Top Stories on the Web
"Walmart fires Michigan man for medical marijuana use," ABC News, March 17, 2010
"R. Gil Kerlikowske speaks on his job as nation's drug czar," Washington
(DC) Post, March 17, 2010
"Family fighting drug policy loses round," Philadelphia
(PA) Inquirer, March 17, 2010
"Boulder to vote on extending medical pot rules," Aurora (CO) Sentinel, March 17, 2010
"Reforming drug treatment in the US:
It's two steps forward, one step back," HuffingtonPost.com, March 17, 2010
"Student group to rally for marijuana legalization, say university police make arrests for medicinal use," LAist.com, March 11, 2010
"WA governor signs drug overdose prosecution bill," AP / Seattle (WA) Times, March 11, 2010
"Local pot club supplier made purported $200K a year," SF (CA) Weekly, March 11, 2010
"'Drugged driving,' whether drugs are illegal or prescription, is a growing threat, officials say," NY (NY) Daily News, March 11, 2010
"US Customs: Mexican cartels corrupt border agents," AP / NY (NY) Times, March 11, 2010
"Inhalant abuse a deadly middle-school concern," US News & World Report, March 11, 2010
"Dispensaries part of Maine medical pot plan," AP / Boston
(MA) Herald, March 11, 2010
"Slowly, states are lessening limits on marijuana," USA Today, March 9, 2010
"Pot dispensary bill faces action," The Barre Montpelier (VT) Times Argus, March 9, 2010
"Nation's sole marijuana farm focuses on limiting abuse," USA Today, March 9, 2010
"Bringing in the green," The Daily Californian
(UC–Berkeley), March 9, 2010
"Medical marijuana protest at Capitol today – even though advocate says lawmakers haven't been listening," Westword (Denver, CO), March 4, 2010
"Injection site safe: Director," Peterborough (Ontario, Canada) Examiner, March 4, 2010
"Complaint lodged over local officer's gag order," Victoria
(BC, Canada) Times Colonist, March 4, 2010
"Pacific Grove injunction prohibits marijuana dispensary sales," Monterey County (CA) Herald, March 4, 2010
"Drug forum at city hall tonight," Victoria
(BC, Canada) Times Colonist, March 3, 2010
"House votes today on marijuana use," AP / Keene
(NH) Sentinel, March 3, 2010
"Medical marijuana advocates sue Los Angeles,"
LA (CA) Times, March 3, 2010
"Bad science and bad policy," New York (NY) Times,
March 3, 2010
"Afghan heroin traffic increasing," Moscow
(Russia) Times, March 3, 2010
"Medical marijuana advocates will wait for next session,
new governor," MinnPost.com (Minneapolis, MN), March 3, 2010
"In drug war, failed old ideas never die," Reuters, Feb. 26, 2010
"Colorado senator wants tax on medical marijuana," Denver
(CO) Post, Feb. 26, 2010
"Medical marijuana advocates ask LA prosecutor to drop lawsuits," LA (CA) Times, Feb. 24, 2010
"Panel will study medical marijuana," Des Moines (IA) Register, Feb. 24, 2010
"Abuse of 'date-rape drugs' on the rise, UN anti-narcotics panel finds," UN News Centre, Feb. 24, 2010
"Baby-boomers leading the way to marijuana legalisation, report shows," The Times (London, England), Feb. 24, 2010
"Backers want fewer restrictions on DC medical marijuana," Washington (DC) Examiner, Feb. 24, 2010
"Berkeley wants to tax medical marijuana," San Jose (CA) Mercury News, Feb. 18, 2010
"Pharmacy Board supports medical marijuana,"
Des Moines (IA) Register, Feb. 18, 2010
"Iowa Poll: Iowans give thumbs up to medical marijuana," Des Moines (IA) Register, Feb. 16, 2010
"Medical marijuana decision expected tomorrow," Iowa Independent, Feb. 16, 2010
"Mexican bishops criticize drug war strategy," AP, Feb. 16, 2010
"Mississippi's marijuana: legal pot farm at Ole Miss," The Clarion-Ledger (Jackson, MS), Feb. 16, 2010
"Drug smugglers' creativity grows," San Diego (CA) Union-Tribune, Feb. 15, 2010
"Call for clarity in medical marijuana industry stretches across sectors," The Ft. Collins (CO) Coloradoan, Feb. 15, 2010
"Local officials say medical marijuana supply grown locally, DEA disagrees," The Ft. Collins (CO) Coloradoan, Feb. 15, 2010
"Medical marijuana bill doesn't give employees free rein," The Star-Ledger (Newark, NJ), Feb. 15, 2010
"'March of Anger' in Mexico against military's drug war," AFP, Feb. 15, 2010
"Border towns across Rio, worlds apart in drug war," New York
(NY) Times, Feb. 13, 2010
"Obama's drug war budget looks a lot like Bush's," AlterNet, Feb. 12, 2010
"Canada seeks to appeal Vancouver drug site decision," Reuters, Feb. 10, 2010
"More counselors needed for alcohol abuse," UPI, Feb. 10, 2010
"The failed war on drugs in Latin America: Could decriminalization be the answer?" Der Spiegel (Germany), Feb. 10, 2010
"Battling drugs in the Americas: 'The military is not suited to pursue criminals'," Der Spiegel (Germany), Feb. 10, 2010
"Efforts to curb Afghan opium crop fail this year – UN," Reuters, Feb. 10, 2010
"School of Pot: A syllabus for cannabis," LA
(CA) Weekly, Feb. 9, 2010
"Russia, US to Step Up Drug Fight," Associated Press, Feb. 4, 2010
"Guns and Poppies," Agence France Press, Feb. 4, 2010
"Campaign to Decriminalize Marijuana Comes to State House," Providence Journal, Feb. 3, 2010
"Lawmakers: Dispensaries Stay, But As Nonprofits," Denver Post, Feb. 3, 2010
"President Calderon Blamed for Birthday Party Bloodbath," VERTEXNews, Feb. 3, 2010
"Medical-marijuana bill gets senate OK with amendments," Denver
(CO) Post, Jan. 30, 2010
"NM House panel shelves tax on medical marijuana," AP / CNBC, Jan. 30, 2010
"Two paths emerge for full legalization of marijuana in California," LA (CA) Weekly, Jan. 29, 2010
"Latin America rejects old US approach in drugs war," Reuters, Jan. 29, 2010
"Anti-drugs chief calls heroin a national problem," Moscow (Russia) Times, Jan. 29, 2010
"Medical marijuana lab raided by DEA during introduction of Senator Chris Romer's doctor-patient bill," Westword (Denver, CO), Jan. 28, 2010
"Supporting joint action," The Diamondback (College Park, MD), Jan. 28, 2010
"Senator: Medical marijuana might not come up this session," Minnesota Daily (UM – Minneapolis-St. Paul, MN), Jan. 28, 2010
"LA City Council finally passes medical marijuana ordinance," LA (CA) Times, Jan. 27, 2010
"Medical marijuana measure tailored," The Daily Times (Salisbury, MD), Jan. 27, 2010
"LA City Council set to approve pot ordinance," AP / Washington (DC) Post, Jan. 26, 2010
"The marijuana cancer cure cult," AlterNet, Jan. 26, 2010
"Report gives latest numbers on America's state of health," New York (NY) Times, Jan. 26, 2010
"Jewish groups throw support behind medical marijuana laws," Forward, Jan. 25, 2010
"Sheriff's arrests led to no drug cases in '09," The Times-Tribune (Corbin, KY), Jan. 25, 2010
"Tending 'the grow'," In These Times, Jan. 25, 2010
"Medical marijuana may become legal in District," GW Hatchet (George Washington Univ. – DC), Jan. 25, 2010
"Hundreds head to event in hopes of getting state-issued medical marijuana card," Billings (MT) Gazette, Jan. 25, 2010
"Afghan drug lords look West via new routes," Reuters, Jan. 25, 2010
"Legal pot, for the sick," Bergen (NJ) Record, Jan. 24, 2010
"Virginia should legalize marijuana," The Daily Press (Newport News, VA), Jan. 24, 2010
"Proposed bill would shield people reporting overdoses," New York
(NY) Times, Jan. 24, 2010
"New Jersey preparing to implement medical marijuana law," Press of Atlantic City (NJ), Jan. 23, 2010
"Mich. legislators tinker with voter-approved laws," AP / Chicago (IL) Tribune, Jan. 23, 2010
"Federal probe of drugs under way," Florida Today (Melbourne, FL), Jan. 23, 2010
"Marijuana in the classroom? Sometimes it's legal," Christian Science Monitor, Jan. 23, 2010
"Berkeley pot dispensary's planned move angers developer," Contra Costa (CA) Times, Jan. 23, 2010
"Former Bronco Droughns being investigated by DEA for growing marijuana in his house," National Football Post, Jan. 22, 2001
"Calif. high court strikes down medical pot limits," AP / Washington
(DC) Post, Jan. 21, 2010
"Virginia Delegate Morgan seeks to decriminalize marijuana," Washington
(DC) Post, Jan. 21, 2010
"Wash. House committee votes down marijuana bills," AP / Seattle (WA) Times, Jan. 21, 2010
"Legislature fires up first medical-pot bill of 2010," Denver (CO) Business Journal, Jan. 20, 2010
"Signatures to be filed for medical marijuana vote," AP / Rapid City (SD) Journal, Jan. 20, 2010
"LA City Council gives preliminary approval to pot ordinance requiring 1,000-foot buffer zones," LA (CA) Times, Jan. 19, 2010
"Corzine signs law to legalize medical marijuana," Philadelphia
(PA) Inquirer, Jan. 19, 2010
"OK marijuana for medical use," Sheboygan (WI) Press, Jan. 19, 2010
"Researchers find study of medical marijuana discouraged," New York (NY) Times, Jan. 19, 2010
"Words influence stigma of mental health," UPI, Jan. 19, 2010
"No one's told drug-war soldier about peace breaking out," Denver
(CO) Post, Jan. 17, 2010
"Medical marijuana task force helps craft new law," Bangor (ME) Daily News, Jan. 16, 2010
"Mexico army hands control to police in drug war city," Reuters, Jan. 16, 2010
"The pot dispensary wars," Denver (CO) Post, Jan. 16, 2010
"Marijuana-legalization efforts gain steam," Wall Street Journal, Jan. 16, 2010
"Mexican crime reporter killed in apparent drug hit," Reuters / Washington (DC) Post, Jan. 16, 2010
"BC judges rule against Ottawa in safe injection fight,"
The National Post (Don Mills, Ontario, Canada), Jan. 15, 2010
"Legislators await first bill to regulate medical marijuana," Denver (CO) Post, Jan. 15, 2010
"A doctor's case for legal pot," Wall Street Journal, Jan. 15, 2010
"Poll: Majority in Washington favor legalizing pot," Seattle (WA) Post-Intelligencer, Jan. 14, 2010
"Tenn. lawmaker applauded by pro-pot activists," AP / Washington
(DC) Post, Jan. 14, 2010
"Marijuana advocates want change in WA drug laws,"
AP / Seattle (WA) Post-Intelligencer, Jan. 14, 2010
"New Fla. prescription tracking law has glitches, leaves 'drug czar' scrambling for cash," AP / LA (CA) Times, Jan. 13, 2010
"Bolivia banks on 'Coca Colla', fizzy coca-leaf drink," The Independent (London, England), Jan. 13, 2010
"LA Council rejects home buffer zone for pot shops,"
LA (CA) Weekly, Jan. 13, 2010
"Corzine signs law easing mandatory drug terms," Burlington County Times (Willingboro, NJ), Jan. 13, 2010
"LA City Council tries again today to adopt a medical marijuana ordinance," LA
(CA) Times, Jan. 13, 2010
"Plan to put growing pot on SF ballot," San Francisco (CA) Chronicle, Jan. 13, 2010
"Committee approves Calif. pot legalization bill," AP / Washington (DC) Post, Jan. 13, 2010
"California edges toward legalization of pot,"
Christian Science Monitor, Jan. 12, 2010
"Medical marijuana bill sent to Corzine," Philadelphia (PA) Inquirer, Jan. 12, 2010
"NJ lawmakers approve bill legalizing medical marijuana,"
Newark (NJ) Star-Ledger, Jan. 11, 2010
"Denver enacts tough new medical pot rules," KDVR-TV Denver (CO), Jan. 11, 2010
"Wash. activists file initiative to legalize pot," Seattle (WA) Post-Intelligencer, Jan. 11, 2010
"New medical-pot bill to restrict providers," The Denver (CO) Post, Jan. 11, 2010
"Marijuana supporters ready for likely vote in November," Ventura County (CA) Star, Jan. 11, 2010
"Beyond drug law reform: We need a new Wickersham Commission," Baltimore (MD) Sun, Jan. 11, 2010
"Medicinal marijuana gets a last shot today," Newark (NJ) Star-Ledger, Jan. 11, 2010
"Legalizing and taxing marijuana would benefit society," San Diego (CA) Union-Tribune, Jan. 10, 2010
"Judge orders CHP to return 60 pounds of marijuana," LA (CA) Times, Jan. 9, 2010
"Medicaid won't pay for medical marijuana," Burlington (VT) Free Press, Jan. 9, 2010
"Emotions come out in anti-dispensary organizer's meeting," Ft. Collins (CO) Coloradoan, Jan. 9, 2010
"Baby boomers confess they still love to get high, pop pills, survey says," New York
(NY) Daily News, Jan. 9, 2010
"SC bill requires drug tests for jobless benefits," The State
(Columbia, SC), Jan. 8, 2010
"Judges may be able to waive enhanced drug sentences," Gannett / Asbury Park (NJ) Press, Jan. 8, 2010
"China turns drug rehab into a punishing ordeal," NY (NY) Times, Jan. 8, 2010
"Drug prohibition doesn't work – so what do we do next?" Sydney (Australia) Morning Herald, Jan. 7, 2010
"Petition drive launched to legalize marijuana," Las Vegas (NV) Review-Journal, Jan. 6, 2010
"Fiorito: Ottawa puts monkey on pot user's back," The Toronto (Ontario, Canada) Star, Jan. 6, 2010
"Bid to legalize pot is counter to US trend," San Francisco (CA) Chronicle, Jan. 5, 2010
"Fear mongers attack a NYC harm reduction pamphlet that saves lives," AlterNet, Jan. 5, 2010
"Slums are front lines in Mexican drug war," Dallas (TX) Morning News, Jan. 1, 2010
"Book takes Mexico drug war to task," LA (CA) Times, Jan. 1, 2010
"Colorado judge rules that medical marijuana users in state have right to buy pot," LA (CA) Times, Dec. 31, 2009
"In Mexico's drug battle, the public is missing in action," LA (CA) Times, Dec. 30, 2009
"Washington among states considering legalizing marijuana, dozens of states weigh other reforms," AP / LA (CA) Times, Dec. 28, 2009
"That joint? It's all in the name of research," LA (CA) Times, Dec. 27, 2009
"No quick fix seen for drug battle in Juárez," El Paso (TX) Times, Dec. 27, 2009
"RI Senate to consider loosening marijuana laws," AP / Nashua (NH) Telegraph, Dec. 25, 2009
"Medical marijuana user fights for return of pot seized by cop," Sacramento (CA) Bee, Dec. 25, 2009
"Report criticizes US anti-drug effort in Afghanistan," New York (NY) Times, Dec. 24, 2009
"Medical marijuana dispensary defies Windsor moratorium," Greeley (CO) Tribune, Dec. 24, 2009
"Changes may cut spread of disease from needles," Philadelphia (PA) Inquirer, Dec. 23, 2009
"New drug guidelines are Europe's most liberal," Prague (Czech Republic), Dec. 23, 2009
"Medical marijuana crusader gets a break on drug trafficking conviction," The Gazette (Winnipeg, Manitoba, Canada), Dec. 22, 2009
"Support legalization of marijuana," Visalia
(CA) Times-Delta, Dec. 22, 2009
"Colombia launches US drones over Venezuela – or was that
'Santa's sleigh'?" The Christian Science Monitor, Dec. 22, 2009
"Doctor-legislator wants medical marijuana in Maryland," Washington (DC) Business Journal, Dec. 21, 2009
"Medical marijuana law spurs Michigan cottage industry," AP / Detroit
(MI) Free Press, Dec. 20, 2009
"Charities criticize online fund-raising contest by Chase," New York (NY) Times, Dec. 19, 2009
"Blame the dads? Or the drug war?," New Haven (CT) Independent, Dec. 17, 2009
"Closing arguments Thursday for Franklin man with MS accused of growing marijuana," New Brunswick (NJ) Home News Tribune, Dec. 17, 2009
"LA City Council ducks medical pot vote at wild meeting: harsh land-use limits anger crowd," LA (CA) Weekly, Dec. 16, 2009
"New questions about LA buffer zone for medical-marijuana businesses," LA
(CA) Times, Dec. 16, 2009
"Marijuana task force nearly ready," Bangor (ME) Daily News, Dec. 16, 2009
"Calif. experts help shape Maine medical marijuana policy," WMTW-TV (Portland, ME), Dec. 16, 2009
"Flow of aid to Mexico delayed," USA Today, Dec. 16, 2009
"The slippery slope of marijuana regulation," LA (CA) Times, Dec. 16, 2009
"Measure to legalize pot may be on California's November ballot," LA (CA) Times, Dec. 15, 2009
"Council chairman wants swift action on marijuana rules," Washington (DC) Post, Dec. 15, 2009
"New state law may be needed to clarify medical marijuana rules," The Longmont (CO) Times-Call, Dec. 15, 2009
"OC senior citizes form medical-pot collective," KABC-TV (LA, CA), Dec. 14, 2009
"UN reports rise in opium cultivation in Burma," Voice of America, Dec. 14, 2009
"Teen methamphetamine use, cigarette smoking at lowest levels in NIDA's 2009 Monitoring the Future Survey," National Institutes of Health, Dec. 14, 2009
"You can't handle the truth," Boston
(MA) Globe, Dec. 13, 2009
"FYI: A lull in the war on drugs," Winnipeg (Manitoba, Canada) Free Press, Dec. 13, 2009
"NJ Senate OKs allowing leniency in drug crimes," Philadelphia
(PA) Inquirer, Dec. 11, 2009
"Alameda Planning Board to consider permanent pot club prohibition," San Francisco (CA) Chronicle, Dec. 11, 2009
"Most Americans support legalizing marijuana," Angus Reid Global Monitor, Dec. 10, 2009
"LA council puts off vote on medical marijuana dispensaries," LA (CA) Times, Dec. 10, 2009
"Marijuana task force not such a spacey idea," San Francisco (CA) Chronicle, Dec. 10, 2009
"House stirs medicinal pot," The Scranton (PA) Times-Tribune, Dec. 10, 2009
"Toking with my dad," Chico (CA) News & Review, Dec. 10, 2009
"State has wrong Rx for addicted doctors," Sacramento (CA) Bee, Dec. 10, 2009
"Corruption cases in US law agencies rise," El Paso (TX) Times, Dec. 10, 2009
"Prison population up, despite drop in 20 states," New York
(NY) Times, Dec. 9, 2009
"Los Angeles City Council to review details of medical marijuana ordinance," LA
(CA) Times, Dec. 8, 2009
"County OKs moratorium on medical pot licenses," The Ft. Collins (CO) Coloradoan, Dec. 8, 2009
"Czech gov't allows 5 cannabis plants for personal use from 2010," Wall Street Journal, Dec. 8, 2009
"Addiction on 2 fronts: Work and home," New York (NY) Times, Dec. 8, 2009
"Cannabis could help combat substance abuse," The Independent
(London, England), Dec. 7, 2009
"Armstrong Williams: California doping our youths," Washington (DC) Times, Dec. 7, 2009
"Medical pot shops on SD agenda," San Diego (CA) Union-Tribune, Dec. 6, 2009
"Medical marijuana testimony worth hearing," Delaware County Daily Times (Primos, PA), Dec. 6, 2009
"New York policy officer, Juan Acosta, charged in drug conspiracy," New York (NY) Times, Dec. 5, 2009
"The secret to legal marijuana? Women," AlterNet, Dec. 5, 2009
"Amsterdam mayor wants different drug policy," Radio Netherlands Worldwide, Dec. 5, 2009
"Victoria marijuana
'bakery' raided," CBC News, Dec. 4, 2009
"Review finds marijuana may help MS patients," US News & World Report, Dec. 4, 2009
"State panel debates access to medical pot," Bangor (ME) Daily News, Dec. 2, 2009
"Jury: Medical marijuana seller didn't profit," AP / San Francisco (CA) Chronicle, Dec. 2, 2009
"As states relax medical marijuana laws, pot cultivation colleges take seed," New York (NY) Daily News, Dec. 1, 2009
"It's time to approve medical marijuana," Cherry Hill (NJ) Courier-Post, Nov. 30, 2009
"Sacked government drug adviser says Gordon Brown is from another universe," The Daily Telegraph (London, England), Nov. 30, 2009
"Pragmatism spurs debate over marijuana laws," The Herald-Tribune (Sarasota, FL), Nov. 29, 2009
"NJ bill would give judges more discretion," Philadelphia (PA) Inquirer, Nov. 29, 2009
"At this school, it's marijuana in every class,"
New York (NY) Times, Nov. 29, 2009
"Medical marijuana proposal comes before state legislature," Pierce County Herald (Ellsworth, WI), Nov. 26, 2009
"Villaraigosa urges limit on medical marijuana dispensaries," LA (CA) Times, Nov. 25, 2009
"Police department as medical dispensary? Bring sense to marijuana's proper role," Seattle (WA) Times, Nov. 25, 2009
"Vision hesitates on backing crack smoking room," Vancouver (WA) Courier, Nov. 25, 2009
"Vancouver hard drug use up: study," CBC News, Nov. 25, 2009
"LA City Council is poised to debate how many pot dispensaries to allow," LA (CA) Times, Nov. 23, 2009
"Support for legalizing marijuana grows rapidly around US," Washington
(DC) Post, Nov. 23, 2009
"AMA meeting: Delegates support review of marijuana's schedule 1 status," American Medical News, Nov. 23, 2009
"Sentencing nonviolent drug offenders: Sanity in the Senate as lawmakers take a step toward reform," The Star-Ledger
(Newark, NJ), Nov. 22, 2009
"Gray areas in medical marijuana law dividing caregivers," Great Falls (MT) Tribune, Nov. 22, 2009
"Let judges judge," Philadelphia (PA) Inquirer, Nov. 21, 2009
"Stockbroker swears by medicinal marijuana," Boston (MA) Herald, Nov. 21, 2009
"First marijuana coffee shop opens in America," The Daily Telegraph (London,
England), Nov. 20, 2009
"Bill C-15's mandatory minimum terms for drug crime: A failure on their own terms," Vancouver (BC, Canada), Sun, Nov. 20, 2009
"Panel to discuss effect of RI law governing marijuana possession," Providence (RI) Journal, Nov. 19, 2009
"LA City Council puts off medical marijuana vote," LA (CA) Times, Nov. 19, 2009
"Mexico arrests former police chiefs for alleged drug links," Latin American Herald Tribune (Caracas, Venezuela), Nov. 19, 2009
"Colo. medical pot suppliers will have to pay taxes," AP, Nov. 18, 2009
"Preaching to converts," Santa Fe (NM) Reporter, Nov. 18, 2009
"Russia, US agree on joint anti-drug efforts in Afghanistan," RIA Novosty, Nov. 17, 2009
"Boomers see views relaxing on marijuana," Washington
(DC) Post, Nov. 16, 2009
"State panel to begin research on legalized marijuana funds," Providence (RI) Journal, Nov. 16, 2009
"Advocacy group threatens to sue Los Angeles if medical marijuana sales are banned," CommonDreams.org, Nov. 16, 2009
"Marijuana is a
'medicine like any other medicine', DOH secretary says," New Mexico Independent (Albuquerque, NM), Nov. 16, 2009
"NM's medical pot program has slow, cautious start," AP, Nov. 16, 2009
"Conference urges drug use education," New Mexico Daily Lobo (UNM – Albuquerque), Nov. 16, 2009
"Student group seeks changes in drug policies," The Daily Spartan
(San Jose State Univ. – CA), Nov. 16, 2009
"Iowans turning to marijuana for ailments," AP
/ WCCO-TV, Nov. 15, 2009
"Fort Collins council to consider moratorium on pot dispensaries," The Coloradoan (Ft. Collins, CO), Nov. 15, 2009
"Open minds required," Scotland on Sunday (Edinburgh, Scotland), Nov. 15, 2009
"The Zetas: gangster kings of their own brutal narco-state," The Guardian (Manchester, England), Nov. 15, 2009
"Colombia detains Venezuela guards," BBC News, Nov. 15, 2009
"Let's have a rational debate on drug policy, Sen. Grassley," The Des Moines (IA) Register, Nov. 14, 2009
"The relentless war on drug users is escalating violence in the US:
It's time for harm reduction," AlterNet, Nov. 14, 2009
"Reports: Russian anti-drug general released," AP / Taiwan News (Taipei, Taiwan), Nov. 14, 2009
"Drugs: Virtually legal," The Economist, Nov. 12, 2009
"Medical marijuana gets a boost from major doctors group," LA (CA) Times, Nov. 11, 2009
"Secret talks to crack the Nutt case," BBC News, Nov. 11, 2009
"Why are we locking up traumatized veterans for their addictions instead of offering them treatment?" AlterNet, Nov. 11, 2009
"More medical marijuana providers will be needed soon, Drug Policy Alliance says," New Mexico Independent (Albuquerque, NM), Nov. 10, 2009
"Expanding drug treatment: Is the US ready to step up?" AP, Nov. 8, 2009
"Panel of 14 to design medical marijuana system,"
Kennebec Journal (Augusta, ME), Nov. 8, 2009
"A heady debate on medical pot," Denver (CO) Post, Nov. 8, 2009
"NORML warms up medical pot proposal," Columbia (MO) Daily Tribune, Nov. 8, 2009
"Too much pot to be
'medical'?" Seattle (WA) Times, Nov. 8, 2009
"Johnson 'misled MPs over adviser'," BBC News, Nov. 8, 2009
"Former drug court officer questions timing of firing," The News & Tribune (New Albany, IN), Nov. 7, 2009
"Maine governor issues marijuana order," Fosters Daily Democrat (Dover, NH), Nov. 7, 2009
"San Francisco Giants pitcher Tim Lincecum faces pot charges in Washington,"
San Jose (CA) Mercury News, Nov. 6, 2009
"Baldacci and AG want changes to marijuana law," Capitol News Service / Bangor (ME) Daily News, Nov. 6, 2009
"Redding charity rejects food offer from medical pot collective," Redding (CA) Record-Searchlight, Nov. 6, 2009
"Alan Bersin, Customs and Border Commissioner nominee, is at home along a daunting border," LA
(CA) Times, Nov. 6, 2009
"Should we legalise drugs?" MoneyWeek, Nov. 6, 2009
"Report: Pot use, arrests rising in California," San Francisco (CA) Chronicle, Nov. 5, 2009
"Cops questioned in Mexican police chief's killing," AP, Nov. 5, 2009
"Venezuela sends 15,000 troops to Colombia border," AP, Nov. 5, 2009
"Dutch among lowest cannabis users in Europe – report," Reuters, Nov. 5, 2009
"Professor David Nutt attacks ministers over 'failure' on alcohol," The Times (London, England), Nov. 5, 2009
"Mexican pot gangs infiltrate Indian reservations in US," Wall Street Journal, Nov. 5, 2009
"Marijuana seizures quadruple in LA County," LA (CA) Times, Nov. 5, 2009
"Cocaine's charge through Europe undiminished: report," Agence France Presse, Nov. 5, 2009
"Pot acceptable? Not for young and nonwhite," CNN, Nov. 5, 2009
"Outrage over drug adviser's dismissal," Times Higher Education, Nov. 5, 2009
"Authorities: Huge jump in Calif. pot plants seized," AP, Nov. 4, 2009
"A new era for US drug policy?" CBS News, Nov. 4, 2009
"Seizures of pot plants up 52%, officials say," LA (CA) Times, Nov. 4, 2009
"Legislature dopes out marijuana bill as legalization petition gets passed around," San Francisco (CA) Bay Guardian, Nov. 4, 2009
"State medical-marijuana law now covers more,"
The Morning Sentinel (Waterville, ME), Nov. 4, 2009
"Medical marijuana expansion approved by voters," Maine Public Broadcasting System, Nov. 3, 2009
"Breckenridge votes to legalize marijuana," KMGH-TV
(Denver, CO), Nov. 3, 2009
"State, defense lawyers try to save pot IDs," San Francisco
(CA) Chronicle, Nov. 3, 2009
