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"SC's tight medical pot rules protect users and law enforcement after recent court ruling," Santa Cruz (CA) Sentinel, July 4, 2009
"Update: Mexican drug-war violence," AP / Dallas (TX) Morning News, July 4, 2009
"US-Mexico fight against drugs," Voice of America, July 4, 2009
"Argument in favor of legalizing pot builds potency," Salinas (CA) Californian, 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
(TX) Times, May 15, 2009
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"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 Ł225 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 Ł100million 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 Ł225 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 Ł100million 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
"Congress mulls drugs law for pro sports," AP, Feb. 28, 2008
"Washington cracks down on drug trade," Forbes, Feb. 28, 2008
"War on drugs will never be won, says anti-doping chief," Guardian, Feb. 28, 2008
"William F. Buckley Jr. is dead at 82," New
York (NY) Times, Feb. 27, 2008
"SF: Resolution condemns DEA letters to marijuana dispensary landlords," AP, Feb. 27, 2008
"John P. Morgan, 68, 'Pharmaco-Ethnomusicologist," The New York Sun, Feb. 27, 2008
"Eight years of reefer madness," National Post (Canada), Feb. 27, 2008
"Drug addicts who drop out of rehab 'to lose benefits," Telegraph (UK), Feb. 27, 2008
"Bangkok's drug war, round two," The Wall Street Journal, Feb. 27, 2008
"Needle exchange program struggles in N.J.," USA Today/AP, Feb. 26, 2008
"Drug combinations a risky mix," Hartford (CT) Courant, Feb. 26, 2008
"Legal joint ignites debate," 24 Hours News Vancouver (Canada), Feb. 26, 2008
"Winter and eradication could curb Afghan drug crop," Reuters, Feb. 26, 2008
"Dominican President meets with top U.S. antinarcotics officials," Dominican Today, Feb. 26, 2008
"A natural disaster wrought by drug trade," Los Angeles Times, Feb. 25, 2008
"Beyond a quick fix: Needle-exchange programs provide more than clean syringes," Nurse.com, Feb. 25, 2008
"County vote may snuff out medical pot dispensaries," Contra Costa Times (CA), Feb. 25, 2008
"Seizures of heroin reach record levels," Irish Independent (Ireland), Feb. 25, 2008
"Why illegal drugs continue to flourish?," News Today (Philippines), Feb. 25, 2008
"Drug clinic limits stand," Baltimore
(MD) Sun, Feb. 24, 2008
"Federal officers to assist Afghan police,"
The Age (Melbourne, Australia), Feb. 24, 2008
"Needle exchange program struggles in last state to
adopt practice," AP / Phillyburbs.com, Feb. 23, 2008
"Bartow added to list of drug hot spots,"
Rome (GA) News, Feb. 23, 2008
"Doctors demolish myths on medical
marijuana," Lansing (MI) State Journal, Feb. 23,
2008
"Rethinking medical marijuana," Toledo
(OH) Blade, Feb. 23, 2008
"Crack offenders set for release mostly nonviolent,
study says," Washington (DC) Post, Feb. 22, 2008
"Drug czar says U.S. use fueling Mexico violence," The Dallas (TX) Morning News, Feb. 22, 2008
"Bill would protect pot users' jobs," Alameda (CA) Times-Star, Feb. 22, 2008
"Civil rights experts raise cautions on Vt. effort on illegal drugs," Barre Montpelier (VT) Times Argus, Feb. 22, 2008
"Govt tackles parents who provide booze to children," Courier Mail (Australia), Feb. 22, 2008
"PM prepares to revive war on drugs," Bangkok (Thailand) Post, Feb. 22, 2008
"Debunking the hemp conspiracy theory," AlterNet, Feb. 21, 2008
"Initiative targets medicinal drug abuse," Laconia Citizen (NH), Feb. 21, 2008
"Bill to limit medical marijuana in dangerous workplaces fails," AP, Feb. 21, 2008
"Party urged to step up war on drugs," Viet Nam News, Feb. 21, 2008
"Mayor admits: Illegal drugs in the city is a big problem," (Philippines) News Today Online, Feb. 21, 2008
"War on drugs: A senseless battle," The Tribune-Democrat(PA), Feb. 20, 2008
"Jailed Kansas doctor in pain pill storm," Lexington (NC) Dispatch, Feb. 20, 2008
"Eliot Spitzer: So addicted to taxes, he wants a cut of crack sales," Human Events, Feb. 20, 2008
"A drug war at school," Indianapolis (IN) Star, Feb. 20, 2008
"Are you your child's own drug dealer?" Tampa (FL) Tribune, Feb. 20, 2008
"Kabul-Moscow: Russia suggests dope-security belts," Ferghana.ru (Russia), Feb. 20, 2008
"Is Mexico's drug war escalating?" Time, Feb. 19, 2008
"Medicinal marijuana a topic for study," Kansas City (MO) Star, Feb. 19, 2008
"Fentanyl patches recalled again over fears of drug leak," dbTechno, Feb. 19, 2008
"Critics scoff at N.Y.'s proposed 'crack tax," The Dallas (TX) Morning News, Feb. 19, 2008
"Citing drug use, panel removes Shreveport judge," The (LA) Times-Pecaynne, Feb. 19, 2008
"Case study: Liverpool police, SIA's Operation Seahog," Info4Security, Feb. 19, 2008
"Russian state TV suggests USA involved in drug-trafficking from Afghanistan," Israel e News, Feb. 19, 2008
"Louisiana's queen of hearts lawmakers," The Shreveport (LA) Times, Feb. 18, 2008
"N.H. debates marijuana decriminalization; Ex-Salem officer, Kingston rep. back bill," The (MA) Eagle-Tribune, Feb. 18, 2008
"Higher Standards," The New Yorker, Feb. 18, 2008
"Congress drops ball on steroids," Rocky Mountain News, Feb. 18, 2008
"New Thai premier pushes old populist policies," Monsters & Critics (Bangkok), Feb. 18, 2008
"US should allow medical marijuana," Wichita
(KS) Eagle, Feb. 17, 2008
"Medical-marijuana group assails drug bust,"
Billings (MT) Gazette, Feb. 17, 2008
"Treatment demand outstrips supply," Concord
(NH) Monitor, Feb. 17, 2008
"Physicians group urges easing of ban on medical marijuana," Los Angeles Times, Feb. 15, 2008
"Police: Black tar heroin in region," The (MA) Eagle-Tribune, Feb. 15, 2008
"House OKs bill allowing drug tests," Lawrence (KS) Journal World, Feb. 15, 2008
"Crystal meth: Middle England's new crack cocaine?," (UK) Daily Mail, Feb. 15, 2008
"Experts to debate New Zealand drug laws," Scoop, Feb. 15, 2008
"Windows handheld device helps fight wars on terror, drugs," CSO, Feb. 14, 2008
"Senate OKs bill lowering pot penalties," The Barre Montpelier (VT) Times Argus, Feb. 14, 2008
"Syringes and spine," (DC) Metro Weekly, Feb. 14, 2008
"Bill would merge alcohol, drug control," The Oklahoman, Feb. 14, 2008
"Smoking pot may slow MS sufferers' thoughts," New Scientist (UK), Feb. 14, 2008
"Women behind bars," AlterNet, Feb. 13, 2008
"Hailey to vote again on legalizing marijuana?," Idaho Mountain Express, Feb. 13, 2008
"Mukasey's bid on crack releases is denied," Los Angeles Times, Feb. 13, 2008
"A case for legalizing marijuana for the seriously ill," The (NJ) Star-Ledger, Feb. 13, 2008
"The war on drugs starts here," The New York Times, Feb. 13, 2008
"Businessmen balk at new drug war tax," Rutland (VT) Herald, Feb. 12, 2008
"Pot merchants file against Oakdale, county," The Modesto Bee (CA), Feb. 12, 2008
"Making pot legal: We can do it -- Here's how," AlterNet, Feb. 12, 2008
"Narco aggression," Frontline, Feb. 12, 2008
"Iran's increasing drugs problem," The Media Line, Feb. 12, 2008
"Crack, Viagra on DND drug seizure list," Winnipeg (Canada) Sun, Feb. 12, 2008
"Breaking the drug taboo: Group of traumatized veterans get experimental ecstasy treatment," AlterNet, Feb. 11, 2008
"Obama exhibits honesty about drug use as a youth," Newsday (NY), Feb. 11, 2008
"Is there a more efficient and ethical way to reduce drug abuse in the US than by conducting a war on drugs?," Helium, Feb. 11, 2008
"Marijuana on panel agenda," The Topeka (KS) Capital Journal, Feb. 11, 2008
"Education key to effective illicit-drug policy–envoy," The Manilla (Philippines) Times, Feb. 11, 2008
"Afghan opium fields show failure of U.S. economic-aid efforts," Bloomberg, Feb. 11, 2008
"Repeal Rockefeller drug laws, cut prison costs," Newsday (NY), Feb. 8, 2008
"Congress urged to OK $1.4 billion anti-drug package for Mexico," The Dallas (TX) Morning News, Feb. 8, 2008
"Women behind bars," In These Times, Feb. 8, 2008
"Injecting testing into schools," KC Community News (KS), Feb. 8, 2008
"Drug violence has moved into Mexico City," The Dallas (TX) Morning News, Feb. 8, 2008
"The Lima Ohio Case: Latest example of the class and racist nature of the 'War on Drugs," EURweb, Feb. 7, 2008
"Pot clubs pressure Newsom," Bay Area (CA) Reporter, Feb. 7, 2008
"Activist aims to school Harper in drug policy," Georgia Straight (Canada), Feb. 7, 2008
"Mexico leader: No retreat on drugs," Chicago Tribune, Feb. 7, 2008
"Thailand to revive controversial war on drugs," Reuters (Bangkok), Feb. 7, 2008
"Mandatory Drug Testing for Students," Kommersant (Russia), Feb. 7, 2008
"Groups seek end to needle-exchange ban," Los Angeles Times, Feb. 6, 2008
"Drug traffic beneath the waves," Washington Post, Feb. 6, 2008
"Cannabis smoking linked to gum disease," Medical News Today, Feb. 6, 2008
"UN: Afghan rebels growing more opium," Associated Press, Feb. 6, 2008
"Our U.S.-inspired drug policy wastes money and lives," The Vancouver Sun, Feb. 6, 2008
"Drug legalization is not the solution it's cracked up to be," The (Vancouver) Province, Feb. 6, 2008
"We can't win drug war with just police: Forum," The (Vancouver) Province, Feb. 6, 2008
