," The Union (CA), March 19, 2008

"Feeling the sharp pangs of injustice up close," Rochester (NY) Democrat and Chronicle, March 19, 2008

"Sacramento supervisors reject state's medical marijuana ID program," Sacramento (CA) Bee, March 19, 2008

"Mexico death toll rises as tide turns in drugs war," (UK) Financial Times, March 19, 2008

"Let's talk about marijuana," The Seattle Times, March 18, 2008

"Report: $42.5M for specialty courts could keep thousands out of prison," Nevada Appeal, March 18, 2008

"Give legal marijuana a chance," Livingston Daily (MI), March 18, 2008

"Doctors prescribing higher, and higher, doses of marijuana," The (Montreal) Gazette, March 18, 2008

"PM to chair war-on-drugs meeting Friday," Bangkok Post, March 18, 2008

"Traffic deaths surpassed by drug overdoses," Nashua (NH) Telegraph, March 17, 2008

"The case for another drug war, against pharmaceutical marketers' dirty tactics," New York Times, March 17, 2008

"Marijuana prohibition and public safety," NewsWithViews, March 17, 2008

"Pub culture blamed for rising drinking problems," Nursing in Practice, March 17, 2008

"UK drug crime strategy criticised," BBC News, March 17, 2008

"Fewer drugs smuggled into prison," Norwich (UK) Evening News, March 17, 2008

"Medical marijuana bill should be the law," Fergus Falls (MN) Daily Journal, March 15, 2008

"Safe needles eyed," Ottawa (Ontario, Canada) Sun, March 15, 2008

"Needle exchange not on in new jail," The Canberra (Australia) Times, March 15, 2008

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