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Quebec's Boisclair Admits Cocaine Use, Gains in ... editorial comment
04-October-2005, Canada, Bloomberg.com

Quebec politician Andre Boisclair's admission that he used cocaine is doing wonders for his popularity. Polls show Boisclair has extended his lead in the race to head the separatist Parti Quebecois after he told reporters he used the drug in the ...

US judge puts sex ban on teenager who took drugs editorial comment
04-October-2005, United States, Guardian Unlimited

A judge in Texas has banned a teenage drug offender from having sex as part of her probation, as long as she is living with her parents and attending school. Christina Brazier, 17, pleaded guilty to possession of drugs, a crime which carries up to ...

Doherty freed on bail after drugs raid editorial comment
03-October-2005, United Kingdom, Guardian Unlimited

Pete Doherty, frontman with the band Babyshambles, was released on police bail last night after being arrested earlier in a drugs raid on a venue in Shrewsbury, where he had been playing. Doherty, the on-off boyfriend of supermodel Kate Moss, had ...

Suicide bombers blamed for Bali attacks editorial comment
03-October-2005, Indonesia, ABC Radio

Indonesian authorities say that suicide bombers were responsible for the bomb blasts that killed at least 25 people on the island resort. Indonesian President Susilo Bambang Yudhoyono has visited the sites of the three explosions and vowed to ...

Hostage Mom Exposes Drug War Double Standard editorial comment
30-September-2005, United States, AlterNet

Last March, Atlanta hostage Ashley Smith got a rousing cheer from public officials, law enforcement, and much of the media for cajoling accused rampage shooter Brian Nichols to give himself up. Smith deserved the praise. It took courage, compassion, ...

Coke ring allegedly run from U.S. prison editorial comment
29-September-2005, United States, CNN.com

Of the 22 people charged with conspiring to import "massive quantities of narcotics" into the United States, two allegedly were leading the operation from a federal prison in Pennsylvania, according to federal prosecutors. Jose Escobar Orejuela ...

Vets Against the (Drug) War editorial comment
28-September-2005, United States, Forth Worth Weekly

Howard Woolridge is outside of Utica, N.Y., heading east on horseback on a beautiful late summer day. He’s wearing a t-shirt with the slogan “Cops Say Legalize Drugs. Ask Me Why.” For the last 3,000 miles, he’s been switching off between his two ...

Women pay a price in war on Afghan drug trade editorial comment
28-September-2005, Afghanistan, boston.com

In the thirsty hills of Nangarhar province, debt is a way of life. Every autumn, sharecroppers take loans from drug traffickers to plant their poppy crops. After every harvest, they repay them in poppies, which are eventually turned into heroin. ...

Ashley Smith frank about her flaws in new book editorial comment
27-September-2005, United States, ajc.com

Ashley Smith, the woman held hostage for hours after the March 11 Fulton County Courthouse shootings, reveals in a book released today that she gave alleged gunman Brian Nichols drugs on the night he held her captive. Smith, 27, was thrust into a ...

War on Drugs Impedes New Beginning for Some ... editorial comment
27-September-2005, United States, Drug Policy Alliance

In the days and weeks following Hurricane Katrina (and the more recent Hurricane Rita), the media has reported on the abuse of human rights of mostly poor and black people. But what has been discussed far less is the government’s response to another ...


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