"After slamming U.S. drug agency, Ortega seeks U.S. help in drug war," Tico Times (Costa Rica), Feb. 6, 2008
"Drug legalization proposed at conference on drug
use," CBC News (Canada), Feb. 5, 2008
"World Bank urges counter-opium measures," Guardian Unlimited, Feb. 5, 2008
"Police urge U.K. Ministers to raise cannabis possession penalty," Bloomberg, Feb. 5, 2008
"New service delivers medical pot," Marion (CA) Independent Journal, Feb. 5, 2008
"Study: U.S. music high on booze and drugs," theTrumpet, Feb. 5, 2008
"Tourists oblivious of UAE drugs laws end up in jail," Arab (Kuwait) Times, Feb. 5, 2008
"Smoked out," Nevada Appeal, Feb. 4, 2008
"Prince George''s jail, once hailed, grapples with overcrowding," Washington Post, Feb. 4, 2008
"Adderall Subtracts," The Heights, Feb. 4, 2008
"Tories demand prisoner drug tests," The (Scotland) Courier, Feb. 4, 2008
"Afghan opium increasingly confined to south-U.S.," Reuters, Feb. 4, 2008
"More action needed on Afghan opium: UN representative," AFP, Feb. 4, 2008
"Treatment, not talk," Baltimore
(MD) Sun, Feb. 3, 2008
"Colombian drug lord shot dead," Los Angeles
(CA) Times, Feb. 2, 2008
"Hillary and Obama, ignore the sleazy pollsters who want you to cave on drug reform," AlterNet, Feb. 1, 2008
"Blowing smoke," The Daily Californian, Feb. 1, 2008
"Lawmaker addressing medical marijuana," Honolulu (HI) Star-Bulletin, Feb. 1, 2008
"Ad tackles prescription abuse," The (NJ) Star-Ledger, Feb. 1, 2008
"CEPS declares war on drug barons," The Ghanaian Chronicle, Feb. 1, 2008
"US / Mexico Border, Drug Trafficing and the US Economy," The (UK) Market Oracle, Feb. 1, 2008
"Obama: Decriminalize pot," Washington
(DC) Times, Jan. 31, 2008
"Senators' plan would restore funding for anti-drug effort," DesMoines (IA) Register, Jan. 31, 2008
"Vt. House OKs hemp farming bill," Rutland (VT) Herald, Jan. 31, 2008
"Marijuana eases foot pain in HIV patients, study proves," Health Jockey, Jan. 31, 2008
"Court decision on medical marijuana user defies common sense," Capitol Weekly, Jan. 31, 2008
"Super Bowl Ads Get Serious with Teen Rx Drug Abuse Message," Occupational Health & Safety, Jan. 31, 2008
"A new government, another war on drugs," Bangkok (Thailand) Post, Jan. 31, 2008
"UN-backed debate on drug harm hits Vancouver
shortly," The Province (Vancouver, BC), Jan. 30, 2008
"Hailey changes course on pot initiatives," Idaho Mountain Express, Jan. 30, 2008
"Bush barnstormer touts teen drug tests," Florida Times-Union, Jan. 30, 2008
"Pot vending machines in LA," AP (Los Angeles, CA), Jan. 30, 2008
"K-9 units welcome a chance to unleash the dogs," Worcester (MA) Telegram, Jan. 30, 2008
"Community-based treatment for drug users sees success in Lao Cai," Viet Nam News(Vietnam), Jan. 30, 2008
"Need for drug abuse treatment grows as budgets shrink," Daytona Beach (FL) News-Journal, Jan. 29, 2008
"Cannabis bigger cancer risk than cigarettes: study," Reuters, Jan. 29, 2008
"Drugs return to school after dog departs," Honolulu Star-Bulletin, Jan. 29, 2008
"Bill would allow judge to consider illness defense in pot arrests," The Topeka (KS) Capital Journal, Jan. 29, 2008
"Iran's war on drugs-three decades of failure," Arab American News, Jan. 29, 2008
"Russian Far East drug crimes on the rise," Vladivostok (Russia) News, Jan. 29, 2008
"Marijuana vending machines in US," BBC News, Jan. 28, 2008
"His needle plan has touched a nerve," Los Angeles Times, Jan. 28, 2008
"The times may be changing on the marijuana issue," Fort Worth (TX) Star-Telegram, Jan. 28, 2008
"Robotripping a drug abuse trend," The Gainsville (FL) Sun, Jan. 28, 2008
"Doctor's death fuels debate on prosecuting witnesses," Stamford (CT) Advocate, Jan. 28, 2008
"Officials make deals to learn who made drug
deals," New York (NY) Times, Jan. 27, 2008
"Overdose deaths on the rise, CDC says," Los
Angeles (CA) Times, Jan. 26, 2008
"Court: Medically legal or not, smoke pot and face firing," CNN, Jan. 25, 2008
"Bush seeks more violent crime funds," Washington Post, Jan. 25, 2008
"Demand surges for state drug treatment," Twin Falls (ID) Times-News, Jan. 25, 2008
"Pot debate focuses on religion, medicine," The Post (OH), Jan. 25, 2008
"Day wants to tighten prison drug-search policy," The Vancouver (Canada) Sun, Jan. 25, 2008
"Ghana picked for container control programme," Modern Ghana, Jan. 25, 2008
"White House takes new tack in drug war," Advertising Age, Jan. 24, 2008
"Does government suppress marijuana truths?," Cincinnati (OH) Enquirer, Jan. 24, 2008
"The meth mess," Pueblo (CO) Chieftain, Jan. 24, 2008
"US Afghan poppy drive a 'failure," BBC News, Jan. 24, 2008
"War on Drugs Massacre - Officials Scot-Free," Inter Press Service (Italy), Jan. 24, 2008
"Poppy politics," Edmonton (Canada) Sun, Jan. 24, 2008
"Drugs-for-information scandal shakes up New York
police narcotics force," New York (NY) Times, Jan. 23,
2008
"More drug treatment, less crime," Baltimore Sun, Jan. 23, 2008
"Proposed legislation would permit cultivation of hemp," Rutland (VT) Herald, Jan. 23, 2008
"Feds raid suspected pot houses," North County (CA) Times, Jan. 23, 2008
"Lawmakers weigh easing rules on pot," Nashua (NH) Telegraph, Jan. 23, 2008
"Drug test era dawning soon," San Diego (CA) Union Tribune, Jan. 23, 2008
"There remains the small matter of the opium trade," Ottawa (Canada) Citizen, Jan. 23, 2008
"Mexico's drug war heats up," The Seattle Times, Jan. 22, 2008
"Time in joint fired up comic's literary side," Denver (CO) Post, Jan. 22, 2008
"Are random tests the answer?," The York Press (UK), Jan. 22, 2008
"Drugs to prevent US soldiers from bringing war back home," Pravda (Russia), Jan. 22, 2008
"Landlords get tough in the war on drugs," Gazette Live (UK), Jan. 22, 2008
"U.S. drug czar points finger at Chavez," Los Angeles Times, Jan. 21, 2008
"On this MLK holiday, end King-baiting," Orlando (FL) Sentinel, Jan. 21, 2008
"Boss who ignores use of marijuana could smell trouble," Anchorage (AL) Daily News, Jan. 21, 2008
"RCMP debunks claims Canada dumping 'extreme ecstasy' into U.S. market," The Canadian Press, Jan. 21, 2008
"Marc Emery jail-bound due to U.S. 'war on drugs," Rabble (Canada), Jan. 21, 2008
"Industrial hemp poses no threat," Grand
Forks (ND) Herald, Jan. 20, 2008
"DEA eyes vallue US attorney for top spot,"
The Modesto (CA) Bee, Jan. 19, 2008
"Drugs, guns and secret passage: samba school in
crisis," The Guardian (Manchester, England), Jan. 19,
2008
"In pursuit of Afghanistan's poppy
crackdown," BBC News, Jan. 19, 2008
"Couple seeks compensation for pot," The Coloradoan, Jan. 18, 2008
"Baseball plans to retain its testing doctor," USA Today, Jan. 18, 2008
"Flawed drug policy," The Huntsville (AL) Times, Jan. 18, 2008
"Colombia's military toughens up," Los Angeles Times, Jan. 18, 2008
"New Laconia chief targets methadone dealers," Laconia (NH) Citizen, Jan. 18, 2008
"Attorney tells Hailey to slash marijuana reforms," Twin Falls (ID) Times-News, Jan. 17, 2008
"Methadone deaths surging throughout SW Fla.," The (FL) News-Press, Jan. 17, 2008
"County considers tracking system," Fort Dodge (IA) Messenger, Jan. 17, 2008
"Patients want pot for pain," Livingston (MI) Daily, Jan. 17, 2008
"Bill proposed to decriminalize marijuana," The Northeastern (MA) News, Jan. 17, 2008
"Methamphetamine: Mexico's dangerous exports to US," Scoop (New Zealand), Jan. 17, 2008
"Is doctor a healer or drug dealer?," Asbury Park (NJ) Press, Jan. 16, 2008
"Drug legalization," American Chronicle, Jan. 16, 2008
"The incredible shrinking Constitution," Evening Observer (NY), Jan. 16, 2008
"Idaho considers a war on meth," Idaho Mountain Express, Jan. 16, 2008
"Act before Congress needs performance enhancers," Akron (OH) Beacon Journal, Jan. 16, 2008
"This standoff was years in the making," Boston (MA) Herald, Jan. 16, 2008
"Oesch declares war on drugs; council moves to merge positions," Salem (OH) News, Jan. 16, 2008
"US says it has broad support for new Afghan anti-poppy drive," AFP, Jan. 16, 2008
"Clinic raided by DEA after two-year investigation," The Daily Advertiser (LA), Jan. 15, 2008
"Fewer cocaine shipments stopped in 2007," Associated Press, Jan. 15, 2008
"Burma's largest rebel army battles increase in opium production," San Francisco Chronicle, Jan. 15, 2008
"Ruling disappoints medical pot producer," The Star Phoenix (Canada), Jan. 15, 2008
"Drug abuse on rise in Zhejiang," China Daily, Jan. 15, 2008
"In Mexico, reporters learn not to name names," Los Angeles Times, Jan. 14, 2008
"A long fight over 'hydro," Albany (NY) Times Union, Jan. 14, 2008
"The demise of Afghanistan's poppy fields," Salem-News (OR), Jan. 14, 2008
"No longer just a stimulant for the rich and famous," Belfast (UK) Telegraph, Jan. 14, 2008
"Prince of Pot in plea bargain," Vancouver (Canada) Sun, Jan. 14, 2008
"Addiction to drugs rife in jails," The Age (Melbourne, Australia), Jan. 14, 2008
"Decriminalisation of addiction is now needed, not
lip service," The Irish Independent (Dublin, Ireland),
Jan. 13, 2008
"Methadone clinic in Virginia prompts debate about
treatment," Winston-Salem (NC) Journal, Jan. 13, 2008
"Speaking for prisoners," Hartford
(CT) Business, Jan. 13, 2008
"A dark addiction," Washington
(DC) Post, Jan. 13, 2008
"Should heroin be prescribed to heroin misusers?
