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Reason
April 2006
Jacob Sullum |
Blow in the Wind Despite reports to the contrary, the dramatic increase in interdiction has not had a noticeable impact on cocaine use. In a national survey, the number of past-month cocaine users was almost exactly the same in 2004 as it was in 2002.   |
Salon.com
February 22, 2000
Michael Massing |
The elephant in the room Presidential candidates are silent on the failure of the U.S. war on drugs. |
Reason
September 2005
Jacob Sullum |
Data: Pot Bust If you have any lingering doubts about the political establishment's hypocrisy when it comes to drugs, consider this: Marijuana arrests reached an all-time high during the administration of the first acknowledged pot smoker to occupy the White House. |
Salon.com
April 20, 2001
Daniel Forbes |
Bush's new drug czar? John Walters, a hard-line drug warrior, is the leading candidate to replace Barry McCaffrey. Advocates say he's a throwback to the bad old days of Bill Bennett... |
Reason
March 2003
Jacob Sullum |
High Road Is marijuana a "gateway"? |
TIME Asia
May 30, 2011
Andrew Marshall |
Drugged Out Northern Laos was once notorious for opium, and its derivative, heroin. Together with Thailand and Burma, this mountainous region makes up the Golden Triangle, which once provided at least half of the world's opium supply. |
National Defense
March 2009
Grace V. Jean |
In The War on Drugs, Even Small Victories Are Celebrated Even though the Defense Department regularly dispatches some of its most prized weapons systems to battle drug trafficking, the traffickers appear to be winning. |
Reason
January 2002
Michael W. Lynch |
Battlefield Conversions Reason talks with three ex-warriors who now fight against the War on Drugs... |
Salon.com
February 15, 2001
Tom McNichol |
Hey, wanna smoke some Muggles? Whoever came up with the "street" drug names in the White House drug office must have scored some radical Dinkie Dow... |
Reason
December 2001
Jacob Sullum |
Drugs and Thugs The U.S. Subsidy for Terrorists: "going after the illegal drug trade" is what allows terrorists to fund their operations with profits inflated by prohibition... |
Reason
April 2008
Jacob Sullum |
No Bad Drugs Two books on drug use in America offer conflicting opinions and further emphasize the arbitrary distinctions at the root of drug prohibition. |
Salon.com
March 12, 2002
Janelle Brown |
Saying no to propaganda Critics say the government's new anti-drug campaign is reactionary and moralistic. Worse, it may not even work... |
BusinessWeek
August 26, 2010
Jens Erik Gould |
In Mexico, a Call to Legalize Drugs Mexico is publicly debating the idea of legalizing drug use to weaken the cartels. It would be an effective step only if the U.S. did the same. |
Search Engine Watch
May 18, 2010
Matthew Ncube |
Tracking Search Habits: The Mephedrone Ban Are Brits kicking the habit, or on the verge of getting hooked? Drilling down to see what the search data tells us. |
Reason
June 2005
Toby Muse |
Legalize Now! War-weary Colombia--and its Conservative Party--consider ending the drug war. |
The Motley Fool
May 7, 2010
Brian Orelli |
Drug Companies: Recession-Resistant, but Government-Proof? Greece decided to take action and forced drugmakers to reduce drug costs by an average of 21.5%. Investors need to think twice before making the seemingly sure bet on pharmaceutical companies. |
Reason
Aug/Sep 2001
Jacob Sullum |
Bad Timing "The Drug War Worked Once. It Can Again." So read the headline above William J. Bennett's May 15 defense of drug czar nominee John Walters in The Wall Street Journal... |
AskMen.com
June 29, 2003
Bernie Alexander |
Worldwide Marijuana Sanctions This article explores the way the justice systems of different countries, such as the Netherlands, Mexico and Thailand, deal with crimes involving marijuana |
Salon.com
May 17, 2001
Arianna Huffington |
Bush's drug two-faced drug war The president claims treatment is the best way to lower the demand for drugs. So why is his new drug czar so obsessed with punishment and prisons? |
Salon.com
December 20, 2000
Jeff Stark |
Hollywood kicks the habit In the scorching new film "Traffic," director Steven Soderbergh captures the hypocrisy -- and tragedy -- of the nation's unwinnable war on drugs... |
| AskMen.com |
The War On The War On Drugs Mexico enacted a controversial law Thursday decriminalizing possession of small amounts of marijuana, cocaine, heroin and other drugs while encouraging free government treatment for drug dependency. |
AskMen.com
Ross Bonander |
Top 10: Drug Lords What follows is a list of the top 10 drug lords based on an amalgam of their influence, innovation, notoriety, and legend. |
Reason
May 2003
Sara Rimensnyder |
Cosmetic Surgery Public dissatisfaction with the war on drugs is mounting, putting federal warriors under increasing pressure to cut an enforcement and treatment budget that has ballooned. But rather than actually spend less, the administration hopes to rely on some Enron-style creative bookkeeping. |
Reason
January 2002
Glenn Garvin |
