The Cost of NYC’s Marijuana Possession Arrests in 2010: $75 Million
Marijuana Possession #1 Arrest in NYC, Comprise 15% of All Arrests; City Council Members, Community Groups Held Press Conference at City Hall to Issue Major…
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US drones ‘over Mexico to track drug lords’
© AFP/File Joel Saget AFP WASHINGTON (AFP) – The United States has begun sending unarmed drones deep into Mexico to gather intelligence about powerful drug…
Drugmakers shielded from lawsuits: US Supreme Court
Vaccine makers are protected from lawsuits, the Supreme Court ruled Tuesday © AFP/Getty Images/File Win McNamee AFP WASHINGTON (AFP) – Vaccine makers are protected from…
Why can’t the US legalize drugs? There’s ‘too much money in it,’ Clinton says
Daniel Tencer Raw Story In what will likely be seen as something of a Freudian slip by the US Secretary of State, Hillary Clinton said…
Obama: Drug Legalization ‘Worth A Serious Debate’
Ryan Grim Huffington Post WASHINGTON — Drug legalization is an “entirely legitimate topic for debate,” President Barack Obama said Thursday during his online YouTube town…
Border Patrol Agent Fired For Views On Drug Legalization Files Lawsuit
Lucia Graves Huffington Post In September of 2009, border patrol agent Bryan Gonzalez was fired for expressing his views on drug legalization to a fellow…
Legalizing Drugs Decreases Use – Proof In Portugal, Netherlands (VIDEO)
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Drug-Friendly Netherlands to Close 8 Prisons — Not Enough Crime
Bruce Mirken Opposing Views For years prohibitionists, including our own Drug Enforcement Administration, have claimed — falsely — that the tolerant marijuana policies of the…
Amsterdam Press Schools O’Reilly on Drug Policy (VIDEO)
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Top Ten Legal Drugs Linked to Violence
Dees Illustration Maia Szalavitz Time Magazine When people consider the connections between drugs and violence, what typically comes to mind are illegal drugs like crack…
Drug War Deceit from the Christian Left
Dr. William L. Anderson Lew Rockwell The Drug War is a disgrace. The Drug War is racist, and the Drug War is evil. Few readers…
End The Failed War On Drugs – Cenk on MSNBC (VIDEO)
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So Young and So Many Pills
More than 25% of Kids and Teens in the U.S. Take Prescriptions on a Regular Basis Anna Wilde Mathews Wall Street Journal Gage Martindale, who…
Drug decriminalization pays off in Portugal as US weighs its options
Associated Press These days, Casal Ventoso is an ordinary blue-collar community — mothers push baby strollers, men smoke outside cafes, buses chug up and down…