Yes," British Medical Journal, Jan. 12, 2008
"Vt. Senate to consider bills easing pot laws,
tightening sanctions for coke and heroin," The Barre Montpelier (VT) Times Argus, Jan. 11, 2008
"Drug prohibition doesn't work," Los Angeles Times, Jan. 11, 2008
"Parties discuss testing policy," Washington Post, Jan. 11, 2008
"For police, grants vital but becoming scarce," Scranton Times-Tribune (NJ), Jan. 11, 2008
"Court rejects supply limit on medical pot," The Toronto Star (Canada), Jan. 11, 2008
"Oxycontin settlement funds set for state's war on drugs," Charleston (WV) Daily Mail, Jan. 10, 2008
"Report finds millions of young Americans abusing cough medicine to get high," eFluxMedia, Jan. 10, 2008
"Florida prison system chief to step down," St. Petersburg (FL) Times, Jan. 10, 2008
"Agencies scrambling for cash to fight drug war," IndyStar, Jan. 10, 2008
"Russia: Drug users face lonely, uncertain road
to recovery," Radio Free Europe/Radio Liberty, Jan. 9, 2008
"Gordon Brown planning clampdown on cannabis over
health concerns," The Times (London, England), Jan. 9,
2008
"Rise seen in trafficking of enhanced ecstasy," The New York Times, Jan. 9, 2008
"Results of clinical trial of experimental
weight-loss drug," Medical News Today, Jan. 9, 2008
"Texans mourn fugitive," The (TX) News & Observer, Jan. 9, 2008
"Lines being drawn over school drug testing," The Huntsville (AL) Times, Jan. 9, 2008
"Run-ins with drug smugglers a risk in studying wildlife," The Oregonian, Jan. 9, 2008
"The Prince of Pot deserves B.C. support,"
Times Colonist (Canada), Jan. 9, 2008
"Canada's tolerance on marijuana fades," The Wall Street Journal, Jan. 8, 2008
"Gravel tells kids: Use pot over alcohol," Chicago Tribune, Jan. 8, 2008
"Salvia becomes new drug threat among teens," KHAS-TV (NE), Jan. 8, 2008
"India to have drug regulatory authority on the US FDA model," MedIndia, Jan. 8, 2008
"Why is Canada copying failure?," The Vancouver (Canada) Sun, Jan. 8, 2008
"Dallas hiring compromise allows police recruits with past drug use," The Dallas Morning News, Jan. 7, 2008
"Random drug testing topic of schools summit," Tri City (WA) News, Jan. 7, 2008
"Drug penalties harsher for blacks in county," The Gazette (CO), Jan. 7, 2008
"Who supports the drug war;," NewsWithViews, Jan. 7, 2008
"82 medicines of 12 companies deregistered," Daily Times (Pakistan), Jan. 7, 2008
"Clinic offers puff of relief for chronically ill," The Jerusalem(Israel)Post, Jan. 6, 2008
"Corrections proposes medicinal marijuana ban for state parolees," Helena (MT) Indepedent Record, Jan. 4, 2008
"Plan to give homeless permanent housing will require participants to be drug free," Examiner, Jan. 4, 2008
"A matter of national sovereignty," National Post (Canada), Jan. 4, 2008
"Brunstrom under fire over ecstasy claims," Wrexham (UK) Evening Leader, Jan. 4, 2008
"Canada fuelling production of 'extreme ecstasy," Globe and Mail (Canada), Jan. 4, 2008
"Medical Marijuana - No medicine for parolees," Missoula (MT) Independent, Jan. 3, 2008
"Proposed bill cost-effective," Asbury Park (NJ) Press, Jan. 3, 2008
"Legislator wants registry for prescription drugs," The Topeka (KS) Capital-Journal, Jan. 3, 2008
"Expand drug courts through public-private partnerships," USA Today, Jan. 3, 2008
"Job drug-testing debate not over," Edmonton (Canada) Sun News, Jan. 3, 2008
"The big question: How dangerous is Ecstasy, and is there a case to review its legal status?," The Independent (UK), Jan. 3, 2008
"What Darwin teaches about the drug war," KC Community News (KS), Jan. 2, 2008
"U.S. anti-drug aid proposal could heighten violence in Mexico," Dallas (TX) Morning News, Jan. 2, 2008
"Sperm goes up in smoke - Pollutants, marijuana linked to low fertility," Jamaica Gleaner, Jan. 2, 2008
"Use of Salvia growing as recreational drug," Topeka (KS) Capital Journal, Jan. 2, 2008
"A clear message over dangers of drugs," Yorkshire (UK) Post, Jan. 2, 2008
"Doctors debate painkiller guidelines," Seattle (WA) Post Intelligencer, Jan. 1, 2008
"Marijuana ticket law only catching on near
Austin," Dallas (TX) Morning News, Dec. 31, 2007
"Behind prison bars, toddlers serve time with mom," The New York Times, Dec. 31, 2007
"Teen drug use much higher than 15 years ago," Ivanhoe Newswire, Dec. 31, 2007
"Innovative mental health court pulls services together," Pittsburgh Post-Gazette, Dec. 31, 2007
"Absinthe fans can go mad this New Year's," Palm Beach (FL) Post, Dec. 31, 2007
"Issue of drugs and pain strikes a nerve," Yakima-Herald Republic (WA), Dec. 31, 2007
"Doping dominates sport in 2007," The West (Australia), Dec. 31, 2007
"Drug warrior's shadow looms over California's pot clubs," AlterNet, Dec. 30, 2007
"Congress should help cities cope with HIV through
needle swaps," The News Journal (Wilmington, DE), Dec.
30, 2007
"Painkillers easy to get, hard to regulate
online," Tampa (FL) Tribune, Dec. 30, 2007
"Jail more liikely for black drug users, study
finds," Chattanooga (TN) Times Free Press, Dec. 29,
2007
"Sentence inequities need some attention,"
San Antonio (TX) Express-News, Dec. 29, 2007
"Federal funding cuts threatening task
force," Richmond (KY) Register, Dec. 29, 2007
"Outrage at doctor's heroin addiction
claims," KentNews (England), Dec. 29, 2007
"Darwin can teach us about drug war," Topeka
(KS) Capital-Journal, Dec. 29, 2007
"San Diego opposes county on pot suit," San
Diego (CA) Union-Tribune, Dec. 28, 2007
"Spitzer could recoup with an act of
compassion," Buffalo (NY) News, Dec. 28, 2007
"Little-known mafia is cocaine 'king," Los Angeles Times, Dec. 27, 2007
"What Darwin could tell us about the 'War on Drugs," AlterNet, Dec. 27, 2007
"Drug smugglers curtail scientists' work," USA Today, Dec. 27, 2007
"Politics & Policies: Opium and terrorism," Middle East Times, Dec. 27, 2007
"Holes found in U.S. claims of a drug-war win," npr, Dec. 26, 2007
"New book sheds light on conflicts of politics and science," First Science (UK) , Dec. 26, 2007
"Adjusted penalties for crack may aid
ex-ballplayer's case," Washington (DC) Post, Dec.
26, 2007
"Cutting dropout rates also fights crime, study
says," Los Angeles (CA) Times, Dec. 26, 2007
"Hallucinogenic plant joins state list of banned
substances," AP / Aurora (IL) Beacon News, Dec.
26, 2007
"Drug commission defined jurist's
career," Ottawa (Ontario, Canada) Citizen, Dec. 26,
2007
"Clock ticking on sale of herb," Chicago Tribune, Dec. 25, 2007
"Drug rule disparities questioned," The Oklahoman, Dec. 25, 2007
"Budget imperils Ky. drug efforts," Lexington (KY) Herald-Leader, Dec. 25, 2007
"New types of illegal drugs on rise," Shanghai Daily, Dec. 25, 2007
"U.N. and EU officials asked to leave Afghanistan," Pravda (Russia), Dec. 25, 2007
"Firm high on pain drug," The Toronto Star, Dec. 24, 2007
"Whitehall accused of drugs cover-up," Guardian Unlimited, Dec. 24, 2007
"Appeals court rules against medical marijuana clubs," San Francisco Sentinel, Dec. 24, 2007
"Needle exchange starting in N.J.," The Philadelphia Inquirer, Dec. 24, 2007
"You dopes Drug cops smash down innocent gran's front door," Liverpool Echo, Dec. 24, 2007
"State bill would create database to monitor
patients's prescriptions," South Florida Sun-Sentinel, Dec.
22, 2007
"Failure blooms in Afghanistan," Boston
(MA) Globe, Dec. 22, 2007
"Juice or coke: Which era was worse?," Philadelphia Daily News, Dec. 21, 2007
"Aiken: But why should I not be allowed to grow a plant?," BlueRidgeNow (NC) Sun, Dec. 21, 2007
"Merced County supervisors ban medicinal marijuana dispensaries," The Modesto Bee (CA) Dec. 21, 2007
"Toast the season, but consider the downside," The Vancouver (Canada) Sun, Dec. 21, 2007
"Injecting drug use infiltrates Africa," MyNews.in, Dec. 21, 2007
"Advocate remembered for fight to legalize medical marijuana," The Missoulian (MT), Dec. 20, 2007
"It's time to legalize drugs," AlterNet, Dec. 20, 2007
"Senators urge action to reduce 'bupe' abuse," The Baltimore (MD)Sun, Dec. 20, 2007
"Performance enhancing drugs' fact of life in schools," Workers World, Dec. 20, 2007
"Huckabee criticized for meth bill," AP, Dec. 20, 2007
"Amphetamines, capitalism's first 'performance enhancing' drug," Workers World, Dec. 20, 2007
"Mind the gap," Reason, Dec. 19, 2007
"A positive development in all the sentencing insanity," FindLaw, Dec. 19, 2007
"Candy-flavored' meth is Ashe senator's target," Winston-Salem Journal, Dec. 19, 2007
"Common sense replaces hysteria with high court's cocaine rulings," The Seattle Times, Dec. 19, 2007
"Growing addiction a backlash of Afghan opium production," AFP (Kabul), Dec. 19, 2007
"DEA uses new tactic against pot clubs," ABC7, Dec. 18, 2007
"Big Easy offers only tough choices for
America's drug war," The Guardian (Manchester,
England), Dec. 18, 2007
"'Negligence' landed Canadian anti-drugs
officer in Dubai jail," CanWest News Service, Dec. 18, 2007
"Give patients right to relief of marijuana," Detroit (MI) Free Press, Dec. 18, 2007
"Gulf War vet asks court to give marijuana back," The Denver (CO) Channel, Dec. 18, 2007
"Crop spraying: a deja vu debate," Transnational Institute, Dec. 18, 2007
"B.C. at hub of global drug trade," The Province (Canada), Dec. 18, 2007
"Pot protesters oppose Bill C-26," The Leader-Post (Canada), Dec. 18, 2007
"Drug ruling not likely to free many," The Chicago Tribune, Dec. 17, 2007
"Prescription drug abuse a growing problem in S. Florida," South Florida Sun-Sentinel, Dec. 17, 2007
"Ruling brings D.M. judge vindication, praise," Des Moines (IO) Register, Dec. 17, 2007
"Stripped of their rights," The Philadelphia Inquirer, Dec. 17, 2007
"Rush seeks law to strike steroids from baseball," The Chicago Tribune, Dec. 17, 2007
"War on Drugs has unlikely foe," LA Daily News, Dec. 16, 2007
"California: Ruling against marijuana clubs," New York Times, Dec. 14, 2007
"High-profile players and confused kids," The Hartford (CT) Courant, Dec. 14, 2007
"More soldiers lost to drugs than war," Glasgow (UK) Daily Record, Dec. 14, 2007
"Push to extend drugs fight," The (Australia) Age, Dec. 14, 2007
"Clinton campaign is backwards on racist drug war," AlterNet, Dec. 13, 2007
