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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 Aug. 1, 2008.

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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.


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.

Subscribe to the Cultural Baggage, the Century of Lies, and the 4:20 News podcasts. Point your podcast software to these URLs:
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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.


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?


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.


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..."




NORML National Conference
October 17-19, 2008, Doubletree Hotel & Executive Meeting Center – Berkeley Marina, Berkeley, CA
Celebrating 100 Years of Failed Drug Policy: The Canadian Students for Sensible Drug Policy National Conference
Nov. 7-9, 2008, University of Ottawa, Ottawa, Ontario
Towards a National Policy: The 7th National Harm Reduction Conference
Harm Reduction Coalition, Nov. 13-16, 2008, Miami, FL
Students for Sensible Drug Policy 10th Annual National Conference
Nov. 21-23, 2008, College Park, MD

For more upcoming events, click here.


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

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"Progressive voter guide to drug issues," AlterNet, Oct. 10, 2008

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"Proposed ban ignites cigar smoker protests," The Boston Globe, Oct. 9, 2008

"New exhibit takes an unflinching look at how illegal drugs are made, sold and abused," Ventura County (CA) Star, Oct. 9, 2008

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"Anti-drug efforts yield success in Afghanistan," The Washington Times, Oct. 9, 2008

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"Risky behavior," Wicked Local (MA), Oct. 8, 2008

"How drugs laws compound race inequality," Guardian, Oct. 8, 2008

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"the War on Drugs is a bust," Ottawa (Canada) Citizen, Oct. 8, 2008

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"Justice issues collide on ballot," Sacramento (CA) Bee, Oct. 6, 2008

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"State rule clarifies 60-day supply of medical marijuana," Seattle (WA) Times, Oct. 3, 2008

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"Governor vetoes medical marijuana bill," San Francisco (CA) Chronicle, Oct. 2, 2008

"Illegal marijuana eradications continue to climb locally," Lake County (CA) News, Oct. 2, 2008

"Report urges regulated market for cannabis to replace prohibition," Guardian (UK), Oct. 2, 2008

"Taliban's yearly dope take is put at $100M," New York Daily News, Oct. 2, 2008

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"Colombia drugs war exodus 'rises'," BBC News, Oct. 1, 2008

"Guns funneled through U.S. fueling Mexico drug wars," Corpus Christi (TX) Caller Times, Oct. 1, 2008

"Michigan voters support use of medical marijuana, stem cells," Detroit (MI) Free Press, Sept. 30, 2008

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"Sensible drugs policy," The Independent (London, England), Sept. 27, 2008

"David Cameron performs U-turn on support for ecstasy downgrade," The Daily Telegraph (London, England), Sept. 27, 2008

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"Only prisons profit in drug war," Burlington (VT) Free Press, Sept. 26, 2008

"What's going on with ecstasy?," Politics (UK), Sept. 26, 2008

"HIV positive injection drug users on worldwide scale," Medical News Today, Sept. 26, 2008

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"US certifies Nigeria as drug free country," This Day (Nigeria), Sept. 24, 2008

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"The war we won't talk about," In These Times (IL), Sept. 23, 2008

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"Tory policy on Insite approaches 'genocide,' doctor says," The Vancouver (Canada) Sun, Sept. 23, 2008

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"Mexicans' drug trade fears grow," BBC News (UK), Sept. 22, 2008

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"Insite no broken window," Globe and Mail (Canada), Sept. 22, 2008

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"Study finds few pain doctors face criminal prosecutions," New York (NY) Times, Sept. 20, 2008

"Be consistent on pot smoking ban," Santa Cruz (CA) Sentinel, Sept. 19, 2008

"Outdoor eradication fails to curb marijuana," USA Today, Sept. 19, 2008

"Denmark's rotten secret," Guardian (UK), Sept. 19, 2008

"Hit Colombian soap breaks cocaine taboos," ABC News, Sept. 19, 2008

"Legal grow-op expands," The Vancouver (Canada) Province, Sept. 19, 2008

"DEA arrests 175 drug-smuggle suspects," Washington (DC) Times, Sept. 18, 2008

"Texting while driving 'more dangerous than drugs or alcohol'," AFP, Sept. 18, 2008

"Inside a drug raid with the Manchester police," (NH) Union-Leader, Sept. 18, 2008

