Drugs and the Nation
04-November-2004, United States, Alternet
In an election whose outcome was determined by militaristic, theocratic culture warriors, medical marijuana in Montana was one of the few bright spots.
Even as 59 percent of the state's voters were going for George W. Bush and two-thirds opting ...
In the war on drugs, Europe must make a separate ...
03-November-2004, United Kingdom, Guardian Unlimited
Waiting to see who has won the most important US election for decades, the world has been an anguished bystander, pressing up against the window of the superpower. So much depends on America - from climate change to terms of global trade and ...
Drug dealers go ride-less under new law
27-October-2004, United States, TownOnline.com
Look out, drug dealers, because you may lose your car thanks to a recently signed ordinance of the Boston City Council. Sponsored by Rob Consalvo, the ordinance became law on Oct. 13 after Mayor Thomas M. Menino signed it; the ordinance allows ...
Walters Vows to Fight Marijuana Legalization
25-October-2004, United States, Join Together
John Walters, director of the Office of National Drug Control Policy (ONDCP), said he would do everything in his power to prevent the passage of marijuana-related ballot proposals in U.S. states, the Las Vegas Review-Journal reported Oct. ...
Black Coalition to Target Drug Policies
22-October-2004, United States, Associated Press
BALTIMORE (AP) - For years, many of the nation's leading black legislators, attorneys and social scientists complained that the nation's war on drugs was both ineffective and unfair. They blamed policies arising from that war for the ...
California Initiative to Rein-In Three-Strikes ...
22-October-2004, United States, DRC
Ten years ago, California voters frightened by violent crime and led by politicians who manipulated that fear voted to enact what is popularly known as the three-strikes-you're-out law. Under three-strikes, persons with two previous violent or ...
The Doper Vote
22-October-2004, United States, Alternet
Orthodox leftists seem to be incapable of understanding the size and intensity of the anti-drug war movement. Do they think these people don't vote?
Doper support will be the kiss of death for Kerry, subscribers sneered on massively liberal ...
Mandatory time doesn't fit the crime
21-October-2004, United States, Central Florida Future
In the game of Monopoly there is a space on the board that says "Go directly to jail."
There is something very similar to this in the game of life, mandatory minimum sentences. Get busted trafficking drugs, go directly to jail. No complaints or ...
Mandatory Sentencing Crowds Jails But Still Isn't ...
18-October-2004, United States, MTV.com
Get caught trafficking drugs, go to jail. No ifs, ands or parole. Any questions?
That was the message behind Congress' 1986 Anti-Drug Abuse Act. The law created mandatory minimum penalties for first-time drug traffickers, which based jail time on ...
One cannot overcome a drug conviction
17-October-2004, United States, The Bloomington Alternative
What do the following public figures have in common? William Jefferson Clinton, George W. Bush, Joe Kernan, Mitch Daniels, Al Gore, Rush Limbaugh. Answer: They have all used illicit drugs or been addicted to licit drugs.
In a recent debate here ...
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