"Chronic City: N. California's top federal prosecutor --
'Really not a change at all' in medical pot enforcement," SF
(CA) Weekly, Nov. 3, 2009
"Drug war madness: Grassley's gag rule,"
Rolling Stone, Nov. 3, 2009
"Jagger, Johnson, and another fine mess over drugs,"
The Daily Mail (London, England), Nov. 3, 2009
"Pot dispensaries must turn over records to Dana Point," Orange County Register (Santa Ana, CA), Nov. 3, 2009
"Drugs: The 40-year failure," The Guardian (Manchester, England), Nov. 3, 2009
"Drugs panel at risk of collapse," Financial Times
(London, England), Nov. 3, 2009
"Science minister calls on Brown to reverse Johnson's
'big mistake'," The Times (London, England), Nov. 3, 2009
"Cameron supported former drugs adviser over downgrading Ecstasy," The Times (London, England), Nov. 3, 2009
"Future role of drug advisers under review," The Daily Telegraph
(London, England), Nov. 2, 2009
"Editorial: The evidence in favour of Prof. Nutt,"
The Financial Times (London, England), Nov. 2, 2009
"Scientists quit government drugs body over David Nutt sacking," The Times (London, England), Nov. 2, 2009
"The drugs experts who are standing down," The Times (London, England), Nov. 2, 2009
"Let's be honest . . . legalize drugs and society would benefit," The Independent (London, England), Nov. 2, 2009
"Gov't adviser quits in protest at Nutt sacking," Politics.co.uk, Nov. 2, 2009
"On the quiet, US is legalising marijuana," The Times (London, England), Nov. 1, 2009
"Ministers face rebellion over drug tsar's sacking," The Observer (London, England), Nov. 1, 2009
"Drug policy in chaos after adviser is sacked," The Telegraph (London, England), Nov. 1, 2009
"Marijuana growers upend hard-luck California town," LA (CA) Times, Nov. 1, 2009
"Marijuana laws spur small businesses in Oakland, elsewhere," Oakland (CA) Tribune, Nov. 1, 2009
"Golden State's green future," Contra Costa (CA) Times, Nov. 1, 2009
"Smoking pot is safer than drinking alcohol," The Denver (CO) Post, Nov. 1, 2009
"Berkeley Patients Group turns 10," CelebStoner.com, Oct. 31, 2009
"Drugs policy: Shooting up the messenger," The Guardian (Manchester, England), Oct. 31, 2009
"Unfair dismissal," The Independent (London, England), Oct. 31, 2009
"Colo. ski town could push marijuana legalization," AP, Oct. 30, 2009
"Government drug advisor David Nutt sacked," The Guardian (Manchester, England), Oct. 30, 2009
"Our morning roundup: Chuck Lane strikes back," Washington (DC) City Paper, Oct. 30, 2009
"Dangers of drug use aren't crystal clear," The Times London, England), Oct. 30, 2009
"Don't try smuggling drugs, federal agents tell students," San Diego (CA) Union-Tribune, Oct. 30, 2009
"California dreaming about the future," San Francisco (CA) Examiner, Oct. 30, 2009
"Nutt faces sack," BBC News, Oct. 30, 2009
"Alcohol worse than ecstasy – drugs chief," The Guardian (Manchester, England), Oct. 29, 2009
"Colorado woman loses medical marijuana appeal,"
AP / Colorado Springs (CO) Gazette, Oct. 29, 2009
"More than 30 defendants indicted on prescription pill charges
in historic drug sweep," Reuters, Oct. 29, 2009
"Will:
A reality check on drug policy," San Jose (CA) Mercury News,
Oct. 29, 2009
"Calif. lawmaker holds hearing on legalizing pot,"
AP, Oct. 29, 2009
"NH's Senate lets medical marijuana bill die,"
AP / Boston (MA) Herald, Oct. 28, 2009
"Poll shows San Diegans favor pot dispensaries,"
San Diego (CA) Union-Tribune, Oct. 28, 2009
"Critics: DEA Crackdown Denying Some Patients Pain Medication," Washington(DC) Washington Post,
Oct, 28, 2009
"Why the CIA can't be picky about Afghan partners,"
Time, Oct. 28, 2009
"SF Assemblyman to Chair Pot Legalization Hearing," Sacramento(CA) CBN Channel 5,
Oct, 27, 2009
"New Hampshire Lawmakers Look to Override Medical Marijuana Veto," Concord (NH) WCAX Channel 3,
Oct, 26, 2009
"NJ lawmakers ask Gov. Corzine to pardon ill Franklin
man facing marijuana charges," Newark (NJ) Star-Ledger,
Oct, 27, 2009
"Report says teens drinking, smoking pot on the rise in Santa Cruz County," San Jose (CA) Mercury News, Oct. 27, 2009
"One city's insane fight against
Obama's sane new pot policy," Esquire, Oct, 27, 2009
"Budding industry helps pot patients," San Diego (CA) Union-Tribune, Oct. 25, 2009
"Pot-activist councillor passing the bong," The Victoria (BC, Canada) Times-Colonist, Oct. 25, 2009
"Medicinal pot issue lingers in Maine," Nashua (NH) Telegraph, Oct. 24, 2009
"Report: Organized crime thriving in Europe," UPI, Oct. 24, 2009
"Cartel leader pleads guilty to trafficking," UPI, Oct. 24, 2009
"Is Mexico winning its war on drugs?" CNN, Oct. 24, 2009
"FBI: Alleged hit man changes appearance," CNN, Oct. 24, 2009
"Busted for Handing Out Clean Needles -- The Mono Park 2 Fight Back in California's Central Valley," Drug War Chronicle ) Oct. 23, 2009
"Opium Still Fueling Terrorism in Afghanistan," Radio Australia, Oct. 23, 2009
"Mexico Ex-President Fox Lashes Out at President Calderon Over Drug War," Drug War Chronicle, Washington, DC), Oct. 23, 2009
"Police 'ignore a third of violent crime'," The Times (London, England), Oct. 22, 2009
"From Obama, sanity on marijuana policy," Chicago (IL) Tribune, Oct. 22, 2009
"UN calls for tougher anti-opium fight," UPI, Oct. 22, 2009
"Medical pot is bringing LA together," LA (CA) Weekly, Oct. 21, 2009
"Good sense on medical marijuana," New York (NY) Times, Oct. 21, 2009
"Justice Department's new approach to medical marijuana a welcome one," San Jose (CA) Mercury News, Oct. 21, 2009
"Meth fight goes to pharmacy," Wall Street Journal, Oct. 21, 2009
"9th
Circuit: Police can't use pot club as an ATM," Law.com, Oct. 21, 2009
"Poll: 44 percent support marijuana legalization," CBS News, Oct. 20, 2009
"The right approach on medical pot," San Francisco (NY) Chronicle, Oct. 20, 2009
"Study touts treating heroin addicts with heroin," CNN, Oct. 20, 2009
"Judge blocks LA pot dispensary ban," UPI, Oct. 20, 2009
"US mellows on medical marijuana," Wall Street Journal, Oct. 20, 2009
"US eases stance on medical marijuana," Washington (DC) Post, Oct. 20, 2009
"Medical-pot fans fear Obama policy 'loopholes'," San Francisco (CA) Chronicle, Oct. 19, 2009
"A federal about-face on medical marijuana,"
LA (CA) Times, Oct. 19, 2009
"Rio Drug War Erupts, Helicopter Shot Down," Rio de Janeiro, Brazil;) Voice of America News, Oct. 18, 2009
"Bill Targets Sentencing Rules For Crack and Powder Cocaine," Washington, DC) Washington Post, Oct. 16, 2009
"Video: Young People Testify for Massachusetts Marijuana Legalization," Boston, MA&041; Examiner.com, Oct. 16, 2009
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"Question 5 Tweaks Medical Marijuana Laws," Augusta, ME) The Republican Journal Reporter, Oct. 14, 2009
"Former Colombian President Blasts U.S. Anti-Drug Strategy," ) CNN, Oct. 14, 2009
"Protestors Try to Plant Hemp on DEA's Lawn," Pentagon City, VA) NBC Washington, Oct. 13, 2009
"Researchers Fear 'Magic Mint' Ban Could Slow Studies," $#041; Canadian Medical Association Journal, Oct. 13, 2009
"Cartels face an economic battle," Washington (DC) Post, Oct. 7, 2009
"Medical marijuana hearing begins today in Iowa City," The Daily Iowan (University of Iowa, Iowa City, IA), Oct. 7, 2009
"Fourth pot shop opens in Aspen today," Aspen (CO) Daily News, Oct. 7, 2009
"Human rights official: Mexican soldiers part of drug violence," El Paso (TX) Times, Oct. 7, 2009
"IACP Digest: The lying police officer,"
PoliceOne.com, Oct. 5, 2009
"State aims to stay on top of moonshiners despite cuts,"
Roanoke (VA) Times, Oct. 5, 2009
"Drug
force uses GPS tracking," AP / Lexington (KY) Herald-Leader, Oct. 5, 2009
"Marijuana under microscope," The Durango
(CO) Herald, Oct. 4, 2009
"Michigan medical marijuana rules still hazy for users and caregivers," Flint (MI) Journal, Oct. 4, 2009
"A
smarter (and cost-efficient) way to fight crime," New York (NY)
Times, Oct. 3, 2009
"Pennsylvania needs to legalize medical marijuana," The Patriot-News (Harrisburg, PA), Oct. 3, 2009
"US cocaine use falls but too soon to claim victory," Reuters, Oct. 3, 2009
"Mexico drug law is 'tool' against cartels: US," Reuters, Oct. 3, 2009
"Drug therapy
record 'encouraging'," BBC News, Oct. 2, 2009
"Change the failed drug strategy,"
Trinidad & Tobago Express (Port of Spain, Trinidad), Oct. 2, 2009
"Proposals regarding Afghan narcotics," Berkeley (CA) Daily Planet,
Oct. 1, 2009
"The Mexican drug wars: What the US can do to help stop the violence,"
The Round Up (NM State University), Oct. 1, 2009
"UM researcher dies after using 'bupe'," Baltimore (MD) Sun, Sep. 30, 2009
"Experts compare Mexico's battle with drug cartels to Colombia's," Miami (FL) Herald, Sep. 30, 2009
"US agents target 73 suspects in PR anti-drug raid," AP, Sep. 30, 2009
"No to prohibition," Baltimore (MD) Sun,
Sep. 29, 2009
"Chief Hansen sends warning letter to pot shops,"
Redding (CA) Record Searchlight, Sep. 29, 2009
"Police officer presents different take on drug prohibition,"
The Diamondback (U of MD – College Park, MD), Sep. 29, 2009
"Mexican cartels growing marijuana in north Texas,"
McClatchy Newspapers / Boston (MA) Herald, Sep. 29, 2009
"California
mulls legalising marijuana," BBC News, Sep. 27, 2009
"Medical marijuana study group formed," Maui (HI) Weekly, Sep. 24, 2009
"FBI: Mexican Mafia gains foothold in Mississippi," Boston
(MA) Herald, Sep. 24, 2009
"Latin America breaks ranks in US war on drugs," Christian Science Monitor, Sep. 24, 2009
"War on Drugs conference: Legalize marijuana, participants say," El Paso
(TX) Times, Sep. 24, 2009
"Pot dispensaries sue LA over moratorium," LA (CA) Times, Sep. 23, 2009
"Russia, plagued by heroin use, to press US on destroying Afghan poppy crop," New York (NY) Times, Sep. 23, 2009
"Venezuela says it captures pilot sought by US since 2007 on cocaine trafficking charges," AP /
New York (NY) Times, Sep. 23, 2009
"US closes Mexico border crossing after shootout," New York
(NY) Times, Sep. 23, 2009
"Juárez Mayor Jose Reyes Ferriz: US drug policies need to change," El Paso (TX) Times, Sep. 22, 2009
"Students learn how to not get
'busted'," The Diamondback (U of MD –
College Park), Sep. 22, 2009
"UTEP drug conference:New cartel methods widen drug war's toll," El Paso (TX) Times, Sep. 21, 2009
"Meth mixed in 2-liter bottles makes its way into Iowa," Des Moines (IA) Register, Sep. 21, 2009
"Latin gangs establish African drug bases," UPI, Sep. 21, 2009
"Boulder
DA: Seeking clarity on medical marijuana," The Daily Camera
(Boulder, CO), Sep. 20, 2009
"Mexican marijuana growers boldly operate in California," Sacramento (CA) Bee, Sep. 20, 2009
"Plan Colombia: War on drugs should aim at production," The Sun-Sentinel (Ft. Lauderdale, FL), Sep. 20, 2009
"Medical marijuana arrests; California isn't mellow yet," NPR, Sep. 19, 2009
"Drug reform advocate says tides are turning," Bozeman (MT) Daily Chronicle, Sep. 19, 2009
"Marijuana activist in critical condition after collapsing at Portland festival," The Oregonian (Portland, OR), Sep. 18, 2009
"Ending the 'war on drugs'," New York
(NY) Times, Sep. 18, 2009
"Medical marijuana advocates take bill fight to TV ads, stymied by TV affiliates who
won't air them," New York (NY) Daily News, Sep. 17, 2009
"Drugs suspected in 2nd DynCorp death in Kabul," Washington (DC) Post, Sep. 17, 2009
"Former US anti-drug
official's arrest 'a complete shock'," LA (CA) Times, Sep. 17, 2009
"Cartel rivalry blamed in latest Mexico drug clinic slayings," LA (CA) Times, Sep. 17, 2009
"Medical marijuana patient gets pounds of pot back," Seattle
(WA) Times, Sep. 17, 2009
"Pot investigators strike out," Oakland
(CA) Tribune, Sep. 16, 2009
"Justice a secret journey for captured kingpins," Houston (TX) Chronicle, Sep. 16, 2009
"Pot users with chronic ailments lobby City Council," Orange County (Santa Ana, CA) Register, Sep. 16, 2009
"Tragedy overshadows Mexico's independence holiday," AP, Sep. 16, 2009
"Pro-marijuana shows are spreading on America's TV screens," New York (NY) Times, Sep. 14, 2009
"Chronic City: Marijuana arrests drop for first time since 2002," SF Weekly (San Francisco, CA), Sep. 14, 2009
"Mexico's hopeless drug war," Wall Street Journal, Sep. 14, 2009
"New face of addiction in America," CNN.com, Sep. 14, 2009
"Plea to ease curbs on 'miracle' heroin drug," The Guardian (Manchester, England), Sep. 14, 2009
"Jack Herer suffers heart attack," CelebStoner.com, Sep. 13, 2009
"Throwing bullets at failed policies: US plans for new bases in Colombia," AlterNet.org, Sep. 13, 2009
"Gang killings in Mexico top 5,000 for the year,"
Houston (TX) Chronicle, Sep. 13, 2009
"City tackles medical marijuana, legal shops may becoming to Greeley," Greeley (CO) Tribune, Sep. 12, 2009
"Report: MLB won't punish A-Rod over steroid use," AP, Sep. 12, 2009
"Abuse of prescription drugs dips," USA Today, Sep. 11, 2009
"Cannabis Revival to push reform, awareness and entertainment," The Joplin (MO) Globe, Sep. 11, 2009
"Monday meeting on medical marijuana ordinance," The Ukiah (CA) Daily Journal, Sep. 11, 2009
"Raids shut down marijuana dispensaries," San Diego (CA) Union-Tribune, Sep. 10, 2009
"Tough economy spurring marijuana farming," Time.com, Sep. 10, 2009
"Raids shut down marijuana dispensaries," San Diego (CA) Union-Tribune, Sep. 10, 2009
"Tough economy spurring marijuana farming," Time.com, Sep. 10, 2009
"Members-only cannabis clubs won't pass the test," NRC Handelsblad (Rotterdam, Holland), Sep. 9, 2009
"Committee wants coffee shops to cater to locals only," NRC Handelsblad (Rotterdam, Holland), Sep. 9, 2009
"Commission will take second shot at evicting medicinal pot-grower," The Niles (MI) Star, Sep. 8, 2009
"College's medical amnesty policy to include drugs," The Flat Hat (College of William and Mary – Williamsburg, VA), Sep. 8, 2009
"Mexico replaces attorney general in drug-war shift," Christian Science Monitor, Sep. 8, 2009
"Medvedev calls for drafting anti-drug policy strategy," ITAR-TASS News Agency, Sep. 8, 2009
"Thr racism of marijuana prohibition," LA )CA) Times, Sep. 7, 2009
"Arrest of high-ranking boss Jose 'El Rikin' Escajeda could weaken Juárez Cartel, officials say," El Paso (TX) Times, Sep. 7, 2009
"Report: Iowa meth and marijuana on the rise," Mason City
(IA) Globe-Gazette, Sep. 6, 2009
"How to end the pot battles," Corvallis (OR)
Gazette-Times, Sep. 6, 2009
"Boulder DA wants clarity on state's medical pot law,"
Colorado Daily (Boulder, CO), Sep. 6, 2009
"Drug use by political candidates isn't a deal breaker, but hypocrisy
on the issue should be," AlterNet, Sep. 5, 2009
"Money made by California's pot dispensaries remains hazy,"
Sacramento (CA) Bee, Sep. 5, 2009
"Fresno tries to stamp out pot dispensaries,"
Fresno (CA) Bee, Sep. 5, 2009
"Pastor fatally shot by police in drug sting," CNN.com, Sep. 4, 2009
"Juárez in shock: Attack considered city's worst multiple shooting," El Paso (TX) Times, Sep. 4, 2009
"UN report warns Afghanistan must control drugs trade," Radio Australia, Sep. 4, 2009
"Local woman takes medicinal marijuana battle to Pharmacy Board,"
Storm Laked (IA) Pilot Tribune, Sep. 3, 2009
"17
patients killed in shooting at Mexican drug rehab center," CNN.com, Sep. 3, 2009
"Nonprofit injection site claims Canadian Mounties ordered up a
defamatory report," Courthouse News Service, Sep. 3, 2009
"Health officials: Pre-school teachers ate pot brownies,"
Wall Street Journal, Sep. 3, 2009
"City puts marijuana clinics on hold," Durango (CO) Herald, Sep. 2, 2009
"Mexican President Felipe Calderón confronts escalating violence," Dallas
(TX) Morning News, Sep. 2, 2009
"Cocaine additive is tied to disease," Boston (MA) Globe, Sep. 1, 2009
"A radical solution to end the drug war: legalize everything," Esquire, Sep. 1, 2009
"Nation's drug czar starting anti-meth push in St. Louis," AP / St. Louis
(MO) Post-Dispatch, Sep. 1, 2009
"White House addiction treatment expert reveals top goals in exclusive interview with Alcoholism and Drug Abuse Weekly," Reuters, Aug. 31, 2009
"Marijuana goes mainstream," The Atlantic, Aug. 31, 2009
"Mexico and Argentina move towards decriminalising drugs," The Guardian (Manchester, England), Aug. 31, 2009
"RI officials debate security," AP / Durango (CO) Herald, Aug. 30, 2009
"Prison spending hits a brick wall," Coastal Post (Bolinas, CA), Aug. 30, 2009
"South American leaders assail US access to Colombian military bases," Washington (DC) Post, Aug. 29, 2009
"Afghanistan's hidden heroin addicts," Toronto (Ontario, Canada) Star, Aug. 29, 2009
"After Afghanistan's vote," New York (NY) Times, Aug. 29, 2009
"Argentina eases rules on marijuana," Wall Street Journal, August 26, 2009
"Mexico, California are laboratories for new approach," The Arizona Republic, August 26, 2009
"Other voices: Medi-pot dispensary could help hundreds," The Grass Valley (CA) Union, August 26, 2009
"Navy revamping drug policy," San Diego (CA) Union-Tribune, August 26, 2009
"Reefer madness and the pathetically ignorant arrogant drug czar Kerlikowske," Salem (OR) News, August 26, 2009
"More questions than answers at compassion center meeting," The Providence (RI) Journal, August 26, 2009
"Medical marijuana seller busted during buying trip," The Spokesman (Spokane, WA), August 26, 2009
"Legalization the only way to win drug war," The Province (Vancouver), August 26, 2009
"Council puts a hold on medical pot," Craig (CO) Daily Press, August 26, 2009
"Aptly named 'joint resolution' succeeds; California Senate urges changes in federal medical marijuana rules," San Francisco (CA) Chronicle / The Snitch, August 25, 2009
"Federal drug czar calls for increased focus on preventing, treating drug problems," NOLA.com (New Orleans, LA), August 25, 2009
"Study: Alcohol less harmful paired with marijuana," UT Daily Texan, August 25, 2009
"Data shows medical marijuana may decrease crime," Examiner, August 25, 2009
"Conservatives target dealers of synthetic drugs," CTV Toronto, August 25, 2009
"Dispensary moratorium extended," Sacramento (CA) Press, August 25, 2009
"Cops say it's time to legalize drugs," Orlando Sentinel, August 25, 2009
"Security debated for RI medical marijuana stores," SFGate (San Francisco, CA), August 25, 2009
"New meth recipe fuels spike in Colorado," Denver (CO) Post, August 25, 2009
"'Legal highs' including Spice, GBL banned in U.K. by Brown," Bloomberg News, August 25, 2009
"Drug-eviction cases show inequity," The Thibodaux (LA) Daily Comet, August 24, 2009
"Central Europe's misguided war on drugs," Guatemala Times, August 24, 2009
"Advocacy group says DEA medical marijuana arrests may be firsts under Obama," Lake County (CA) News, August 24, 2009
"Mexico legalizes drugs, but only U.S. can stop drug violence," Opposing Views, August 24, 2009
"Will Foster extradited to Oklahoma," Drug War Chronicle, August 24, 2009
"Colombian refugees in Ecuador: The collateral damage of a drug war and an insurgency," Council on Hemispheric Affairs, August 24, 2009
"Can Mexico fight drugs by legalizing them?" Atlanta Journal Constitution, August 24, 2009
"Drug users say new needle site too dangerous," The Globe and Mail (Canada), August 24, 2009
"R.I. moves toward marijuana centers," Providence (RI) Journal, August 24, 2009
"Drug war pact raises tensions between Uribe, Chavez," Bloomberg News, August 24, 2009
"No reason not to grow hemp here," Daily Star (Oneonta, NY), August 24, 2009
"In Mexico, ambivalence on a drug law," New York Times, August 23, 2009
"End to federal raids or continuation of Bush doctrine?" Opposing Views, August 23, 2009
"Getting high isn't the point," Des Moines (IA) Register, August 23, 2009
"Opium: The real enemy," Ottawa (Ontario, Canada) Citizen, August 23, 2009
"Heroin better for addicts in recovery: study," Vancouver (BC, Canada) Sun, August 22, 2009
"DEA conducts Upper Lake raids, make arrests," Lake County News (Lakeport, CA), August 22, 2009
"Council OKs moratorium on pot dispensaries," San Diego
(CA) Union-Tribune, August 22, 2009
"Judge drops some charges in Boulder medical-marijuana robbery," Colorado Daily (Boulder), August 21, 2009
"Mexico legalizes drug possession," AP / New York (NY) Times, August 21, 2009
"MSSU students receive national recognition for drug policy reform w/ Students for Sensible Drug Policy organization links," Joplin (MO) Globe, August 21, 2009
"US indicts 10 Mexicans reputed to be drug lords," New York
(NY) Times, August 21, 2009
"NAOMI study: Heroin better than methadone for recovering drug addicts," All Headline News (Canada), August 20, 2009
"Study: Baby boomers' drug use skyrockets," WCBS-TV (New York), August 20, 2009
"Mexican prosecutors detain, free drug lord's mother," AP, August 20, 2009
"Canada studies link between pot smoking and schizophrenia," All Headline News (Canada), August 20, 2009
"Docs cringe at the thought of painkillers taken off the market," Medill Reports (Washington, D.C.), August 20, 2009
"Board hears stances on medical marijuana," DesMoines (IA) Register, August 20, 2009
"Bards to Mexico's cocaine barons find their lives on the line," UK Times Online, August 20, 2009
"Here's the dope: It's open season on pot," PennLive.com, August 20, 2009
"Mexico: Gunmen attack newspaper offices," New Tang Dynasty Television, August 20, 2009
"The science of THC medicine," Sacramento Press, August 19, 2009
"City says hands are tied when it comes to marijuana shops," Orange County (CA) Register, August 19, 2009
"Gangs and racial profiling in Baltimore?" Examiner, August 19, 2009
"Mexican army urged to compensate reporters beaten by soldiers," Latin American Herald Tribune, August 19, 2009
"District judge Cohill rejects crack-cocaine guidelines," Eerie (PA) Times News, August 19, 2009
"Chronic debate," San Francisco (CA) Bay Guardian, August 19, 2009
"The world's first cocaine bar," The Guardian (UK), August 19, 2009
"Following Jakarta in Tackling AIDS," Malaysia Star, August 19, 2009
"The high and low of how hemp is used," Marketplace / American Public Media, August 19, 2009
"Obama's shout out for Mexico's drug war," Christian Science Monitor, August 18, 2009
"Walnut Creek pot dispensary owner to defy city council," KTVU San Francisco (CA), August 18, 2009
"Local inmate re-entry center only first step in true reform," Jacksonville (FL) News, August 18, 2009
"Walnut Creek passes emergency moratorium on medical marijuana dispensaries," San Jose (CA) Mercury, August 18, 2009
"GMHC touts success of New York needle exchange programs," EDGE Boston, August 18, 2009
"State drug evidence rooms filling up," Illinois Home Page, August 18, 2009
"U.S. intelligence and Afghan narcotics," Washington Post, August 18, 2009
"Whittier Planning Commission gives OK to medical marijuana dispensary," Whittier (CA) Daily News, August 18, 2009
"California might act to jail more drug offenders," Los Angeles Times, August 18, 2009
"Letters to the Editor: Human rights in Mexico's drug war," Washington Post, August 18, 2009
"Community groups propose smart prison budget cuts to save $1.2 billion," ACLU of Northern California (Press Release), August 18, 2009
"D.A.: Three officers injured over Phish concert weekend," The Saratogian News (Saratoga Springs, NY), August 18, 2009
"FBI raids marijuana clinic, takes patient info," CBS 4 Denver (CO), August 17, 2009
"Mexican rights report sent to Congress," AP, August 17, 2009
"Shortsighted on AIDS: Fund needle exchange programs," Hartford (CT) Courant, August 17, 2009
"Swelling prison populations hamper state governments," Seattle (WA) Times, August 17, 2009
"The case for medical marijuana," Forbes, August 17, 2009
"Could ending the 'war on drugs' help ease urban budget crises?" San Francisco (CA) Streets Blog, August 17, 2009
"The nuance of medical marijuana raids in California," The Liberty Papers, August 17, 2009
"Drug policy debate is under way in Latin America. What about the U.S.?" Cato @ Liberty, August 17, 2009
"Marijuana's journey to legal health treatment: the Canadian experience," CBC News (Canada), August 17, 2009
"Is Obama aware of the history that marks our drug war in Latin America?" History News Network, August 17, 2009
"So, how is the drug war being won?" Windsor (Ontario) Star, August 17, 2009
"Mexico in major customs shake-up," BBC News, August 17, 2009
"It's time to legalize drugs," Washington
(DC) Post, Aug. 17, 2009
"14 states seek to legalize medical marijuana," Examiner, August 16, 2009
"WAMM pot garden threatened by blaze," San Jose (CA) Mercury News, Aug 16, 2009
"Medical marijuana meeting set," WHO-TV NBC 13 (Central Iowa), August 16, 2009
"Time to legalize pot, proponents say," North County News (Escondido, CA), Aug. 16, 2009
"Mexico cartels go from drugs to full-scale mafias," AP, Aug. 16, 2009
"Federal Sentencing Guidelines: Should they be abolished?" 24-7 Press Release, August 15, 2009
"Hempfest puts marijuana policy back on front burner," Seattle (WA) Times, Aug. 15, 2009
"Fresno medical marijuana could go up in smoke," ABC 30 (Fresno, CA), August 14, 2009
"U.S., Mexico strengthen drug crime efforts," San Antonia (TX) Express-News, August 14, 2009
"Needle exchange loses site," Ukiah (CA) Daily Journal, August 14, 2009
"Panel tackles issues of race," Martha's Vineyard Gazette, August 14, 2009
"Tackling a prickly problem," Winnipeg Free Press (Canada), August 14, 2009