"PDA declaration on Plan Colombia Phase II," Polo Democratico Alternativo, Dec. 13, 2007
"Major blow struck against racist U.S. crack sentencing rules," AlterNet, Dec. 13, 2007
"Racial divide huge in drug punishment," The Buffalo (NY) News, Dec. 13, 2007
"Community support said to be critical to drug testing," The De Soto (IL) Explorer, Dec. 13, 2007
"Shots in the arm spread HIV in Afghanistan," Pajamas Media, Dec. 13, 2007
"Smart cards will be issued for addicts in Iran," IranMania, Dec. 13, 2007
"Ruling could free 2,500 drug inmates," Los Angeles Times, Dec. 12, 2007
"Drug use down, but teens still abusing painkillers," Los Angeles Times, Dec. 12, 2007
"Governor reverses policy on pot cases," (VT) Times Argus, Dec. 12, 2007
"Hunterdon school excels in drug fight," (NJ) Courier News, Dec. 12, 2007
"Drugs behind bars," Times of Malta, Dec. 12, 2007
"No glitter for 'mules' in drug trade," The Seattle Times, Dec. 11, 2007
"Emergency antidote, direct to addicts," The New York Times, Dec. 11, 2007
"Congress should act on sentencing gap," (AL) Press-Register, Dec. 11, 2007
"Crack sentences too harsh?," (OH) Record Herald, Dec. 11, 2007
"ANF to set up model drugs addiction, treatment centres in pakistan," Unique Pakistan, Dec. 11, 2007
"Epilepsy drug could help users kick cocaine habit," The China Post, Dec. 10, 2007
"Day after lawsuit filed against DEA, U.S. Congress decides to question agency," eMediaWire, Dec. 10, 2007
"Cops busted over medical marijuana laws," Med Headlines, Dec. 10, 2007
"Effort takes aim at 'doctor shopping' in Florida," (FL) Sun-Sentinel, Dec. 10, 2007
"Anti-drink ad 'not effective," Guardian Unlimited, Dec. 10, 2007
"Are state's legislators on drugs?," The (New Jersey) Star-Ledger, Dec. 7, 2007
"Contracted public defenders refuse to take more court cases," Peninsula Daily News, Dec. 7, 2007
"Policy must recognise link between drugs and development," The Australian, Dec. 7, 2007
"Mexico's drug war could overwhelm prisons," USA Today, Dec. 7, 2007
"Drug trade threatens Guinea Bissau," BBC News, Dec. 7, 2007
"Steroid abuse goes beyond athletic field," New York Daily News, Dec. 7, 2007
"Record cocaine year for coast guard," Associated Press, Dec. 6, 2007
"Colleges move boldly on student drinking," The Wall Street Journal, Dec. 6, 2007
"Our absurd drug laws play right into criminals' hands," Irish Indepdent (Ireland), Dec. 6, 2007
"Smartest drug story of the year?," The Huffington Post, Dec. 6, 2007
"Study: racial disparities in drug
incarcerations," New York (NY) Newsday, Dec. 5, 2007
"Shrink drug-free school zone, boost penalty, task
force says," Press of Atlantic City (NJ), Dec. 5, 2007
"Executing drug dealers may get easier,"
Tallahassee (FL) Democrat, Dec. 5, 2007
"Court in Ghana delays sentencing British
girls," The Guardian (Manchester, England), Dec. 5,
2007
"Couple reclaim marijuana," Rocky Mountain (CO) News, Dec. 4, 2007
"Cook County blacks hit hard in drug war," Chicago Tribune, Dec. 4, 2007
"Gone with the weed," Los Angeles Times, Dec. 4, 2007
"Racial bias found in jail rates," Miami Herald, Dec. 4, 2007
"Tax proposed to fund drug probe," Rutland (VT) Herald, Dec. 4, 2007
"Whatever happened to ... Medical pot recipient from Portsmouth?," The Virginian-Pilot, Dec. 3, 2007
"Malicious markup on medicinal marijuana," The (Halifax, Canada) Daily News, Dec. 3, 2007
"Colombia coca farmers elude Black Hawks, resist U.S. on cocaine," Bloomberg Press, Dec. 3, 2007
"My Colombian War," Salon, Dec. 3, 2007
"Drug addiction a growing menace a century ago," Bangor (ME) Daily News, Dec. 3, 2007
"Our justice system is badly flawed, Mistrett says," The Buffalo (NY) News, Dec. 3, 2007
"Scotland urged to be brave and introduce drug
consumption rooms," The Sunday Herald (Glasgow,
Scotland), Dec. 2, 2007
"Colombia seizes videos of hostages," New
York (NY) Times, Dec. 1, 2007
"O Cannabis! War on drugs seen as flawed echo of
US," The Toronto (Ontario, Canada) Star, Dec. 1, 2007
"Smartest drug story of the year," by Jack
Shafer, Slate.com, Nov. 30, 2007
"Plan is to implement safe, effective program," The Tennessean, Nov. 30, 2007
"Court tells cops: Return medical marijuana if drug charges dropped," San Francisco Chronicle, Nov. 30, 2007
"From The Left -No pride in being world's largest jailer," Barnstable Patriot (MA), Nov. 30, 2007
"Needle exchange gets cash, but won't be moving," Times Colonist (Canada), Nov. 30, 2007
"Intensifying the war against drugs," The (Ghana) Statesman, Nov. 30, 2007
"Dallas County using eye scans to test for drugs," CBS 11 News (TX), Nov. 29, 2007
"Marijuana Reform," The Phoenix (MA), Nov. 29, 2007
"Needle exchange smooth in Atlantic City," The Press of Atlantic City, Nov. 29, 2007
"War on drugs: New Jim Crow-slavery," NewsWithViews, Nov. 29, 2007
"Colombia: A convenient war for Uribe and Bush," Mathaba News Agency, Nov. 29, 2007
"Thai drug users denied access to AIDS treatments: rights group," AFP (Bangkok), Nov. 29, 2007
"Report tracks drugs of choice among youth," The Prague (Czech Republic) Post, Nov. 29, 2007
"Pot initiatives pose 'serious problems," Idaho Mountain Express, Nov. 28, 2007
"Fort Collins couple seek to recover marijuana plants after judge's ruling," Rocky Mountain News, Nov. 28, 2007
"McCaffrey: Expand methadone treatment," The Seattle Times, Nov. 28, 2007
"Activists want candidates to address addiction as key issue," Union Leader (NH), Nov. 28, 2007
"From the daily: Locked-up logic," The Michigan Daily, Nov. 28, 2007
"Your neighbor could be a marijuana grower," Statesman Journal (OR), Nov. 28, 2007
"Afghanistan cannabis crop up 40 percent," AP, Nov. 27, 2007
"Afghan Recovery Report: From pomegranates to poppies," Environment News Service (Afghanistan), Nov. 27, 2007
"Smoke out," San Diego City Beat, Nov. 27, 2007
"Local group wants marijuana to be lowest police priority," Northwest Arkansas Times, Nov. 27, 2007
"Barry Bonds and the drug war," Black Athlete, Nov. 27, 2007
"Expert calls tougher drug laws 'insane," Edmonton (Canada) Sun, Nov. 27, 2007
"Most of those killed in war on drug not involved in drug," The Nation (Thailand), Nov. 27, 2007
"Drug war about damage control," Edmonton (Canada) Sun, Nov. 27, 2007
"War on drugs eyes Bebo and Facebook," Irish Examiner (Ireland), Nov. 27, 2007
"Regulating caregivers," Rocky Mountain News, Nov. 26, 2007
"Drug arrest reveals police strategy: Possession charges lodged as informants don't testify," The (CT) Advocate, Nov. 26, 2007
"Changing the drinking age?" Richmond (VA) Times-Dispatch, Nov. 26, 2007
"U.S. failing poor children," The Charlotte (NC) Observer, Nov. 26, 2007
"Drug gangs will plague Manchester as long as drugs are illegal," Union Leader (NH), Nov. 26, 2007
"Did Obama inhale?" New York
(NY) Times, Nov. 25, 2007
"The peace drug," Washington (DC)
Post, Nov. 25, 2007
"Why shouldn't Obama say that drug war's
pure folly?" Houston (TX) Chronicle, Nov. 25, 2007
"It's the heroin, not the
'cheese'," Ft. Worth (TX) Star-Telegram, Nov.
25, 2007
"Corruption, bribes and trafficking: a cancer
that is engulfing Afghanistan," The Times (London,
England), Nov. 24, 2007
"Soldiers jailed for selling smuggled Iraq
weapons," The Guardian (Manchester, England), Nov. 24,
2007
"Drink and drug orgy of Scots soldiers," The
Daily Record (Glasgow, Scotland), Nov. 24, 2007
"Opium: Legal solutions," ISN Security Watch (Zurich), Nov. 23, 2007
"20 years of legislation produced mixed results in fight against meth," North County Times (CA), Nov. 23, 2007
"Submersible vessels are used in drug
trafficking," Arizona Republic (Phoenix, AZ), Nov. 23,
2007
"Breast cancer finding revives debate on hash," Merinews (India), Nov. 23, 2007
"Europe fears that meth foothold is expanding," Tuscaloosa News (Czech Republic), Nov. 23, 2007
"Dealer sentence makes history," Gazette-Times (OR), Nov. 22, 2007
"Tribal Council drug-test order suspended," Rapid City (SD) Journal, Nov. 22, 2007
"Creating a sensible marijuana law," The Boston Globe, Nov. 22, 2007
"Mandatory drug sentences may be counterproductive," Canada Free Press, Nov. 22, 2007
"Cocaine use rises sharply in Europe: EU report," EUbusiness, Nov. 22, 2007
"Change racist crack cocaine laws," Black Agenda Report, Nov. 21, 2007
"Legal pot for very ill gets lift," Detroit Free Press, Nov. 21, 2007
"California Supreme Court to rule on medical marijuana and employment," The California Aggie, Nov. 21, 2007
"Drug czar Scott Burns: Sports leagues are dropping the ball," (NY) Daily News, Nov. 21, 2007
"Drug treatment spending to nearly double," Washington Post, Nov. 21, 2007
"Hailey officials stew over pot initiatives," Idaho Mountain Express, Nov. 21, 2007
"Lynnwood methadone clinic starts new program," Herald Net (WA), Nov. 21, 2007
"Tories launch bill to toughen drug-peddling penalties," The Globe and Mail (Canada), Nov. 21, 2007
"Fed war on drugs slammed," Toronto Sun, Nov. 21, 2007
"Medical marijuana access eases," Rocky Mountain News (CO), Nov. 20, 2007
"Richard Paey Speaks," Reason Magazine, Nov. 20, 2007
"Green Bay schools focus on prescription drug abuse," Green Bay (WI) Press Gazette, Nov. 20, 2007
"Drug swoops on Liberty fans," South Wales Evening Post, Nov. 20, 2007
"ANF told to strive for drug-free Pakistan," The Post (Islamabad, Pakistan), Nov. 20, 2007
"Cannabis compound 'halts
cancer'," BBC News, Nov. 19, 2007
"Does mass incarceration make us safer?," Nieman Watchdog, Nov. 19, 2007
"Lifeline for addicts," Boston Globe, Nov. 19, 2007
"A fix on the state," BBC News, Nov. 19, 2007
"A portal into the 'Dark Alliances' of the drug war," Scoop (New Zealand), Nov. 19, 2007
"Bealefeld urges more effort to fight violent crime," Baltimore Sun, Nov. 19, 2007
"US anti-drug plan would recast legal system in
Mexico," Washington (DC) Post, Nov. 18, 2007
"DARE still peddling despite being pulled,"
The Cabin (Conway, AR), Nov. 18, 2007
"'Risk of more crime' if drug
offenders' welfare cut," Australian Broadcasting Corp., Nov.
18, 2007
"Bid to wipe out Afghan opium failed, says
UN," The Independent (London, England), Nov. 17, 2007
"Colombian armed forces seize another drug
trafficking submarine," Reuters ( Xinhua News Agency, Nov.
