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The End of the Drug War – or a New Cartel of Cartels?
Media spin and historical amnesia threaten to cover up the return to a policy of the Mexican state and cartel cooperation.
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War. Huh. What Is It Good For?
the common misconception is that the legalization is only to benefit the stoners and pot-heads. It's not.
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Maya Schenwar | Mandatory Rehab Is Just the Newest Front in the War on Drugs
Sentencing people to diversion programs still involves uprooting and confining them in an effort to make society "safer."
San Fernando Migrant Massacre: How US, Mexican and Latin American Governments Share Responsibility
An international tribunal recently concluded that the US, Mexico and several Latin American countries are responsible for state terror against migrants.
The CIA/MSM Contra-Cocaine Cover-Up
With Hollywood set to release a movie about the Contra-cocaine scandal and the destruction of journalist Gary Webb, an internal CIA report has surfaced showing how the spy agency …
“Government, Not Gangsters, Should Control the Drug Market”: But Will That Stop Mass Incarceration?
Will the Global Commission on Drug Policy's recommendations for decriminalization of drug use stem the tide of disproportionate imprisonment of people of color in the US?
Uruguay’s Legalization of Marijuana Makes Sense in a Senseless Drug War
In December of last year, Uruguay became the first country in the world to fully legalize and regulate the cultivation, sale, distribution and use of marijuana.
Truthout Interviews Featuring Paul Armentano on Marijuana, Alcohol and the Law
Ted Asregadoo talks to Deputy Director of the National Organization for the Reform of Marijuana Laws Paul Armentano.
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Global Drug Report: Don’t Just Decriminalize, Demilitarize
"The drug war is a pretext for the militarization of resource rich areas in Mexico and Central America, as happened with Plan Colombia in Colombia," said Dawn Paley, author …
25th Anniversary of President George H.W. Bush’s Infamous Oval Office Speech Escalating “War on Drugs”
On September 5th, 1989 President George H.W. Bush gave a speech from the Oval Office that defined a generation.