"Joyce man gets retrial in medical marijuana case," Peninsula Daily News (Port Angeles, WA), August 14, 2009
"U.S. seeds new crops to supplant Afghan poppies," Wall Street Journal, August 14, 2009
"Supes to get report on needle exchange," Daily Sound (Santa Barbara, CA), August 14, 2009
"Colombian challenges Uribe on U.S. base according," Latin American Herald Tribune, August 14, 2009
"Mixed message from Karzai on drugs," BBC News, August 14, 2009
"Drugs barons seek oil profits," Fair Home (UK), August 14, 2009
"Afghanistan: The wrong target," Australia News, August 14, 2009
"Portland celebrates 500th Cannabis Common Sense program," Salem News, August 14, 2009
"Drug users not treated humanely," Jakarta Post, August 14, 2009
"Pot could be gold for California," Detroit News, August 14, 2009
"War on drugs is over: What's next?," CNN, August 13, 2009
"Applying for medical pot ID cards begins today in San Bernardino County," Riverside (CA) Press Enterprise, August 13, 2009
"Drug war, not cartels, put us at risk," Arizona Republic, August 13, 2009
"Marijuana co-op sues to get pot, money back from sheriff's department," Bakersfield.com (CA), August 13, 2009
"Safe injection site study stirs concern," Toronto Star, August 13, 2009
"Debating medical marijuana," Iowa City (IA) Press-Citizen, August 13, 2009
"The opium war rages on," New Statesman, August 13, 2009
"Hempfest's vision of a 'hempen future' may be closer than ever," Seattle (WA) Post-Intelligencer, August 13, 2009
"Two dozen Ciudad Juarez women, girls have disappeared recently," Chicago Tribune, August 13, 2009
"Dude, where's my hemp? Hemp activists call for 'beer summit," NBC Washington, August 13, 2009
"Sample problems: As District 12 considers drug testing students, negatives look more persuasive than positives," Colorado Springs (CO) Independent, August 13, 2009
"Medi-pot decision put off to 2010," The Union (Nevada), August 13, 2009
"New drug czar visits Tampa drug treatment center on listening tour," St. Petersburg (FL) Times, August 13, 2009
"Medical marijuana coming to Aspen," Aspen (CO) Times, August 13, 2009
"Police raid 2 marijuana dispensaries, arrest owner," San Jose (CA) Mercury, August 12, 2009
"Funding stalls putting Guard soldiers on border," AP, August 12, 2009
"Oregon veteran activist wants PTSD added to medical marijuana program," Salem News, August 12, 2009
"U.S., Mexico winning drug war: Napolitano," The Windsor (Ontario) Star, August 12, 2009
"Legal marijuana would shift economic power," North County (San Diego, CA) Times, August 12, 2009
"Charles Bowden on Mexico's dirty war against drugs," Democracy Now, August 12, 2009
"All-out blitz for student athlete drug testing, Courier News (Chicago, IL), August 12, 2009
"Iran urges the UN, the West dynamic participation in combat against drug trafficking," Iran Student News Agency, August 12, 2009
"US ambassador cites Mexico's progress on rights," KVIA News (El Paso - Las Cruces, TX), August 12, 2009
"County puts clamp on pot shops," The Union (Nevada), August 12, 2009
"States can't afford prison system boom," Hartford (CT) Courant, August 12, 2009
"Homeland chief vows more funds for border cops," San Antonio (TX) Express-News, August 12, 2009
"'Natural high drug should be banned,'" The Independent (UK), August 12, 2009
"ABC News and Wayne Root on Steve Kubby," Independent Political Report, August 12, 2009
"Judge upholds city's pot ordinance," Palm Springs (CA) Desert Sun, August 12, 2009
"The war on drugs needs a time out," Christian Science Monitor, August 11, 2009
"Drug czar: A 'different approach' in the offing, no legalization," Newspaper Tree (El Paso, TX), August 11, 2009
"Washington state revisits three-strikes law," Los Angeles Times, August 11, 2009
"War without borders: Mexico's drug traffickers continue trade in prison," New York Times, August 11, 2009
"R[hode] I[sland] proposes rules for medical marijuana stores," AP, August 11, 2009
"North America's three amigos make nice," BBC News, August 11, 2009
"No stone unturned in protest," Albany (NY) Times Union, August 11, 2009
"Hope to reality: Transforming the AIDS response," Jakarta Post, August 11, 2009
"Mexico's drug war compared to fight with mafia," San Antonio (TX) Express-News, August 11, 2009
"Letter: A case for legalization of drugs," The Advocate / WBRZ News 2 Louisiana, August 11, 2009
"Drug use by housewives, foreigners rises," Korea Times, August 11, 2009
"Latin America on its way to legalizing drugs, experts say," Latin American Herald Tribune, August 11, 2009
"Officials: 3 arrested in cartel informant killing," AP, August 11, 2009
"Mexican cartels smuggle oil to US" AP, August 10, 2009
"California has three initiatives filed to legalize marijuana," Examiner, August 10, 2009
"Kanawha school board votes to end drug-testing suit," Charleston (WV) Gazette, August 10, 2009
"Drug smuggler arrested in scheme to kill President," New York Times, August 10, 2009
"Supervisors: More work ahead on medical marijuana zoning," Lake County (CA) News, August 10, 2009
"US new drug policy in Afghanistan ignores roots," PressTV, August 10, 2009
"Drug cartel planned attempt on President Calderon's life," Monsters and Critics, August 10, 2009
"Obama backs Mexico's war on drugs," BBC News, August 10, 2009
"Thousands attend medical marijuana expo," Detroit (MI) News, August 10, 2009
"Pentagon puts Afghan drug-traffickers on hitlist," The Guardian (UK), August 10, 2009
"At odds over drug war, trucking," Straits Times (Singapore), August 10, 2009
"Drug czar's explanation on medical marijuana not enough," Opposing Views, August 10, 2009
"Mexican drug lawyer killed," Monsters and Critics, August 10, 2009
"Michael Douglas' son could face life in prison on drug charges," Hello Magazine, August 10, 2009
"Guatemalan President: Drug traffickers behind police corruption," Latin American Herald Tribune, August 10, 2009
"Border police being busted more," AP, August 9, 2009
"Harper unveils anti-crime program as Mexico summit begins," Canwest News Service (Canada), August 9, 2009
"Drug war may dominate US-Canada-Mexico summit," Christian Science Monitor, Aug. 9, 2009
"Dealer invited to community anti-drug meeting arrested," Seattle (WA) Times, Aug. 9, 2009
"Medical pot is touted as job maker for Michigan," Detroit Free Press, August 9, 2009
"Treatment expert confirmed for a top drug post," Philadelphia
(PA) Inquirer, Aug. 8, 2009
"War on drugs picks wrong target in marijuana," Billing (WY) Gazette, August 8, 2009
"Drug trafficking on the rise," The Portugal News Online, August 8, 2009
"Reforming crack-cocaine laws, but leaving injustice intact?" Time, August 7, 2009
"Plan Mexico's prisoner," InfoShop News, August 7, 2009
"Marijuana dispensary laws vague," Craig (CO) Daily Press, August 7, 2009
"Calderon's waning power lends urgency to Obama meeting on drugs," Bloomberg News, August 7, 2009
"Iraqis deride smoking-ban plan," Washington Post, August 7, 2009
"Medical marijuana trial of Jason Lauve results in full acquittal," Examiner, August 7, 2009
"Mexico's war on civil rights," Los Angeles Times, August 7, 2009
"Chavez rejects mediators in dispute with Colombia," RIA Novosti Newswire, August 7, 2009
"Our soldiers overseas deserve a beer," Delaware Online, August 7, 2009
"Regulating cannabis in California: Puff, puff, pay," The Economist, August 6, 2009
"Police deny 'war on drugs' has simply pushed crime elsewhere," Camden (NJ) New Journal, August 6, 2009
"Uribe wins some, loses some on whirlwind tour," AP, August 6, 2009
"Oregon Cannabis Tax Act 2010," Examiner, August 6, 2009
"Tanzanian 'drug mule' arrested in Swaziland demands to see lawyer," This Day: The Voice of Transparency (Tanzania, East Africa), August 6, 2009
"Pregnant Briton jailed in Laos going home," AP, August 6, 2009
"US drug aid to Mexico faces delay," BBC News, August 6, 2009
"Iran hangs 24 in mass execution," Australian Broadcasting Corporation (ABC), August 6, 2009
"Mexico government defends arrest at church," Latin American Herald Tribune, August 6, 2009
"Witness murder plot involved drug case, prosecutor says," St. Louis (MO) Dispatch, August 6, 2009
"Drug trafficking grows in Peru, report says," Latin American Herlad Tribune, August 6, 2009
"Cocaine madness," New Statesman (UK), August 6, 2009
"Guatemalan drug traffickers flaunt local support," Reuters / Asia One, August 6, 2009
"Mexico faces deadly bargain," Baxter Bulletin (Mountain Home, AK), August 6, 2009
"FBI storms wrong home in East Charlotte," WSOC-TV (Charlotte, NC), August 5, 2009
"Doctor gets 30 year sentence,"BainBrigeGa.com - Community News, August 5, 2009
"Combative canines: Police deal with animals," Telegram (UK), August 5, 2009
"Racism charged in Los Angeles as economy goes to pot," Send2Press Newswire, August 5, 2009
"Judge rules against re-enactment of fatal police shooting," LimaOhio.com, August 5, 2009
"S[an] D[iego] Co[unty] temporarily bans medical pot dispensaries," SFGate / AP, August 5, 2009
"US Senator slows anti-drug aid to Mexico," Reuters, August 5, 2009
"Police shooting ruled accidental," Akron (OH) Beacon Journal, August 5, 2009
"Helping America's least wanted," The Washington Post, August 5, 2009
"Higher ground: Where will Christians fall when the marijuana debate lights up?" Patrol Magazine, August 5, 2009
"Is Gulf Cartel's alleged boss ready to talk?" Houston (TX) Chronicle, August 5, 2009
"Black-booked: The Black Guerrilla Family prison gang sought legitimacy, but got indictments," Baltimore (MD) City Paper, August 5, 2009
"Our substance abuse policy doesn't add up," Times Herald-Record Online (Middletown, NY), August 5, 2009
"Mexican bishops protest police raid during mass," Catholic Culture: News Briefs, August 5, 2009
"Contempt complaint dismissed in medical marijuana case," Montrose (CO) Daily Press, August 5, 2009
"Drug demand leads to violence: Committee suggests higher drug restrictions for college students," The Daily Texan (University of Texas-Austin), August 5, 2009
"Tug-of-war for LTTE drug carter," Ministry of Defence (Sri Lanka), August 5, 2009
"Day 1 of salvia ban results in 3 O[cean] C[ity] arrests," Delmarva Daily Times, August 5, 2009
"D.C. report card on AIDS shows some improvement," Washington Post, August 5, 2009
"Hospital is region's first to use ketamine on kids," UK Gazette Live, August 5, 2009
"Holder: Jail is not only crime solution," Chicago Tribune, August 4, 2009
"San Bernardino County extends moratorium on medical marijuana dispensaries," Riverside (CA) Press-Enterprise, August 4, 2009
" Playing a deadly game with AIDS," New York Times, August 4, 2009
"Uribe tours South America to explain US bases in Colombia," MercoPress, August 4, 2009
"Does the pot pill work?" CBS News, August 4, 2009
"Anti-opium drive hurts Afghan economy," CCTV / Asia Today, August 4, 2009
"Ruling recommended in religious marijuana case," Lewiston (ME) Sun Journal, August 4, 2009
"Mexico ill-equipped to handle surge in addiction," Newsweek, August 4, 2009
"Whittier Planning Commission seeks limit on dosage for proposed medical marijuana dispensary," Whittier (CA) Daily News, August 4, 2009
"Drug charity director sues after he is wrongly targeted by sniffer dogs," Telegraph (UK), August 4, 2009
"Only drop-in needle exchange center in Minnesota closes due to lack of funding," Kaiser Family Foundation Daily Reports, August 4, 2009
"Afghan gov't strives to bring down increasing poppy cultivation," China View, August 4, 2009
"Man arrested for too much medical marijuana," NBC-2 WBBH News (Fort Myers, Cape Coral and Naples, FL), August 4, 2009
"Meth law stands," STLToday.com (St. Louis, MO), August 4, 2009
"Drug cartel suspect seized in church raid," Washington Post, August 4, 2009
"Visalia police use taser to subdue suspect," Visalia Times-Delta and Tulare Advance-Register (CA), August 4, 2009
"Britain agonizes over Afghanistan," Asia Sentinel, August 4, 2009
"Michael Douglas' son arrested for drugs," The Daily Inquirer, August 4, 2009
"Drug czar responds to outraged marijuana supporters," Opposing Views, August 3, 2009
"Oakland pot tax fuels statewide campaign," Sacramento (CA) Bee, August 3, 2009
"Marijuana's distant cousin: America's war against hemp," Examiner, August 3, 2009
"Police role in school anti-drug policy clarified," BrookfieldNOW (WI), August 3, 2009
"Let's reclaim our independence and legalise marijuana," Jamaica Observer, August 3, 2009
"Fake feds raid Franklin man's home," WISH-TV (Franklin, IN), August 3, 2009
"Company tables medical marijuana for swine flu," ABC News, August 3, 2009
"No more opium, no more money for Afghan villagers," AP, August 3, 2009
"Obama, Calderon and Harper to stress North American cooperation at summit," Mexidata.info, August 3, 2009
"Board to consider marijuana zoning, One-Stop Center operations," Lake County (Lakeport, CA) News, August 3, 2009
"Dr. Jocelyn Elders: Americans need to be more healthy," New America Media, August 3, 2009
"Tough choices in Afghanistan," Pocono Record (PA), August 3, 2009
"Medical-marijuana proposal needs petitions to make ballot," Tallahassee.com (FL), August 3, 2009
"Organised crime eludes police despite crackdown," NRC Handelsblad (Netherlands), August 3, 2009
"Mexican officials defend drug war strategy as deaths rise," Dallas (TX) News, Augst 3, 2009
"Gil Kerlikowske is a damned liar," Salem News, August 3, 2009
"Police arrested in Mexico drug operations," AP, August 2, 2009
"Pot clinic sees spike in patients under 30," The Coloradoan (Ft. Collins, CO), August 2, 2009
"Drug war may be losing support in Mexico," Austin (TX) American-Statesman, August 2, 2009
"Cannabis as a treatment against H1N1 swine flu," Salem News, August 2, 2009
"Tensions grow in Afghanistan as villagers get rid of opium, fall into poverty," Los Angeles Times, August 2, 2009
"Call off the drugs war urge MPs," The Mirror (London, England), August 2, 2009
"Britain's drug fighting role in Afghanistan a 'poisoned chalice,' say MPs," Telegraph (UK), August 2, 2009
"Don't let a bureaucractic glitch halt needle-exchange programs," Delaware Online, August 1, 2009
"Wyatt: Pot question sparks surprising reaction," Modesto (CA) Bee, August 1, 2009
"Washington supports exchanges of needles," New York Times, July 31, 2009
"Congress looks to lift two-decade ban on federal needle exchange funds," The Washington Independent, July 31, 2009
"Dushanbe summit vows to curb drug menace," DAWN, July 31, 2009
"Why Mexican crystal meth is America's problem," Global Post, July 31, 2009
"Two years of toking it up: No citations issued since Measure Y downgraded pot," Santa Monica (CA) Daily Press, July 31, 2009
"International effort urged to combat Afghan drug smuggling," China View, July 31, 2009
"Police vow to continue zero tolerance in drug crime fight," The Bolton News (UK), July 31, 2009
"A cure for the US: Marijuana taxes," Jamaica Observer, July 31, 2009
"U.S. allowed Afghan drug lords to survive," Baltimore (MD) Sun, July 30, 2009
"Revealed -- California cops are trained 'marijuana is not medicine,'" SFWeekly / Chronic City, July 30, 2009
"Presidents meet for security summit in Tajikistan," AFP, July 30, 2009
"Women's groups split by Afghanistan policy," Huffington Post, July 30, 2009
"Bill on cocaine sentencing passes House panel," The Virginian-Pilot, July 30, 2009
"New Afghan narcotics policy yielding results: Holbrooke," RTTNews, July 30, 2009
"Ill-gotten gains put to good use by feds: Wealth seized from criminals up for auction online," Houston (TX) Chronicle, July 30, 2009
"Police 'cannot win drugs war and should focus on damage limitation,'" Times Online (UK), July 30, 2009
"Colombian soldiers to go to Afghanistan by September," Colombia Reports, July 30, 2009
"Obama hypocritical on drug policy," The Sun News (Myrtle Beach, SC), July 30, 2009
"Pruning pot spots," Los Angeles Times, July 30, 2009
"Suspected drug-related violence leaves 17 dead in North Mexico," RTTNews, July 30, 2009
"Medvedev to meet with Tajik, Afghan, and Pakastani leaders," RIA Novosti (Russia), July 30, 2009
"Florida's marijuana boom: House-grown, and potent," Time, July 30, 2009
"Ultralight planes cross border with drugs," Grass Valley (AZ) News & Sun, July 30, 2009
"Cannabis Science to apply to the FDA to utilize their first track procedures to help speed the approval," PR-USA, July 30, 2009
"Border Patrol agents targeted by rocks," Sahuarita Sun (Grass Valley, AZ), July 29, 2009
"Fasten your seatbelts for battle to legalize marijuana," Fresno (CA) Bee, July 29, 2009
"US 'wait-and-see' attitude on new Mexican drug law," Fox 12 Idaho, July 29, 2009
"Tokin' politics," CQ Politics, July 29, 2009
"Police to drug-test Sussex suspects on arrest," The Argus (UK), July 29, 2009
"San Mateo County releases applications for medical pot collectives," Palo Alto (CA) Daily News, July 29, 2009
"O[cean] C[ity] moves forward with ban on salvia," Delmarva Daily Times, July 29, 2009
"Ventura to consider nonprofit medical pot outlets," Ventura County (CA) Star, July 29, 2009
"Datong playing vital role in war on crime," Yorkshire Post (UK), July 29, 2009
"Santa Barbara Council revisits medical marijuana ordinance," Noozhawk (Santa Barbara, CA), July 29, 2009
"Drugs pose huge challenge for Afghan poll victor," AP, July 29, 2009
"Walter Cronkite recognized failed wars," Detroit (MI) News, July 29, 2009
"Ex-deputy coroner agrees to plea deal," Billings (WY) Gazette, July 28, 2009
"Santa Cruz passes 6 month medical marijuana moratorium," Examiner, July 28, 2009
"Guatemala: Casualty of war in US against drugs and national security," Guatemala News, July 28, 2009
"New strategy urged in Mexico," Washington Post, July 28, 2009
"LA Council creates hardships with denials," City Watch (Los Angeles, CA), July 28, 2009
"Editorial: U.S. sends wrong message to Latin American," San Francisco (CA) Examiner, July 28, 2009
"Afghanistan: two justice systems for the poor and rich," IPS News, July 28, 2009
"Former Met detective accused of smuggling cocaine," The London Paper, July 28, 2009
"Police: Man impersonated officer, stole pot from men," Hartford (CT) Courant, July 28, 2009
"Mexico police name suspect in border agent death," KSWT 13 CBS News (Yuma, AZ), July 28, 2009
"Drug incident at Ala. Statehouse upsets lawmakers," Opelika-Auburn (AL) News, July 28, 2009
"Deputy Prime Minister: 'The number of drug addicts has increased in Azerbaijan,'" APA (Baku, Azerbaijan), July 28, 2009
"Slain Juarez cartel lieutenant was informant," KGAN CBS 2 (Cedar Rapids, IA), July 28, 2009
"LA City Council considers marijuana tax," Examiner, July 28, 2009
"Mexican drug cartels exporting murder to U.S., experts fear," Toronto Star (Canada), July 28, 2009
"Breckenridge looks at marijuana regulations," CBS 4 (Denver, CO), July 28, 2009
"Dealer spared jail after admitting supplying to friends," Warrington Guardian (UK), July 28, 2009
"Gap rap: the Gates arrest and the local context," Dallas (TX) Morning News, July 27, 2009
"British minister announces further UK development support to the Afghanistan government," Relief Web, July 27, 2009
"Mexic[o] to try special courts to handle addicted offenders," Fort Worth (TX) Star-Telegram, July 27, 2009
"19th-century lessons for today's drug war policies," Chronicle of Higher Education, Jul 27, 2009
"First detoxification centre opens," Minivan News (Maldives), July 27, 2009
"Drug court students help with zoo," KXMC 13 (Minot, ND), July 27, 2009
"Artifact plundering seen as drug crime," KRQE (Albuquerque, NM), July 27, 2009
"The drug war has replaced the cold war," Modesto (CA) Bee, July 27, 2009
"Drug war a problem on both sides of the border," San Francisco (CA) Chronicle, July 27, 2009
"Marijuana reimbursement claims highlight how pot could be gold mine for employers," Workforce Management, July 27, 2009
"Tons of Afghan opium and heroin destroyed," Philadelphia (PA) Inquirer, July 27, 2009
"Drug war's wrong focus," Baltimore (MD) Sun, July 27, 2009
"Marijuana mine in limbo," The Times (Johannesburg, South Africa), July 27, 2009
"Suspect in killing of border agent is arrested," New York Times, July 27, 2009
"Judge defends marijuana sentence," Rapid City (SD) Journal, July 26, 2009
"No end to violence in blood-soaked Mexican state," AP, July 26, 2009
"Green Cross issues press release condeming Oakland marijuana tax," The Examiner, July 26, 2009
"U.S. Border Patrol agent killed in Calif.," USA Today, July 26, 2009
"Republican moms for marijuana: 'Time to legalize is now,'" Colorado Daily, July 26, 2009
"Pot trade rampant in California," AP / Austin (TX) American-Statesman, July 26, 2009
"Needle exchange bill passes House," UPI, JUly 25, 2009
"Medical marijuana hits roadblock," San Diego Union-Tribune, July 25, 2009
"State Sen. Fasano targets pill mills with new legislation," The Suncoast New (New Port Richey, FL) July 25, 2009
"Public can weigh in on medical marijuana," DesMoines (IA) Register, July 25, 2009
"Drive to legalize marijuana rolls on in California," CNN, July 24, 2009
"Momentum builds to equalize cocaine penalties," Washington Post, July 24, 2009
"Kerlikowske finds ideology," Rolling Stone, July 24, 2009
"Medical marijuana use & benefits: a reprise," Salem News, July 24, 2009
"Mexican navy presents new craft for anti-drug fight," Latin American Herald Tribune, July 24, 2009
"Here we go again: Early morning amendments threaten HIV prevention, research, reproductive health," RH Reality Check, July 24, 2009
"Marijuana, money, and the media," SF Weekly / The Snitch, July 24, 2009
"Iran: Senior diplomat calls for help to stop drug trade," Trend News (Azerbaijan), July 24, 2009
"Mexico 'narco junior' teenagers escape jail," Reuters, July 24, 2009
"Court ruling seen impacting state's drug prosecutions," Gloucester (MA) Daily Times, July 24, 2009
"Is Mexico under attack by its military?" Los Angeles Times, July 24, 2009
"Drug use and addiction in war," Ethiopian Reviews, July 24, 2009
"Police search offices of Michael Jackson's doctor for evidence of manslaughter," Medical News Today, July 24, 2009
"Attack in Mexico kills four policemen," Press TV, July 24, 2009
"Westlake reaffirms anti-pot stance as shuttered shop sues," Ventura County (CA) Star, July 24, 2009
"Mexican drug cartel suspect opens up about operations," CNN, July 23, 2009
"Stop sentence entrapment in drug case prosecutions," Houston (TX) Chronicle, July 23, 2009
"Police cocaine torches under fire," The Publican, July 23, 2009
"U.S. shifts Afghan narcotics strategy," New York Times, July 23, 2009
"US escalates war plans in Latin America," Global Researcher, July 23, 2009
"Sessions and 'that crack cocaine thing,'" Politico, July 23, 2009
"Tajik official says security stabilizing in East," Radio Free Europe / Radio Liberty, July 23, 2009
"With 'med pot' raids halted, selling grass grows greener," Wall Street Journal, July 23, 2009
"Mexican cartels target polygamist Mormon sect," MSNBC, July 23, 2009
"Treat, don't jail, drug users," Chicago (IL) Daily Herald, July 23, 2009
"Bureaucratic bud," Winnipeg Free Press (Canada), July 23, 2009
"Mexican drug lords sport flashy, goofy nicknames," AP, July 23, 2009
"Drug czar says U.S. won't back pot legalization," Fresno (CA) Bee, July 22, 2009
"A medical pot activist spends a night in jail for talking back to deputies at OC fair," Orange County (CA) News, July 22, 2009
"House Subcommittee unanimously votes to equalize cocaine punishment," PR Newswire, July 22, 2009
"Calif. pot legalization may be on 2010 ballot," CBS 5 (San Francisco, CA), July 22, 2009
"U.S. Atty. General Holder urgers prosecutors to 'never forget' sense of right and wrong," Memphis (TN) Commercial Appeal, July 22, 2009
"Oakland voters approve tax on medical marijuana," Los Angeles Times, July 22, 2009
"How Afghanistan's war is spilling into Central Asia," Time, July 22, 2009
"Medical-marijuana patient heads to trial," Colorado Daily, July 22, 2009
"S.C. could extend moratorium on new medical pot dispensaries," San Jose (CA) Mercury, July 22, 2009
"Mexican drug cartels branching out across globe," Dallas (TX) Morning News, July 22, 2009
"Pharmacy board rips pot activist's record," DesMoines (IA) Register, July 22, 2009
"Drug cartel could be link to blossoming poppy fields," KATU.com (Portland, OR), July 22, 2009
"Mr. Castaneda goes to Oaksterdam," San Diego (CA) Reader, July 22, 2009
"US failed war on drugs is killing Guatemala," Guatemala Times, July 22, 2009
"Medical pot company leaves Manitoba mine," Vancouver Sun (Canada), July 22, 2009
"Cronkite was right about this 'war,' too," Baltimore (MD) Sun, July 22, 2009
"Chula Vista adopts moratorium for medical marijuana," San Diego (CA) 6 News, July 22, 2009
"Palace wages war vs 'narco-politics,'" Phillipine Information Agency, July 22, 2009
"Medical marijuana hearings planned," DesMoines (IA) Register, July 22, 2009
"U.S. bombs poppy crop to cut Taliban drug ties," CNN, July 21, 2009
"Obama's drug chief looks to Baltimore for ideas," Baltimore (MD) Sun, July 21, 2009
"Mexican-style war on drugs sought," Manila Standard (Phillipines), July 21, 2009
"Health board nixes change to Colo. pot use," AP, July 21, 2009.
