Drug war mistargets students
03-September-2005, United States, boston.com
AS COLLEGE students around the country return to campus this fall, thousands of their peers won't be joining them because of a federal law that strips financial aid from students with drug convictions.
The policy is up for reconsideration this ...
Suit spurs debate on hair test for drugs
31-August-2005, United States, The Miami Herald
The seven police officers swore they didn't use cocaine, yet their hair tested positive for the drug.
They are now suing the Boston police department, claiming the mandatory drug test that got them fired is unreliable and racially biased. Their ...
California Patrol Won't Seize Marijuana Used as ...
30-August-2005, United States, The New York Times
In a turnaround, one of the state's biggest law enforcement agencies says it is taking a hands-off approach to the possession and use of marijuana for medical purposes.
The new policy, by the California Highway Patrol, states that an "individual ...
U.S war on drugs takes no prisoners
29-August-2005, United States, The Republican
The federal government says it won't approve the use of marijuana as a prescription medicine because it hasn't seen any scientific evidence to prove that it has any health benefits.
So what happened when Lyle Craker, a plant and soil sciences ...
Justice Weighs Desire v. Duty (Duty Prevails)
25-August-2005, United States, The New York Times
It is not every day that a Supreme Court justice calls his own decisions unwise. But with unusual candor, Justice John Paul Stevens did that last week in a speech in which he explored the gap that sometimes lies between a judge's desire and duty. ...
'Sneak-and-Peak' Law Helps More Than War on ...
15-August-2005, United States, FOXNews.com
Hidden cameras and microphones placed by federal agents in a house in Lynden, Wash., paid off recently when officials uncovered a plot to dig a drug tunnel from Canada to the United States.
But because federal officials used a provision in the ...
Consumers caught in meth war crossfire
14-August-2005, United States, The Oregonian
The latest insanity in the war on drugs comes to you from Georgia. As The New York Times reported, the feds arrested 49 convenience store clerks and owners -- essentially for selling legal cold and allergy pills.
"Operation Meth Merchant" is the ...
Bush's War on Pot
28-July-2005, United States, RollingStone.com
America's long-running war on drugs has, literally, gone to pot.
More than two decades after it was launched in response to the spread of crack cocaine -- and in the midst of a brand-new wave of methamphetamine use sweeping the country -- the ...
Oregon prescription policy may set meth law ...
21-July-2005, United States, USA Today
Oregonians who want over-the-counter cold medicine soon may need a doctor's permission to buy it.
Trying to stem the abuse of methamphetamine, the Oregon Senate will likely vote next week on a bill that would make the state the nation's first to ...
The War On Drugs, Total Success
19-June-2005, United States, useless knowledge mag
By Lenny Gibeault III
June 19, 2005
I have been reading a lot on the recent (growing, but still on the fringe) commentary on the abject failure of the US Drug War. I disagree with this notion, thought not for the reasons some might think. I ...
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