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Drug War

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Progressive Lawmakers Unveil Alternative Budget: Tax the Rich, Cut the Pentagon

The Congressional Progressive Caucus unveiled a federal budget proposal March 13 that would stimulate employment, raise taxes on the wealthy, cut the Pentagon budget and reduce the budget…
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Sam Knight,
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March 14, 2013
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Juvenile Justice Is Taking a Positive Trajectory – Will it Be Hurt by Harsh Gun Laws?

Research shows strict laws for juveniles do little or nothing to result in lower crime rates.
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Yana Kunichoff,
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March 13, 2013
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Op-Ed

Fleeing His Own War on Drugs, Felipe Calderón Finds Refuge at Harvard

Citizens from 28 countries are petitioning Calderu00f3n’s fellowship.
by
Andalusia Knoll,
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March 1, 2013
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Op-Ed

High Time for Hemp

Jim Hightower: This common sense crop should become commonplace in the US again.
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Jim Hightower,
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February 11, 2013
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Advocates in Congress say a shift from criminal enforcement to taxation could add $100 billion to the federal budget.
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Prisons & Policing

Is America Ready to Legalize Marijuana?

Advocates in Congress say a shift from criminal enforcement to taxation could add $100 billion to the federal budget.
by
Mike Ludwig,
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February 7, 2013
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Op-Ed

Securing the Homeland Against Marijuana

Measured by the numbers, the greatest border threat to the US is not legal in Washington and Colorado.
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Tom Barry,
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December 4, 2012
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War & Peace

Fueled by War on Drugs, Mexican Death Toll Could Exceed 120,000 As Calderon Ends Six-Year Reign

New stats shed grim light on Calderon’s bloody reign.
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Mark Karlin,
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November 28, 2012
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Op-Ed

Of Plagues and Prisons: Two Films Everyone Should See

Films depicting the drug war and AIDS crisis may surprise progressives and should be required viewing.
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Joe Macaré,
Truthout
November 27, 2012
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Interview

The People Vs. the War on Drugs: Filmmaker Tackles the “Predatory Monster“

In the stunning “The House I Live In,” filmmaker Eugene Jarecki has made a film about the expansive and many-tentacled topic of the drug war.
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Maya Schenwar,
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November 13, 2012
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Economy & Labor

Law Enforcement Officials Call for an End to “The War On Drugs”

Jim Gierach a former Assistant Stateu2019s Attorney of Cook County, Illinois and Richard Van Wickler superintendent for the Cheshire County, New Hampshire Department of Corrections call for the…
by
Paul Jay,
The Real News Network
October 25, 2012
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