Is legalising drugs the only answer?
30-April-2006, United Kingdom, The Sunday Times
Some top police officers are now backing the idea that hard drugs should be decriminalised. Is this a brave but foolhardy idea, asks Tim Luckhurst
When the Ayrshire drugs baron John Gorman was jailed for 12 years last week and nine of his ...
Cocaine brings misery, Ian Blair warns
24-April-2006, United Kingdom, Reuters
London police commissioner Ian Blair called on the affluent middle classes to spurn hard drugs such as cocaine, saying they were contributing to the misery caused by criminal gangs.
Blair said Britain had the highest rate of cocaine use in Europe ...
Drug war dropout calls effort a ‘failure’
03-April-2006, United States, Lawrence Journal World
For more than 14 years, Jack Cole fought the war on drugs as a New Jersey state narcotics agent.
Now, he’s had enough.
“It’s not only a dismal failure, but a terribly destructive policy,” he said.
Cole said he quit the narcotics force in ...
Letang says war on drugs has failed
03-April-2006, United States, delawareonline
A veteran Republican prosecutor who retired Friday says he believes the war on drugs has been a failure and the millions spent to intercept drugs would better be used to hire a counselor for every single child in the state.
"I really think I've ...
Brunstrom wants drug gangs action
14-March-2006, United Kingdom, BBC News
The chief constable of North Wales Police has said the UK's policy of criminalising drugs has "caused an explosion in organised crime".
Richard Brunstrom told BBC Wales' Week In Week Out that making certain drugs illegal has meant control and ...
Rick Steves is just a NORML guy
14-March-2006, United States, The Seattle Times
You imagine Rick Steves going to bed early, bags packed, itinerary ready, sensible shoes lined up by the door.
You don't imagine him ensconced in some European parlor, taking pulls off a big, fat doobie. But it turns out Steves, our home-grown ...
ANOTHER VIEW: Drug war's futility, failure
13-March-2006, United States, Daily Press
Border security seems to be in the news often these days. The focus usually is on the people coming into this country from Mexico and Central America. Little media attention is paid to drug-smuggling operations, so little attention is paid by the ...
Drug War or Race War?
13-March-2006, United States, New Haven Independent
It's been 10 years since Sheldon Tucker saw the inside of a prison. Tucker (at right in photo, with criminal defense attorney Norm Pattis, at left) and others at a local forum on the drug war spoke about why so many young people of color have ...
Tougher drug laws only scratch the surface of the ...
13-March-2006, Australia, Fairfax Digital
A police-led war on drugs might be easy politics but it is lazy and ineffective policy, writes Andrew Macintosh.
A campaign is being waged by the federal and NSW governments to strengthen drug laws, particularly those concerning cannabis, in what ...
Clergy join war on drugs
12-March-2006, United States, boston.com
The faith community has joined Saugus's fight against teenage drug and alcohol abuse and related crimes.
The Saugus Clergy Association will hold a drug awareness forum at 7 tomorrow night at Belmonte Saugus Middle School on Dow Street to ...
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