Newsbrief: Drug War Invades Ultimate Frisbee
21-May-2004, United States, Drug Reform Coordination Network
First, the drug testers came for the chess players, and we did nothing (http://stopthedrugwar.org/chronicle/199/chesspawns.shtml). And now the inexorable, totalitarian logic of drug prohibition has invaded the laid-back domain of competitive ...
Vermont Becomes Ninth State to Legalize Medical ...
21-May-2004, United States, Drug Reform Coordination Network
The Vermont Senate voted Wednesday to make the state the ninth in the country to legalize the use of marijuana for medical reasons. It is only the second to do so through the state legislature. The Hawaiian legislature approved medical marijuana in ...
Couple Ordered to Stop Having Children
15-May-2004, United States, Associated Press
ROCHESTER, N.Y. -- When a drug-addicted homeless woman had her newborn taken away last spring, she agreed the baby should be placed in foster care with her three other children. A year later, a judge delivered a startling postscript: She ordered the ...
Hip-Hop Summit Announces Mass Rally Against Drug ...
14-May-2004, United States, Drug Reform Coordination Network
New York City is going to be a very busy place when the Republicans venture into potentially hostile territory for the national convention at the end of August. Numerous groups are already planning protests and demonstrations, and now hip-hop ...
Newsbrief: Anti-Drug Ads Pique Curiosity, ...
14-May-2004, United States, Drug Reform Coordination Network
The White House Office of National Drug Control Strategy's anti-drug media campaign is intended, at least ostensibly, to stop kids from using drugs. With the government spending about $200 million in taxpayer money annually and private enterprises ...
Russia Enacts Sweeping Reforms in Drug Laws: No ...
14-May-2004, Russia, Drug Reform Coordination Network
DRCNet reported in March that Russia was on the verge of making dramatic reforms to its draconian drug laws after the Duma passed legislation that would remove criminal penalties and the possibility of jail time for simple drug possession. But then ...
This Is Your Government on Drugs
14-May-2004, United States, Alternet
It sounds a bit like the answer to one of those old late night, "so whatever happened to..." questions. Tommy Chong, 65-year-old grandfather, the lesser-known half of the goofy late-70s burnout comedy duo Cheech and Chong, was convicted of the ...
UK Home Sec. Threatens to End Happy Hours due to ...
12-May-2004, United Kingdom, Independent
"Happy hours" at pubs and clubs could be banned unless the drinks industry helps curb the rise in alcohol-fuelled violence, David Blunkett, the Home Secretary, warned yesterday.
The Government's threat to crack down on city centre licensees ...
Nigerian State Approves Inhumane Punishments for ...
08-May-2004, Nigeria, Associated Press
Kano -- Lawmakers in a mostly Islamic Nigerian state have approved a law calling for Muslims to be whipped and Christians to be jailed if they are caught drinking alcohol, officials said Saturday.
With tensions between Christians and Muslims ...
Counting the Costs of the Drug War
07-May-2004, United States, Alternet
The costs of the war in Iraq can be measured daily in deaths, injuries and decreasing support for U.S. policies. But how do you measure the costs of America's other war ?the war on drugs?
Each year, the U.S. government spends more than $30 ...
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