"Drug business pays dividends in Tajikistan" DAWN, July 21, 2009
"U.S. indictments target Mexico's Gulf cartel" Los Angeles Times, July 21, 2009
"In one Afghan province, votes for President could turn on loss of poppy income" Washington Post, July 21, 2009
"Board of Pharmacy to discuss possible public hearing on medical marijuana use," Radio Iowa, July 21, 2009
"Police crackdowns may encourage drug use," Ethiopian Review, July 21, 2009
"Marijuana laws are enticing, but remain pipe dreams," San Francisco (CA) Examiner, July 21, 2009
"City police officer shot during drug raid settles suit against city," New York Times, July 20, 2009
"[Rhode Island] Senate commission to study marijuana decriminalization," Ethiopian Review, July 20, 2009
"Sioux City judge getting national attention for crack-dealing sentences," Radio Iowa, July 20, 2009
"Murders posted on YouTube," Scotsman News, July 20, 2009
"Is anti-pot hysteria waning at the Times?" Reason: Hit and Run, July 20, 2009
"Apple approves iPhone marijuana app on medical grounds," Macworld UK, July 20, 2009
"For sale: Leopard skin Rolex and maybe some frozen sharks," Wall Street Journal, July 20, 2009
"Authorities target submerged vehicles along border," Dallas (TX) Morning News / AP, July 20, 2009
"Colorado Board of Health may revise marijuana law," Denver (CO) Post, July 19, 2009
"Mexican police officers arrested over murder of federal agents," Telegraph (UK), July 19, 2009
"State medical marijuana centers get green light," The Brown Daily Herald (RI), July 19, 2009
"If marijuana is legal, will addiction rise?" New York Times, July 19, 2009
"South Korea deploys cloned drug-sniffing dogs," AP, July 19, 2009
"Warner: Americans fleeced long enough in futile and failed war on drugs," Forth Worth (TX) Star-Telegram, July 19, 2009
"Legalization backlash," Santa Rosa (CA) Press-Democrat, July 19, 2009
"Venezuela's drug trafficking role is growing fast, U.S. report says," Washington Post, July 19, 2009
"Lawmakers cautiously weigh in on marijuana legalization bill," Eureka (CA) Times-Standard, July 19, 2009.
"Sales brisk for Mendocino pot ID tags," Santa Rosa (CA) Press-Democrat, July 18, 2009
"US anti-drug force flies last flight from Ecuador," AP, July 18, 2009
"California sprouts marijuana 'green rush' amid calls for legalization, taxation," Los Angeles Times, July 18, 2009
"Mexico: 1,000 cops, U.S. join fight," Chicago (IL) Tribune, July 17, 2009.
"Pot collectives apply to operate dispensaries," The Palm Springs (CA) Desert Sun, July 17, 2009
"Cop faces court over 12 drug charges," Australian Broadcasting Corporation, July 17, 2009
"Keep working on marijuana legislation," Concord (NH) Monitor, July 17, 2009
"Drug lab at UMass reprieved," The Republican (MA), July 17, 2009
"Mexico beefs up 'drug war' forces" BBC News, July 17, 2009
"Colombia extradites FARC captor," BBC News, July 16, 2009
"Congress threatens free needle exchange in D.C.," Washington City Paper / The Sexist (blog), July 16, 2009
"U.S. security firms vie for Mexican drug war work," Reuters, July 16, 2009
" [Rep.] Sessions to do that 'crack cocaine' thing?" AP, July 16, 2009
" S.D. County, Chula Vista get funds to fight drug cartels," KPBS (CA), July 16, 2009
"US Congress ends decades-long obstruction of D.C. medical marijuana law," Common Dreams, July 16, 2009
"United States says Venezuela undermines drug fight," Reuters, July 16, 2009
"Mexico rejects any drug gang deal," BBC News, July 16, 2009
"Mark Leno's aptly named 'joint resolution' in support of medical pot passes Senate committee," SF Weekly / The Snitch (blog), July 16, 2009
"Mexican gang leader offers drug war truce," The Guardian (UK), July 16, 2009
"Push to tax medical marijuana in Calif.," KABC-TV Los Angeles (CA), July 16, 2009
"W[est Virginia] to expand drug-court program," AP / Charleston (WV) Daily Mail, July 16, 2009
"The challenge is not becoming drug free but to develop a meaningful lifestyle" Wales Online, July 16, 2009
"Pentagon says won't ban smoking for troops in war zone" Breaking News 24/7, July 16, 2009
"Amendment on needle exchange program worries AIDS activists" Washington Post, July 16, 2009
"UK 'cocaine capital of Europe'" Ethiopian Review, July 16, 2009
"Rotary Club listens to 'Sensible Drug Policy' perspective," NewsLanc.com (Lancaster, PA), July 15, 2009
"Medical marijuana raid raises question: What's Obama's drug policy?," McClatchy / Columbus (GA) Ledger-Enquirer, July 15, 2009
"US dismayed at Afghan release of drug smugglers," Reuters, July 15, 2009
"Calif. tax officials: legal pot would bring in $1.4B," AP, July 15, 2009
"House budget bill threatens D.C. needle exchange," Washington Examiner, July 15, 2009
"Mexican drug hitmen kill mayor in revenge attack," Reuters, July 15, 2009
"Packed prisons carry a price," Omaha (NE) World-Herald, July 15,2009.
"The cannabis conundrum," Jamaica Observer, July 15, 2009
"12 federal agents are slain in Mexico," Washington Post, July 15, 2009
"Move to legalize marijuana takes root,"Los Angeles Times, July 15, 2009
"County tables medipot law," Corning (CA) Observer, July 14, 2009.
"House Subcommittee members seek to eliminate mandatory minimum sentences for drug offenders," Talk Radio News Service, July 14, 2009
"New database to help combat prescription drug abuse," South Linconld County (OR) News, July 14, 2009
"Drug cartels launch Mexico's 'Tet offensive'," Christian Science Monitor, July 14, 2009
"Just the marijuana facts, Doc. No, wait -- the REAL facts," SF Weekly / The Snitch (blog) (blog), July 14, 2009
"25 years in prison for pot? Drug warrior Congressman's idea is way obsolete," Alternet, July 14, 2009
"Tortured bodies discovered alongside Mexican road," In the News (UK), July 14, 2009
"Senate stingy, House soft on D.C. budget," Washington Examiner, July 14, 2009
"Cottleville officials support marijuana for medical use," St. Louis (MO) Post Dispatch, July 14, 2009
"Mexico must end abuse of migrants," Arizona Star, July 14, 2009
"Common sense on needle exchange," Boston (MA) Globe, July 14, 2009
"Inside Holland's 'half baked' pot policy," CBS News, July 14, 2009
"Victoria accepts 'crack kit' distribution," Nanaimo Bulletin (Canada), July 13, 2009
"41 percent support pot legalization," CBS News, July 13, 2009
"DEA expands in Afghanistan," Baltimore (MD) Sun, July 13, 2009
"Under the counter drugs," Seacoast Online (NH), July 13, 2009
"Mexico nabs 2 over attacks on police," Press TV, July 13, 2009
"Cocaine A&E cases hit record high," BBC News, July 13, 2009
"DEA, pilot spar over war zone assignment," Baltimore (MD) Sun, July 13, 2009
"California edges closer to legalizing and taxing marijuana (video)," Salem News, July 13, 2009
"Mexican drug gang unleashed against government," The Examiner, July 13, 2009
"America's jail crisis," Forbes, July 13, 2009
"Override veto of medical marijuana bill," Seacoast Online (NH), July 13, 2009
"It's poppycock to grow crops here but destroy them in Afghanistan," Telegraph (UK), July 13, 2009
"Iran boosts crackdown on smugglers," Press TV, July 13, 2009
"High stakes: a call to legalize marijuana," CBS News, July 12, 2009
"Legalize pot? Why not?," San Jose (CA) Mercury, July 12, 2009
"Mexican police kill one gunman in Michoacan violence," Voice of America, July 12, 2009
"Judge's gag order on marijuana advocate Bob Newland raises questions," Rapid City (SD) Journal, July 11, 2009
"Closing the gap: Obama could fix cocaine sentencing," Newsweek, July 11, 2009
"Colombia kills drug baron hippo; BBC News, July 11, 2009
"Panel drops ban on needle-exchange funds; CQ Politics, July 10, 2009
"Lynch vetoes medical marijuana legislation," UPI, July 10, 2009
"City puts brakes on medical pot clubs," San Diego (CA) Union-Tribune, July 10, 2009
"Guns, germs, and recession: the curse on Mexican tourism," Ethiopian Review, July 10, 2009
"Gov. Lynch: No decision on medical pot bill," Seacoast Online (NH), July 10, 2009
"Open letter to Congress: End the insane drug war now!," Online Journal, July 10, 2009
"West Sac[ramento] puts moratorium on opening of medical pot outlets," Sacramento (CA) Bee, July 10, 2009
"26 AIDS activists arrested protesting needle-exchange waffling," Towleroad, July 9, 2009
"Resident dogs help ease tension in court," KOMO News (Seattle, WA), July 9, 2009
"Torture by Mexican government in drug war highlights U.S. loss of credibility on human rights," Think Progress, July 9, 2009
"Limit proposal upsets medical marijuana providers," CBS 4 (Denver, CO), July 9, 2009
"Activist with Minn. ties killed in Mexico," KAAL-TV (Austin, MN), July 9, 2009
"Drug czar: Michael Jackson's death a 'wake-up call,'" CNN Political Ticker, July 9, 2009
"Mexico accused of torture in drug war," Washington Post, July 9, 2009
"House panel OKs D.C. budget without abortion, pot amendments," Washington Examiner, July 9, 2009
"Poppy cultivation in Kashmir," News Track India, July 9, 2009
"Snitch: the (involuntary) confessions of a confidential informant," New Times, July 9, 2009
"Sticker shock for drug dealers," Richmond BizSense, July 9, 2009
"Medical marijuana: 'Safe medicine' or crime magnet?," Grass Valley (CA) Union, July 9, 2009
"US-trained death squads?," Mother Jones, July 9, 2009
"California TV stations 'just say no' to drug policy ad," Huffington Post, July 8, 2009
"Army feeble as murders surge in Mexico drug war," Reuters, July 8, 2009
"Doctors say an FDA ban on Vicodin and Percocet would limit their treatment options," Palm Beach (FL) Post, July 8, 2009
"Read the never-before-published letter from LSD-inventor Albert Hoffman to Apple CEO Steve Jobs," Huffington Post, July 8, 2009
"Santa Clara County authorities must return seized assets to criminals, suspects," San Jose (CA) Mercury, July 8, 2009
"L.A. targets cannabis clubs," Wall Street Journal, July 8, 2009
"Drug trafficking, military coups key threats to West Africa: UN envoy," Xinhua News (China), July 8, 2009
"Pro-marijuana ad pushes pot as Calif. budget fix," AP, July 8, 2009
"Anti-crime activist and neighbor killed in Mexico," AP, July 8, 2009
"Landmark needle exchange program closing down," The Globe and Mail (Vancouver), July 8, 2009
"Trade deal would reduce drug flow," Miami (FL) Herald, July 8, 2009
"D.C. medical marijuana passes another hurdle," Washington City Paper, July 7, 2009
"Challenging American 'justice': American Violet kicks off summer alternative film series at the Lobero Theatre," Santa Barbara (CA) Independent, July 7, 2009
"Pain clinic tests patients for marijuana use," Opposing Views, July 7, 2009
"Drug war ceasefire holds for Mich. medical marijuana users," The Michigan Messenger, July 7, 2009
"Clean syringe exchange tries to reduce risky behavior," KPBS (San Diego, CA), July 7, 2009
"Pot crusader has high hopes," Lethbridge (Alberta) Herald, July 7, 2009
"Bangladesh a transit point for drug trafficking," Narinjara News (Bangladesh), July 7, 2009
"Hemp stores take unneeded hit from Tobacco Act amendment," Edmonton (Alberta) Journal, July 7, 2009
"Local medical pot provider accused of dealing drugs," KGTV San Diego (CA), July 7, 2009
"Prisoner crowding is cited after riot," Boston (MA) Globe, July 7, 2009
"Michael Phelps ads prove a new cultural tolerance of marijuana," Los Angeles Times, July 7, 2009
"Guard arrested for allegedly bringing drugs into jail," Eureka (CA) Times-Standard, July 7, 2009
"Medical marijuana bill nearing Lynch's desk," Nashua (NH) Telegraph, July 7, 2009
"Canadian border gains more attention," The Tennessean, July 7, 2009
"Obama, Medvedev announce new Afghan cooperation," CBS News, July 6, 2009
"Rhode Island studies marijuana decriminalization," Cato @ Liberty, July 6, 2009
"The patriot's guide to legalization," Mother Jones, July 6, 2009
"Downtown Eastside agency loses funding," The Province (Vancouver, BC), July 6, 2009
"Florida approves drug monitoring program," American Medical News, July 6, 2009
"Ditch the liar's law. Any questions?," Mother Jones, July 6, 2009
"Yale and University of Malaya join forces to battle HIV in prisons," Media-Newswire, July 6, 2009
"Medical marijuana and psychiatric conditions," The Examiner, July 6, 2009
"Calderon's ruling party slips in Mexico," Los Angeles (CA) Times, July 6, 2009
"Can weed save the arts in California?," News Junkie Post, July 5, 2009
"Prevention Works! in and around DC," The Examiner, July 5, 2009
"Republicans would be wise to support medical marijuana, too," Nashua (NH) Telegraph, July 5, 2009
"Drug war, economy weigh on Mexico midterm election," AP, July 5, 2009
"1 in 4 DWI drivers impaired by drugs, experts say," Shreveport (LA) Times, July 5, 2009
"Pot store opens in Windsor," Fort Collins (CO) Coloradoan, July 5, 2009
"U.S.-Mexico fight against drugs," Voice of American News, July 5, 2009
"S.C.'s tight medical marijuana pot rules protect users and law enforcment after recent court ruling," Santa Cruz (CA) Sentinel, July 4, 2009
"Update: Mexican drug war violence," Dallas (TX) Morning News, July 4, 2009
"Argument in favor of legalizing pot builds potency," Salinas Californian, July 3, 2009
"Color-blindness, racism, and disparate impact," The Atlantic, July 3, 2009
"Narcotics are moved by markets, not the 'war on drugs'," Money Week, July 3, 2009
"State officials announce new addiction treatment initiative," WCAX (VT), July 3, 2009
"Bentley driver's slaying in L.A. might have cartel link," Los Angeles Times, July 3, 2009
"Q+A: Opium and Afghanistan's insurgency," Reuters, July 3, 2009
"Extra troops fail to staunch Mexico bloodshed," AP, July 3, 2009
"Drug-cartel links haunt an election south of border," ,Wall Street Journal, July 3, 2009
"Powerful hallucinogen legal - for anyone - to buy," , KOB-TV (Albuquerque, NM), July 3, 2009
"Honor our hemp-raising patriots," Daily Kos, July 2, 2009
"Pot-based biotech firm hires investor relations firm," Silicon Beat, July 2, 2009
"Drugs policy needs shaking up: Report," Dutch News, July 2, 2009
"Police call in drug enforcement agents to probe Michael Jackson's death," Daily Mail (UK), July 2, 2009
"Marijuana should be allowed; Sri Lanka Indigenous Medicine Minister says," NIDAHASA News (Sri Lanka), July 2, 2009
"Waynesboro police: Psychedelic mushroom bust largest ever," Culpeper (VA) Star-Exponent, July 2, 2009
"Painkillers at a crossroads as FDA decision looms," Philadelphia (PA) Inquirer, July 2, 2009
"Chronic city: court says patients can collectively grow medical marijuana," SF Weekly, July 1, 2009
"Medical marijuana backers wary as ID cards readied," Riverside (CA) Press-Enterprise, July 1, 2009
"Medicinal cannabis bill voted down," 3 News (New Zealand), July 1, 2009
"Obama could send 1,500 National Guard troops to Mexican border," Christian Science Monitor, July 1, 2009
"Medical marijuana milestone: Zip ties sold," Ukiah (CA) Daily Journal, July 1, 2009
"Deposed Honduran [President] accused of drug ties," AP, July 1, 2009
"'Rachel's Law' provides uniform standards for police informants," Hernando (FL) Today, July 1, 2009
"Panel recommends ban on 2 popular painkillers," New York Times, July 1, 2009
"State legislators table medicinal marijuana bill," Delmarva Daily Times, July 1, 2009
"Police bust 21 students in university drug sweep," 24-7 Press Release / FindLaw PR, July 1, 2009
"Post Traumatic Stress Disorder and Veterans for Medical Marijuana Access," The Examiner, July 1, 2009
"City moves against pot dispensaries, prompting anger," Los Angeles (CA) Times, June 30, 2009
"Face-to-face with Afghanistan's opium addiction," Australian Broadcasting Corporation, June 30, 2009
"Tentacles of drug trafficking extend widely in Costa Rica," Latin American Herald Tribune, June 30, 2009
"This is your war on drugs," Mother Jones, June 30, 2009
"Medical marijuana goes mainstream," San Jose (CA) Mercury, June 30, 2009
"New drug crisis strategy," Sarasota (FL) Herald-Tribune, June 30, 2009
"Mexico frees 3 mayors for alleged drug ties," AP, June 30, 2009
"Group wants Lynch to veto medical pot bill," Nashua (NH) Telegraph, June 30, 2009
"Two Judges target penalty disparity for crack and powder cocaine offenses," Washington Post, June 29, 2009
"Two killed, 93 'corrupt cops' held in Mexico's drug war," RTTNews, June 29, 2009
"Herger fights for funding for drug enforcement on federal lands," American Chronicle, June 29, 2009
"The illegal quarter: Salvia Divinorum also banned in North Carolina," WebWire, June 29, 2009
"Michael Jackson probably OD'd -- just like thousands of Americans who fall victim to our overdose epidemic," Alternet, June 29, 2009
"Mass. prison system overcrowded; Patrick aims to fix it," MetroWest Daily News (Framingham, MA), June 29, 2009
"House subcommittee OKs pot on D.C. ballot," Washington Examiner, June 28, 2009
"Standoff over troop presence on border," Concord (NH) Monitor, June 28, 2009
"Good news from Colombia drug war masks increased production from Peru and Bolivia," St. Petersburg (FL) Times, June 28, 2009
"Traffickers assembling navy of drug-toting subs," Miami (FL) Herald, June 28, 2009
"US-built brides is windfall - for illegal Afghan drug trade," Fort Worth (TX) Star-Telegram, June 28, 2009
"UN pushes harm reduction model," Edmonton (Alberta) Sun, June 28, 2009
"Thinking outside the cellblock: Salt Lake County aims to free more jail space by more counseling," Salt Lake (UT) Tribune, June 27, 2009
"Holbrooke: US changing Afghan drug policy," AP, June 27, 2009
"Hoping for change in Guinea-Bissau," BBC, June 27, 2009
"Defendant can cross-examine forensic experts, Supreme Court rules," Los Angeles Times, June 26, 2009
"Our View: Build on success of needle exchange," Delaware Online, June 26, 2009
"Submarines: Outlawed," Strategy Page, June 26, 2009
"Doctors to aid efforts of drug rehab centers," The International Herald-Tribune (Greece and Cyprus), June 26, 2009
"Cocaine Wars Head South," Tico Times (Costa Rica), June 26, 2009
"NH gov still wary of medical marijuana," Examiner, June 26, 2009
"Medicinal cannabis bill," Scoop Independent News (New Zealand), June 26, 2009
"Cubs' Soto tested positive for marijuana at WBC," AP, June 25, 2009
"Supreme Court rejects school strip search," Reuters, June 25, 2009
"Cops return stolen marijuana," KDVR-TV (Boulder, CO), June 25, 2009
"Surprise plea bargains end mega medical marijuana case," Oroville (CA) Mercury-Register, June 25, 2009
"Americans are living and dying in a militarized police state; Examiner, June 25, 2009
"After lawmakers' OK, marijuana bill goes to Lynch," Nashua (NH) Telegraph, June 25, 2009
"Holder seeks support for cocaine-sentencing parity," Philadelphia (PA) Inquirer, June 25, 2009
"Op-Ed: A misguided 'war on drugs'," New York Times, June 25, 2009
"Education Dept. to simplify aid forms, seeks other changes," Diverse: Issues in Higher Education, June 25, 2009
"China executes 10 traffickers ahead of anti-drugs day," Monsters and Critics, June 25, 2009
"Violent crime soaring as cocaine costs rise," Edmonton Sun (Canada), June 25, 2009
"Methadone clinic sues DuBois," Courier-Express (DuBois, ID), June 25, 2009
"Afghan farmers ditch opium for saffron," Asia Times, June 25, 2009
"Legislature passes medical marijuana bill," AP / WMUR-TV (Manchester, NH), June 24, 2009
"UN backs drug decriminalization in World Drug Report," Huffington Post, June 24, 2009
"Solano to allow medical marijuana ID cards," San Francisco Chronicle (CA), June 24, 2009
"Mandatory sentences don't work," MetroWest Daily News (MA), June 24, 2009
"Medicinal marijuana dispensaries open in Wash.," Seattle Times (WA), June 24, 2009
"Change sought in Florida prison system," Miami Herald, June 24, 2009
"Maverick mayoral candidate wants to build pot industry in Flint," Michigan Live, June 24, 2009
"Pot dispensary moratorium approved in Santa Cruz," San Jose (CA) Mercury, June 24, 2009
"Special Report: Reporting, and surviving, in Ciudad Juarez," Committee to Protect Journalists, June 24, 2009
"County supervisors OK issuance of pot ID cards," San Diego Union-Tribune, June 24, 2009
"Canada top ecstasy producer: report," The Globe and Mail (Candada), June 24, 2009
"San Bernardino County gets ready for medical marijuana," Riverside (CA) Press-Enterprise, June 23, 2009
"In Colombia, drug war targets 'narcosubs'," Christian Science Monitor, June 23, 2009
"Marijuana bill restrictions," The Times of Trenton (NJ), June 23, 2009
"Mexican cartel battle shifts," El Paso (TX) Times, June 23, 2009
"Mayor sues over dog-killing raid," Washington Times, June 23, 2009
"Barney Frank introduces marijuana legislation," Huffington Post, June 23, 2009
"Groups want end to drug offense executions," United Press International (London), June 23, 2009
"APD Officer Loses Gun, Fails Drug Test," CBS Atlanta (GA), June 23, 2009
"San Bernardino County Health Department to present proposed fees for medical marijuana ID cards," Inland Valley (CA) Daily Bulletin, June 22, 2009
"Rhode Island will license medical marijuana shops," AlterNet, June 22, 2009
"Medical pot bill is a sign of times," News Journal (DE), June 22, 2009
"Drug use in Pakistan," Pak Tribune (Pakistan), June 22, 2009
"Actress Kim backing marijuana under fire," The Korea Times, June 22, 2009
"Drug cartels in Mexico killing street dealers," AP, June 22, 2009
"Troops called in as latest salvo in drug war," Sun Times (Canada), June 22, 2009
"Crossfire towns," Christian Science Monitor, June 21, 2009
"Guns from America fuel Jamaica's gang wars," AP, June 21, 2009
"State rules marijuana smoke is a carcinogen, may require dispensaries to post warnings," San Jose (CA) Mercury News, June 20, 2009
"Designated immigration agents authorized to participate in drug enforcement," Los Angeles Times, June 19, 2009
"R.I.'s vote to allow chronically ill to buy marijuana puts new focus on Connecticut," Hartford (CT) Courant, June 19, 2009
"Sentencing laws must change," Denver (CO) Daily News, June 19, 2009
"First, determine what works best in school drug programs," News Journal (DE), June 19, 2009
"N.C. state panel debates medical marijuana," Myrtle Beach Sun News, June 19, 2009
"Once hush-hush, drug war plays big in Mexico vote," AP, June 19, 2009
"7 mayors involved in drug war," Straits News, June 19, 2009
"Budget omits grants for drug programs," USA Today, June 18, 2009
"Ambiguity in new marijuana law is cited," Detroit (MI) Free Press, June 18, 2009
"NC House Panel to consider medical marijuana bill," WFMY News 2 (NC), June 18, 2009
"Immigration agents to get more powers in drug war," Dallas (TX) Morning News, June 18, 2009
"Suppressed report raises questions about drug policy," Vancouver (Canada) Sun, June 18, 2009
"Rhode Island
allows medical marijuana sales," AP / Berkshire Eagle (Pittsfield, MA),
June 17, 2009
"Order to testify in pot case puts doctors on the spot," Detroit (MI) News, June 17, 2009
"A ray of hope for prisons," Asheville Citizen-Times, June 17, 2009
"Drug war moves cultivation inside," News-Journal (FL), June 17, 2009
"Marijuana can bring in some serious revenue," Jamaica Observer, June 17, 2009
"Care centers can dispense medical marijuana," Providence Journal, June 16, 2009
"More are asking: Is it time to legalize pot?," Seattle (WA) Times, June 16, 2009
"County in rare group as a certified drug-free workplace," News-Enterprise (KY), June 16, 2009
"Drug abuse at an all-time high," Wigan Evening Post, June 16, 2009
"Legal pot in California in 2010? 'Oaksterdam' provides the model," AlterNet, June 15, 2009
"Drug czar Kerlikowske leads shift in drug policy," NPR, June 15, 2009
"Group seeks drug legalization in Oklahoma," Oklahoman, June 15, 2009
"Criminalizing marijuana carries a high cost," Daily Evergreen, June 15, 2009
"Medical marijuana," (DC) Examiner, June 15, 2009
