Bush budget faulted in drug-war setback
07-March-2006, United States, The Washington Times
A Bush administration decision to divert money for Colombian drug interdiction and eradication programs to the war on terrorism has opened up the southern U.S. border to a new flood of heroin and cocaine, say senior congressional and Colombian ...
US War on Drugs: elusive victory, disputed ...
07-March-2006, United States, Reuters
Despite three decades of upbeat reports on battles won in the war on drugs, cocaine, heroin and marijuana are as easily available as ever and experts say the United States has yet to develop a strategy that works.
Just as in previous years, the ...
If anyone is winning the drugs war, it is not the ...
06-March-2006, United Kingdom, scotsman
FIGURES just released which show a sharp decrease in the number of Edinburgh youngsters being treated for drug addiction could be taken as a sign that the battle against drugs is being won. Sadly most evidence points to the contrary.
If anyone ...
Marc Emery and the Seedy War on Pot (and drugs in ...
06-March-2006, United States, The Liberty Paper
At first glance, if you’ve read my bio, you might wonder what the heck a gal like me could have to say about the war on drugs. If you really don’t know me, you might read to the first line of the fifth paragraph of my bio and immediately discount ...
Student group drums up opposition to drug war
05-March-2006, United States, Student group drums up opposition to drug war
Gary Davey smokes marijuana and credits the drug with relieving pain from injuries he received in a head-on collision that shattered most of his bones from the waist down and confined him to a wheelchair in 1989.
Corley Koprowski, a University of ...
Danger zone switches from poppy field to the ...
01-March-2006, United Kingdom, Times Online
CAN the “War on Drugs” ever be won? History is not encouraging — nor is the latest United Nations report on the state of hostilities.
The lessons are particularly depressing for Afghanistan and for the role that Britain has shouldered there. The ...
Activists warn of dangers from caffeine addiction
27-February-2006, United States, Spero News
Is the War on Drugs taking aim at that morning cup of java? As crazy as it might sound, some activists would hope so - and they have enlisted the help of various mayors to support their cause.
But first, to be more precise, critics aren't ...
Musings About the Drug War
26-February-2006, United States, The Wall Street Journal
BY GEORGE MELLOAN
Sunday, February 26, 2006 12:01 a.m. EST
Economist Milton Friedman predicted in Newsweek nearly 34 years ago that Richard Nixon's ambitious "global war against drugs" would be a failure. Much evidence today suggests that he ...
War on drugs - is it really 'right'?
12-February-2006, United States, newsday
What's so conservative about the war on drugs?
Spending billions in taxpayer dollars with no clear progress? Inserting government agents into Americans' private lives? Holding a million men and women in prison for what are mostly nonviolent ...
Your tax dollars on drugs
12-February-2006, United States, San Francisco Chronicle
IF YOU want to understand how difficult it is to cut the federal deficit -- it will surpass $400 billion in the 2007 budget -- take a look at the Byrne grants. Named after New York City police officer Edward Byrne, who was killed by drug dealers, ...
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