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Religious Community Workers – Nation must recast the war on drugs
June 20, 2009 – When you say, “A priest, a minister, a rabbi and a nun,” it’s usually the lead-in to a joke — but here they were, seated in the pews of St. Mary’s Episcopal in Harlem. We had called them together for an interview about the drug war and we would have been…
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Report calls for overhaul of drug crime policies
June 19th, 2009 – The Massachusetts Bar Association, in a wide-ranging report released yesterday, called for the overhaul and reexamination of law enforcement efforts to combat drug use and the penalties nonviolent drug users face under current laws. The report, titled “The Failure of the War on Drugs: Charting a New Course for the Commonwealth,’’…
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Country decriminalizes Drugs – Here's the Result – Lisbon's light-touch drugs policy
June 19th, 2009 – In 2001, the Portugese government decriminalised recreational drugs including heroin and cocaine in an attempt to reduce the number of hard drug users in the country. Eight years later, Claudia Hammond visited Lisbon to see whether the change in the law had been effective. View of Lisbon city centre from city…
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Drug Legalization Would Be 'Catastrophe', Says Ex-White House Drug Spokesman Bob Weiner
Op-ed Letter in New York Times Today June 18th, 2009 – WASHINGTON – Former White House Drug Policy Spokesman Robert Weiner is attacking the arguments of the most recent drug legalization advocates: “They invite a catastrophe of greater drug use, car crashes, school and work dropouts, hospital emergency room cases, and crime including domestic violence…
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INTERVIEW-US drug czar calls for end to 'war on drugs'
Highlights: *No plans to legalize marijuana *Substance abuse treatment to get more funds *May lift federal ban on needle exchange programs June 5th, 2009 – WASHINGTON – The Obama administration’s top drug cop plans to spend more money on treating addiction and scale down the “war on drugs” rhetoric as part of an overhaul of…
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Student's Essay: 'Legalize Marijuana'
Purdy, Washington – Here is an essay that a student presented at Peninsula High School in Purdy on May 26th. While presenting it, the student took out a marijuana joint, lit it, and began smoking it. He was later arrested. Legalize Marijuana by Ed Troyer. Can I see a show of hands how many people…