"Parents worry about spread of little-known, legal hallucinogen that's big on YouTube," Wichita (KS) Eagle, June 15, 2009
"Why are some things legal and others not?," Times & Transcript (Canada), June 15, 2009
"Mexico drug war: New cartel infiltrated Michoacan state, officials say," Chicago (IL) Tribune, June 15, 2009
"Unlikely heroin confession," Chicago (IL) Tribune, June 14, 2009
"Drugs won the war," New York (NY) Times, June 13, 2009
"Hey progressives: Why don't you care about the drug war like you care about other issues?," AlterNet, June 12, 2009
"Prison term for a seller of medical marijuana," NY Times, June 12, 2009
"Pot legalization group targets Vegas," Las Vegas Sun, June 12, 2009
"US drug czar calls for end to 'war on drugs' rhetoric," La Estrella (Panama), June 12, 2009
"Mandatory minimums won't make Canadian streets safer," Sault Star (Canada), June 12, 2009
"Cocaine war fails sniff test," Calgary (Canada) Sun, June 12, 2009
"Pot dispensary owner sentenced to a year and a day in prison," LA (CA) Times, June 11, 2009
"Inject new thinking into America's drug woes," Roanoke (VA) Times, June 11, 2009
"Backers of legal pot eye ballot," San Francisco (CA) Chronicle, June 11, 2009
"Half of men arrested test positive for illegal drugs," Opposing Views, June 11, 2009
"PDEA taps 3 NGOs to champion war against illegal drugs," Philippine Information Agency, June 11, 2009
"Drug control: Stakeholders brainstorm," Leadership (Nigeria), June 11, 2009
"Ex-bar head: Public favors treatment over jail for addicts,"
Boston (MA) Herald, June 10, 2009
"2009 Drug Market Analyses for the High Intensity Drug Trafficking Areas available
on line," PR Newswire, June 10, 2009
"Federal judge
suggests leniency for medical marijuana sentencing Thursday," CommonDreams.org, June 10, 2009
"Medical marijuana collective files complaint against Palm Springs,"
The Desert Sun (Palm Springs, CA), June 10, 2009
"Los Angeles closes marijuana dispensary loophole," (DC) Examiner, June 10, 2009
"Drug war in U.S. waged with fanfare, but no victory in sight," The (FL) Ledger, June 10, 2009
"Hailey nominates members for marijuana oversight committee," Southern Idaho Business, June 10, 2009
"Nation joins forces with Cambodia in drug war," Viet Nam News, June 10, 2009
"It's police vs. police in Mexican drug war," The Star (Canada), June 10, 2009
"RI lawmakers OK medical marijuana bill by wide margin," Providence (RI) Journal, June 9, 2009
"Marijuana laws keep demand, price high, STU professor says," Daily Gleaner (CA), June 9, 2009
"A modest proposal for medical marijuana," TriCity Herald (WA), June 9, 2009
"State targets doctor shopping," News-Journal (FL), June 9, 2009
"Inmate pleased with Rockefeller reforms," Capital News 9, June 9, 2009
"Croatian supreme court allows marijuana for stressed-out war veteran," Sofia Echo, June 9, 2009
"Using drones in the drug war," TIME, June 8, 2009
"Schwarzenegger's call to consider marijuana legalization to boost taxes is 'irresponsible,' says Chairman of DARE Board," Medical News Today, June 8, 2009
"Drug habits see a major shift," BBC, June 8, 2009
"Project attacks meth use in Colo. with startling ads," Denver (CO) Post, June 8, 2009
"Confessions of a pragmatic dope smoker," Philadelphia (PA) Daily News, June 8, 2009
"Sophisticated north-south networks smuggle coke into Canada," Vancouver (Canada) Sun, June 8, 2009
"Clash between drug gang and Mexican army kills 17," Reuters, June 7, 2009
"New Jersey wrestles with medical marijuana legislation," Newark (NJ) Star-Ledger, June 7, 2009
"Canada's mail-order pot dealer taunts US," AP / San Francisco (CA) Chronicle, June 7, 2009
"Don't expect DEA raids on NM medical marijuana dispensaries," New Mexico Independent, June 6, 2009
"Los Angeles medical marijuana dispensaries could face closure," LA (CA) Times, June 6, 2009
"US plan to fight drug cartels lacks agency leaders," AP, June 6, 2009
"Anti-drug plan set for Mexican border," Washington (DC) Post, June 6, 2009
"Interview: US drug czar calls for end to 'war on drugs'," Reuters, June 5, 2009
"Meth education program developed for elementary students," Ukiah (CA) Daily Journal, June 5, 2009
"Assembly should OK medical marijuana," Courier-Post (NJ), June 5, 2009
"Tighter medical-marijuana bill clears panel," The Philadelphia Inquirer, June 5, 2009
"Peru cocaine labs polluting rivers, government says," Latin American Herald Tribune, June 5, 2009
"Everybody knows who really runs Mexico," Toronto (Canada) Star, June 5, 2009
"NJ Assembly committee passes bill to allow medical marijuana,"
Newark (NJ) Star-Ledger, June 4, 2009
"New beginning for Md. drug policy?," Baltimore (MD) Sun, June 4, 2009
"A fight against the War on Drugs," Utica (NY) Observer Dispatch, June 4, 2009
"Supreme Court recognizes marijuana's medical benefit," Croatian Times (Croatia), June 4, 2009
"Drug addicts jump 20 percent," Shanghai (China) Daily, June 4, 2009
"Historic capital explodes in violence," Toronto (Canada) Star, June 4, 2009
"'River'
of US guns also flows north of the border," Christian Science Monitor, June 3, 2009
"Air Force recruiter charged with selling drugs," Providence (RI)
Journal, June 3, 2009
"RI lawmakers poised to approve pot bill," AP / Cape Cod
(MA) Times, June 3, 2009
"Medical marijuana bill clears Senate panel," WBOC-TV
(Dover, DE), June 3, 2009
"L.A.'s medical pot dispensary moratorium led to a boom instead," Los Angeles (CA) Times, June 3, 2009
"Pharmacy robberies growing trend," AP, June 3, 2009
"U.S. accepts blame in narco-war," Toronto (Canada) Star, June 3, 2009
"Less is more in debate about prison population," NRC Handelsblad (Netherlands), June 3, 2009
"Legalize and regulate drug use," Toronto (Canada) Star, June 3, 2009
"Board shoots down medical marijuana," DesMoines (IA) Register, June 2, 2009
"The wrong approach to slowing teenage drug use," Denver (CO) Post, June 2, 2009
"Colombia finds 2 drug-smuggling subs," Latin American Herald Tribune, June 2, 2009
"Troops seize state, local police stations in northern Mexico," Latin American Herald Tribune, June 2, 2009
"Helping heroin addicts," Winnipeg (Canada) Free Press, June 2, 2009
"Officials to examine statewide drug issue," Berkshire Eagle (MA), June 1, 2009
"Bill would regulate medical marijuana," Holland (MI) Sentinel, June 1, 2009
"Heroin market back to the bad old days," ABC News, June 1, 2009
"Medical marijuana a longshot for Ohio," Toledo (OH) Blade, June 1, 2009
"Court challenge aims to legalize all cannabis use," National Post (Canada), June 1, 2009
"Canada's 'Prince of Pot' at war with US drug war," AP, May 31, 2009
"Elderly women charged with running drug business
from Santiago home," Manchester (England) Guardian, May
31, 2009
"Medical marijuana users defend benefits of
plant," Muskegon (MI) Chronicle, May 31, 2009
"Frye wants medical pot task force back," San Diego (CA) Union-Tribune, May 30, 2009
"Marijuana could bea financial boom for Lodi and San Joaquin County, supporter of legalization says," Lodi (CA) News-Sentinel, May 30, 2009
"War without borders: In heartland death, traces of heroin's spread," New York (NY) Times, May 30, 2009
"DA's plan would help some with DWIs clear record," Houston
(TX) Chronicle, May 30, 2009
"Drug courts offer a path out of darkness," Herald-Times (SC), May 29, 2009
"Drug law changes upset GOP lawmakers," Buffalo (NY) News, May 29, 2009
"87% of arrested men on drugs," Chicago (IL) Sun-Times, May 29, 2009
"Union rejects random drug tests," The Republican (MA), May 29, 2009
"Del. bill would legalize pot," Delmarva (DE) Daily Times, May 29, 2009
"Governments' drug-abuse costs hit $468 billion, study says," NY Times, May 28, 2009
"Entrepreneurs blazing trail with medicinal marijuana," Chicago (IL) Tribune, May 28, 2009
"Study finds half of men arrested test positive for drugs," USA Today, May 28, 2009
"Illinois Senate approves medical marijuana bill," AP, May 28, 2009
"Medical marijuana bill introduced," Delaware Online, May 28, 2009
"Mexican officials sweat as drug-war tactics shift," Seattle (WA) Times, May 28, 2009
"Medical marijuana measure wins Illinois Senate approval," Chicago (IL) Tribune, May 27, 2009
"Step up effort on prison race disparity," DesMoines (IA) Register, May 27, 2009
"Marijuana grower loses to robbers, then police," Seattle (WA) Times, May 27, 2009
"Doing business in the time of Mexican drug chaos," Wall Street Journal, May 27, 2009
"10 mayors, other Mexico officials detained," Los Angeles Times, May 27, 2009
"U.S. big customer for Mexican drugs," Winston-Salem (NC) Journal, May 27, 2009
"New drug czar says war on drugs a national health issue," Oregonian, May 26, 2009
"The big question on legalized drugs," Trentonian (NJ), May 26, 2009
"Drivers chime in on drug policy," News Journal (DE), May 26, 2009
"Medical-marijuana patients await county's rollout of ID cards," Union Tribune (CA), May 26, 2009
"Quiet burbs draw cartels," Atlanta Journal Constitution, May 26, 2009
"Washington Post shamelessly promotes U.S. drug policy in Columbia," Colombia Journal, May 26, 2009
"Medical pot users need more than doctor's note," Detroit (MI) Free Press, May 25, 2009
"Poll finds readers support, by big margin, legal marijuana," Arizona Daily Star, May 25, 2009
"Clearlake begins drafting regulations for medical marijuana dispensaries, collectives," Lake Country News, May 25, 2009
"Buying cocaine is giving money to war," Toronto (Canada) Star, May 25, 2009
"Ghana's war on narcotic drugs," Ghana News, May 25, 2009
"Club backs medical marijuana," Battle Creek (MI) Enquirer, May 22, 2009
"How to fight a drug war," Times Union (NY), May 22, 2009
"Sprouting like weeds," LA Independent, May 22, 2009
"Selig claims drug policy is working," News & Observer (NC), May 22, 2009
"Afghan, U.S. forces kill 34 militants in drug raids," Reuters, May 22, 2009
"RI House approves 3 stores for medical marijuana," Boston (MA) Herald, May 21, 2009
"Marijuana's tipping point," Sacramento (CA) News & Review, May 21, 2009
"Willie Aikens fights to reverse disparity in cocaine laws," (NY) Daily News, May 21, 2009
"U.S. drug czar sets sights on abuse of prescriptions," Tennessean, May 21, 2009
"UN official praises Iran for 'holding back a flood of heroin'," Indian Express, May 21, 2009
"Time for drug treatment to rattle its saber," Washington Post, May 20, 2009
"Reputed up-and-coming Mexico drug cartel figure held," Los Angeles Times, May 20, 2009
"Autumn of the Capo: The diary of a drug lord," TIME, May 20, 2009
"Religious, medical defenses go up in smoke as pot farmer sentenced to 10 years in prison," Law.com, May 20, 2009
"Pakistan, Afghanistan unable to fight drug trafficking," Tehran Times (Iran), May 20, 2009
"Success of Richmond addiction treatment program draws attention of Obama nominee," Richmond (VA) Times-Dispatch, May 19, 2009
"Pro-pot group pushes $5 fine," Times Call (CO), May 19, 2009
"Court rejects 2 California counties' appeal of medical-marijuana law," Seattle (WA) Times, May 19, 2009
"Difficulty lingers with medical marijuana," Honolulu Star Bulletin, May 19, 2009
"Islamic Movement of Uzbekistan try to form drug dealing network in Russia," Interfax- Religion, May 19, 2009
"Mexican police accused in drug war," St. Petersburg (Russia) Times, May 19, 2009
"High Court won't hear county's marijuana challenge," San Diego (CA) Union-Tribune, May 18, 2009
"Lake County pot grower sentenced to 10 years in
prison," Santa Rosa (CA) Press Democrat, May 18, 2009
"Will Obama end the drug war?," AlterNet, May 18, 2009
"Should marijuana be legally prescribed as a pain reliever in New York?," Post-Standard (NY), May 18, 2009
"Lawmakers want drug-war funding for North Country," Press Republican (NY), May 18, 2009
"'Phoney' UK drug war criticised ," BBC News, May 18, 2009
"Paying with our sins," New York (NY) Times, May 17, 2009
"Legalize it? Medical evidence on marijuana
blows both ways," Sacramento (CA) Bee, May 17, 2009
"City eyes medical marijuana business," The
Mirror (Royal Oak, MI), May 17, 2009
"Island senator is behind push for medical
marijuana," Staten Island (NY) Advance, May 17, 2009
"Mexican drug gang frees 53 in raid at Cieneguillas
jail," The Times (London, England), May 17, 2009
"Drug barons threaten political power in Nigeria,
other African nations," The Punch (Lagos, Nigeria), May
17, 2009
"Medical marijuana backers file notice of ballot
effort," Arizona Capitol Times (Phoenix, AZ), May 15,
2009
"Drug war epicenter: In Juárez, President
Felipe Calderón draws line against cartels," El Paso
"Medical marijuana bill should advance in New
Jersey," Newark (NJ) Star-Ledger, Feb. 28, 2009
"A no-win 'war on drugs'," LA
(CA) Times, Feb. 28, 2009
"U.S. to yield marijuana jurisdiction to states," San Francisco (CA) Chronicle, Feb. 27, 2009
"Task force fights racial disparity in prison system," (UW-Madison) Daily Cardinal, Feb. 27, 2009
"Vatican's stance on UN drugs policy 'risks lives'," Guardian, Feb. 27, 2009
"U.S. House approves extra $405 million for Merida Initiative," Latin American Herald Tribune, Feb. 27, 2009
"President denies Mexico losing drug wars," Toronto (Canada) Star, Feb. 27, 2009
"Senate sets hearings on Mexico drug violence," Dallas (TX) Morning News, Feb. 27, 2009
"Holder to stop raids on medical marijuana clubs," California Statehouse Examiner, Feb. 26, 2009
"Jail sentences for cops who planted pot on 92-Year old they killed in botched drug raid," AlterNet, Feb. 26, 2009
"Ammiano offers bill to legalize, tax marijuana," Capitol Weekly (CA), Feb. 26, 2009
"Report: Bush's drug office lacked broader focus," AP, Feb. 26, 2009
"The economics of growing medical pot," Capitol Weekly (CA), Feb. 26, 2009
"UN: World drug control efforts face huge problems," AP, Feb. 26, 2009
"Mexico vows more troops for drug war near U.S. border," Reuters, Feb. 26, 2009
"U.S. moves against top Mexican drug cartel," International Herald Tribune, Feb. 26, 2009
"School officials asked student to buy pot as part of sting, authorities say," LA (CA) Times, Feb. 25, 2009
"Medical marijuana bill clears Senate," Helena (MT) Independent Record, Feb. 25, 2009
"Ex-St. Pete officer may be Drug Czar," Tampa (FL) Tribune, Feb. 25, 2009
"Should pot be legalized?," Santa Cruz (CA) Sentinel, Feb. 25, 2009
"State should OK medical marijuana," Daily Journal (NJ), Feb. 25, 2009
"Electronic system to track cold medicine? No, again," DesMoines (IA) Register, Feb. 25, 2009
"Reefer-tax madness," Los Angeles Times, Feb. 25, 2009
"Central America needs help in drug war, U.N. official says," Winston-Salem (NC) Journal, Feb. 25, 2009
"DrugScope welcomes NTA report on new approaches to psychosocial drug treatment," Medical News Today, Feb. 25, 2009
"DEA and the Princess a tale of risk, reward," Miami (FL) Herald, Feb. 24, 2009
"Taxing pot could become a political toking point," Los Angeles Times, Feb. 24, 2009
"Stop the insanity of pot laws," Wausau (WI) Daily Herald, Feb. 24, 2009
"New Jersey Senate approves medical marijuana bill," Express-Times (PA), Feb. 24, 2009
"Former Latin American Presidents call Drug War a failure," Latin American Herald Tribune, Feb. 24, 2009
"Many in drug sting lack military ties," Union-Tribune (CA), Feb. 23, 2009
"Marijuana bill heads to final vote in Senate," Missoulian (MT), Feb. 23, 2009
"Anti-meth bills too extreme," News-Leader (MO), Feb. 23, 2009
"Drugs and ...'schadenfreude'," Times Herald (PA), Feb. 23, 2009
"State Senate votes today on bill to legalize medical marijuana," Press of Atlantic City (NJ), Feb. 23, 2009
"Next drug czar, war on outdated rhetoric," Tulsa (OK) World, Feb. 23, 2009
"It just makes sense to end the war on drugs," Vancouver (Canada) Sun, Feb. 23, 2009
"U.S. Latin American drug war fails, Ex-Presidents write in WSJ ," Bloomberg, Feb. 23, 2009
"Mexican drug gangs wage war," USA Today, Feb. 23, 2009
"Obama should push for drug legalization," York (PA) Daily Record, Feb. 22, 2009
"Legalize drugs to break state's prison
dependency," Oshkosh (WI) Northwestern, Feb. 22, 2009
"End the war on drugs; treat
addiction," Keene (NH) Sentinel, Feb. 21, 2009
"New push to legalize drugs," San Francisco
(CA) Bay Guardian, Feb. 20, 2009
"SF Sheriff: Decriminalize marijuana
now," SF Weekly (San Francisco, CA), Feb. 20, 2009
"Smoke this recession," SFgate.com, Feb. 20,
2009
"Mexican police chief quits after officers
killed," Reuters, Feb. 20, 2009
"Zogby Poll: Majority support for taxing and
regulating marijuana on the west coast," AlterNet, Feb. 20, 2009
"Anxiety in Massachusetts over softer marijuana
law," Christian Science Monitor, Feb. 20, 2009
"Scrap or bolster U.S. office directing drug-control policy," DesMoines (IA) Register, Feb. 20, 2009
"'Depressed' Allen Stanford hands himself in to the FBI as accusations emerge he laundered money for drug cartel," (UK) Daily Mail, Feb. 20, 2009
"A new look at the drug war," Boston (MA) Globe, Feb. 20, 2009
"Will Obama bring audacity to US dope law reform?," First Post (UK), Feb. 20, 2009
"Not better than nothing, but . . .," Appeal Democrat (CA), Feb. 20, 2009
"Medical marijuana supporters sue DMV," The Herald (CA), Feb. 20, 2009
"Mexico bond risk tops Brazil first time since 2001 on drug war," Bloomberg, Feb. 20, 2009
"Mexican general sees drug war progress," Union Tribune (CA), Feb. 20, 2009
"Dangers of cannabis must not be underestimated: UN body," AFP, Feb. 19, 2009
"Mexico's drug war takes to the
barricades," Time, Feb. 19, 2009
"Palm Springs allowing 2 medical pot
dispensaries," AP / San Jose (CA) Mercury News,
Feb. 19, 2009
"Border drug war is too close for comfort," Los Angeles Times, Feb. 19, 2009
"Will President Obama cross the 'Reefer Rubicon'?," Pocono (PA) Record, Feb. 19, 2009
"Ely man says pot eased his pain," Bemidji (MN) Pioneer, Feb. 19, 2009
"Cocaine smuggling soars through West
Africa," AP, Feb. 19, 2009
"Protests may be Mexican drug cartels' latest tactic to fight military presence," Dallas (TX) Morning News, Feb. 19, 2009
"International drugs body calls for global action as internet dealing rises to 'alarming' levels," (UK) Guardian, Feb. 19, 2009
"Pharma cos should cut opioid prices for poor nations-UN body," CNN Money, Feb. 19, 2009
"Taliban earning $200-$300 mn annually from Opium trade," Indian Express, Feb. 19, 2009
"Russian drug police seized over 38 tons of drugs in 2008," Russian News & Information Agency, Feb. 19, 2009
"Pot advocates set for weekend forum," The Columbia (IL) Daily Tribune, Feb. 18, 2009
"Drugs and 'schadenfreude',"
Scripps Howard News Service / Hispanic Link News Service, Feb. 18,
2009
"Mexican drug gang menace spreads in
Guatemala," Reuters, Feb. 18, 2009
"Phelps caught in costly, losing war on drugs," Statesman Journal (OR), Feb. 18, 2009
"Reality intrudes on drug war," Washington Times, Feb. 18, 2009
"Dispensary initiative cure for medical pot issues?," Illinois Valley (OR) News, Feb. 18, 2009
"We've lost the war on drugs," Xenia (OH) Gazette, Feb. 18, 2009
"Mexican and Colombian drug traffickers reportedly at war in Peru," Latin American Herald Tribune, Feb. 18, 2009
"Ottawa urged to legalize, regulate illicit drugs," Globe and Mail (Canada), Feb. 18, 2009
"New hurdle in Mexico's drug war," Seattle (WA) Times, Feb. 18, 2009
"Scottish prison fights drugs use," (UK) Press and Journal, Feb. 18, 2009
"Drug law and compassion face off at South Florida doctor's trial," Sun Sentinel (FL), Feb. 17, 2009
"Ending drug war's delusions," Pittsburgh (PA) Tribune-Review, Feb. 17, 2009
"Recession threatens to burn out pot clubs," The (San Francisco) Examiner, Feb. 17, 2009
"Man suing ex-employer over pot flap," Livingston (MI) Daily, Feb. 17, 2009
"Recovery rates for alcoholics, addicts up," Great Falls (MT) Tribune, Feb. 17, 2009
"Legalize the medicinal use of marijuana," Concord Monitor (NH), Feb. 17, 2009
"Resurgence of meth labs in Arizona feared," Arizona Republic, Feb. 17, 2009
"Wrong front for the drug war," International Herald Tribune, Feb. 17, 2009
"Michael Phelps won't face prosecution in SC drug investigation," LA (CA) Times, Feb. 16, 2009
"DEA spends $123,000 to fly agency chief to
Colombia," McClatchy Newspapers ( Miami (FL)
Herald, Feb. 16, 2009
"America's shame: Can Jim Webb fix the prison gulag?," AlterNet, Feb. 16, 2009
"Soldiers wage war on drugs," Charleston (SC) Post Courier, Feb. 16, 2009
"DMV sued over medical marijuana," Los Angeles Times, Feb. 16, 2009
"A new drug czar, a new opportunity," Seattle (WA) Times, Feb. 16, 2009
"Laguna Woods' retirees still await medical pot dispensary," Los Angeles Times, Feb. 16, 2009
"Meth abuse costing Ga. $1.3B annually," Access North GA, Feb. 16, 2009
"Can Mexico learn from Colombia's drug war?," San Diego (CA) Union-Tribune, Feb. 16, 2009
"Mind your mental health-warning on cannabis targets teenagers," (UK) Guardian, Feb. 16, 2009
"Obama's pick for Drug Czar hails from 'Cutting edge' of harm reduction approach to drug reform," AlterNet, Feb. 15, 2009
"Treat drugs as a public health problem," St. Petersburg (FL) Times, Feb. 15, 2009
"Legislature 2009: Medical marijuana measure
advances," The Missoulian (Missoula, MT), Feb. 14, 2009
"Gil Kerlikowske: Obama's new Drug Czar?," TIME, Feb. 13, 2009
"Mexico governor: Cartels behind northern
protests," AP, Feb. 13, 2009
"Snap, crackle, pot," Washington Times, Feb. 13, 2009
"Case tests medical pot law," Pueblo Chieftain (CO), Feb. 13, 2009
"Time to rehash marijuana laws," Shreveport (LA) Times, Feb. 13, 2009
"Arrests in Mexico City point to widening drug war," Wall Street Journal, Feb. 13, 2009
"West Africa gets help fighting South American drug traffickers," Los Angeles Times, Feb. 13, 2009
"Drug war nears Mexico City," Orlando (FL) Sentinel, Feb. 13, 2009
"Genetic risk for substance use can be neutralized by good parenting," Medical News Today, Feb. 12, 2009
"Changing direction in the drug war," North Star Writers Group (MI), Feb. 12, 2009
"DEA raids continue in Obama era," Bay Area Reporter (CA), Feb. 12, 2009
"Familiar debate over medical marijuana begins at Minnesota Capitol," Pioneer Press (MN), Feb. 12, 2009
"Medical pot smoker loses latest legal round against Merced County," Merced (CA) Sun-Star, Feb. 12, 2009
"Latin American panel calls U.S. drug war a failure," Wall Street Journal, Feb. 12, 2009
"Poppy growers welcom Narcotics Control Board inspections," ABC Regional (Australia), Feb. 12, 2009
"U.S. must prepare to aid Mexico in drug war," El Paso (TX) Times, Feb. 12, 2009
"New push for medical marijuana legalization," Minneapolis (MN) Star Tribune, Feb. 11, 2009
"Obama taps Seattle police chief for administration job," Seattle (WA) Times, Feb. 11, 2009
"Obama has hinted at support for medical marijuana," Minneapolis (MN) Star Tribune, Feb. 11, 2009
"Medical marijuana struck down in Hailey," Idaho Mountain Express, Feb. 11, 2009
"Mexico's drug war soaring," BBC News, Feb. 11, 2009
"Council to call for ecstasy downgrade," (UK) Politics, Feb. 11, 2009
"New Mexico moves slowly with medical marijuana law," AP, Feb. 10, 2009
"Calling in the Guard," Denver (CO) Daily News, Feb. 10, 2009
"Medical marijuana bill to be introduced today," Brown Daily Herald, Feb. 10, 2009
"For ailing, an illicit necessity ," Concord (NH) Monitor, Feb. 10, 2009
"Phelps puts face on legal farce that all drugs are equal," Hilton Head Island (SC) Packet, Feb. 10, 2009
"Marijuana or booze? Restaurant must decide," Toronto (Canada) Star, Feb. 10, 2009
"Phelps story shows we should say no to drug war," St. Louis Post-Dispatch, Feb. 9, 2009
"The meaning of the new marijuana law," Cambridge Chronicle (MA), Feb. 9, 2009
"NASCAR strives for a drug free environment," Insider Racing News, Feb. 9, 2009
"Heroin gaining foothold in Clark County," Springfield (OH) News Sun, Feb. 9, 2009