17, 2007
"Medical pot users seek help in theft," The Modesto (CA) Bee, Nov. 16, 2007
"Group readies drug test lawsuit," Star Bulletin (HI), Nov. 16, 2007
"Youthful drug convictions spell trouble in college aid," Baltimore Sun, Nov. 16, 2007
"Utility started ball rolling in pot bust," St. Petersburg (FL) Times, Nov. 16, 2007
"The new drug wars," Reformer (VT), Nov. 16, 2007
"Opium exports 'more than half of GDP," France 24, Nov. 16, 2007
"Supporters, critics line up over handling of pot case," Burlington (VT) Free Press, Nov. 15, 2007
"Caught on a block that conjures up 'the Wild West," The New York Times, Nov. 15, 2007
"U.S. Sentencing Commission urged by NAACP, others to 'change the double standard," Black America Web, Nov. 15, 2007
"House panel criticizes Latin America anti-drug plan," Los Angeles Times, Nov. 15, 2007
"Legislators endorse upgrades of prisons," DesMoines (IO) Register, Nov. 15, 2007
"FG's war against drug trafficking begins," Nigerian Tribune, Nov. 15, 2007
"Plan to cut inmates' sentences raises ire," Washington Post, Nov. 14, 2007
"Kudos to 'grass roots' movement," Idaho Mountain Express, Nov. 14, 2007
"Time to look past prison to fight drugs," The Wichita Eagle (KS), Nov. 14, 2007
"Making addiction less deadly," The News & Observer (NC), Nov. 14, 2007
"Senate to hear pros, cons of legalizing medical marijuana," The Badger Herald (WI), Nov. 14, 2007
"Troops took drugs to dodge war zone," Daily Record (Scotland), Nov. 14, 2007
"Police aren't winning this war," Burnabynow (Canada), Nov. 14, 2007
"Crack sentencing needs another fix," Los Angeles Times, Nov. 13, 2007
"Station expanding room for hope," Baltimore
(MD) Sun, Nov. 13, 2007
"Senators to tackle drug bill," Reformer (VT), Nov. 13, 2007
"Would-be hemp growers in court today," Dakota Farmer, Nov. 13, 2007
"DEA hosting U.'s 'Mouse Party'," Deseret (UT) Morning News, Nov. 13, 2007
"Returning Iraq war vets need compassion,treatment," Newsday (NY), Nov. 13, 2007
"Panel may cut thousands of prison terms," Los Angeles Times, Nov. 12, 2007
"USA-Mexico anti-drug plan includes 'Private Contractors," MexiData Info, Nov. 12, 2007
"State's immigration law adds twist to war on drugs," Tulsa
(OK) World, Nov. 12, 2007
"G Bissau media 'gagged' by
narcos," BBC News, Nov. 12, 2007
"Lowering standards to meet recruitment numbers," MSNBC (MI), Nov. 12, 2007
"Medicinal tracking going online," The Daily News Record (VI), Nov. 12, 2007
"Military starts using drug dogs to search troops' bags in Afghanistan," The Canadian Press (Ottawa), Nov. 11, 2007
"Legalize pot, a key drug fuelling gang wars," The Vancouver Sun, Nov. 11, 2007
"Medical marijuana misinformation: Required reprise,"Salem-News (OR), Nov. 11, 2007
"Psychiatrists for medical marijuana," Reason, Nov. 9, 2007
"Correcting the rap on crack," Baltimore
(MD) Sun, Nov. 9, 2007
"A shortage of cocaine — where?," Family Badge, Nov. 9, 2007
"Breathalyzer tests at school events?," The Record (New Jersey), Nov. 9, 2007
"Medical marijuana case evaporates," Statesman Journal (OR), Nov. 9, 2007
"The clash between federal drug law and California's 'Medical Marijuana' law: How two interesting recent events illustrate their interplay," Find Law, Nov. 9, 2007
"Plan Mexico? US aid may worsen drug war violence," Spanish Journal, Nov. 9, 2007
"Reid brothers' cases point to need for a more rational drug policy," The Philadelphia Inquirer, Nov. 9, 2007
"Tenn. in legal fight over 'Crack Tax'," AP/ Forbes, Nov. 8, 2007
"Unanimous APA vote signals growing acceptance of medical marijuana," BBSNews, Nov. 8, 2007
"Cost, extent of Rochester's Zero Tolerance program questioned," Rochester (NY) Democrat and Chronicle, Nov. 8, 2007
"Price of illegal drugs continues to increase," USA Today, Nov. 8, 2007
"State approves school drug testing," New Jersey Herald, Nov. 8, 2007
"The last joint: Rowdy drunks put end to weekly smoke-ins," Times Colonist (Victoria), Nov. 8, 2007
"Hide your old pills in poop, government says," Reuters (Washington), Nov. 7, 2007
"Third of hit songs mention alcohol, drug use: study," Reuters Life, Nov. 7, 2007
"Urine or you're out," Reason Magazine, Nov. 7, 2007
"Let Adam Smith be the drug pusher," The Baltimore Sun, Nov. 7, 2007
"Prison problem must be solved for sake of safety," The Enid News & Eagle (OK), Nov. 7, 2007
"Editorial: Common sense and marijuana policy," The Milford Daily News (MA), Nov. 7, 2007
"Dutch want dagga to be regular meds," Independent Online (Amsterdam), Nov. 7, 2007
"State high court to hear medical marijuana job termination case," San Francisco Sentinel, Nov. 6, 2007
"Meth detector tested by police may fall into a legal gray zone," USA Today, Nov. 6, 2007
"Drug traffickers dive in," Los Angeles Times, Nov. 6, 2007
"Making a case for marijuana," The Metro West Daily News (MA), Nov. 6, 2007
"BYU discusses Venezuela's role in narcotrafficking," Daily Herald (UT), Nov. 6, 2007
"In Denver, a ballot fight over marijuana arrests," New York Times, Nov. 5, 2007
"Feds go after wildly successful medical pot sellers," San Francisco Chronicle (CA), Nov. 5, 2007
"Mother vows to fight abuse, drug charges,"
Knoxville (TN) News Sentinel, Nov. 5, 2007
"Why California should legalize pot," Statesman Journal (OR), Nov. 5, 2007
"Overcrowded prisons 'justify lesser sentences for criminals', says top judge," Daily Mail (UK), Nov. 5, 2007
"Anger at legal Afghan opium plan," BBC News, Nov. 5, 2007
"In meth war, pharmacy logs go unreviewed,"
Austin (TX) American-Statesman, Nov. 4, 2007
"The war on poppy succeeds, but cannabis thrives in
an Afghan province," New York (NY) Times, Nov. 4, 2007
"Heroin overdose antidote offered," Cape Cod
(ME) Times, Nov. 3, 2007
"A tragic casualty in federal war on medical
marijuana," Billings (MT) Gazette, Nov. 3, 2007
"In the land of poppies," Boston
(MA) Herald, Nov. 3, 2007
"The rise and rise of the Latino-African
connection," The Tenerife (Spain) News, Nov. 3, 2007
"More equity in cocaine sentencing,"
Christian Science Monitor, Nov. 2, 2007
"Marijuana and College Aid," The New York Times, Nov. 2, 2007
"Drug courts are our secret weapon," El Paso Times (TX), Nov. 2, 2007
"Proposal: Drug tests for teenage drivers," Asbury Park Press (NJ), Nov. 2, 2007
"Addicts to receive overdose antidote," The Boston Globe, Nov. 2, 2007
"Drew Carey defends medical marijuana," Reason Online, Nov. 1, 2007
"Giving Methadone to Inmates is a Good Idea," Wired Science, Nov. 1, 2007
"Drugs bring Beijing into Burma," News Statesman, Nov. 1, 2007
"Law enforcement: Corrupting influence of drug prohibition," NewsWithViews, Nov. 1, 2007
"Politicians and professors debate national drug policy," Fulcrum (Ottawa, Canada), Nov. 1, 2007
"Feds raid medical pot dispensary," The Argus (CA), Oct. 31, 2007
"Powder and crack cocaine," Washington
(DC) Times, Oct. 31, 2007
"Hailey to vote on marijuana," Twin Falls Times-News (ID), Oct. 31, 2007
"Warlord's death evokes CIA's golden days in the heroin trade," The Vancouver Sun, Oct. 31, 2007
"Tsunami' of opium to hit Afghanistan's neighbors if borders aren't improved, UN warns," AP / International Herald Tribune (Kabul, Afghanistan), Oct. 31, 2007
"Arnold's marijuana fig leaf," San
Francisco (CA) Chronicle, Oct. 30, 2007
"Heroin warlord dies," Bangkok
(Thailand) Post, Oct. 30, 2007
"Plan
Mexico," Foreign Policy in Focus, Oct. 30, 2007
"Doctor sees medicine as a money-saver in treating
addicts," Des Moines (IA) Register, Oct. 30, 2007
"Drugs and corruption threaten Afghan
progress," Reuters, Oct. 30, 2007
"US guns behind cartel killings in Mexico,"
Washington (DC) Post, Oct. 29, 2007
"Fund drug treatment rather than Mexican anti-drugs
operations," by Ethan Nadelmann, San Francisco (CA)
Chronicle, Oct. 29, 2007
"Arnold Schwarzenegger: Cannabis not a
drug," The Daily Telegraph (London, England), Oct. 29,
2007
"We've got to change attitudes about
addicts," The Province (Vancouver, BC, Canada), Oct.
29, 2007
"Focus on the other war on terrorism," Family Security Matters, Oct. 29, 2007
"Gravel: Loosen drug laws," The
Michigan Daily, Oct. 29, 2007
"Mexico's drug-control initiative reflects more trust in U.S.," USA Today, Oct. 29, 2007
"Meth lab busts plunge, but problems
persist," Des Moines (IA) Register, Oct. 28, 2007
"Venezuela increasingly a conduit for
cocaine," Washington (DC) Post, Oct. 28, 2007
"At least three die in Colombia bombing before
vote," Reuters, Oct. 27, 2007
"Voices rise against drug sentencing," The Providence Journal (RI), Oct. 26, 2007
"Dems criticize Bush strategy on drug fight," Houston Chronicle (TX), Oct. 26, 2007
"Meth gun' is latest weapon against drugs," News-Leader (MO), Oct. 26, 2007
"Namibia: Tik, gafief, rock...Country's drug scene exposed," The Namibian (Africa), Oct. 26, 2007
"MEPs want to turn Afghan opium into painkillers," EUobserver, Oct. 26, 2007
"Just don't call it Plan Mexico," The Economist, Oct. 25, 2007
"Wal-Mart won't voluntarily assist drug snooping electronically," AP (Tenn), Oct. 25, 2007
"Beefing up the anti-drug war," The Economist, Oct. 25, 2007
"SF injection site discussed at forum," Bay Area Reporter (CA), Oct. 25, 2007
"Smoking cannabis in medium doses may help ease neuropathic pain," Daily India, Oct. 25, 2007
"Mayor says pot use was medicinal," St. Louis Post-Dispatch, Oct. 25, 2007
"Politicians continually fail to recognize marijuana's value," Daily Trojan (CA), Oct. 25, 2007
"Bartels: Rate of drug shipment to Ghana becoming worse," The Statesman (Ghana), Oct. 25, 2007
"Army sacks 1100 over Class A drug abuse," The Herald (UK), Oct. 25, 2007
"Bush's drug war funding plan draws fire in U.S., Mexico," Houston Chronicle (Mexico City), Oct. 24, 2007
"Use of contractors by state dept. has soared," The New York Times, Oct. 24, 2007
"Getting real about the economics of cocaine," AlterNet, Oct. 24, 2007
"Unintended casualties aplenty in drug war," Boston Herald, Oct. 24, 2007
"Europe deals with growing cocaine trade," NPR Morning Edit., Oct. 24, 2007
"Vote limits drug-dog searches on campus," Star Bulletin (Honolulu), Oct. 23, 2007
"Bush seeks $550 million to fight drugs," Arizona Republic, Oct. 23, 2007
"The rising peril of crack cocaine," BBC News, Oct. 23, 2007
"AFP targeting Afghan heroin supply," The Age (Australia), Oct. 23, 2007
"Bush announces $1.4 billion drug plan for Mexico," The Dallas Morning News (Mexico City), Oct. 23, 2007
"Bahamas gets increased US counter-narcotics funding," Caribbean New News, Oct. 23, 2007
"Punctuating the sentence: Prison terms re-examined," City Limits (NY), Oct. 22, 2007
"Medicinal marijuana: Who can use it?," Kitsap Sun (WA), Oct. 22, 2007
"Pot ideas will test acceptance," The Oregonian, Oct. 22, 2007
"Celluloid tale of Rio's drug war, told from police perspective, is the talk of Brazil," Washington Post (Rio De Janeiro), Oct. 22, 2007
"Britain has failed in Afghan drugs war," Reuters (Kabul), Oct. 22, 2007
"Debate on drugs is a load of old smoke," Independent (Dublin, Ireland), Oct. 22, 2007
"Expert predicts flood of heroin," The
Australian (Sydney, Australia), Oct. 22, 2007
"Lighten our prison load: Decriminalize marijuana," Tribune-Review (Pittsburgh), Oct. 21, 2007
"Medical marijuana ignorance: Is the Oregonian on the DEA payroll?," Salem-News (Molalla, Ore), Oct. 21, 2007
"'Commonsense' and our two never-ending wars," OpEdNews, Oct. 21, 2007
"Opposition to war on drugs goes mainstream," Le Quebecois Libre (Montreal, Canada), Oct. 21, 2007
"Drugs strategy debate 'is a
sham'," The Guardian (Manchester, England), Oct.
