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Capitalism + Racism = Death
The AIDS epidemic in Africa is one of the most callous examples of how the concept of profit before people has risen to Genocidal proportions.
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The Incarceration of Consciousness
The real oppression is that which is heaped on them by the upper class, the profound burden which has been shared by the vast majority of humankind throughout history: …
Congress Should Hold Hearings Reviewing DEA and U.S. Drug Policy from Top-to-Bottom
In what many have called a blatant abuse of power that strips Americans of their fundamental constitutional rights, the Drug Enforcement Administration (DEA) is collaborating with the National Security …
New Zealand Becomes First Country in the World to Legally Regulate New Drugs
New Zealandu2019s Parliament enacted a landmark law two weeks ago that will regulate and control u2013 rather than criminalize u2013 so-called u201cbath saltsu201d and other new synthetic drugs.
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DEA Using NSA Surveillance to Crack Down on Drug Crimes?
A new report reveals that a secretive DEA unit funnels surveillance info from gov't agencies to law enforcement — and tells them to hide it.
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Myths About Illicit Drugs Perpetuate Destructive Policy
The war on drugs is often more harmful to the users than the illicit substances that they use.
There Is No Good Drug War
“It wasn't true that most cocaine users would do anything for another hit,” Neuroscientist Carl Hart tells Truthout.
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Society of Addiction: Capitalism, Dopamine and the Consumer Junkie
Are we capitalism junkies?
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How Big Pharma Is Killing Americans
While drug companies have been largely able to get away with robbing Americans left and right for the past several decades, more and more people are speaking up about …
International Intervention in Afghanistan Has Led to Heroin Resurgence
After a decade of US and NATO occupation, opium cultivation is again on the rise in Afghanistan.