"Smoke signals," Frederick (MD) News Post, Feb. 9, 2009
"Seven-nation anti-drugs patrol claims early success as 40 tonnes of cocaine are seized," Guardian, Feb. 9, 2009
"Mexican drug war affects NM," KRQE (NM), Feb. 9, 2009
"Foundation finds support for clinical heroin programs," Baltimore (MD) Sun, Feb. 8, 2009
"'Careful what you ask for,' says police
chief," Maui (HI) News, Feb. 8, 2009
"Whiff of change in US medical marijuana
policy," AP / Quad City Times (Davenport, IA),
Feb. 7, 2009
"Hospital exec: Soldiers' treatment needs
funds," New York (NY) Newsday, Feb. 7, 2009
"Protests demand end to medical pot shop raids," San Francisco (CA) Chronicle, Feb. 6, 2009
"Phelps drama overdone, marijuana ban should go up in smoke," Daily Cardinal (UW-WI), Feb. 6, 2009
"Study pegs meth cost at $23.4B," Billings (WY) Gazette, Feb. 6, 2009
"USA ready to lose more men in Afghanistan for the sake of opium drugs," Pravda (Russia), Feb. 6, 2009
"Undermining Afghan opium business," Frontier Post (Pakistan), Feb. 6, 2009
"DEA medical marijuana raids condemned at LA rally," AP / San Jose (CA) Mercury News, Feb. 5,
2009
"Medical pot backers say LA raids betray Obama
vow," Reuters, Feb. 5, 2009
"Michael Phelps doesn't need to
apologize," (NY) Newsday, Feb. 5, 2009
"Trying--again--to change the drug laws," Gotham Gazette (NY), Feb. 5, 2009
"Colorado 8th in methamphetamine use," Denver (CO) Post, Feb. 5, 2009
"DEA continues pot raids Obama opposes," Washington Times, Feb. 5, 2009
"Debate rages over DEA raid of Westside medical marijuana dispensaries," LA (CA) Times, Feb. 4, 2009
"Pass the joint stints, sez drug panel," New
York (NY) Daily News, Feb. 4, 2009
"Beijing to bongs," Chicago Tribune, Feb. 4, 2009
"Marijuana wars in the workplace," Oregon Daily Emerald, Feb. 4, 2009
"Methamphetamine use estimated to cost the U.S. about $23 billion in 2005," All American Patriots, Feb. 4, 2009
"Study finds U.S., European youths using less marijuana," Herald-Leader (KY), Feb. 4, 2009
"Judge allows medicinal pot plots," Canada.com, Feb. 4, 2009
"Washington at odds with EU over new UN drug strategy," Taipei Times (Taiwan), Feb. 4, 2009
"Rift with EU as US sticks to Bush line on 'war on drugs'," Guardian, Feb. 3, 2009
"Dollars not answer to drug lords," San Angelo (TX) Standard Times, Feb. 3, 2009
"Harvesting trees to make Ecstasy drug," Irrawaddy (Thailand), Feb. 3, 2009
"UN says opium production reduces in 'Golden Triangle' region," The Hindu (India), Feb. 3, 2009
"Time to rethink expensive, futile War on Drugs," Star Phoenix (Canada), Feb. 3, 2009
"Drug testing teams to carry out nationwide tests for PNP," Philippine Information Agency, Feb. 3, 2009
"1-strike policy for cops in drug war," Inquirer (Philippines), Feb. 3, 2009
"A silver lining to the economic crisis: Less money for prisons," Coastal Post, Feb. 2, 2009
"El Paso 'dialogue' on drugs leaves some speechless," The Washington Times, Feb. 2, 2009
"Mexican cartels move into U.S. pot growing," United Press International, Feb. 2, 2009
"Puno orders PNP to impose 'one-strike' policy on war vs drugs," GMA News (Philippines), Feb. 2, 2009
"Mexico collapse unlikely: Experts say government stable despite mounting border violence," El Paso (TX) Times, Feb. 2, 2009
"Top UN official to Afghanistan calls for push to end
opium production," UN News Centre, Feb. 1, 2009
"Civic activists in L.A. have growing appetite to curb medical marijuana clinics," Los Angeles Times, Jan. 30, 2009
"County OKs drug testing of construction workers," Charleston (WV) Gazette, Jan. 30, 2009
"Last of DEA's agents in Bolivia leave country," Washington Post, Jan. 30, 2009
"Marijuana farmers caught on Google Earth," Australian Personal Computer, Jan. 30, 2009
"Random drug testing a health issue, not a cause for fear among students," Philippine Information Agency, Jan. 30, 2009
"Two things Obama could do on medical marijuana," San Francisco Chronicle, Jan. 29, 2009
"Oakland County program helping drug offenders change lives," Detroit (MI) Free Press, Jan. 29, 2009
"Drug war spillover discussed," El Paso (TX) Times, Jan. 29, 2009
"Researchers explore natural remedies for substance abuse, mental illnesses," (Nigeria) Guardian, Jan. 29, 2009
"Mexico drug bosses may have set truce," Los Angeles Times, Jan. 29, 2009
"Lawmakers seek to make hallucinogenic herb illegal," Baltimore (MD) Examiner, Jan. 28, 2009
"Marijuana reform is part of the progressive agenda, so why are Obama's drug cops already making pot raids?," AlterNet, Jan. 27, 2009
"Enhanced role expected for U.S. in drug cartel battle," Dallas (TX) Morning News, Jan. 28, 2009
"Substance use common among patients with tuberculosis," (Australia) News-Medical, Jan. 28, 2009
"Guns from U.S. fueling drug war, Mexico contends," Winston-Salem (NC) Journal, Jan. 28, 2009
"Obama's choice: Sane U.N. drug policy or the same old failed war-on-drugs routine?," AlterNet, Jan. 27, 2009
"ADHD drugs cause hallucinations in children; Psychiatry pushes hallucinogenic drugs for profit," Natural News, Jan. 27, 2009
"Bill on medical marijuana stopped in tie," Helena (MT) Independent Record, Jan. 27, 2009
"Global cocaine trade moves to Africa," Tadias (NY), Jan. 27, 2009
"Narcotics police seized over 700 kg of drugs in Moscow in 2008," Russian News & Information Agency, Jan. 27, 2009
"The worst alcohol problem in NZ is in Parliament," Scoop (New Zealand), Jan. 27, 2009
"Medical marijuana hard to find in western Colorado," AP / Vail (CO) Daily, Jan. 26, 2009
"Delegate proposes marijuana legislation," The Star-Tribune
(Chatham, VA), Jan. 26, 2009
"State budget deficit may aid marijuana reform effort," Hartford (CT) Courant, Jan. 26, 2009
"Oversight now has meaning for S.F. pot clubs," San Francisco (CA) Chronicle, Jan. 26, 2009
"Fine-free period for cannabis users," Times Online (UK), Jan. 26, 2009
"Taliban shape an opium economy," Asia Times, Jan. 26, 2009
"Mexican 'Stew Maker' dissolved 300 drug war victims in acid," Reading Evening Post (UK), Jan. 26, 2009
"Arroyo wants 'fiercer war' vs narcotics," ABS-CBN News (Philippines), Jan. 26, 2009
"Funding for drug treatment a challenge," Worcester (MA) Telegram & Gazette News, Jan. 25, 2009
"Meth law trims prison count," Des Moines
(IA) Register, Jan. 25, 2009
"Top Mexico cops charged with favoring drug
cartel," AP, Jan. 24, 2009
"Medical marijuana dispensary raided at
Tahoe," AP / San Jose (CA) Mercury News, Jan. 24,
2009
"Call off the medical marijuana raids, President Obama," (DC) Examiner, Jan. 23, 2009
"Tougher health and safety law demands tougher drugs policies," Medical News Today, Jan. 23, 2009
"Following the Afghan drug trail," The American Spectator, Jan. 23, 2009
"Health sets random drug test, ignores rights panel," Manila (Philippines) Standard Today, Jan. 23, 2009
"First Obama DEA raid in California: Change?," Independent Political Report (MI), Jan. 23, 2009
"A silver lining to the economic crisis: Less money for prisons," AlterNet, Jan. 22, 2009
"DEA vetoes research," Reno (NV) News & Review, Jan. 22, 2009
"Cape lawmaker seeks to toughen new pot law," Cape Cod Times, Jan. 22, 2009
"Marijuana hampers sperm's fertility," The Med Guru, Jan. 22, 2009
"Another Kanawha County agency considering random drug testing," WOWK (WV), Jan. 22, 2009
"Medical marijuana debate goes to Greensboro City Council," WFMY News 2 (NC), Jan. 22, 2009
"Philippines says drugs are bigger problem than rebels," Reuters, Jan. 22, 2009
"The drug capitals Of America," Forbes, Jan. 21, 2009
"Driving high at issue with marijuana law," Helena (MT) Independent Record, Jan. 21, 2009
"Marijuana's potential as a medicine needs work," Scarlet Scuttlebutt (NJ), Jan. 21, 2009
"Kilgore ISD OKs drug testing," Longview (TX) News-Journal, Jan. 21, 2009
"Cambodia to work out new law to punish drug traffickers," Xinhua (China), Jan. 21, 2009
"PNP intensifies anti-drug campaign," Philippine Information Agency, Jan. 21, 2009
"Another erosion of the Fourth Amendment," Media Monitors Network, Jan. 20, 2009
"Count on Supervisors to get fired up over medical pot," Modesto (CA) Bee, Jan. 20, 2009
"To stop meth is everyone's fight," Tennessean, Jan. 20, 2009
"P25M, 4 years needed for random drug test on RP schools," GMA News (Philippines), Jan. 20, 2009
"Afghan leader blames allies over civilian deaths, drugs," AFP, Jan. 20, 2009
"Drug crimes top target for '09," Jackson (TN) Sun, Jan. 19, 2009
"Lawmakers to hear pair of medical marijuana bills," Great Falls (MT) Tribune, Jan. 19, 2009
"Kirk: Obama should spray the Taliban's poppies," Times Recorder (OH), Jan. 19, 2009
"Marijuana monopoly," Boston Globe, Jan. 19, 2009
"War on doping," Sowetan (South Africa), Jan. 19, 2009
"The wonking room," The New Republic, Jan. 16, 2009
"Mexico's instability is a real problem," The Wall Street Journal, Jan. 16, 2009
"Time to clean up drug disposal policies," Longview Daily News (WA), Jan. 16, 2009
"Pot case puts Federal Judge in deja vu mood," Law.com, Jan. 16, 2009
"Half-baked reasons for opposing pot law," Harvard Crimson, Jan. 16, 2009
"Mexico media on high alert after drug-gang attack on televisa," Time, Jan. 15, 2009
"Obama can't put border drug war on back burner," Arizona Republic, Jan. 15, 2009
"New Mexico finalizes rules for medical cannabis," Emax Health, Jan. 15, 2009
"Reality check for U.S.-Mexico relations," Los Angeles Times, Jan. 15, 2009
"Ja cannot legalise ganja," Jamaica Observer, Jan. 15, 2009
"Marijuana is more than a drug to abuse," Daily Monitor (Uganda), Jan. 15, 2009
"Military ready if drug gangs cross border," Houston (TX) Chronicle, Jan. 15, 2009
"Marijuana goes to court," Idaho Mountain Express, Jan. 14, 2009
"Still rolling out," Detroit (MI) Metro Times, Jan. 14, 2009
"Court to hear appeal by marijuana activist Ed Rosenthal," CBS 5 (CA), Jan. 14, 2009
"Drug war next door," Chicago (IL) Tribune, Jan. 14, 2009
"Solon pushes drug tests for congressmen," Inquirer (Philippines), Jan. 14, 2009
"Team work needed vs. drug war in the Philippines," Mindanao Examiner (Philippines), Jan. 14, 2009
"A few brave local politicians in Texas rebuked for just trying to talk about drug reform," AlterNet, Jan. 13, 2009
"UMass loses marijuana lab bid," Boston Globe, Jan. 13, 2009
"U.D. police taser, shoot pit bull during drug search," Daily Times (PA), Jan. 13, 2009
"Better options are needed to stop Juárez violence," El Paso (TX) Times, Jan. 13, 2009
"Philippine President names herself as anti-drugs chief," Easy Bourse(France), Jan. 13, 2009
"Obama to help Mexico cut drug violence," San Antonio (TX) Express, Jan. 13, 2009
"NCRPO steps up drive vs illegal drugs," Inquirer (Philippines), Jan. 13, 2009
"Effects of Mexico's drug war hit El Paso," Dallas (TX) Morning News, Jan. 12, 2009
"DEA denies professor's marijuana-for-research
bid," AP, Jan. 12, 2009
"Fort Collins thieves target medical marijuana
users," Denver (CO) Post, Jan. 12, 2009
"Five key areas for reforming America's idiotic war on drugs," AlterNet, Jan. 12, 2009
"The war on drugs redux," History News Network, Jan. 12, 2009
"Obama to discuss trade and drug war with Calderon," International Herald Tribune, Jan. 12, 2009
"Pot smokers won't get an exemption from law," Vancouver (Canada) Sun, Jan. 12, 2009
"Gov't is losing war vs drugs: group," Sun Star (Philippines), Jan. 12, 2009
"Meet the neighbors Obama sits down with Calderon," Southern Ledger (TN), Jan. 12, 2009
"Marijuana collectives get the OK," The Desert Sun (CA), Jan. 9, 2009
"U.S. ready for Mexico violence," El Paso (TX) Times, Jan. 9, 2009
"Dutch system taking the fun out of pot," Windsor Star (Canada), Jan. 9, 2009
"Obama to meet Mexico's Calderon on Monday," Reuters, Jan. 9, 2009
"U.S. gives Mexico $99 million for drug war," Latin American Herald Tribune, Jan. 9, 2009
"Sanjay Gupta: What the next Surgeon General doesn't know about pot," AlterNet, Jan. 8, 2009
"US 'to use force' should Mexican drug violence spill over border, says Chertoff," The Telegraph (London, England), Jan. 8, 2009
"Drug czar targets new meth threat," DesMoines (IA) Register, Jan. 8, 2009
"Drug court a real win-win proposition," Daily Herald (IL), Jan. 8, 2009
"Ex-U.S. drug czar warns of Mexican border rush," El Paso (TX) Times, Jan. 8, 2009
"Gunmen attack TV offices in Mexico," Washington Post, Jan. 8, 2009
"America begins to ease up on marijuana smokers," Vancouver (Canada) Sun, Jan. 8, 2009
"U.S. plans border 'surge' against drug war spillover," Austin (TX) American-Statesman, Jan. 8, 2009
"Mexico drug war likely to intensify," Seattle (WA) Times, Jan. 8, 2009
"Rise in prescription drug deaths renews call for state registry," St. Petersburg (FL) Times, Jan. 7, 2009
"Landlords of medical cannabis centers threatened with real estate forfeiture," Coastal Post (CA), Jan. 7, 2009
"Smoking herb not necessarily a road to ruin," Worcester (MA) Telegram, Jan. 7, 2009
"A dose of reality," Guardian (UK), Jan. 7, 2009
"More big names in biggest Dominican drug case," Dominican (Republic) Today, Jan. 7, 2009
"Survey shows majority favor marijuana legalization," PR.com, Nov. 4, 2008
"Panel calls for judge to lose license," Barre Montpelier (VT) Times Argus, Nov. 4, 2008
"Study shows more Americans drinking less; most K-State students fail to follow trend," Kansas State Collegian, Nov. 4, 2008
"Meds at home a bad Rx for kids," Miami (FL) Herald, Nov. 4, 2008
"Arcata takes up medical marijuana guidelines, Trillium Creek," Times-Standard (CA), Nov. 4, 2008
"Support mounts for drug trafficking designation in North Country counties," Empire State News, Nov. 3, 2008
"Debate still smoking," Nurse.com, Nov. 3, 2008
"Proposal one generates local support & dissent," WHMI (MI), Nov. 3, 2008
"Feds: Cartels moving pot farms to Utah," Daily Herald (UT), Nov. 3, 2008
"Most-wanted Mexico drug trafficker is found everywhere," Los Angeles Times, Nov. 3, 2008
"Call for EU co-operation to fight drug crime," Irish Times, Nov. 3, 2008
"Filipino families must be united in fight against drug abuse," Philippine Information Agency, Nov. 3, 2008
"Medical marijuana question confronts voters," Toledo (OH) Blade, Nov. 2, 2008
"Feds say cartels moving pot operations to
Utah," Salt Lake (UT) Tribune, Nov. 2, 2008
"Ruling favors medical marijuana users," The (MT) Missoulian, Oct. 31, 2008
"Cabell County to implement drug policy for contractors," Herald-Dispatch (WV), Oct. 31, 2008
"Database in aids Mobile County's war on meth," Press-Register (AL), Oct. 31, 2008
"Dominicans mull shooting drug-laden boats, planes," Kansas City (MO) Star, Oct. 31, 2008
"UK drug abuse worst in Europe," Politics (UK), Oct. 31, 2008
"EU has 1.5 million heroin users, conference to hear," Irish Times, Oct. 31, 2008
"Prop 5 ad goes after correctional officers," Sacramento (CA) Bee, Oct. 30, 2008
"McCain, Obama diverge on Latin America ," St. Petersburg (FL) Times, Oct. 30, 2008
"Marijuana grower sues over alleged civil rights violations," The Ukiah (CA) Daily Journal, Oct. 30, 2008
"Summit examines student drug testing," Daily Gazette (NY), Oct. 30, 2008
"High court upholds medical marijuana law," Great Falls (MT) Tribune, Oct. 30, 2008
"W.Va. school drug policy to include student drivers," Charleston (WV) Daily Mail, Oct. 30, 2008
"Anti-drug tv campaign didn't curb marijuana use–Study," The Punch (Nigeria), Oct. 30, 2008
"Drug courts can reverse heartbreak of drug abuse, addiction," USA Today, Oct. 29, 2008
"Medical marijuana up north," Toledo (OH) Blade, Oct. 29, 2008
"Over 29 tons of drugs seized in Russia in Jan.-Sept.," RIA Novosti (Russia), Oct. 29, 2008
"Stop harassing medical pot users," National Post (Canada), Oct. 29, 2008
"Nat'l anti-drug campaign backfired," The Daily Pennsylvanian, Oct. 28, 2008
"If politician's war on drugs continue, patients will suffer," Atlanta Journal Constitution, Oct. 28, 2008
"Phila. focusing on drug war," The Philadelphia Inquirer, Oct. 28, 2008
"Afghan opium fight needs aid, better message," AFP, Oct. 28, 2008
"Court OKs medical marijuana market," Calgary (Canada) Herald, Oct. 28, 2008
"Bay teachers learn to test for drugs," The Herald (South Africa), Oct. 28, 2008
"Ottawa's monopoly on pot over," Toronto (Canada) Sun, Oct. 28, 2008
"Schools want volunteers for drug tests," Sarasota (FL) Herald-Tribune, Oct. 27, 2008
"County pursues medicinal marijuana case," San Diego (CA) Union Tribune, Oct. 27, 2008
"Tide is turning in war on drugs," FOX Sports, Oct. 27, 2008
"U.S. can play key role in stemming Mexico's rising drug violence," The Salt Lake (UT) Tribune, Oct. 27, 2008
"Two million youth in Karachi are drug addicts," Regional Times (Pakistan), Oct. 27, 2008
"Drug cartel's 'boss' arrested," The (UK) Independent, Oct. 27, 2008
"NDLEA's new drug control strategies recording success," The (Nigeria) News, Oct. 27, 2008
"If California voters pass Proposition 6, we have learned nothing," California Progress Report, Oct. 26, 2008
"The question facing Michigan voters: Is marijuana good medicine," Detroit (MI) Free Press, Oct. 25, 2008
"Soldiers to target Afghan drug labs, not poppy
fields," Ottawa (Ontario, Canada) Citizen, Oct. 25,
2008
"Anti-drug TV campaign didn't curb teen pot
use: study," US News & World Report, Oct. 24, 2008
"Poll indicates half of voters want marijuana decriminalized," Boston Globe, Oct. 24, 2008
"Eviction over pot plants gets attention," Silver City (NM) Sun-News, Oct. 24, 2008
"Medical marijuana a hot issue for group," Battle Creek (MI) Enquirer, Oct. 24, 2008
"US, UN differ on Afghan opium ebb," AP, Oct. 24, 2008
"U.S. has key role in Mexico drug violence," Fresno Bee (CA), Oct. 24, 2008
"US to target Taliban drug traffic," USA Today, Oct. 23, 2008
"Students sign on: Drinking age is not working," LaCrosse (WI) Tribune, Oct. 23, 2008
"Sarasota weighs a law to curb drug abuse," Sarasota (FL) Herald-Tribune, Oct. 23, 2008
"Props. 5, 6, 9 cover crime, punishment," LA Daily News, Oct. 23, 2008
"Drug abuse rising on trafficking route," Boston Globe, Oct. 23, 2008
"Mexico drug war funds to be released soon: U.S.," Reuters, Oct. 23, 2008
"Hatred for safe-injection sites is irrational," Globe and Mail (Canada), Oct. 23, 2008
"Rice visits Mexico for a meeting about its drug war," The New York Times, Oct. 22, 2008
"Prison's daily battle to beat drug smuggling," Evening (UK) Telegraph, Oct. 22, 2008
"Pot issues resurface in 5th District Court," Idaho Mountain Express, Oct. 22, 2008
"San Mateo weighs medical pot regulations," San Jose (CA) Mercury News, Oct. 22, 2008
"Legalizing marijuana for medical use a hot topic," Lansing (MI) State Journal, Oct. 22, 2008
"County gives nod to issuing pot cards," Stockton (CA) Record, Oct. 22, 2008
"Guinea drug agents are 'corrupt'," BBC, Oct. 22, 2008
"Rice visits a Mexico fatigued by drug violence," The Dallas (TX) Morning News, Oct. 22, 2008
"Feds foot pot bill for con," Winnipeg (Canada) Sun, Oct. 22, 2008
"Prop 5 would change drug offender rules," The california Aggie, Oct. 21, 2008
"Opposing view: Drug courts don't work," USA Today, Oct. 21, 2008
"Drug money eases budget," The Times Herald (MI), Oct. 21, 2008
"Measure pushes treatment over prison," Mohave Valley News (NV), Oct. 21, 2008
"Troops reportedly popping more painkillers," USA Today, Oct. 21, 2008
"Cops, PM shady on Insite," Abbotsford Times (Canada), Oct. 21, 2008
"At least 21 dead in Mexico jail riot," Washington Post, Oct. 21, 2008
"McCain would focus on law enforcement, while Obama would emphasize treatment," News Sentinel (IN), Oct. 20, 2008
"Morris residents mixed on how to win the war on drugs," Daily Record (NJ), Oct. 20, 2008
"Budget cutting? Take a hatchet to the war on drugs," Salon, Oct. 20, 2008
"9,000 'ordinary people' flee Mexican drug war," Globe and Mail (Canada), Oct. 20, 2008
"Mexico's drug war veers toward terrorism amid anger over U.S.," Bloomberg, Oct. 20, 2008
"US trade decree upsets Bolivians," Boston (MA) Globe, Oct. 20, 2008
"Narcotics Special Action Group wages war vs illegal drug traders in Legazpi City," Philippine Info Agency, Oct. 20, 2008
"Austin police plan 'cite and release' drug policy," Star-Telegram (TX), Oct. 19, 2008
"Vote 'yes' on medical marijuana plan," Lansing (MI) State Journal, Oct. 17, 2008
"Amethyst Initiative brings alcohol policy discourse to College," The Flat Hat (College of William and Mary), Oct. 17, 2008
"ADHD stimulant treatment may decrease substance abuse risk," EmaxHealth, Oct. 17, 2008
"Supreme Court denies review of medical pot law," San Francisco (CA) Chronicle, Oct. 17, 2008
"Colombia drug industry eyes off Australia," ABC Online (Australia), Oct. 17, 2008
"Community wardens winning needles battle," Hull Daily Mail (UK), Oct. 17, 2008
"State supreme court declines to hear county's appeal on medical marijuana," San Diego (CA) Union-Tribune, Oct. 16, 2008
"Drug offenders could get lighter penalties via Prop. 5," Ventura County (CA) Reporter, Oct. 16, 2008
"Kanawha school board OKs random employee drug tests," Charleston (WV) Gazette, Oct. 16, 2008
"FSU student groups push for equal penalties for pot, booze," Tallahassee (FL) Democrat, Oct. 16, 2008
"Sentence undercuts anti-drug effort," Eagle-Tribune (MA), Oct. 16, 2008
"Drug courts mixing threats and sympathy," Sarasota (FL) Herald-Tribune, Oct. 16, 2008
"No power for legal pot garden," Toronto (Canada) Sun, Oct. 16, 2008
"State Dept. urges travelers to beware of Nogales," The Arizona Republic, Oct. 16, 2008
"Deadly inattention to HIV," Baltimore (MD) Sun, Aug. 31, 2008
"Effort to clarify medical pot laws," Santa
Rosa (CA) Press Democrat, Aug. 31, 2008
"California politics drive cannabis club crackdown," The Wall Street Journal, Aug. 29, 2008
"Marijuana supporters end week with laid-back protest," Rocky Mountain News, Aug. 29, 2008
"Young follow pain-killer route to heroin, agencies find," The Buffalo (NY) News, Aug. 29, 2008
"Ottawa to take aim at flow of drugs into federal prisons," The Vancouver Sun, Aug. 29, 2008
"Bolivian is an uneasy ally as U.S. presses drug war," The Gadsden (AL) Times, Aug. 29, 2008
"Attorney general proposes sensible rules on medical pot," San Francisco Chronicle, Aug. 28, 2008
"Cannabis: police seizures show drop in drug's strength," Guardian, Aug. 28, 2008
"League to use DNA testing to fight illicit drug use," WA Today (Australia), Aug. 28, 2008
"Korean assistance for drug war in 2010," Bru Direct (Brunei Darussalam), Aug. 28, 2008
"$600m spent annually to fight drugs: Iran," IranMania News, Aug. 28, 2008
"City funding reaches needle-exchange programs in Washington, D.C.," Medical News Today, Aug. 27, 2008
"Injured troops increasingly turning to prescription medication," Rutland (VT) Herald, Aug. 27, 2008
"The west African connection: drug barons find new route on to the streets of Britain," Guardian, Aug. 27, 2008
"Unionized construction workers in British Columbia subject to new drug policy," Journal of Commerce (Canada), Aug. 27, 2008
"Endless war against hard drugs," This Day (Nigeria), Aug. 27, 2008
"M'sia, Brunei used as transit points for drugs," Borneo Bulletin, Aug. 27, 2008
"Opium cultivation drops in Afghanistan: UN," Associated Press of Pakistan, Aug. 27, 2008
"California attorney general issues medical marijuana guidelines," Los Angeles Times, Aug. 26, 2008
"Len Bias law doesn't apply to all drugs," Oshkosh (WI) Northwestern, Aug. 26, 2008
"Initiative sparks debate on drinking age," The Topeka (KA) Capital-Journal, Aug. 26, 2008
"Medical-pot limit needs to be larger, some say," The (WA) Olympian, Aug. 26, 2008
"Yemen wields capitalism in war on narcotic plant," The Wall Street Journal, Aug. 26, 2008
"Mexican drug cartels may hit targets in U.S.," Fort Worth (TX) Star-Telegram, Aug. 26, 2008
"Brown: Some medi-pot dispensaries may be illegal," AP / San Francisco (CA) Chronicle, Aug.