21, 2007
"Contractors may train Mexican drug forces," The Seattle Times (WA), Oct. 20, 2007
"Why Europe holds the answer to illegal
drugs," The Telegraph (London, England), Oct. 20, 2007
"San Francisco considers injection room
," Associated Press (San Francisco, CA), Oct. 19, 2007
"There's a lot at stake in drug tests, and they're not perfect,"
Lexington(KY) Herald-Leader, Oct. 19, 2007
"Just say no to drug testing," Charleston Daily Mail (TN), Oct. 19, 2007
"Let all Canadians vote on Afghanistan question," The Toronto Star (Canada), Oct. 19, 2007
"Voters could shift cops' pot priority," Denver Post, Oct. 18, 2007
"Farmers sue DEA for right to grow industrial hemp," CNN International, Oct. 18, 2007
"Progress prohibited," Guardian (UK) Oct. 18, 2007
"King Hemp V: Industrial Disease" Counter Currents, Oct. 18, 2007
"Say 'no' to cutting student aid," Sidelines (TN) Oct. 18, 2007
"Canadians say no to 'just say no;" The London Free Press, Oct. 18, 2007
"Forced drug testing opens up legal, ethical issues," The Vancouver Sun (Canada) Oct. 18, 2007
"Sentencing commission calls for reform," Associated Press (Albany, NY), Oct. 17, 2007
"The true face of drug crime," Guardian, Oct. 17, 2007
"'Operation Any Booking' just business as usual," Los Angeles Times, Oct. 17, 2007
"DA candidate Sennett takes heat over marijuana stance," (Kingston, NY)Daily Freeman, Oct. 17, 2007
"It's time to fix drugs – legalise them," icWales (UK) Oct. 17, 2007
"Needle exchange told to clean up or be evicted,"
Times Colonist (Canada), Oct. 16, 2007
"Steroids did not act alone," Miami Herald, Oct. 16, 2007
"Canada and the transcontinental drug links," Stratfor, Oct. 16, 2007
"Maybe we can punish the pushers,"
The Ottawa (Canada) Citizen, Oct. 16, 2007
"Campus housing exceeds prisons," The Daily Collegian (PA), Oct. 16, 2007
"Governor Schwarzenegger vetoes industrial hemp bill," Earth Times (CA), Oct. 15, 2007
"Legalise all drugs: chief constable demands end to 'immoral laws'," The Independent (UK), Oct. 15, 2007
"Afghanistan struggles with heroin addiction scourge," Reuters (Kabul), Oct. 15, 2007
"U.S. plan for drug war has some in Mexico worried," Statesman (Mexico City), Oct. 15, 2007
"Cocaine and sugar: Similar addictions," Allied News (PA), Oct. 13, 2007
"NORML heads work to ignite the troops,"
Eureka (CA) Times-Standard, Oct. 13, 2007
"Dutch ban hallucinogenic mushroom sales," Associated Press, Oct. 12, 2007
"Europe: Curing, not punishing, addicts," Los Angeles Times, Oct. 12, 2007
"How Golden Triangle became an also-ran in heroin trade," The Toronto Sun, Oct. 12, 2007
"Verdict may set example," The Detroit News (Melindale), Oct. 12, 2007
"Global war on meth," The Arizonia Republic, Oct. 12, 2007
"Drug rehab court begins," Caymanian Compass (Caymen Islands), Oct. 11, 2007
"Instability fuels comeback opium poppies in Myanmar," Earth Times (Bangkok), Oct. 11, 2007
"North Wales police chief calls for drugs to be made legal," Daily
(North Wales, UK) Post, Oct. 11, 2007
"UN
agency contradicts US on Burmese drug trafficking," New York
(NY) Sun, Oct. 11, 2007
"Secret police struggle rocks Russia," The
Independent (London, England), Oct. 11, 2007
"Drug mafia blamed for arrests," Moscow
(Russia) Times, Oct. 11, 2007
"GAO study reveals boot camp
'nightmare'," USA Today, Oct. 10, 2007
"Sheriff calls for halt of revision to medical pot ordinance," Alameda (CA) Times-Star, Oct. 10, 2007
"City drug policy at odds with Harper's announced plans," The Vancouver (Canada) Sun, Oct. 10, 2007
"SFU prof receives award for controversial opinion," The Province (Canada), Oct. 10, 2007
"Meth labs decline in state," Asheville (NC) Citizen-Times, Oct. 10, 2007
"Pipe dreams: War profiteers plow under the poor," Uruknet, Oct. 9, 2007
"Pro-marijuana group seeks different standards for less-harmful drugs," The Daily Astorian (OR), Oct. 9, 2007
"The war on pot: America's $42 billion annual boondoggle," AlterNet, Oct. 9, 2007
"Why no big drug bosses this side of border?," Houston Chronicle (Tx), Oct. 9, 2007
"Kabul rejects US pleas to spray opium poppies," The Guardian (UK), Oct. 9, 2007
"To search for drugs, officers take flight," Missourian News, Oct. 9, 2007
"Drug official pushes for tracking system," The Daily Iowan, Oct. 9, 2007
"Herbicide insanity," News Day (NY), Oct. 9, 2007
"Full speed along a dead-end road," Toronto Star, Oct. 9, 2007
"Romney confronted with medical marijuana
issue," CNN, Oct. 8, 2007
"Med marijuana opponent lacks facts;" Daily Bulletin (Ontario, CA), Oct. 8, 2007
"Pot helps; policy hurts," Baltimore Sun, Oct. 8, 2007
"Teens (but not adults) backing away from illicit drugs; underage drinking, smoking remain problematic," American Medical News, Oct. 8, 2007
"U.S. renews bid to destroy opium poppies in Afghanistan;" Blue Ridge Now (NC) Times-News, Oct. 8, 2007
"Fight drug war at family dinner table;" The Indianapolis (IN) Star, Oct. 8, 2007
"Justice system," Sun-Sentinel (FL),
Oct. 8, 2007
"U.S. presses again to eradicate Afghan opium poppies," International Herald Tribune (Kabul),
Oct. 7, 2007
"It's a Gray area: How to win war on
illegal drugs," The Daily Pilot (Newport Beach, CA),
Oct. 7, 2007
"High society: Ricky, anyone?" San
Diego (CA) Union-Tribune, Oct. 7, 2007
"Advocates decry medical marijuana raids,"
Contra Costa (CA) Times, Oct. 7, 2007
"Make poppy drugs not war," The Sunday
Mirror (London, England), Oct. 7, 2007
"Celetrating 20 years of fighting
addiction," Nashua (NH) Telegraph, Oct. 6, 2007
"What's Harper smoking?" The
Ottawa (Ontario, Canada) Citizen, Oct. 6, 2007
"$1 billion aimed at Mexican drug
cartels," San Antonio (TX) Express-News, Oct. 6, 2007
"Wrong drug war," Winnipeg (Manitoba,
Canada) Free Press, Oct. 6, 2007
"Police see meth arrests dip, while cocaine use
climbs," St. Cloud (MN) Times, Oct. 6, 2007
"Why
a war on drugs just won't work," Victoria
(BC, Canada) Times Colonist, Oct. 5, 2007
"Prisons' racial disparity raises new
debate," The DesMoines (IA) Register, Oct. 5, 2007
"Reality sightseeing: How other cultures deal
with hot topics," The Seattle (WA) Times, Oct. 5, 2007
"Rethink marijuana," Idaho Mountain Express, Oct. 5, 2007
"Behind Bars," Rutland (VT) Herald, Oct. 5, 2007
"It's time to consider legalizing marijuana," AZ Central, Oct. 5, 2007
"Harper announces $64 million to fight drug
dealers, help users," Canadian Press, Oct. 4, 2007
"Pot-candy maker surrenders to feds,
released," San Francisco (CA) Chronicle, Oct. 4, 2007
"Drug Czar to Milton Friedman: Drop
Deader," Reason Online, Oct. 4, 2007
"Testing users and the law," Missoula (MO) Independent, Oct. 4, 2007
"Visalia pot outlet finds few willing to rent space," The Fresno
(CA) Bee, Oct. 4, 2007
"Graphic anti-meth ads catching on," Stateline, Oct. 4, 2007
"Paterson steps up AIDS fight," Herald News (Paterson, North Jersey), Oct. 4, 2007
"Drug-war plan panned in advance," The Gazette (Montreal, Canada), Oct. 4, 2007
"A new anti-drug strategy in Colombia," Los Angeles Times (Napipi, Colombia), Oct. 4, 2007
"US claims success in war on drugs," BBC
News, Oct. 3, 2007
"Feds take over Chico medical marijuana case," Chico Enterprise Record (Oroville, California), Oct. 3, 2007
"Cartels outrun, outgun the law at Ariz. border," The Arizonia Republic, Oct. 3, 2007
"Europe discovers secret of 'self-medication'," Globe and Mail (Mestre, Italy), Oct. 3, 2007
"Six-month reprieve for Insite denounced as a stalling tactic,"
Times Colonist (Canada), Oct. 3, 2007
"Vancouver safe-injection site can operate until June
under six-month extension," Canadian Press, Oct. 2, 2007
"U.S. may send Mexico $1.4 billion in drug war," The Dallas
(TX) Morning News, Oct. 2, 2007
"Congressmen seeking new ideas to fight drugs," Baltimore
(MD) Sun, Oct. 2, 2007
"Police try to solve arrests disparity," The Oregonian, Oct. 2, 2007
"General: Break drug cycle," Palm
Beach(FL) Daily News, Oct. 2, 2007
"Measure on marijuana regulation back on ballot," The Daily Californian, Oct. 2, 2007
"Crack sentence gets high court review," Associated Press, Oct. 2, 2007
"Marijuana's $42 billion question," Forbes, Oct. 1, 2007
"Crack vs. powdered coke hits high court,"
Star-News (North Carolina), Oct. 1, 2007
"Mayor arms parents in war on drugs," Sandusky
(OH) Register, Oct. 1, 2007
"Cannabis use entrenched across generations here," Gisborne
(Australia) Herald, Oct. 1, 2007
"Get-tough plan on drugs doomed, experts
say," Globe and Mail (Ottawa, Canada), Oct. 1, 2007
"Ottawa's new anti-drug policy could hurt Vancouver's Insite," NEWS1130, Sept. 30, 2007
"Ditch these drug laws," New York
(NY) Times, Sept. 30, 2007
"US role and the failing drug war," Jamaica
Gleaner (Kingston, Jamaica), Sept. 30, 2007
"WAMMFest raises awareness, draws crowd,"
Santa Cruz (CA) Sentinel, Sept. 30, 2007
"State still hashing out medical marijuana
rules," Contra Costa (CA) Times, Sept. 30, 2007
"Needle exchange's planned move alarms upper
Haight neighbors," San Francisco (CA) Chronicle, Sept.
30, 2007
"Maverick Vancouver, BC mayor faces Olympic-size
challenge," Seattle (WA) Times, Sept. 30, 2007
"Judges seek leeway in prison sentences,"
Los Angeles (CA) Times, Sept. 29, 2007
"My good friend and the foolish war on
drugs," Aspen (CO) Times, Sept. 29, 2007
"Berkeley pot bill put on 2008 ballot after judge nullifies results," Contra Costa (CA) Times, Sept. 28, 2007
"Cocaine use growing in Europe," Reuters, Sept. 28, 2007
"Vigo drug court celebrates anniversary," The Tribune-Star (IN), Sept. 28, 2007
"Drug crops move into California forests," BBC News, Sept. 28, 2007
"Allen Ginsberg; The Politics of Ecstasy," PopMatters, Sept. 28, 2007
"Oakland company raided for allegedly selling
pot-laced foods," San Jose (CA) Mercury News, Sept. 27,
2007
"Feds target S.B. medical marijuana shops,"
Santa Barbara (CA) Independent, Sept. 27, 2007
"Will drug lord do less time than the average american nonviolent drug offender?," AlterNet, Sept. 27, 2007
"The selective and unfair penalty for crack," The Philadelphia Inquirer, Sept. 27, 2007
"Restoring felons' rights slowed by bureaucracy," St. Petersburg Times (FLA), Sept. 27, 2007
"Marked; Race, crime, and finding work in an era of mass incarceration," PopMatters, Sept. 27, 2007
"Pain relief for Afghanistan," Ottawa
(Canada)Citizen, Sept. 27, 2007
"Afghan farmers find alternative to opium; Marijuana," Javno, Sept. 27, 2007
"SC First In Violent Crime Rate," The State
(Columbia, SC), Sept. 26, 2007
"Poppies, opium, morphine, codeine and heroin; A short technical primer," Embassy (Canada ),
Sept. 26, 2007
"Livermore bans pot dispensaries," The Oakland Tribune (CA ),
Sept. 26, 2007
"Watsonville bans tobacco from parks," Santa Cruz Sentinel (CA ),
Sept. 26, 2007
"Karzai will need Harper's support to resist U.S. spraying," Embassy (Canada),
Sept. 26, 2007
"Lebanese find troubles fertile ground for cannabis," Reuters (Bekaa Valley, Lebanon ),
Sept. 26, 2007
"Wardens on front line of pot raids," The Press-Enterprise, Sept. 25, 2007
"Reefer gladness? Marijuana initiative makes
Hailey ballot," Idaho Mountain Express (Ketchum, ID),
Sept. 25, 2007
"Medical pot and the Iraq veteran," Esquire
Magazine, Sept. 25, 2007
"Just say no to random student drug
testing," Detroit (MI) News, Sept. 25, 2007
"Drug and alcohol rehab costs a fraction of the cost of addiction," Marketwire (Tampa, FLA), Sept. 25, 2007
"Mayor sees complexities of pot," Daily Bulletin (Ontario, CA), Sept. 25, 2007
"The federal war on medical marijuana becomes a war on children," AlterNet, Sept. 25, 2007
"As drug cases jam local courts, new approach sought," Houston (TX) Chronicle, Sept. 25, 2007
"Students at Pell City High randomly tested for drugs," Daily Home (AL), Sept. 25, 2007
"New York-area drug labs part of major steroid bust," New York Daily News, Sept. 25, 2007
"US violent crime rises in 2006, with more
murders," Reuters, Sept. 24, 2007
"Spinning a failed war on drugs," San
Francisco (CA) Chronicle, Sept. 24, 2007
"Controversial hemp bill awaits governor's signature," Tri-Valley Herald (Sacramento, CA), Sept. 24, 2007
"Manitowoc County helps landlords evict tenants with
drug charges," Winona (MN) Daily News, Sept. 24, 2007
"Drugs in our schools – why not?"