"Meth task force unveils plan," Paradise (CA) Post, Sept. 18, 2008

"Mexicans fear they are all targets now," Los Angeles Times, Sept. 18, 2008

"Scientists follow Queen Victoria and tackle pain with cannabis," Tottenham, Wood Green and Edmonton Journal (UK), Sept. 18, 2008

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"The high price paid by black people in the war on drugs," The (UK) Voice, Sept. 17, 2008

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"Home grown medicinal cannabis okayed," Dutch News, Sept. 17, 2008

"Chasing the high; Prescription medications most common drugs misused and abused by youth," The Western Star (Canada), Sept. 17, 2008

"Coast Guard nabs drug-toting semi-submersible," Tampa (FL) Tribune, Sept. 16, 2008

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"Mexico's Calderon takes popular and dangerous stand against cartels," Kansas City (MO) Star, Sept. 15, 2008

"Judge says feds violated 10th Amendment by subverting state marijuana laws," The Times-Standard (Eureka, CA), Sept. 14, 2008

"WAMMfest facing major downer if Santa Cruz council doesn't lift smoking ban," Santa Cruz (CA) Sentinel, Sept. 13, 2008

"Mexican police find 24 bodies; drug gang suspected," Reuters AlertNet, Sept. 13, 2008

"US: Venezuelan officials helping Colombian rebels," Miami (FL) Herald, Sept. 13, 2008

"80% of pot crop invades parks," USA Today, Sept. 12, 2008

"Subpopulation estimates from the HIV incidence surveillance system," Morbidity and Mortality Weekly Report, Sept. 12, 2008

"College presidents should support the Amethyst Initiative," The Bowdoin Orient (ME), Sept. 12, 2008

"San Juan passes law allowing random drug tests on students," GMA News, Sept. 12, 2008

"Battling the tyranny of drugs in Iran," Guardian, Sept. 12, 2008

"25% of funds for terror acts come from drugs trade," Daily News & Analysis (India), Sept. 12, 2008

"Hurdles keep street drugs out of medicine chest," ABC News, Sept. 11, 2008

"DC hopes needle exchanges curb soaring AIDS rate," AP, Sept. 11, 2008

"Marijuana could be a gusher of cash if we treated it like a crop, not a crime," AlterNet, Sept. 11, 2008

"Failed Afghan drug policy harming us, says Iran," Guardian, Sept. 11, 2008

"Internet drug trafficking skyrockets, experts warn," Telegraph (UK), Sept. 11, 2008

"Mexico safety chief's tough job: policing the police," Los Angeles Times, Sept. 11, 2008

"Marijuana as low-priority issue to be on Nov. ballot," Arkansas Traveler, Sept. 10, 2008

"Southern culture of drinking?," Red and Black (GA), Sept. 10, 2008

"Majority of Canadians will become criminals if Harper gets a majority government," The People's Voice (TN), Sept. 10, 2008

"Amphetamine use on the rise in Asia, Middle East," The Times of India, Sept. 10, 2008

"Hemp has qualities to be the ideal crop for Irish conditions," The Anglo-Celt (Ireland), Sept. 10, 2008

"Prescribed medicines the main cause of drug overdoses," The Record (Canada), Sept. 10, 2008

"Hempfest spreads increased awareness of this weed," Montana Kaimin, Sept. 9, 2008

"Marijuana symposium to address local impacts of marijuana in Mendocino County," Ukiah (CA) Daily Journal, Sept. 9, 2008

"Hallucinogen's popularity may thwart medical use," Star-News (NC), Sept. 9, 2008

"Meth-lab busts soar," The Courier-Journal (KY), Sept. 9, 2008

"America's 'prison state' mentality," Leader-Post (Canada), Sept. 9, 2008

"The coke coast: Cocaine and failed states in Africa," World Politics Review, Sept. 9, 2008

"Crime and drug policy," MWC News (Canada), Sept. 9, 2008

"Lunatic drug warriors still ignore powerful pot science," AlterNet, Sept. 8, 2008

"More positive data for GW Pharma's Sativex," PharmaTimes, Sept. 8, 2008

"State DA's waging war against pot question," WHYN NewsTalk, Sept. 8, 2008

"School nurses take aim at prescription drug abuse," Nurse.com, Sept. 8, 2008

"Court tells teens the 'truth' behind federal sentences," Toledo (OH) Blade, Sept. 8, 2008

