Drug War Challenged After Colorado And Washington Vote To Allow ...
Those who have argued for decades that legalizing and taxing weed would be better than a costly, failed U.S. drug war have their chance to prove it, as Colorado and Washington became the first states to allow pot for recreational use.www.huffingtonpost.com
Weed Legalization Could Set Off A Dangerous Chain Of Events In Latin America
We reported that U.S. voters may have won the Drug War on Tuesday because one or more states growing weed could meet most of domestic demand and sink cartel revenues, but Codirector of RAND Drug Policy Research Center Beau Kilmer reminded us ...www.businessinsider.com
Drug war runs amok
The government has the power to seize your assets for a crime you did not commit. That's essentially the argument made in a Boston federal court this week as the U.S.www.mysanantonio.com
New documentary takes on the drug war
With votes to legalize marijuana in Colorado and Washington state this week, a significant challenge is beginning to emerge against the racist war on drugs for the first time in 40 years. With luck, Eugene Jarecki's documentary will help build the new ...socialistworker.org
India wages hi-tech war on ancient TB scourge
India wages hi-tech war on ancient TB scourge. By RAVI NESSMAN, Associated Press - 1 minute ago. NEW DELHI (AP) - Shammo Khan walks into a dusty courtyard that reeks of garbage, searching for the fingerprint of a man exhausted by HIV, drug ...www.google.com
The Drugs of War
LONDON - Last week Canadian officials seized 22 kilograms of heroin worth $8.8 million on a flight that originated in Pakistan. Last month Indian Border Security Force officials found 105 kilograms of heroin concealed among bags of cement on a train ...latitude.blogs.nytimes.com
DEA Promises to Continue Drug War and Ignore Voter Decisions in Colorado ...
DEA Promises to Continue Drug War and Ignore Voter Decisions in Colorado and Washington. Quicklink submitted by Joan Mootry Permalink November 9, 2012.www.opednews.com
Drug Policy Alliance Releases Report on Veterans and the War on Drugs As ...
The Drug Policy Alliance, the nation's leading organization advocating alternatives to the drug war, has released an updated and revised edition of their seminal 2009 report, "Healing a Broken System.www.enewspf.com
Pot votes in 2 states challenge US drug war
Those who have argued for decades that legalizing and taxing weed would be better than a costly, failed U.S. drug war have their chance to prove it, as Colorado and Washington became the first states to allow pot for recreational use.www.google.com
Drug war in Mexico: Battling the Knights Templar
Soldiers patrol in front of a bullfighting ring suspected by the army to belong to members of the Knights Templar drug cartel, near the town of Holanda in Michoacan state, Mexico.www.washingtonpost.com
Barack Obama facing unprecedented Latin America revolt over US-led drug war ...
President Barack Obama will face an unprecedented revolt by Latin American countries against the U.S.-led drug war during his second term and he also may struggle to pass new trade deals as the region once known as "America's backyard" flexes its ...news.nationalpost.com
R.I.P American Drug War?
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Colorado, Washington Pot Legalization Deals Drug War Major Blow
Colorado and Washington became the first states to legalize recreational marijuana in the prohibition era on Tuesday, dealing a major blow to the war on drugs. Medical marijuana was also legalized in Massachusetts, underlining long-running trends in ...www.huffingtonpost.com
We Need a Conceptual Breakthrough in the War on Drugs
Among the misconceptions fostered by AA and the disease theory of addiction is the idea of "hitting bottom" -- that there is some objective state beneath which no human being will go.www.huffingtonpost.com
Lieutenant to 'Chapo' Guzman arrested in Mexico
A department statement called Salazar one of Guzman's most important lieutenants, and alleged that he ran drug planting, production and trafficking operations for the cartel.www.kansascity.com
Reel World: Eugene Jarecki screen drug war documentary, Georgia O'Keefe ...
Shot in 20 states, The House I Live In takes a critical look at America's war on drugs, relating the stories of individuals who have been impacted on many levels—from dealers to narcotics officers to inmates in federal prison.alibi.com
Mexico Drug War: 23 Officers Detained For Alleged Cartel Links
In northern Mexico on Thursday, authorities in the state of Coahuila detained a purported member of the Zetas drug cartel suspected in the killing of a former governor's son.www.huffingtonpost.com
Mexican daily: Nearly 60000 drug war deaths under Calderon
Based on its own calculations, the Monterrey-based newspaper also put the number of drug war-related homicides thus far in 2012 at 10,485 and said 888 people were killed in October, the second-lowest monthly total this year.latino.foxnews.com
Will Obama or Romney Address Worldwide Debate on Failed Drug War?
One glaring omission from the first two debates is America's disastrous war on drugs. Neither candidate has addressed American's longest war -- which has flushed well over $1 trillion taxpayer dollars down the drain, incarcerated millions of otherwise ...www.huffingtonpost.com
Day of the Dead
In Michoacán, long a battleground in the drug war, the Mexican holiday known as the Day of the Dead appeared to take on special significance.www.thedailybeast.com
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