Arizonia Daily Wildcat, Sept. 24, 2007
"Put this idea into your pipe and smoke on it," Ventura County Star, Sept. 24, 2007
"Pot may be popular, but is it safe?" Daily Bulletin (Ontario, CA), Sept. 24, 2007
"Life sentence; How prison is reshaping the U.S.," International Herald Tribune, Sept. 24, 2007
"What's the standard dosage for
pot?" Los Angeles (CA) Times, Sept, 23, 2007
"County may amend pot dispensaries
ordinance," Hayward (CA) Daily Review, Sept. 23, 2007
"Report criticizes efforts of drug czar,"
Ft. Wayne (IN) Journal Gazette, Sept. 22, 2007
"Initiative petition aims to decriminalize
marijuana," The Joplin (MO) Globe, Sept. 22, 2007
"Court papers show methods of drug cartel,"
San Diego (CA) Union-Tribune, Sept. 22, 2007
"Be wary of launching prison-building spree," The Des Moines (IO) Register, Sept. 21, 2007
"Opium for meds, not drugs," Straight Issues, Sept. 21, 2007
"Drug woes — SW Virginia officials still battling epidemic," Blufield Daily Telegraph, Sept. 21, 2007
"Drug abuse unabated in Nepal's schools; survey," People's Daily Online (China), Sept. 21, 2007
"Paey given full pardon; Crist orders him freed
today," St. Petersburg (FL) Times, Sept. 20, 2007
"Legalizing marijuana would bridge California's
budget gap," The Daily Breeze (Torrance, CA), Sept. 20,
2007
"Drug programs are opened to more offenders," The Record (North Jersey), Sept. 20, 2007
"Mexican drug cartels move north," The Washington Post, Sept. 20, 2007
"Exposing bigotry," The New York Sun, Sept. 20, 2007
"Outrage, and urgency, missing in South Florida's drug war," South Florida Sun-Sentinel, Sept. 20, 2007
"Stoner spotcheck," NOW Magazine (Toronto, Canada), Sept. 20, 2007
"Clinton for for-profit prisons," Scoop, Sept. 19, 2007
"Santa Cruz Lifts Park Smoking Ban For Medical
Marijuana Festival," San Jose (CA) Mercury News, Sept.
19, 2007
"Hall schools look at expanding drug testing to middle school," The Times (Gainesville, GA), Sept. 19, 2007
"State Sen. Morahan backs medical pot stance," Times-Herald Record (Albany, NY), Sept. 19, 2007
"Medical cannabis supporters unite," The Badger Herald (Madison, WI), Sept. 19, 2007
"Survey: Some teens find meth easy to get," Associated Press, Sept. 19, 2007
"Modern values: Legalise it," New Matilda, Sept. 19, 2007
"General attorney rejects anti drug report made by USA," Mathaba Masses Media (Puerto La Cruz, Anzoategui), Sept. 19, 2007
"America's complex pot compromise," Denver Post (CO), Sept. 18, 2007
"A.C. agency grant to aid intravenous drug
users," Press of Atlantic City (NJ), Sept. 18, 2007
"Prescription-law fight heating up," The Columbus Dispatch (OH), Sept. 18, 2007
"Arguments in the marijuana debate," Denver Post (CO), Sept. 18, 2007
"Anaheim's ban on medical marijuana dispensaries
challenged," AP / San Jose (CA) Mercury News,
Sept. 18, 2007
"Lack of US vigilance has increased drug traffic,
Dominican president says," Dominican Today (Santo Domingo,
Dominican Republic), Sept. 18, 2007
"Bahamas on major U.S. drug list, again," The Bahama Journal, Sept. 18, 2007
"US calls India a major drug hub-Indians say controls in place," NEWSPost India (New Delhi, India), Sept. 18, 2007
"Continuing the 'war on drugs' is not helping the addicted," The Vancouver Sun (Canada), Sept. 18, 2007
"Meth Imports Soar As Labs Making Drug Wane In
US," Des Moines (IA), Sept. 17, 2007
"US Says Myanmar, Venezuela Fall Short In Drugs
Fight," Reuters / Washington (DC) Post, Sept. 17,
2007
"5 Firms To Join Anti-Drug Campaign,"
Washington (DC) Post, Sept. 17, 2007
"Keeping tabs on drugs," Denver Post (CO), Sept. 17, 2007
"Court program aims to give substance abusers fresh start," Waco Tribune-Herald, Sept. 17, 2007
"Dreams of Afghanistan service go up in smoke," The Province (Canada), Sept. 17, 2007
"Cannabis 'could prevent mad cow disease'," The Age, Sept. 17, 2007
"Illinois begins video campaign against meth," Daily Southtown (IL), Sept. 17, 2007
"Poppy Paradox In Afghanistan," Boston
(MA) Globe, Sept. 16, 2007
"Marijuana Crusader Presented With Calgary's
Distinguished White Hat," CanWest News Service, Sept. 16, 2007
"US Waives Drug Sanctions On Bolivia,"
AP, Sept. 15, 2007
"Same Term For Pot Grower," Sacramento
(CA) Bee, Sept. 15, 2007
"Guilty Plea Entered In Dallas Tainted-Muffin
Case," Dallas (TX) Morning News, Sept. 15, 2007
"Fight Brews In Colombia Drug World," AP,
Sept. 15, 2007
"Oops! That's The Wrong Drug
Lord," The
Telegraph (London, England), Sept. 15, 2007
"Woman, 65, arrested on multiple drug charges," Dotham Eagle (AL), Sept. 14, 2007
"Debating Iraq? Pop a pill first" The Los Angeles Times, Sept.14, 2007
"$10 million media blitz targeting meth use starts," The Seattle Times, Sept. 14, 2007
"Case highlights rise in drug abuse by Rx," The Boston Globe, Sept. 14, 2007
"Fighting the war on drugs through parking tickets," On Milwaukee (WI), Sept. 14, 2007
"Anti-Drug Inquiry's Findings
'Frightening'," Melbourne (Australia) Herald
Sun, Sept. 13, 2007
"General buzzkill," Sacramento News & Review (CA), Sept. 13, 2007
"Terror criminal links growing," FrontPage Magazine, Sept. 13, 2007
"DEA hopeful over drop in cocaine," USA Today, Sept. 13, 2007
"Drug ads could trigger tokers," Now Magazine (Toronto, Canada), Sept. 13, 2007
"NATO Not To Join In Poppy Fight," AFP
/ Gulf Times (Qatar), Sept. 13, 2007
"Contractors take on expanded role in drug war," Government Executive, Sept. 12, 2007
"Sale of seized property helps fund war on drugs," Hardin County News (Lumberton, TX), Sept. 12, 2007
"County pledges to clean out the cabinet," Daily Herald (Central Utah), Sept. 12, 2007
"Comfortably numb: Joseph Califano Jr. on addiction," Express, Sept. 12, 2007
"Bush ripped on heroin trade," The Washington Times, Sept. 12, 2007
"Death sparks drug-driving blitz demand," The Edinburgh Paper (Scotland), Sept. 12, 2007
"In India, A Quest To Ease The Pain Of The
Dying," New York (NY) Times, Sept. 11, 2007
"San Mateo County may regulate pot dispensaries," The Argus (CA), Sept. 11, 2007
"Former detainee claims abuse at jail," Northeast Mississippi (Aberdeen) Daily Journal, Sept. 11, 2007
"Drug testing sparks debate," Middleton (OH) Journal, Sept. 11, 2007
"County issuing pot ID cards," Herald Monterey County (CA), Sept. 11, 2007
"Reputed cocaine boss arrested in Colombia," AP / Washington Post, Sept. 11, 2007
"Growing Up Healthy: Debate Over Drug
Testing," MSNBC, Sept. 10, 2007
"Annual study shows states moving to more balanced pain policies," American Medical News, Sept. 10, 2007
"Bursting at the seams," The Patriot News (Penn), Sept. 10, 2007
"Obese likened to drug addicts," Calgary Herald(Canada), Sept. 10, 2007
"Drugs banned, many of world’s poor suffer in pain," The New York Times (Waterloo, Sierra Leone), Sept. 10, 2007
"Boom-Time For Peru's Coca Growers," BBC
News, Sept. 10, 2007
"For More Than 300 Rhode Islanders, Marijuana
Provides Legal Relief," Providence (RI) Journal, Sept.
9, 2007
"Texas Intends To End School Steroid Use,"
Victoria (TX) Advocate, Sept. 9, 2007
"Smugglers Kill Iran Police Commander, Opium
Seized," Reuters AlertNet, Sept. 9, 2007
"Traffickers Infiltrate Military In
Colombia," Washington (DC) Post, Sept. 8, 2007
"Destroying Afghanistan's Poppies Won't
Help," The Telegraph (London, England), Sept. 8, 2007
"County, Gatson Might Have Reached Drug
Compromise," The Saturday Gazette-Mail (Charleston,
WV), Sept. 8, 2007
"Medical Marijuana Trial Survives Defense
Challenge," Oroville (CA) Mercury Register, Sept. 8,
2007
"Speaker: Drug addiction is a disease," The Ledger (Lakeland, FL), Sept. 7, 2007
"Cannabis country," 24 Hours Vancouver (Canada), Sept. 7, 2007
"Needle disposal effort set," Telegram & Gazette (Worcester), Sept. 7, 2007
"HIV spreads in concentrated epidemic form among IDUs," The Daily Star (Bangladesh), Sept. 7, 2007
"Youth drug use at a five year low, new survey shows," PRNewswire / USNewswire (Washington), Sept. 6, 2007
"Substance-abuse treatment hard for poor to find," Sun Herald (South Mississippi), Sept. 6, 2007
"City may drug test taxi cab drivers," The State News (MI), Sept. 6, 2007
"Recovery rally," The Sacramento(CA)Bee, Sept. 6, 2007
"Violence, drugs shadow Guatemalan vote," The Chicago Tribune, Sept. 6, 2007
"NATO must do more to fight opium trade in Afghanistan, UN says," Bloomberg News, Sept. 6, 2007
"Officials to shape pot policy," The Daily Journal (San Mateo County, CA), Sept. 5, 2007
"Bogus drug peddlers thrive in cyberspace," Reuters (Vienna), Sept. 5, 2007
"New chapter in drug trade," The Washington Post (Bogota,Colombia), Sept. 5, 2007
"America's taliban-support program," Townhall.com, Sept. 5, 2007
"New look at drugs policy backed," Cambridge(UK) Evening News, Sept. 5, 2007
"White House Drug Czar Launches New Anti-Methamphetamine Campaign," PRNewswire / USNewswire (Washington), Sept.
4, 2007
"The war on drugs, via FAFSA," Charlottesville's Newsweekly, Sept. 4, 2007
"Steroid testing waste of money," Florida Today, Sept. 4, 2007
"Doctors, get tough on drugs: Tony Clement," National Review of Medicine (Canada), Sept. 4, 2007
"We need a better-informed drug user," Olive Press (Spain), Sept. 4, 2007
"Cannabis may help boost appetite in anorexia sufferers," New Kerla (Melbourne, Australia), Sept. 4, 2007
"War And Opium," Philadelphia (PA)
Inquirer, Sept. 3, 2007
"UK Strategy On Afghan Drugs Under Attack,"
Financial Times (London, England), Sept. 3, 2007
"Ortega Asks US for $1bn to Support Central
America's Drugs Fight," AP / The Guardian
(Manchester, England), Sept. 3, 2007
"Misguided US War On Drugs Boosts Terrorists
Abroad," Denver (CO) Post, Sept. 2, 2007
"The War On Poppies," LA (CA)
Times, Sept. 2, 2007
"British Anti-Drug Effort A Failure: Afghan
Official," Reuters / Washington (DC) Post, Sept.
