Report: Colombia drug war failing
01-April-2005, Colombia, CNN
BOGOTA, Colombia (AP) -- A new White House report showed that a massive aerial spraying offensive last year failed to dent the area of coca under cultivation in Colombia.
But President Alvaro Uribe vowed on Friday to press ahead with ...
House rejects idea of taxing illegal drugs
25-March-2005, United States, The Clarion-Ledger
A tax on illegal drugs?
Mississippi lawmakers are scrounging for ways to put new money into the state budget before Saturday night. But the idea of requiring dealers to buy tax stamps for cocaine or other illegal drugs was just too much for some ...
Sizemore Sentenced for Drug-Related Charge
24-March-2005, United States, ABC News
Actor Tom Sizemore was sentenced Thursday to 17 months in jail and four months in a drug treatment facility for repeatedly failing drug tests while on probation.
Later in the day, he was sentenced in a separate felony methamphetamine case to ...
Fox says Mexico successful in drug war
19-March-2005, Mexico, BigNews Network
Despite U.S. complaints to the contrary, Mexico President Vicente Fox says his nation is doing a good job rousting drug lords.
Recent borderland violence prompted the United States to charge Mexico wasn't doing enough to fight organized ...
Teens Buy Drugs With Fake Cash
14-March-2005, United States, FOXNews.com
A trio of Florida wise guys are lucky to have been arrested.
That's because the jokers were allegedly printing funny money on a home laser printer — and then using it to pay drug dealers.
Macclenny, Fla., residents Jeremy Randall Johnson, 32, ...
Africa remains weak link in fight against drugs
06-March-2005, Austria, Mail & Guardian Online
Africa remains the world's weak spot in the fight against drugs because most countries on the continent lack the means to combat trafficking, the International Narcotics Control Board (INCB) said in Vienna on Wednesday.
"Most countries in Africa ...
Coca, Drugs and Social Protest in Bolivia and ...
03-March-2005, Peru, Reuters AlerNet
Coca cultivation is expanding in Bolivia and Peru, where weak states and a flawed U.S. drugs policy have produced social unrest and instability.
Coca, Drugs and Social Protest in Bolivia and Peru,* the latest report from the International Crisis ...
Washington state groups offer 'exit strategy' for ...
03-March-2005, United States, seattlepi.com
A group of Washington doctors, religious leaders and lawyers offered an "exit strategy" for the war on drugs Thursday, a proposal that would aim to dry up the black market for heroin, marijuana and other substances by having the state regulate their ...
Drugs arrests hit record
02-March-2005, United Kingdom, ThisisLondon
Dinner parties with cocaine and cannabis on the menu have sent drug arrests soaring to a new record, official figures showed yesterday.
The growing social use of illegal substances was blamed for a quarter rise in the number of people caught ...
UK Has One of Europe's Worst Drugs Problems - UN
02-March-2005, United Kingdom, Reuters
Britain ranks in the top three for heroin and ecstasy abuse in Europe and has the biggest amphetamine problem in the region, a United Nations drugs watchdog said on Wednesday.
"Cocaine abuse appears to be increasing in the United Kingdom and, to a ...
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