"Rumford selectman calls for drug testing," Sun Journal (ME), Sept. 8, 2008

"Hitting the bottle," Spartanburg (SC) Herald-Journal, Sept. 7, 2008

"Survey shows rise in baby boomers' illicit drug use," Milwaukee (WI) Journal Sentinel, Sept. 7, 2008

"Soros behind effort in Mass. to decriminalize marijuana," AP / Baltimore (MD) Sun, Sept. 7, 2008

"US sentencing panel to focus on alternatives to jail," Wall Street Journal, Sept. 6, 2008

"Marijuana question to be on Ark. city ballot," AP / KUAR-FM (Little Rock, AR), Sept. 6, 2008

"Two Colombias, at war and at peace," New York (NY) Times, Sept. 6, 2008

"Marijuana initiative makes the ballot in Fayetteville," KFSM-TV (Ft. Smith & Fayetteville, AR), Sept. 5, 2008

"Lake County pot grower Lepp guilty," The Press Democrat (Santa Rosa, CA), Sept. 5, 2008

"Medical marijuana's eco boomtown," ABC News, Sept. 5, 2008

"Survey: Boomers doped up in old age," The Oxford (OH) Press, Sept. 5, 2008

"UPMC study shows smoking water pipes is popular with college crowd," Pittsburgh (PA) Post-Gazette, Sept. 5, 2008

"Marijuana defendants receive tax bill from state for plants," Myrtle Beach (SC) Sun News, Sept. 5, 2008

"Mexico drug plane used for US 'rendition' flights," Middle East Online, Sept. 5, 2008

"Chavez: Venezuela no 'paradise' for drug smugglers," The Jerusalem Post (Israel), Sept. 5, 2008

"Prescription drug abuse seen up, cocaine down," Reuters, Sept. 4, 2008

"City refuses to pay for dead pot plants," The Coloradoan, Sept. 4, 2008

"It's time to question potential conflicts in drug-raid seizure laws," Asbury Park (NJ) Press, Sept. 4, 2008

"NDLEA accuses judiciary of undermining drug war," The Tide (Nigeria), Sept. 4, 2008

"Create drug treatment courts soon in N.B.," Times & Transcript (Canada), Sept. 4, 2008

"US, Venezuela spar on drugs as seizures decline," AP, Sept. 4, 2008

"Despite U.S. aid, coca cultivation on rise in Andes," Washington Post, Sept. 3, 2008

"Valium on the rise in heroin shortage," Telegraph (UK), Sept. 3, 2008

"Cannabis users warned as high- strength skunk floods market," Daily Mail (UK), Sept. 3, 2008

"Prisoners run drugs under Labour's nose," Scoop (New Zealand), Sept. 3, 2008

"Fighting Mexico's drug warlords," Bradenton (FL) Herald, Sept. 3, 2008

"Props. 5 and 8 will make waves nationally," Sacramento Bee (CA), Sept. 2, 2008

"Needle exchanges help, don't hurt," Hartford (CT) Courant, Sept. 2, 2008

"Brewer wins right to sell 'Legal Weed' beer," The Daily Telegraph (London, England), Sept. 2, 2008

"Pot bust scandal for Japan's sumo wrestling," ABC News, Sept. 2, 2008

"Methadone: a possible lower-cost chronic pain treatment," Newsday (NY), Sept. 2, 2008

"Reforming university drug policy," The Retriever Weekly (MD), Sept. 2, 2008

"None of us is safe from police raids," Baltimore Sun, Sept. 2, 2008

"A conundrum lurking in a pill bottle," Washington Post, Sept. 2, 2008

"Calderon presents Mexico's annual report in written form," Los Angeles Times, Sept. 2, 2008

"Delaying use of alcohol benefits society," Des Moines (IA) Register, Sept. 1, 2008

"Latin American media see Mexico as new drug king," New American Media, Sept. 1, 2008

"Venezuela rejects visit of US anti-drug chief," Xinhua News Agency (China), Sept. 1, 2008

"Proposal of medical marijuana, heroin-injecting rooms welcomed by Aussies," MedIndia, Sept. 1, 2008

"Police may face drug tests," Di-ve (Malta), Sept. 1, 2008

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