A Splendid Little Drug War Tragedy, farce, and fake brass cojones south of the border: two new books illuminate the growing ugliness of a War on Drugs that is rapidly losing its metaphorical status... |
Salon.com
January 5, 2001
Daniel Forbes |
New Mexico thumbs its nose at the war on drugs A panel convened by Gov. Gary Johnson calls for the legalization of marijuana and a shift in focus from penal measures to treatment for drug offenders... |
Reason
February 2009
Jacob Sullum |
Pot Holders Rejoice Drug decriminalization -- in November, Massachusetts voters approved Question 2, a ballot initiative that eliminates criminal penalties for possessing up to an ounce of marijuana |
| AskMen.com |
Is Weed Recession Proof? Machete-wielding police officers have hacked their way through billions of dollars worth of marijuana in the country's top pot-growing states to stave off a bumper crop sprouting in the tough economy. |
Reason
March 2001
Nick Gillespie |
The 13th Step Even some drug war opponents buy into its lies... |
Reason
March 2003
Jacob Sullum |
Safety Hook The politics of "drugged driving" |
BusinessWeek
January 21, 2010 |
Marxists with a Better Business Plan The Colombian guerrilla army FARC is raking in billions by directly supplying cocaine to Mexican drug cartels. |
Reason
May 2006
Jacob Sullum |
Blow for Injustice Tulia: Race, Cocaine, and Corruption in a Small Texas Town, by Nate Blakeslee. This book points out that the scandal of Tulia is the scandal of the war on drugs. |
AskMen.com
August 13, 2001
Bernie Alexander |
The Legalization Of Marijuana Not a day goes by when there is not a discussion about legalizing marijuana. The fact of the matter is that there are many existing factors that would both support and reject legalization... |
Salon.com
June 15, 2000
Jeff Stark |
"Grass" Dope enthusiast Woody Harrelson narrates a flashy, smoker-friendly documentary on the twisted history of the evil weed -- and the misguided drug war against marijuana. |
Reason
January 2001
Michael W. Lynch |
America's Most Dangerous Politician I've been in New Mexico less than 10 minutes when I realize that no ordinary politician rules the Land of Enchantment... |
Salon.com
August 18, 2000
Fred Branfman |
"The drug war is a dismal failure" Bill Maher calls for legalization, and says parents should drug-test their kids if they want to. A talk with the man who defines politically incorrect. |
IndustryWeek
February 17, 2010
Jonathan Katz |
Rethinking Drug Testing For years it's been a no-brainer on the plant floor, but what do drug screens really tell us? |
BusinessWeek
October 27, 2010
Sheelah Kolhatkar |
Reefer Sadness for Pot Farmers In Northern California's Humboldt County, small marijuana growers find the legalization of their business could be the worst thing that ever happened to them. |
Reason
April 2002
Jacob Sullum |
Pot Stops In the United States, it's clearly not true that no one gets arrested for smoking pot anymore. But it looks like that will soon be the case in Britain, home of Europe's harshest drug laws... |
| AskMen.com |
Drugs: Now Even Worse For You Nearly a third of all cocaine seized in the United States is laced with a dangerous veterinary medicine - a livestock de-worming drug that might enhance cocaine's effects but has been blamed in at least three deaths and scores of serious illnesses. |
Reason
January 2002
Jacob Sullum |
Seeds of Discord It turns out that the hand cream you bought at The Body Shop last year was a controlled substance. But it's not anymore. Probably. This is the upshot of two rules the Drug Enforcement Administration unveiled in October... |
The Motley Fool
July 30, 2010
Brian Orelli |
A Faster Pathway to Drug Approvals A thinktank called the Pacific Research Institute has proposed letting drugs approved by the European Medicines Authority onto the market in the U.S. before the Food and Drug Administration has approved the drugs. |
The Motley Fool
November 30, 2010
Brian Orelli |
A Witty Response to Pharma's R&D Dilemma According to GlaxoSmithKline CEO Andrew Witty, the pharmaceutical industry is a mess. That's the basic gist of his opinion piece in The Economist. |
Reason
July 2008
Katherine Mangu-Ward |
Data: Meth Math The nation's largest drug testing company reports that the share of job applicants and employees testing positive for methamphetamine fell 22 percent between 2006 and 2007. |
AskMen.com
Austin Silver |
Celebrities And Drugs Although it is probably considered normal for celebs to continuously marry, divorce, beat on, and bad mouth each other, it's always shocking when we hear about yet another limelight-loving, beautiful star falling into the dark, slimy pits of narcotics and alcohol abuse. Like the people listed here. |
AskMen.com
Autumn C. Koerbel |
Top 10: Drug-Related Movies The list includes movies that feature drugs as an essential theme, either based on actual stories and drug experiences, or purely fictional. Worth watching more than once, these movies will allow you to see things from a different perspective. |
Salon.com
April 24, 2001
Jake Tapper |
Virtually NORML Gov. Gary Johnson comes to Washington hoping to find converts to his anti-drug war crusade. He leaves one frustrated man... |