2, 2007
"US Court Hands Setback To WAMM's Fight For
Legal Pot," Santa Cruz (CA) Sentinel, Sept. 1, 2007
"Conservatives Confuse Science And
Moralizing," Vancouver (BC, Canada) Sun, Sept. 1, 2007
"'Golden Crescent' Drug Spell Plagues
China's Northwest," Xinhua News Agency (China),
Sept. 1, 2007
"San Mateo pot shops raided," San Mateo (CA) County Times, August 30, 2007
"Personal breathalyzers are up for sale," Star-Telegram (Fort Worth, TX), August 30, 2007
"State to open new treatment centers," The Billings Gazette (Helena, Montana), August 30, 2007
"Moderation, here we come," The
Daily News (Halifax, Canada), August 30, 2007
"Canadians back legal poppy farms," The Vancouver Sun (Ottawa, Canada), August 30, 2007
"Advocates seek reform in 'unjust' drug laws," Rochester Democrat and Chronicle (Albany, NY), August 29, 2007
"Pot growers are new target in 'War on Terror'," AlterNet, August 29, 2007
"Bowering In Favour Of Legalizing Pot," The
Interior News (Smithers, BC, Canada), Aug. 29, 2007
"Medical marijuana: Drug bust sparks questions over law," AP/Santa Fe New Mexican (Malaga, NM), August 29, 2007
"Eradication or Legalisation? How to solve Afghanistan's opium crisis " The Guardian, August 29, 2007
"Perfect storm brewing for amphetamines in Asia," Monsters and Critics (Bangkok), August 29, 2007
"Council puts pot initiative on ballot," The Denver Post,
August 28, 2007
"Random Drug Testing Program On Hold," New Jersey Herald (Newton(, Aug. 28, 2007
"So, what made me addict?" The Washington Post, August 28, 2007
"Do-it-yourself medicinal pot," Rocky Mountain News (Brighton, CO), August 28, 2007
"Painkiller patch killing patients," AP/The Denver Post, August 28, 2007
"The growing drug-terrorism nexus," The Family Security Foundation, Inc., August 28, 2007
"Afghan opium defies control," Free Press News Services (Kabul, Afghanistan), August 28, 2007
"Embattled Attorney General Resigns," New
York (NY) Times, Aug. 27, 2007
"Treatment funded by anti-drug tax results in less recidivism," The Kansas City Star, August 27, 2007
"Hypocrisy On Pot?" Denver
(CO) Daily News, Aug. 27, 2007
"Renew Insite's License," The Globe
& Mail (Toronto, Ontario, Canada), Aug. 27, 2007
"Failings In War On Afghan Drugs," BBC News,
Aug. 27, 2007
"War on Drugs: Impact on national security," NewsWithViews, August 27, 2007
"Loophole limits felony DUI law," Casper Star-Tribune (Laramie, WY), August 27, 2007
"Alcohol-free club struggles to stay afloat," KTUU News (Anchorage, Alaska), August 27, 2007
"Insite expands with Onsite detox centre for addicts, Canadian Press (Vancouver), August 27, 2007
"UN report shows Afghan opium production at record level," RadioFreeEurope/RadioLiberty, August 27, 2007
"'Strawberry Quick' Meth Just A
Rumor," The Register-Mail (Galesburg, IL), Aug. 26,
2007
"Govt Wants to Destroy Thaksin with War-on-Drug
Probe: Lawyers," The Nation (Bangkok, Thailand),
Aug. 26, 2007
"Is it or isn't it? The pot pendulum swings
again," The Toronto (Ontario, Canada) Star, Aug. 25,
2007
"Ritter, law officers seek prison
alternatives," Grand Junction (CO) Daily Sentinel, Aug.
25, 2007
"Noriega Fails To Stop Extradition," BBC
News, Aug. 25, 2007
"Lawmakers push to curb overcrowding in prisons," AP/The Decatur Daily News (Montgomery, AL), August 24, 2007
"Adverse drug reactions are a leading cause of death," Toledo Free Press (OH), August 24, 2007
"Vessel intercepted off Guatemala with tons of cocaine," AP/The Seattle Times, August 24, 2007
"Drive to ban hallucinogen Salvia watched closely," Houston Chronicle(TX), August 24, 2007
"Will Mexico be the next Colombia?" Front Page Magazine, August 24, 2007
"AG's say booze and caffeine don't mix," All American Patriots, August 23, 2007
"No prescription? No problem online," AP/Sky Valley Journal (W VA), August 23, 2007
"Jack Medelson, MD, Pioneer in Substance Abuse Research, Dies at 77," Ascribe Newswire (Belmont, Mass), August 23, 2007
"Doctors want no smoking in cars carrying kids," The Edmonton Journal(Vancouver), August 23, 2007
"ASEAN hopes to have a drug-free community by 2015," Vietnam Net Bridge, August 23, 2007
"Scientists drug-test whole cities," AP/The Chicago Tribune, August 22, 2007
"Union urges uniform drug testing," Baltimore Sun, August 22, 2007
"Germany permits medicinal marijuana," United Press International (Munich, Germany), August 22, 2007
"Police hit back as drug war heats up in Aichi," The Asahi Shimbun (Nagoya), August 22, 2007
"Drugs, conflict spur HIV in Asia Pacific region," Zee News (India Ed), August 22, 2007
"Telltale Isotopes in Marijuana Are Nature’s Tracking Devices," The New York Times, August 21, 2007
"Former Hawaii WR: Drug tests not random," AP/ Scripps Newspaper Group (CO), August 21, 2007
"World of pain, but who gains?" AP/The Chicago Tribune, August 21, 2007
"Thieves, addicts hitting state pharmacies," The Seattle (WA) Post-Intelligencer, August 21, 2007
"Ottawa to ramp up anti-drug message," Times Colonist (Vancouver), August 21, 2007
"All the billions spent to curb drug use have been in vain," The Guardian (UK), August 21, 2007
"Legal wiretaps on rise in state," Rocky Mountain News (CO), August 20, 2007
"Jailing nation: How did our prison system become such a nightmare?" The Nation, August 20, 2007
"Tri-State area more susceptible to 'doctor shopping'," Herald Dispatch (Huntington, W VA), August 20, 2007
"AP: Pain medicine use has nearly doubled," AP/ Westfall Weekly News (SC), August 20, 2007
"Tribes see FBI support for drug war dwindle," The Seattle (WA) Post-Intelligencer, August 20, 2007
"Treatment For Ice Addicts Lacks Proof,"
Sydney (Australia) Morning Herald, August 20, 2007
"Hempfest Turns 'Sweet' 16,"
Seattle (WA) Times, August 19, 2007
"Medical Marijuana Legal In California, But Feds
Still Raid Dispensaries," Los Angeles (CA) Daily News,
August 19, 2007
"Where There's Smoke, There's
Hempfest," Seattle (WA) Post-Intelligencer, August 18,
2007
"NM Planning Medical Marijuana Program," AP
/ Washington (DC) Post, August 18, 2007
"The Lost War," The Washington (DC) Post, August 18, 2007
"Where Khat Is King, But Not Much Else Works," The Washington (DC) Post, August 18, 2007
"Medical marijuana may go on Ohio ballot," The Columbus (OH) Dispatch, August 18, 2007
"Aid that won't help Mexico," The Los Angeles Times, August 18, 2007
"North Dakota sees promise in industrial hemp," The Topeka Capital-Journal, August 17, 2007
"DARE may be cut from budget," The News-Press (Southwest FL), August 17, 2007
"Mexican leader eager to work with U.S against drug cartels" The Mercury News, August 17, 2007
"Britain to focus military efforts on Afghanistan," AP / Star-Telegram (Kabul, Afghanistan), August 17, 2007
"South Africa: Cape Winning War Against Illegal Drugs, Says Rasool," Business Day (Johannesburg),
August 17, 2007
"El Dorado County Couple Convicted In Marijuana
Case," Sacramento (CA) Bee, August 16, 2007
"CASA 2007 teen survey reveals America's schools infested with drugs," Marketwire (Washington, DC), August 16, 2007
"Theories on Why Cleveland Murders are on the
Rise," Cleveland (OH) Plain Dealer, August 16, 2007
"Health Dept won't distribute medical pot," Las Cruces Sun-News (Santa Fe, NM), August 16, 2007
"Painful drug war victory;" The Washington Times, August 16, 2007
"'Stop abusing snitchin'," Reasononline, August 16, 2007
"Govt launches graphic ads on dangers of 'ice'," ABC News (Australia), August 16, 2007
"Former AG to Push For Medical Marijuana,"
Topeka (KS) Capital-Journal, August 15, 2007
"Drug court celebrates decade of success," The Tenessean, August 15, 2007
"High court backs law on driver drug tests," AP / The Boston Globe, August 15, 2007
"Drugs, Sex, Crime ... Howard Still Doesn't Get
It," CityNews (Canberra, Australia), August 15, 2007
"Only 6 percent of parents worried about teen RX drug abuse," PR Newswire Association(Phoenix, AZ),
August 15, 2007
"Medical marijuana user wins case against city of Merced," Merced Sun-Star (Merced, CA), August 15, 2007
"'Here To Help'," Lancaster
(PA) Intelligencer-Journal, August 14, 2007
"High School Coaches Told Of Need For Steroid
Testing," South Florida Sun-Sentinel (Ft. Lauderdale,
FL), August 14, 2007
"County Losing Drug Program," Colorado
Springs (CO) Gazette, August 14, 2007
"Nicaragua's Ortega Says 'Unexpected
Interests' Behind US DEA," AP / International Herald
Tribune, August 14, 2007
"LA Meth Prices Double Over The Past Year,"
Los Angeles (CA) Daily News, August 14, 2007
"Why's Mexico Taking Drug-Fighting Advice From
Us?" The New Republic, August 13, 2007
"Medicinal Marijuana Users Face Challenges In
NM," El Paso (TX) Times, August 13, 2007
"Study Fails To Show Dangers Of Marijuana,"
Daily Illini (U of IL - Urbana-Champaign), August 13, 2007
"Unicoi To Continue Student Athlete Drug
Testing," Kingsport (TN) Times-News, August 13, 2007
"Cleaning Up (Legally) On Money
Laundering," Miami (FL) Herald, August 13, 2007
"Noriega To Appear In US Court On French Extradition
Request," AP / Ocala (FL) Star-Banner, August 13,
2007
"Treatment Interrupted," Orange County
Register (Santa Ana, CA), August 12, 2007
"Hospital Study: Meth Leaves Users Injured,
Bills Unpaid," North County Times (Escondido, CA),
August 12, 2007
"Home From Wars, Yet Homeless," Boston
(MA) Globe, August 12, 2007
"Lesson To Be Learned From Dope
'Scandal'," Herald On Sunday (Auckland, New
Zealand), August 12, 2007
"Feds' Effort To Get Patient Files Called
'Scary'," The Oregonian (Portland, OR),
August 11, 2007
"Drug Task Force Can't Account For
Funding," Indianapolis (IN) Star, August 11, 2007
"Group Pushes Medical Use Of Marijuana,"
Rochester (NY) Democrat and Chronicle, August 11, 2007
"Borrowing Bill's 'Soul',"
The Boston (MA) Globe, August 11, 2007
"For Pot Smoker In Pain, No Help Is On The
Way," Toronto (Ontario, Canada) Globe & Mail,
August 11, 2007
"Willie Nelson To Perform At Benefit For Marijuana
Advocacy Groups," Ft. Worth (TX) Star-Telegram, August
10, 2007
"AG: State Workers Could Face Charges For
Marijuana Law," AP / Santa Fe (NM) New Mexican,
August 10, 2007
"Troops To Join Opium Battle," Baltimore
(MD) Sun, August 10, 2007
"Record Crop Of Heroin Poppies Hits Anti-Drug Effort
In Afghanistan," The Times (London, England), August
10, 2007
"Mexico May Get Aid In Drug War,"
AP / Winston-Salem (NC) Journal, August 9, 2007
"Police Amazed By 3-Meter-Tall Cannabis
Plants," The Daily Telegraph (Sydney, Australia),
August 9, 2007
