Sunday, November 18, 2012

War on drugs

  • War On Drugs: 27 Reasons Why US Doesn't Have The 'Moral Authority' To Lead ...

    Only 7 percent of Americans think the United States is <a href="http://www.rasmussenreports.com/public_content/lifestyle/general_lifestyle/november_2012/7_think_u_s_is_winning_war_on_drugs">winning the war on drugs</a>, and few Americans are ...

    www.huffingtonpost.com

  • Diane Dimond: America's War on Drugs Sputters to an End

    Oh, no one in Washington is going to make any sort of announcement to confirm this, but take it from me: Our 4-decades-old drug war strategy is now formally kaput. To be entirely honest, it has been sputtering along for years now accomplishing little ...

    www.noozhawk.com

  • Americans favor new approach to war on drugs

    More than 40 years ago, the federal government launched a war on drugs. Over the past decade, the nation has spent hundreds of billions of dollars fighting that war, a figure that does not even include the high costs of prosecuting and jailing drug law ...

    www.covnews.com

  • We're losing the war on drugs

    Today, I read a letter to the editor from Daniel Meara, the public information manager for the National Council on Alcoholism and Drug Dependence. Well, I would like some information from him. How have the attempts to make painkillers "not so readily ...

    www.phillyburbs.com

  • New DPA Report Highlights the Impact of the War on Drugs on Veterans ...

    After a thorough review of new research, our report found that these grave problems have only grown worse since 2009 -- and these problems are only made worse by entrenched drug war policies at the state and federal levels. We arrest far too many ...

    www.huffingtonpost.com

  • Gangs rake in cash as war on drugs fails to halt trade

    Gardai say that since cannabis began arriving in significant amounts in the Sixties and harder drugs like heroin and cocaine appeared in the Seventies and Eighties, they have lost the war against drugs. One garda asked the same question which Mr ...

    www.independent.ie

  • NAACP's Ben Jealous again calls on Obama to end the war on drugs

    In an interview on KPFT on Friday, NAACP president Benjamin Jealous explained that among other steps President Obama should take is ending the costly, self-destructive war on drugs. Listen to the full interview with Jealous here (beginning about 21 ...

    blog.chron.com

  • Today's war on drugs: Prohibition then and now

    Fontana pointed out that both Prohibition and today's war on drugs reflect a unique dynamic between the federal and state governments.

    blog.constitutioncenter.org

  • The War on Drugs Getting Weaker?

    Details. Description. Reason Magazine's Nick Gillespie and the Manhattan Institute's Theodore Dalrymple on the continued war and drugs and the states that have recently... Duration 7:23; Date Nov 16, 2012. Advertisement ...

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  • Vote snarls war on drugs

    DENVER (AP) - Should marijuana be treated like alcohol? Or should it remain in the same legal category as heroin and the most dangerous drugs? Votes this week by Colorado and Washington state to allow adult marijuana possession have prompted what ...

    www.columbiatribune.com

  • Will Obama's second term see an end to the failed 'war on drugs'?

    The success of both these ballot initiatives has been welcomed by many as a signal that we are about to enter a more enlightened phase in the "war on drugs", which has criminalized drug addicts and recreational drug users, as well as drug dealers. In ...

    www.guardian.co.uk

  • Costa Rica: Colorado Pot Law Raises Doubts on Drug War

    The legalization of recreational marijuana use in the states of Colorado and Washington last week will lead Latin America to increasingly question the merits of the war on drugs, said Costa Rican President Laura Chinchilla. The first U.S. states to ...

    www.businessweek.com

  • 82 Percent of Americans Think U.S. is Losing War on Drugs

    "Only seven percent (7%) of American Adults think the United States is winning the war on drugs," says a new Rasmussen telephone poll conducted Nov. 9-10.

    www.opposingviews.com

  • 'House' scrutinizes the war on drugs

    A thought-provoking if also flawed documentary about the history of the "War on Drugs," first declared -officially by President Richard Nixon in 1971, and the impact of that conflict upon African-American neighborhoods in the United States, "The House ...

    bostonherald.com

  • Former police officer: War on Drugs failed

    "Nothing I did in 26 years reduced the number of people using drugs in this country by a single person. The War on Drugs is not only a fatal policy, it's self-perpetuating.

    dailycollegian.com

  • Is The War on Drugs "All About the Money"?

    In various capacities, he acquired first-hand knowledge of the war on drugs through his direct involvement with counter-narcotics missions.

    therealnews.com

  • Rasmussen Poll: 82 Percent of Americans Think US is Losing War on Drugs

    "Americans overwhelmingly believe the war on drugs is a failure, but there's little support for spending more on it to win," Rasmussen reports.

    blog.sfgate.com

  • We Need a Conceptual Breakthrough in the War on Drugs

    The same is true in our misconceptions about what will end our war on drugs. Opponents of the war think that pointing out continuing disastrous results will cause us to reassess and end it.

    www.huffingtonpost.com

  • In 'The House I Live In,' war on drugs hits home

    In "The House I Live In," documentarian Eugene Jarecki ("Why We Fight") tackles the legacy of the US-led war on drugs with a mixture of fuzzy personal theorizing and devastating reportorial impact. The movie's much less partisan than it seems: I can't ...

    www.boston.com

  • Three reasons why conservatives should support ending the War on Drugs

    By any reasonable standard, the War on Drugs has been a total disaster It has not shown any results in terms of reducing drug usage.

    www.unitedliberty.org

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