25, 2008
"Tougher DOT drug testing rules now in effect," Occupational Health & Safety, Aug. 25, 2008
"A deadly leak," Augusta (GA) Chronicle, Aug. 25, 2008
"Warning over heroin cut with cancer-causing drug," Daily Record (UK), Aug. 25, 2008
"Legal row to delay proposal for drug searches," Irish Independent, Aug. 25, 2008
"Party culture fuelling demand for cocaine," Times of Malta, Aug. 25, 2008
"Top cop says city is losing drugs battle," (UK) Evening Post, Aug. 25, 2008
"Soldiers test positive for drugs," BBC News, Aug. 24, 2008
"Can illegal drugs help depression?" The Times (London, England), Aug. 23, 2008
"Civil rights advocates question the worth of drug
testing for state employees," Salt Lake Tribune, Aug. 23, 2008
"The illegality of legal drugs," Tampa (FL) Tribune, Aug. 22, 2008
"Police told to ignore pot possession during convention," The Washington Times, Aug. 22, 2008
"Medicinal pot backer calls for clearer laws," Billings (MT) Gazette, Aug. 22, 2008
"False positives for cocaine less common than reported," The Salem (MA) News, Aug. 22, 2008
"Pot, stem cells make the ballot," Detroit Free Press, Aug. 22, 2008
"Federal Judge backs medical pot activists' suit against government," The National Law Journal, Aug. 22, 2008
"Feds say drug injection centre offers 'no hope'," The Vancouver Courier, Aug. 22, 2008
"As Juárez violence escalates, debate rages on whether Mexico's drug war is working," The Dallas (TX) Morning News, Aug. 22, 2008
"Conservatives' tough talk on drugs is a cheap political ploy," The Vancouver Sun, Aug. 22, 2008
"Industry-wide drug testing approved for all unionized construction sites in B.C.," The Canadian Press, Aug. 22, 2008
"Federal war on medical pot challenged," San Francisco Chronicle, Aug. 21, 2008
"More employees falsify drug tests," Baltimore Sun, Aug. 21, 2008
"Couple to sue over dead pot," The Coloradoan, Aug. 21, 2008
"May I have some more, sir?," New Times (CA), Aug. 21, 2008
"Cannabis wrecks result of joint task force," Brighton (CO) Standard Blade, Aug. 21, 2008
"Drug use in military exposed," Edmonton (Canada) Sun, Aug. 21, 2008
"Drug seizures become police kickbacks," Tallahassee (FL) Democrat, Aug. 20, 2008
"Firefighters challenge drug-testing proposal," American-Statesman (TX), Aug. 20, 2008
"College presidents seek debate on drinking age," The Advocate (CT), Aug. 20, 2008
"Is society benefiting from the war on pot?," Times & Transcript (Canada), Aug. 20, 2008
"We are winning doping war, insist Olympics body," AFP, Aug. 20, 2008
"Malta third for ease of access to hard drugs," Times of Malta, Aug. 20, 2008
"More drug testing leads to more methods of deception," Chicago Tribune, Aug. 19, 2008
"Big Isle vote could lessen marijuana enforcement," Honolulu Advertiser, Aug. 19, 2008
"The new stoner…you," Blast, Aug. 19, 2008
"Turkey's narcotics trade run by Iranians and Georgians," Todays Zaman (Turkey), Aug. 19, 2008
"Insite uproar a blessing and curse," The (Toronto) Star, Aug. 19, 2008
"Rumours hit Afghan drug trade," Financial Times (UK), Aug. 19, 2008
"Drugs, mental health and the justice system," American-Statesman (TX), Aug. 18, 2008
"Pro:Marijuana use for chronic pain and nausea," Los Angeles Times, Aug. 18, 2008
"Cocaine threatens stability in fragile West Africa," Reuters, Aug. 18, 2008
"Greek sports face organized doping," CNN, Aug. 18, 2008
"Tories aim to force inmates to work in jail," National Post, Aug. 18, 2008
"Latin America deserves much better than a wall," The China Post, Aug. 18, 2008
"World's largest pro-pot rally rolls into town, police not worried," Seattle Post Intelligencer, Aug. 15, 2008
"Drug policy has failed," Sun-Sentinel (FL), Aug. 15, 2008
"Pot-related deaths fan debate: Is loss of life too high a cost?," The Virginian Pilot, Aug. 15, 2008
"Measure B plant limits can't be enforced, judge rules," The Ukiah (CA) Daily Journal, Aug. 15, 2008
"A prescription for trouble," Jacksonville (NC) Daily News, Aug. 15, 2008
"23 slayings in 24 hours in drug war," The Australian, Aug. 15, 2008
"Cocaine use trebles in a decade," The (UK) Independent, Aug. 15, 2008
"Prescription drugs more accessible to teens than beer," USA Today, Aug. 14, 2008
"Had a nice trip. Wish you could, too," Sarasota (FL) Herald Tribune, Aug. 14, 2008
"Last dance with Mary Jane, no more time to kill the pain...," Mustang Daily (CA), Aug. 14, 2008
"6 officers in Mexico crime unit arrested," Los Angeles Times, Aug. 14, 2008
"Drugs, diplomacy deter U.S.-Dominican relations," Dominican Today, Aug. 14, 2008
"Drug Money," The (WA) Stranger, Aug. 13, 2008
"Marijuana law changes sought," The Ukiah (CA) Daily Journal, Aug. 13, 2008
"Medicine easy to find on the street," ENC Today, Aug. 13, 2008
"Federal police raid tourist pharmacies," Union-Tribune (CA), Aug. 13, 2008
"Drug prohibition–an untenable hypocrisy," Guardian, Aug. 13, 2008
"Tough-on-drugs policy 'pointless'," BBC News, Aug. 13, 2008
"Ten-million 'illegal' ciggies smoked a day," The Star (South Africa), Aug. 13, 2008
"Govt agencies call for lower drink drive limits-report," The New Zealand Herald, Aug. 13, 2008
"Why the drug war is a crime against humanity explained in plain English," Online Journal, Aug. 12, 2008
"California wins on medical pot law," Appeal Democrat (CA), Aug. 12, 2008
"Westchester lawmakers approve bill restricting sale of some types of cough medicines to minors," Lower Hudson (NY) Journal, Aug. 12, 2008
"Time favors bar owners in smoking battle," Charleston (WV) Gazette, Aug. 12, 2008
"U.S. officials praise Mexico for anti-drug efforts," The Dallas (TX) Morning News, Aug. 12, 2008
"WA Libs vow to get tougher on drugs," The Australian, Aug. 12, 2008
"Drug war madness," Los Angeles Times, Aug. 11, 2008
"Officials say Games may never be clean," The Boston Globe, Aug. 11, 2008
"Pulling the lid off pot," The Seattle Times, Aug. 11, 2008
"Hempfest ad on bus criticized by some," The (WA) Olympian, Aug. 11, 2008
"California: Marijuana law goes up in smoke as federal agents raid dispensaries," Guardian (UK), Aug. 11, 2008
"Illicit drug retail sales up with ever more Mexican users," Mexidata, Aug. 11, 2008
"Mexican cartels buy US weapons," UPI, Aug. 10, 2008
"Mexico anti-drug general is ousted," Los Angeles (CA) Times, Aug. 10, 2008
"Opium grips Afghanistan," Washington
(DC) Times, Aug. 10, 2008
"Police chief expresses regret over drug
raid," Baltimore (MD) Sun, Aug. 9, 2008
"Police state madness: Mayor's dogs gunned down by cops in hyper-agressive drug raid," AlterNet, Aug. 8, 2008
"Oregon's per capita drug use above 2006 U.S. average," The Oregonian, Aug. 8, 2008
"Pot prescriptions come under scrutiny," The (CA) Union, Aug. 8, 2008
"What's wrong with drugs at the Olympics?," (UK) Times Online, Aug. 8, 2008
"Mexico prison tackles HIV ignorance," BBC News, Aug. 8, 2008
"Convict shortage halts Singapore prison project," My Sinchew (Malaysia), Aug. 8, 2008
"Needle Match," The Economist, Aug. 7, 2008
"Mayor Phil Gordon: This isn't personal, it's about safety," Arizona Republic (Phoenix, AZ), Aug. 7, 2008
"In Philadelphia, mayors urge action on
crime," Philadelphia (PA) Inquirer, Aug. 7, 2008
"National drunk driving crackdown – Aug.
15-Sept. 1, 2008," MMWR Weekly (Centers for Disease
Control), Aug. 7, 2008
"New drug-testing rules lead to confusion," The (WV) State Journal, Aug. 7, 2008
"Tijuana: In the cartels' shadow," BBC News, Aug. 7, 2008
"Drugs: Are we serious?," Manchester (UK) Confidential, Aug. 7, 2008
"Homegrown marijuana cases surge in Japan," AP, Aug. 7, 2008
"Mandatory jail madness," PerthNow (Australia), Aug. 7, 2008
"Ex-user wants to swap poppies for pomegranates," Swindon (UK) Advertiser, Aug. 7, 2008
"Hawaii teachers' union reneging on drug testing, state says," Honolulu Advertiser, Aug. 6, 2008
"Morro Bay pot dispensary owner found guilty of federal charges," Los Angeles Times, Aug. 6, 2008
"Clement's Insite attack leaves WHO red-faced ," Globe and Mail (Canada), Aug. 6, 2008
"700 slain so far in Juárez," El Paso (TX) Times, Aug. 6, 2008
"Hollywood potheads go mainstream," Edmonton (Canada) Journal, Aug. 6, 2008
"US suspends all extraditions requests," Colombia Reports, Aug. 6, 2008
"Drug operations turning to public land," Northwest (IL) Herald, Aug. 5, 2008
"Collateral damage," Reason Magazine, Aug. 5, 2008
"Should we legalise drugs?," Guardian, Aug. 5, 2008
"Trial of marijuana dispensary owner goes to jury," Los Angeles Times, Aug. 5, 2008
"Guns and poppies," New York Times, Aug. 5, 2008
"Tensions over drug trade bubble to the surface," Globe and Mail (Canada), Aug. 5, 2008
"Drug testing in Wayne County-who gets it, who does not...," Times of Wayne County (NY), Aug. 4, 2008
"Turned-off cannabinoid receptor turns on colorectal tumor growth - CB1 suppresses tumors, a new potential path for treatment, prevention," Medical News Today, Aug. 4, 2008
"Alternative medicine," Rocklin & Rosevill (CA) Today, Aug. 4, 2008
"Afghan airport to help switch from drugs to fruit," Reuters, Aug. 4, 2008
"Women playing a vital role Lyari gang wars, drug peddiling activities," Thaindian News, Aug. 4, 2008
"Mexico proposes international strategy for fight against drug-trafficking," MexiData, Aug. 4, 2008
"War trudges on in state versus federal pot laws," San Luis Obispo (CA) Tribune, Aug. 3, 2008
"Think tank: Fight smart in the war on
drugs," The Times (London, England), Aug. 3, 2008
"Drug outlawed in North Dakota puts man on the
spot," The Bismarck (ND) Tribune, Aug. 3, 2008
"Police have second go 'round with medical
marijuana patient," Wenatchee (WA) World, Aug. 2, 2008
"Ruling: No religious right to marijuana," The Arizona Daily Star, Aug. 1, 2008
"HSTA fires back over drug testing," Star Bulletin (HI), Aug. 1, 2008
"Prohibition ups gang violence," Calgary (Canada) Sun, Aug. 1, 2008
"Rats, disease plague prisoners in France's overcrowded jails," Bloomberg, Aug. 1, 2008
"Dominican Republic says nations cooperate less in war on drugs," Dominican Today, Aug. 1, 2008
"County loses another round in medical pot ID battle," San Diego (CA) Union-Tribune, July 31, 2008
"DEA agents raid Culver City medical marijuana dispensary," Los Angeles (CA) Times, July 31, 2008
"US vote says cigarettes are drugs," BBC
News, July 31, 2008
"Feds get involved in local drug case," The Seattle Times, July 31, 2008
"US drug enforcement agents train Vietnamese police," The Earth Times, July 31, 2008
"Should marijuana be legal?," The (NY) Daily News, July 31, 2008
"We need you in the war on drugs," South Devon (UK) Herald Express, July 31, 2008
"Nigeria's drugs agency to screen top government officials," Afrique en ligne, July 31, 2008
"Thomason Hospital seeks fed aid to treat drug war victims," El Paso (TX) Times, July 31, 2008
"Olympics and Opium Wars," Asia Times, July 31, 2008
"Bush drug warrior crashes pot press conference," RawStory.com, July 30, 2008
"The rat trap," In These Times (IL), July 30, 2008
"Racial fairness gaining ground in the justice system," Baltimore Sun, July 30, 2008
"Mexico's drug cartels take barbarous turn: Targeting bystanders," Washington Post, July 30, 2008
"Drug seizures fails to curb demand," The (UK) Express & Star, July 30, 2008
"Pot-smoking battle going to court," The Spec (Canada), July 30, 2008
"Muting the music of mayhem," Los Angeles Times, July 30, 2008
"Deaths from drug misuse skyrocket," The San Diego (CA) Union-Tribune, July 29, 2008
"To catch a cheat," ScienceNews, July 29, 2008
"Research raises questions about 'Policing for Profit'," UT-Dallas News Center, July 29, 2008
"Let poppies be grown for medicine: expert," The Gazette (Canada), July 29, 2008
"E/R Police step up anti-drug war," (Ghana) Statesman, July 29, 2008
"Afghans making heroin at home," AP / Philadelphia Inquirer, July 29, 2008
"Prescription medication teens' drug of choice," Ventura County (CA) Star, July 28, 2008
"Drug crime shows legislators the power of laissez faire," Business Report (South Africa), July 28, 2008
"Taliban are not involved in drug business," The Frontier Post (Pakistan), July 28, 2008
"Troops turn violent in Mexico drug war," Philadelphia (PA) Inquirer, July 28, 2008
"Drug use and production are both on the rise in Mexico," Frontera Norte Sur, July 28, 2008
"Insite works," National Post (Canada), July 28, 2008
"States cast wary eye on salvia," Schenectady (NY) Daily Gazette, July 27, 2008
"Drug trade still fueling Colombia violence," UPI, July 27, 2008
"US plan to fight drugs in Mexico bound to falter
without changes," San Jose (CA) Mercury News, July 27,
2008
"Heath Ledger's tragic overdose death and what
can be done to prevent others," Santa Cruz (CA)
Sentinel, July 27, 2008
"If heroin rules, kingpins walk free,"
Chicago (IL) Tribune, July 26, 2008
"Conflicting marijuana laws take stage in
trial," Los Angeles (CA) Times, July 26, 2008
"Illegal painkiller overdoses kill more than 1,000 Americans," Medical News Today, July 25, 2008
"N.Y. bans smoking at treatment centers," Press & Sun-Bulletin (NY), July 25, 2008
"Public hearing planned on medical marijuana," Silver City Sun-News (NM), July 25, 2008
"Doctored heroin linked to 230 fatal drug overdoses," Detroit (MI) Free Press, July 25, 2008
"Mexico, drug cartels, and the Merida Initiative," FrontPage Magazine (CA), July 25, 2008
"Karzai hurts drug war, ex-US official asserts," Boston Globe, July 25, 2008
"Ex U.S. official: Afghan leader shields drug trade," Reuters, July 24, 2008
"Scared straight...by probation," The Wall Street Journal, July 24, 2008
"Drug, alcohol addicts need affordable treatment," Newsday (NY), July 24, 2008
"DEA gets birthday greeting, needs get-well card instead," Nashville (TN) City Paper, July 24, 2008
"Dominican drug czar slams Washington's "persistent obstruction" in narcotics war," Dominican (Republic) Today, July 24, 2008
"Pot: Why not legalize it?," Globe and Mail (Canada), July 24, 2008
"U.S. ranks #1 in consumption of pot, cocaine, smokes," AlterNet, July 23, 2008
"Unhappy 35th birthday to the DEA," Baxter Bulletin (AR), July 23, 2008
"The new reefer madness: arresting people in pain," The Seattle Times, July 23, 2008
"Jail called inadequate," Jackson Hole (WY) News & Guide, July 23, 2008
"Abuse of medical drugs a concern," Bennington Banner (VT), July 23, 2008
"Drug addiction soars in Mexico," USA Today, July 23, 2008
"Trying to outlaw an herbal high," The Boston Globe, July 22, 2008
"Texas county debates use of needle-exchanges," AP, July 22, 2008
"Atkinson bans hydroponic equipment in SA cannabis crackdown," Adelaidenow (Australia), July 22, 2008
"S Leone pledges cocaine crackdown," BBC News, July 22, 2008
"Let's set aside ideology and agree on ways to counter drug abuse," Globe and Mail (Canada), July 22, 2008
"Dedication, commitment can win war on drugs," Joy Online (Ghana), July 22, 2008
"Science of recreational drugs," The (CO) Daily Planet, July 21, 2008
"Dr. Kush," The New Yorker, July 21, 2008
"Drug company still seeking trial participants," Shreveport (LA) Times, July 21, 2008
"Authorities disagree with recent report on lower meth use," Worthington (MN) Daily Globe, July 21, 2008
"Partygoers are resorting to online forums for information about potentially deadly drugs," Adelaidenow (Australia), July 21, 2008
"Customs put coast towns on smuggler look-out," Irish Independent (Ireland), July 21, 2008
"Drug demand in the USA continues to invite terrorism," MexiData, July 21, 2008
"The secrets behind the drug trade in Sierra Leone," The Patriotic Vanguard (Sierra Leone), July 20, 2008
"Under the influence, but not impaired," Las Vegas (NV) Review-Journal, July 20, 2008
"Kansas City area is falling when tested for drugs," The Kansas City (MO) Star, July 20, 2008
"Arcata anticipates AG guidelines for medical
marijuana," The Times-Standard (Eureka, CA), July 20,
2008
"Synthetic pot as a military weapon? Meet the
man who ran the secret program," AlterNet, July 19, 2008
"Needle-exchange operator, DA clash," AP
/ Houston (TX) Chronicle, July 19, 2008
"'Magic' mushrooms may lift
spirituality," Salt Lake (Utah) Tribune, July 19, 2008
"Ibuprofen strip-search – at 13,"
Washington (DC) Times, July 19, 2008
"Drug laws fertilize teen violence," Dallas
(TX) Morning News, July 18, 2008
"The fly on the elephant," Ottawa
(Ontario, Canada) Citizen, July 18, 2008
"Pot
smoking linked to crash," Las Vegas (NV)
Review-Journal, July 18, 2008
"Cops return medical-marijuana files taken in raid
– but not the pot," Seattle (WA) Times, July 18,
2008
"Three more arrests after Sierra Leone record cocaine
bust," Agence France-Presse, July 17, 2008
"Suit claims pot denial was illegal," San
Luis Obispo (CA) Tribune, July 17, 2008
"Analysis: Crime figures down," BBC
News, July 17, 2008
"Home-made sub seized on suspected drug
run," Belfast (Ireland) Telegraph, July 17, 2008
"Justice denies request in agent's
death," Washington (DC) Times, July 17, 2008
"US citizens claim profiling, join lawsuit against
Sheriff Arpaio," Arizona Republic (Phoenix, AZ), July
17, 2008
"Costa Rica disappointed by US anti-drug aid
package," Xinhua News Agency (China), July 17, 2008
"Regular exercise may counter addiction,"
Canwest News Service / Calgary (Alberta, Canada) Herald,
July 17, 2008
"Captain Underpants and the preposterous pill
policy," by Jacob Sullum, TownHall.com, July 16, 2008
"Drug war mayhem instills a new fear," Los
Angeles (CA) Times, July 16, 2008
"Clues in Saratoga pot bust suggest link to Mexican
drug cartel," San Jose (CA) Mercury News, July 16, 2008
"Sheriff's office names head of jail
investigation," Houston (TX) Chronicle, July 16, 2008
"Politicians urged to allow marijuana for health
problems," New Zealand Herald (Auckland, NZ), July 16,
2008
"Officer in deadly crash held; tests reveal
marijuana in blood," Las Vegas (NV) Review-Journal,
July 16, 2008
"Drug smugglers bribing US agents on Mexico
border," Reuters, July 15, 2008
"Sinaloa rocked by soaring drug violence,"
Los Angeles (CA) Times, July 15, 2008
"'Cartel of the Snitches' scores on
Colombian TV," AP / CNN, July 15, 2008
"Gunmen kill Guatemala prosecutor," BBC
News, July 15, 2008
"District to vote on funding student-athletes'
drug tests," Detroit (MI) Free Press, July 14, 2008
"US kept in dark on rescue mission,"
Baltimore (MD) Sun, July 14, 2008
"Eight shot dead in Mexico attack," BBC
News, July 14, 2008
"Sierra Leone police arrest drug crew," BBC
News, July 14, 2008
"Return of the poppy," Bangkok
(Thailand) Post, July 14, 2008
"35 years of drug war failure," Pittsburgh
(PA) Tribune-Review, July 13, 2008
"Trying to script a solution," Las Vegas
(NV) Sun, July 13, 2008
"What if the candidates pandered to
economists?" New York (NY) Times, July 13, 2008
"McNerney changes medical marijuana stance,"
Oakland (CA) Tribune, July 12, 2008
"Lake Stevens High School's drug tests ran afoul
of the law," The Herald (Everett, WA), July 12, 2008
"Medical marijuana list released," Honolulu
(HI) Advertiser, July 12, 2008
"Across midwest, interest in medical marijuana
grows," Chicago (IL) Tribune, July 12, 2008
"Mexico's drug war shows a virulent feminine
side," Dallas (TX) Morning News, July 12, 2008
"An American pastime: Smoking pot,"
Time, July 11, 2008
"Mexico police probing 'hitmen' web site
adverts," Reuters, July 11, 2008
"Too many prisoners," Washington
(DC) Post, July 11, 2008
"Watauga teen cleared of delivering spiked sweets to
police," Ft. Worth (TX) Star-Telegram, July 11, 2008
"Colombia's success, time to rethink drug
strategy," Washington (DC) Post, July 11, 2008
"After club-goer's death, Health Canada looks at
BZP," The Globe & Mail (Toronto, Ont., Canada),
July 10, 2008
"Number of new HIV cases reported in Afghanistan
increasing, Health Ministry says," Kaiser Daily HIV/AIDS
Report, July 10, 2008
"Newark schools announce new drug, alcohol
policy," Newark (OH) Advocate, July 10, 2008
"Teen says he didn't put drugs in cookies
delivered to police," Ft. Worth (TX) Star-Telegram,
July 10, 2008
"Abuses are found in online sales of
medication," New York (NY) Times, July 9, 2008
"Parole credit triggers criticism,"
Lexington (KY) Herald-Leader, July 9, 2008
"Medicaid to cover minor drug treatment,"
Philadelphia (PA) Examiner.com, July 9, 2008
"Drug clinic seen getting green light," The
Citizen of Laconia (NH), July 9, 2008
"East Chicago cop implicated in drug sting,"
Chicago (IL) Post-Tribune, July 8, 2008
"Six burned bodies found in Mexico," BBC
News, July 8, 2008
"The war in the Pacific," StrategyPage.com,
July 7, 2008
"Crack-coke prison terms long, unfair,"
Delaware County Daily Times (Primos, PA), July 7, 2008
"Policing the poppy fields," BBC News, July
l7, 2008
"Alcohol 'widely available, extremely
cheap'," Manitowoc (WI) Herald Times
Reporter, July 6, 2008
"Dangerous duo," Bangkok
(Thailand) Post, July 6, 2008
"Why Wei remains untouchable," Bangkok
(Thailand) Post, July 6, 2008
"This is the US on drugs," Los Angeles
(CA) Times, July 5, 2008
"Big pharma is in a frenzy to bring cannabis-based
medicines to market," AlterNet, July 5, 2008
"Farmers caught in the poppy trade," BBC
News, July 5, 2008
"Afghan link to Seoul drug arrests," BBC
News, July 4, 2008
"Justice in hot water over dubious grants,"
Washington (DC) Independent, July 3, 2008
"McCain praises Colombia's drug
interdiction," Los Angeles (CA) Times, July 3, 2008
"Cocaine set to hit UK drinks trade,"
Morning Advertiser (Crawley, England), July 3, 2008
"What if Rush had gone to jail for a few years
because of his drug addiction?" Huffington Post, July 3,
2008
"Not winning the war on drugs," New York
(NY) Times, July 2, 2008
"Red tape may delay $400 million for Mexico drug
war," Houston (TX) Chronicle, July 2, 2008
"Government-controlled opium production is way of
life in Turkey," Voice of America, July 2, 2008
"Concern over country's growth as drug
conduit," Daily Nation (Nairobo, Kenya), July 2, 2008
"WA aims for less medical marijuana in revised
rule," Seattle (WA) Times, July 1, 2008
"US leads 17 countries in cocaine, marijuana use,
survey finds," Bloomberg News Service, July 1, 2008
"As fires rage, the law protects us from
marijuana," Sacramento (CA) Bee, July 1, 2008
"Counternarcotics effort in West Africa widens
Pentagon's purview," Washington (DC) Post, June
30, 2008
"US warns on Mexico drugs war," Financial
Times (London, England), June 30, 2008
"In Colombia, war against rebels easing after
decades," USA Today, June 30, 2008
"Overdose deaths jump 147% in Indiana,"
Indianapolis (IN) Star, June 30, 2008
"Drugs conference to return after 21 years,"
Liverpool (England) Daily Post, June 30, 2008
"Drug war on moms," Los Angeles
(CA) Daily News, June 29, 2008
"False positives are common in drug tests on new
moms," Los Angeles (CA) Daily News, June 29, 2008
"Afghanistan threaten progress in world drug
control: UNODC," Relief Web, June 29, 2008
"Ecstasy is the key to treating PTSD," AlterNet, June 27, 2008
"National drug strategy neglects value of harm
reduction, critic says," Ottawa (Ontario) Citizen, June
27, 2008
"Police in Mexico battle cartels, fear,"
Detroit (MI) Free Press, June 27, 2008
"History of meth goes back to 1887," Post-Tribune (IN), June 27, 2008
"Drug control under threat: UN," In The News (UK), June 27, 2008
"Drug offenders to bag minimum of 15 years–AG," Leadership Nigeria, June 27, 2008
"Burma and Afghanistan increase opium production: UNODC," The Irrawaddy (Thailand), June 27, 2008
"Cannabis—a fast emerging health problem in Pakistan," The International News (Pakistan), June 27, 2008
"Raids target vast pot-growing network in Northern California," Los Angeles Times, June 26, 2008
"War on drugs began 14 centuries ago," Gulf Times (Qatar), June 26, 2008
"China drug addicts put at 2.3M," United Press International, June 26, 2008
"100,000 people involved in illegal drug trade in Bangladesh," People's View (China), June 26, 2008
"Myanmar to strive for realizing poppy-free target by 2014," China View, June 26, 2008
"HIV among drug addicts increasing: Study," NDTV (India), June 26, 2008
"China's anti-drug efforts pay off," CCTV (China), June 26, 2008
"President, Prime Minister call for united fight against drug abuse," Thaindian News (Thailand), June 26, 2008
"It's time to get rid of the good-people-vs.-bad-people view of drug use," AlterNet, June 25, 2008
"Feds launch massive pot sting," Times-Standard (CA), June 25, 2008
"China announces death sentences in drug crackdown," The Straits Times (Singapore), June 25, 2008
"Deaths climb in Mexico's drug war," CNN, June 25, 2008
"Poppy cultivation: Arms funding for Taliban," Merinews (India), June 25, 2008
"China helping 'Golden Triangle' cut drug production," China View, June 25, 2008
"Dr. Joycelyn Elders visits Raleigh Wednesday," IndyWeek.com (Durham, NC), June 24, 2008
"Drug war needs practical approach," Battle Creek Enquirer (MI), June 24, 2008
"Organic roses instead of opium," Organic-Market, June 24, 2008
"In Latin America, some leaders reject U.S. drug war," Reuters, June 24, 2008
"Iran struggles in Afghan drug fight," Arabian Business, June 24, 2008
"West links drug war aid to Iranian nuclear impasse," AP, June 24, 2008
"You can't stop people taking drugs," Plymouth (UK) Evening Herald, June 24, 2008
"George Will's weak defense of our embarrassing
incarceration rates," StopTheDrugWar.org, June 23, 2008
"Alcohol, other addictions increasing in older adults," St. Petersburg (FL) Times, June 23, 2008
"Marijuana's rising potency sparks debate," The Boston Globe, June 23, 2008
"Why it's time to scrap the Rockefeller drug laws," History News Network, June 23, 2008
"RSL rejects calls to use ecstasy on stressed war veterans," Courier Mail (AU), June 23, 2008
"Battling drug addiction in Afghanistan," BBC News, June 23, 2008
"Govt failing to deal with problem of drugs in prison," Belfast Telegraph (UK), June 23, 2008
"One big drug test: Analyzing a city's sewage can put a number on its vices," Los Angeles Times, June 22, 2008
"Webb urges fresh look at the war on drugs," Daily Press (VA), June 20, 2008
"Reefer madness: Hailey sues Hailey," Idaho Mountain Express, June 20, 2008
"Judge dismisses woman's religious drug-use argument," Press-Register (AL), June 20, 2008
"War on drugs intensifies- As America's DEA sets up Accra office," The (Ghana) Statesman, June 20, 2008
"60% of population to be free from drugs by 2010," Nhan Dan (Vietnam), June 20, 2008
"UN: Good and bad news on the war on drugs," Miami (FL) Herald, June 19, 2008
"Minnesota law hits meth makers," Grand Forks Herald (ND), June 19, 2008
"Pivotal pot case smoulders until man finds lawyer," Tronoto (Canada) Star, June 19, 2008
"Coca cultivation rises in Colombia, U.N. says," Washington (DC) Post, June 19, 2008
"Democrat wants ecstasy for traumatised Aussie war vets," Adelaidenow (Australia), June 19, 2008
"Mexican offensive fails to rein in drug wars," Globe and Mail (Canada), June 19, 2008
"New Florida rules return more than 115,000 ex-offenders to voting rolls," The New York Times, June 18, 2008
"Specter would 'absolutely' use medical
marijuana," The Bulletin (Philadelphia, PA), June 18,
2008
"Legalize every drug," The (NY)
Sun, June 18, 2008
"Top drugs on street now Rx," The Florida Times-Union, June 18, 2008
"Offenders seek clean slates," Washington (DC) Post, June 18, 2008
"Pot potency peril," Town Hall, June 18, 2008
"China pushing hard for clean doping image as Olympics approach," CNN, June 18, 2008
"Vietnam launches crackdown on drug abuse," Vietnam Net Bridge, June 18, 2008
"Drug-testing folly," Rocky Mountain News, June 17, 2008
"Analysts: Ex-rivals' merge to 'megacartel' intensifies brutality in Mexico," Dallas (TX) Morning News, June 17, 2008
"Obama's drug past isn't hurting him – but thousands aren't so lucky," AlterNet, June 17, 2008
"Employers ponder tough tactics to halt smoking," San Francisco Chronicle, June 17, 2008
"Metro police will face steroids test," The Tennessean, June 17, 2008
"Amsterdam coffee shops say tobacco ban is blow to business," The (UK) Independent, June 17, 2008
"Drug traffickers use strategic points in Malaysian waters," Malaysia Star, June 17, 2008
"Alcohol rules will inevitably be tightened again," Scoop (New Zealand), June 17, 2008
"Florida Medical Examiner's report show prescription drugs more deadly," North Florida News Daily, June 16, 2008
"PDEA trains more antinarcotics agents," ABS-CBN News (Philippines), June 16, 2008
"Funding not only tool needed to stem drug violence," El Paso (TX) Times, June 16, 2008
"Burma arrests 245 drug traffickers," The Sydney Morning Herald, June 16, 2008
"Recovering cocaine addict in support of 'Misuse And Addictions Week', UK," Medical News Today, June 16, 2008
"Drug trafficking: NDLEA gets body scanner," The (Nigeria) Tide, June 16, 2008
"Bill could bring relief," Schenectady (NY) Daily Gazette, June 15, 2008
"Should marijuana be legalized?" Napa Valley (CA) Register, June 15, 2008
"Legal drugs kill far more than illegal, Florida says," New York (NY) Times, June 14, 2008
"The White House returns to stoking tears about potent pot," AlterNet, June 13, 2008
"State on right path on marijuana law," The (WA) Olympian, June 13, 2008
"Illicit drugs: get it in the mail," The Sydney (Australia) Morning Herald, June 13, 2008
"TTC report recommends employee drug testing," Globe and Mail (Canada), June 13, 2008
"TTC report recommends employee drug testing," Globe and Mail (Canada), June 13, 2008
"Hard drugs swamping Australia," The Australian, June 13, 2008
" 'High' employment," Edmonton (Canada) Sun, June 13, 2008
"New criminal record: 7.2 million," The Washington Post, June 12, 2008
"Study: Marijuana potency increases in 2007," AP / New York (NY) Times, June 12, 2008
"Local police departments look to increase use of Taser," Newsday (NY), June 12, 2008
"Drug tests for cop?," Ottawa (Canada) Sun, June 12, 2008
"Grisly messages decorate a drug war," Boston Globe, June 12, 2008
"RAF blow up world's biggest drugs haul worth £225 MILLION in Afghanistan desert," Daily Mail (UK), June 12, 2008
"Medical pot law arguments heard," San Diego (CA) Union-Tribune, June 11, 2008
"ONDCP puts Hispanic parents on drug alert...by villainizing their children," AdRants, June 11, 2008
"Raiding California—Drew Carey on medical marijuana and minors," Reason, June 11, 2008
"You can still have your joint, but only if it's pure," Spiegel Online (Germany), June 11, 2008
"Cobos wants feds to foot bill to treat, protect casualties of Juárez drug war," El Paso (TX) Times, June 11, 2008
"Remote Tajik outpost on front line of drugs war," Reuters, June 11, 2008
"AIDS drugs reaching more people in developing world, U.N. says," Washington Post, June 10, 2008
"Drug war needs new ideas," (Hartford) Courant, June 10, 2008
"Baltimore City considers fining out-of-town drug buyers," The Examiner (MD), June 10, 2008
"Researchers learn more about cocaine related brain damage," Medical News Today, June 10, 2008
"Highs of a world where drugs are legal," The First Post (UK), June 10, 2008
"An all-out war on drugs," VietNamNet Bridge, June 10, 2008
"Drugs trade, corruption, prolonging Taliban insurgency: report," AFP, June 10, 2008
"Forum sets out radical drugs plan," BBC News, June 9, 2008
"Marijuana hotbed retreats on medicinal use," The New York Times, June 9, 2008
"Shooting galleries should be piloted in Scotland, says report," Nursing Times (London, England), June 9,
2008
"Big Island Council looks a little wobbly on pot issue," Honolulu (HI) Star-Bulletin, June 9, 2008
"Will Mexico's drug wars hurt business?," Business Week, June 9, 2008
"Cartels driven by desire for big payoff," El Paso (TX) Times, June 9, 2008
"Drug laws make Dubai the riskiest destination for unwary travellers," Guardian (UK), June 9, 2008
"Heroin seizures set to soar," (Ireland) Independent, June 9, 2008
"Drugs 'prime threat to Britain' ," Bradford (UK) Telegraph & Argus, June 9, 2008
"Drugs worth £100million are smuggled into jails each year," Mirror (UK), June 9, 2008
"Mexico drug wars," Dallas (TX)
Morning News, June 7, 2008
"Addicted to grants," Las Vegas
(NV) Review-Journal, June 7, 2008
"California will fight court ruling on medical marijuana," Los Angeles Times, June 6, 2008
"Bill boosts drug enforcement," Rutland Herald (VT), June 6, 2008
"US drug officials nab record amounts of cocaine," AP, June 6, 2008
"Colombia deal is a bad one," New Hampshire Business Review, June 6, 2008
"West Africa needs more help to fight drug trafficking," The (Ghana) Statesman, June 6, 2008
"Congress approves Plan Mexico," The (NYC) Indypendent, June 6, 2008
"Hidden cost of using cocaine," South Wales (UK) Evening Post, June 6, 2008
"Mendocino pot measure in limbo," Santa Rosa (CA) Press Democrat, June 5, 2008
"America's medicated army," Time, June 5, 2008
"CDC study: Teen sex, drug use down compared to 1990's," AP / Fox News, June 5, 2008
"3-year school drug testing pilot program set for Detroit," Chicago Tribune, June 5, 2008
"Humanitarian aspects stressed in drug laws," Shanghai Daily (China), June 5, 2008
"The high times are a-changing in Cambodia's cannabis crackdown," Monsters and Critics, June 5, 2008
"Former Mexico governor convicted on drug charges," AP, June 5, 2008
"Drug cartels siphon pipelines," The Washington (DC) Times, June 4, 2008
"Tough pill to swallow: Most overdose deaths involve prescription drugs," Village Soup (ME), June 4, 2008
"Medical marijuana patients could see protection," The California Aggie, June 4, 2008
"Medical marijuana doctor gives straight answers," Salem-News (OR), June 4, 2008
"Promoting perfume, not poppies, in Afghanistan," NPR, June 4, 2008
"Mexico at the brink," The New York Times, June 4, 2008
"All indicators point to a softening of America's harsh marijuana laws," AlterNet, June 3, 2008
"Money laundering law popular in drug war is curbed in high court," St. Clair County (IL) Journal, June 3, 2008
"Patients to push for medical marijuana law," The (NY) Daily Star, June 3, 2008
" 'Informal conversation' on medical marijuana," The Seattle Times, June 3, 2008
"California County may scrap pro-pot law amid furor over crime," Bloomberg, June 3, 2008
"Mexico army marches into drug war--again," Los Angeles Times, June 3, 2008
"Safe injection drug sites benefit society," Edmonton (Canada) Sun, June 3, 2008
"Court ruling opens door for drug-dogs to sniff around homes without a warrant," The Flint (MI) Journal, June 2, 2008
"Dropping drugs," Bradenton (FL) Herald, June 2, 2008
"Drug cartels possess more firepower, technology," El Paso Times (TX) Herald, June 2, 2008
"Activists criticize UN board," Times & Transcript (Canada), June 2, 2008
"Ecstasy is the key to treating PTSD," AlterNet, June 27, 2008
"National drug strategy neglects value of harm
reduction, critic says," Ottawa (Ontario) Citizen, June
27, 2008
"Police in Mexico battle cartels, fear,"
Detroit (MI) Free Press, June 27, 2008
"History of meth goes back to 1887," Post-Tribune (IN), June 27, 2008
"Drug control under threat: UN," In The News (UK), June 27, 2008
"Drug offenders to bag minimum of 15 years–AG," Leadership Nigeria, June 27, 2008
"Burma and Afghanistan increase opium production: UNODC," The Irrawaddy (Thailand), June 27, 2008
"Cannabis—a fast emerging health problem in Pakistan," The International News (Pakistan), June 27, 2008
"Raids target vast pot-growing network in Northern California," Los Angeles Times, June 26, 2008
"War on drugs began 14 centuries ago," Gulf Times (Qatar), June 26, 2008
"China drug addicts put at 2.3M," United Press International, June 26, 2008
"100,000 people involved in illegal drug trade in Bangladesh," People's View (China), June 26, 2008
"Myanmar to strive for realizing poppy-free target by 2014," China View, June 26, 2008
"HIV among drug addicts increasing: Study," NDTV (India), June 26, 2008
"China's anti-drug efforts pay off," CCTV (China), June 26, 2008
"President, Prime Minister call for united fight against drug abuse," Thaindian News (Thailand), June 26, 2008
"It's time to get rid of the good-people-vs.-bad-people view of drug use," AlterNet, June 25, 2008
"Feds launch massive pot sting," Times-Standard (CA), June 25, 2008
"China announces death sentences in drug crackdown," The Straits Times (Singapore), June 25, 2008
"Deaths climb in Mexico's drug war," CNN, June 25, 2008
"Poppy cultivation: Arms funding for Taliban," Merinews (India), June 25, 2008
"China helping 'Golden Triangle' cut drug production," China View, June 25, 2008
"Dr. Joycelyn Elders visits Raleigh Wednesday," IndyWeek.com (Durham, NC), June 24, 2008
"Drug war needs practical approach," Battle Creek Enquirer (MI), June 24, 2008
"Organic roses instead of opium," Organic-Market, June 24, 2008
"In Latin America, some leaders reject U.S. drug war," Reuters, June 24, 2008
"Iran struggles in Afghan drug fight," Arabian Business, June 24, 2008
"West links drug war aid to Iranian nuclear impasse," AP, June 24, 2008
"You can't stop people taking drugs," Plymouth (UK) Evening Herald, June 24, 2008
"George Will's weak defense of our embarrassing
incarceration rates," StopTheDrugWar.org, June 23, 2008
"Alcohol, other addictions increasing in older adults," St. Petersburg (FL) Times, June 23, 2008
"Marijuana's rising potency sparks debate," The Boston Globe, June 23, 2008
"Why it's time to scrap the Rockefeller drug laws," History News Network, June 23, 2008
"RSL rejects calls to use ecstasy on stressed war veterans," Courier Mail (AU), June 23, 2008
"Battling drug addiction in Afghanistan," BBC News, June 23, 2008
"Govt failing to deal with problem of drugs in prison," Belfast Telegraph (UK), June 23, 2008
"One big drug test: Analyzing a city's sewage can put a number on its vices," Los Angeles Times, June 22, 2008
"Webb urges fresh look at the war on drugs," Daily Press (VA), June 20, 2008
"Reefer madness: Hailey sues Hailey," Idaho Mountain Express, June 20, 2008
"Judge dismisses woman's religious drug-use argument," Press-Register (AL), June 20, 2008
"War on drugs intensifies- As America's DEA sets up Accra office," The (Ghana) Statesman, June 20, 2008
"60% of population to be free from drugs by 2010," Nhan Dan (Vietnam), June 20, 2008
"UN: Good and bad news on the war on drugs," Miami (FL) Herald, June 19, 2008
"Minnesota law hits meth makers," Grand Forks Herald (ND), June 19, 2008
"Pivotal pot case smoulders until man finds lawyer," Tronoto (Canada) Star, June 19, 2008
"Coca cultivation rises in Colombia, U.N. says," Washington (DC) Post, June 19, 2008
"Democrat wants ecstasy for traumatised Aussie war vets," Adelaidenow (Australia), June 19, 2008
"Mexican offensive fails to rein in drug wars," Globe and Mail (Canada), June 19, 2008
"New Florida rules return more than 115,000 ex-offenders to voting rolls," The New York Times, June 18, 2008
"Specter would 'absolutely' use medical
marijuana," The Bulletin (Philadelphia, PA), June 18,
2008
"Legalize every drug," The (NY)
Sun, June 18, 2008
"Top drugs on street now Rx," The Florida Times-Union, June 18, 2008
"Offenders seek clean slates," Washington (DC) Post, June 18, 2008
"Pot potency peril," Town Hall, June 18, 2008
"China pushing hard for clean doping image as Olympics approach," CNN, June 18, 2008
"Vietnam launches crackdown on drug abuse," Vietnam Net Bridge, June 18, 2008
"Drug-testing folly," Rocky Mountain News, June 17, 2008
"Analysts: Ex-rivals' merge to 'megacartel' intensifies brutality in Mexico," Dallas (TX) Morning News, June 17, 2008
"Obama's drug past isn't hurting him – but thousands aren't so lucky," AlterNet, June 17, 2008
"Employers ponder tough tactics to halt smoking," San Francisco Chronicle, June 17, 2008
"Metro police will face steroids test," The Tennessean, June 17, 2008
"Amsterdam coffee shops say tobacco ban is blow to business," The (UK) Independent, June 17, 2008
"Drug traffickers use strategic points in Malaysian waters," Malaysia Star, June 17, 2008
"Alcohol rules will inevitably be tightened again," Scoop (New Zealand), June 17, 2008
"Florida Medical Examiner's report show prescription drugs more deadly," North Florida News Daily, June 16, 2008
"PDEA trains more antinarcotics agents," ABS-CBN News (Philippines), June 16, 2008
"Funding not only tool needed to stem drug violence," El Paso (TX) Times, June 16, 2008
"Burma arrests 245 drug traffickers," The Sydney Morning Herald, June 16, 2008
"Recovering cocaine addict in support of 'Misuse And Addictions Week', UK," Medical News Today, June 16, 2008
"Drug trafficking: NDLEA gets body scanner," The (Nigeria) Tide, June 16, 2008
"Bill could bring relief," Schenectady (NY) Daily Gazette, June 15, 2008
"Should marijuana be legalized?" Napa Valley (CA) Register, June 15, 2008
"Legal drugs kill far more than illegal, Florida says," New York (NY) Times, June 14, 2008
"The White House returns to stoking tears about potent pot," AlterNet, June 13, 2008
"State on right path on marijuana law," The (WA) Olympian, June 13, 2008
"Illicit drugs: get it in the mail," The Sydney (Australia) Morning Herald, June 13, 2008
"TTC report recommends employee drug testing," Globe and Mail (Canada), June 13, 2008
"TTC report recommends employee drug testing," Globe and Mail (Canada), June 13, 2008
"Hard drugs swamping Australia," The Australian, June 13, 2008
" 'High' employment," Edmonton (Canada) Sun, June 13, 2008
"New criminal record: 7.2 million," The Washington Post, June 12, 2008
"Study: Marijuana potency increases in 2007," AP / New York (NY) Times, June 12, 2008
"Local police departments look to increase use of Taser," Newsday (NY), June 12, 2008
"Drug tests for cop?," Ottawa (Canada) Sun, June 12, 2008
"Grisly messages decorate a drug war," Boston Globe, June 12, 2008
"RAF blow up world's biggest drugs haul worth £225 MILLION in Afghanistan desert," Daily Mail (UK), June 12, 2008
"Medical pot law arguments heard," San Diego (CA) Union-Tribune, June 11, 2008
"ONDCP puts Hispanic parents on drug alert...by villainizing their children," AdRants, June 11, 2008
"Raiding California—Drew Carey on medical marijuana and minors," Reason, June 11, 2008
"You can still have your joint, but only if it's pure," Spiegel Online (Germany), June 11, 2008
"Cobos wants feds to foot bill to treat, protect casualties of Juárez drug war," El Paso (TX) Times, June 11, 2008
"Remote Tajik outpost on front line of drugs war," Reuters, June 11, 2008
"AIDS drugs reaching more people in developing world, U.N. says," Washington Post, June 10, 2008
"Drug war needs new ideas," (Hartford) Courant, June 10, 2008
"Baltimore City considers fining out-of-town drug buyers," The Examiner (MD), June 10, 2008
"Researchers learn more about cocaine related brain damage," Medical News Today, June 10, 2008
"Highs of a world where drugs are legal," The First Post (UK), June 10, 2008
"An all-out war on drugs," VietNamNet Bridge, June 10, 2008
"Drugs trade, corruption, prolonging Taliban insurgency: report," AFP, June 10, 2008
"Forum sets out radical drugs plan," BBC News, June 9, 2008
"Marijuana hotbed retreats on medicinal use," The New York Times, June 9, 2008
"Shooting galleries should be piloted in Scotland, says report," Nursing Times (London, England), June 9,
2008
"Big Island Council looks a little wobbly on pot issue," Honolulu (HI) Star-Bulletin, June 9, 2008
"Will Mexico's drug wars hurt business?," Business Week, June 9, 2008
"Cartels driven by desire for big payoff," El Paso (TX) Times, June 9, 2008
"Drug laws make Dubai the riskiest destination for unwary travellers," Guardian (UK), June 9, 2008
"Heroin seizures set to soar," (Ireland) Independent, June 9, 2008
"Drugs 'prime threat to Britain' ," Bradford (UK) Telegraph & Argus, June 9, 2008
"Drugs worth £100million are smuggled into jails each year," Mirror (UK), June 9, 2008
"Mexico drug wars," Dallas (TX)
Morning News, June 7, 2008
"Addicted to grants," Las Vegas
(NV) Review-Journal, June 7, 2008
"California will fight court ruling on medical marijuana," Los Angeles Times, June 6, 2008
"Bill boosts drug enforcement," Rutland Herald (VT), June 6, 2008
"US drug officials nab record amounts of cocaine," AP, June 6, 2008
"Colombia deal is a bad one," New Hampshire Business Review, June 6, 2008
"West Africa needs more help to fight drug trafficking," The (Ghana) Statesman, June 6, 2008
"Congress approves Plan Mexico," The (NYC) Indypendent, June 6, 2008
"Hidden cost of using cocaine," South Wales (UK) Evening Post, June 6, 2008
"Mendocino pot measure in limbo," Santa Rosa (CA) Press Democrat, June 5, 2008
"America's medicated army," Time, June 5, 2008
"CDC study: Teen sex, drug use down compared to 1990's," AP / Fox News, June 5, 2008
"3-year school drug testing pilot program set for Detroit," Chicago Tribune, June 5, 2008
"Humanitarian aspects stressed in drug laws," Shanghai Daily (China), June 5, 2008
"The high times are a-changing in Cambodia's cannabis crackdown," Monsters and Critics, June 5, 2008
"Former Mexico governor convicted on drug charges," AP, June 5, 2008
"Drug cartels siphon pipelines," The Washington (DC) Times, June 4, 2008
"Tough pill to swallow: Most overdose deaths involve prescription drugs," Village Soup (ME), June 4, 2008
"Medical marijuana patients could see protection," The California Aggie, June 4, 2008
"Medical marijuana doctor gives straight answers," Salem-News (OR), June 4, 2008
"Promoting perfume, not poppies, in Afghanistan," NPR, June 4, 2008
"Mexico at the brink," The New York Times, June 4, 2008
"All indicators point to a softening of America's harsh marijuana laws," AlterNet, June 3, 2008
"Money laundering law popular in drug war is curbed in high court," St. Clair County (IL) Journal, June 3, 2008
"Patients to push for medical marijuana law," The (NY) Daily Star, June 3, 2008
" 'Informal conversation' on medical marijuana," The Seattle Times, June 3, 2008
"California County may scrap pro-pot law amid furor over crime," Bloomberg, June 3, 2008
"Mexico army marches into drug war--again," Los Angeles Times, June 3, 2008
"Safe injection drug sites benefit society," Edmonton (Canada) Sun, June 3, 2008
"Court ruling opens door for drug-dogs to sniff around homes without a warrant," The Flint (MI) Journal, June 2, 2008
"Dropping drugs," Bradenton (FL) Herald, June 2, 2008
"Drug cartels possess more firepower, technology," El Paso Times (TX) Herald, June 2, 2008
"Activists criticize UN board," Times & Transcript (Canada), June 2, 2008
"Drug treatment can fight prison bias," Times Union (NY), March 14, 2008
"Alzheimer's research can no longer be sidelined," The Independent (UK), March 14, 2008
"Study aims to clear haze surrounding pot addiction," San Diego Union Tribune, March 14, 2008
"Utah's war on meth earns praise," The Salt Lake Tribune, March 14, 2008
"Top prosecutors in Ariz., Mexico target smuggling," The Arizona Republic, March 14, 2008
"$77 billion budget ready for lawmakers' vote," The Washington Times, March 13, 2008
"Inquiry into doctor may link players to drugs," The New York Times, March 13, 2008
"Sheriff asks commission to change portion of drug test policy," Sun Tribune (KS), March 13, 2008
"Debate over psychedelic drug resurfaces in state; Kimberly district warns parents of salvia divinorum," Appleton (WI) Post-Crescent, March 13, 2008
"100 rail staff fail drug tests," The (Australia) Daily Telegraph, March 13, 2008
"Drug office's budget tactics faulted," Washington Post, March 12, 2008
"Cost of medical pot ID cards getting higher," Santa Cruz (CA) Sentinel, March 12, 2008
"Crazy 'pot will make you sell your children' warning from otherwise sane Senator," AlterNet, March 12, 2008
"Tax relief proposed for pot clubs," The Examiner, March 12, 2008
"Solicitor general slams US State Department report," Antigua Sun, March 12, 2008
"Is salvia the next marijuana?," Houston (TX) Chronicle, March 11, 2008
"Bill creating system to track purchases of meds advances," DesMoines (IA) Register, March 11, 2008
"Land of the free is world's top jailer," Online Journal, March 11, 2008
"Medical marijuana gets support," Peoria (IL) Journal Star, March 11, 2008
"Hands off our coca," New Statesman (UK), March 11, 2008
"Activist's past bars her from U
Senate," University of Maryland (College Park)
Diamondback, March 10, 2008
"The prison industry in the United States: big business or a new form of slavery?," Global Research, March 10, 2008
"Dangerous diversions: Specter of prescription drug abuse creates tough balancing act for doctors," American Medical News, March 10, 2008
"Treating medical problems with incarceration," The (MA) Daily News Tribune, March 10, 2008
"Drug-disposal messages mixed," The (KY) Courier-Journal, March 10, 2008
"Do we want to build more prisons or build for America's future?," New Brunswick (NJ) Home News Tribune, March 10, 2008
"Drug expert recommends heroin 'shooting
galleries'," Scotland on Sunday (Edinburgh,
Scotland), March 9, 2008
"'Coke fashionistas' are ruining Africa
– UN boss," The Observer (London, England), March
9, 2008
"Fairer drug sentences," The Herald
(Rock Hill, SC), March 9, 2008
"Stop snitchin' culture silenced," Boston Herald, March 7, 2008
"Mexico approves open-trial system," San Jose (CA) Mercury News, March 7, 2008
"Suriname seeks clarification over allegations in US drug report," Caribbean Net News, March 7, 2008
"Convictions spur local war on drugs," Jamaica Gleaner, March 7, 2008
"SA is a haven for smugglers," Independent Online (South Africa), March 7, 2008
"Rehab centers treat growing number of older addicts," Chicago Tribune, March 6, 2008
"Critics fight proposal to toughen conditions on parolees tougher," Great Falls (MT) Tribune, March 6, 2008
"U.S. Mayors call for change," TransWorldNews (GA), March 6, 2008
"UN report indicts Nigeria, Senegal, others," allAfrica, March 6, 2008
"UN needs to chew on its drug policy," National Post (Canada), March 6, 2008
"Governor responds to hip hop moguls demand for drug law reform," NY1, March 5, 2008
"Pharming' a growing fear," Rocky Mountain News, March 5, 2008
"UN alarm at spread of Afghan opium," (UK) Financial Times, March 5, 2008
"UN drug czar wants Insite closed," The (Toronto) Province, March 5, 2008
"Crack kits' draw ire of UN agency," Times Colonist (Canada), March 5, 2008
"Feuds and envy fuelled deadly Thai drug war: rights body," Reuters, March 5, 2008
"Hell, a handbasket and tougher drug laws," Toronto (Canada) Star, March 5, 2008
"Faith-based groups voice support for needle exchange programs," CQPolitics, March 4, 2008
"Medical pot proposal on its way to Michigan's ballot," Detroit (MI) Free Press, March 4, 2008
"Online drug sales," Watertown (NY) Daily Times, March 4, 2008
"Pot kingpins no longer rule as laws, agents toughen up," Lexington (KY) Herald-Leader, March 4, 2008
"Officials fear meth surge as funding dries up," Chicago Tribune, March 4, 2008
"Studies expose health hazards of hookah use," The Harvard Crimson, March 4, 2008
"The phoney war," Stabroek News (Guyana), March 4, 2008
"Attitude to drug-abusing celebrities 'sending
wrong message'," The London Paper (London,
England) March 3, 2008
"Judge says Cathedral City overstepped its authority in medical marijuana case," The Press-Enterprise, March 3, 2008
"Medicinal marijuana legislation dies in KS Senate committee," Kansas State Collegian, March 3, 2008
"Czech court supports cannabis grower," Czech (Republic) Happenings, March 3, 2008
"Caribean remains major drug transit point," Daily Caribbean Diaspora News, March 3, 2008
"War against drugs is constant battle," South Devon (UK) Herald Express, March 3, 2008
"US & Mexican activists target merida initiative, trade pacts," Mexidata.info, March 3, 2008
"Bush urges new rules on online sales of addictive
prescription drugs," Los Angeles (CA) Times, March 2,
2008
"Marijuana in the medicine cabinet,"
Hartford (CT) Business Journal, March 2, 2008
"Cannabis in cap, gown at school," AP /
Baltimore (MD) Sun, March 2, 2008
"State drug courts fight for funding," The Virginian-Pilot, Feb. 29, 2008
"Peer-reviewed science must be the source for policy decisions regarding drug harm-reduction," Medical News Today, Feb. 29, 2008
"W.D.M. drug rule has local school districts talking," Iowa City Press-Citizen, Feb. 29, 2008
"The story of opium," Chiang Mai (Thailand) City Life, Feb. 29, 2008
"Nigeria: AGF assures NDLEA of proper funding," allAfrica, Feb. 29, 2008
"1 in 100 US adults behind bars, new study
says," New York (NY) Times, Feb. 28, 2008
"Program will help ID drug-impaired drivers," Pittsburgh Tribune-Review, Feb. 28, 2008
In Juarez, drug war gets even bloodier," The
Dallas (TX) Morning News, Feb. 28, 2008
