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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...   |
Salon.com
December 27, 2000
Charles Taylor |
"Traffic" Steven Soderbergh, the director of "Out of Sight" and "Erin Brockovich," returns with a blistering look at our nation's hypocritical and useless war on drugs. |
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. |
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. |
Reason
March 2003
Jacob Sullum |
High Road Is marijuana a "gateway"? |
Reason
January 2002
Michael W. Lynch |
Battlefield Conversions Reason talks with three ex-warriors who now fight against the War on Drugs... |
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
January 10, 2000
Andy Dehnart |
Is being hooked a choice? A new book argues that all addictions are a matter of free will, even heroin and coffee. |
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... |
Reason
January 2004
Renee Moilanen |
Just Say No Again The old failures of new and improved anti-drug education |
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... |
The Motley Fool
August 31, 2010
Brian Orelli |
Drugmakers May Lose a Back Door for Drug Approval Non-inferiority trials may be inferior. |
Salon.com
October 30, 2002
Nell Bernstein |
The drug war's littlest victims Measures to put drug abusers in rehab instead of jail could rescue their kids from the cycle of addiction, foster care and crime. |
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
June 2003
Jacob Sullum |
"H" The surprising truth about heroin and addiction |
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. |
Salon.com
December 20, 2000
Stephen Lemons |
Steven Soderbergh It's been a very hot year for the director of New York Film Critics Circle favorites "Traffic" and "Erin Brockovich." Next year may be hotter still... |
Salon.com
October 12, 2000
Gary Kamiya |
Reefer madness America's surreal hypocrisy about recreational drugs has reached the full-blown Dali stage... |
Reason
June 2001 |
Negotiating Traffic I agree wholeheartedly with Nick Gillespie's editorial on Traffic... There was never any valid reason to outlaw drugs in the first place... etc. |
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. |
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
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
October 2000
Jacob Sullum |
Drugs of Choice Addiction Is a Choice, by Jeffrey A. Schaler... How to Stop Time Heroin From A to Z, by Ann Marlowe... Jeffrey Schaler and Ann Marlowe probably would not get along very well, but they come to strikingly similar conclusions about the nature of addiction... |
Salon.com
February 23, 2001
Arianna Huffington |
"Traffic" jams the drug war It's rare for a movie to change the direction of a political debate in Washington, but this one has... |
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? |
The Motley Fool
May 26, 2011
Brian Orelli |
Congress Sets Bad Precedent With AVANIR What happened to free markets? |
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. |
The Motley Fool
January 21, 2011
Brian Orelli |
Mark Your Calendar, Drug Investors Vertex announces that the Food and Drug Administration has accepted its New Drug Application to market telaprevir. |
| 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. |
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? |
The Motley Fool
September 15, 2010
Brian Orelli |
Drug Approved. Now Let's Sell This Baby! With ink still wet on its FDA approval, Savient continues its plan to find a buyer. |
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... |
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... |
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
August 2, 2001
Jared Manasek |
Smoke signal Police in London's gritty Brixton neighborhood are losing the war on drugs, so the police chief is experimenting with not enforcing cannabis laws. |
The Motley Fool
July 12, 2010
Ryan McBride |
Synta Pharma CEO Trumpets New Top Cancer Drug Synta Pharmaceuticals has been climbing back from one of the Boston area's highest-profile clinical trial failures of 2009. |
Salon.com
October 12, 2000
Arthur Allen |
Drug war politics The presidential candidates have not widely touted their plans to deal with drug abuse. Is it because of their own suspect histories? |
Reason
October 2004
Michael Erard |
Open Secrets How the U.S. government lost the drug war in cyberspace. |
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
November 2002
Jacob Sullum |
Urine -- or You're Out Drug testing is invasive, insulting, and generally irrelevant to job performance. Why do so many companies insist on it? |
The Motley Fool
February 16, 2010
Brian Orelli |
For Blockbuster Cancer Drugs, Approvals Are the Easy Part Don't get too excited. As an investor, you can lower your risk by investing in cancer drug companies after a clinical trial success but before an FDA approval, but you'll also reduce your reward. |
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. |
Chemistry World
July 16, 2010
Matt Wilkinson |
Bittersweet victory for GSK's Avandia GlaxoSmithKline has received a muted 'thumbs up' from a US regulatory advisory panel for its much-maligned Type 2 diabetes drug Avandia (rosiglitazone), making it likely the US Food and Drug Administration will allow the UK-based pharma giant to continue selling the drug in the US. |
Salon.com
June 7, 2001
Laura Miller |
The nightmare of recovery A powerful new book on the drug war's trenches argues that treatment is the answer -- but our current system dooms more addicts than it helps... |
The Motley Fool
February 28, 2011
Brian Orelli |
Rare Diseases, Big Opportunity "Orphan" drugs to keep your eye on. |
American Family Physician
April 1, 2003 |
Substance Abuse--How To Recognize It Am I drinking too much?... Am I taking risks with alcohol or other mood-altering substances?... Has my drinking or drug use become a habit?... Is alcohol or drug use taking over my life?... Has drinking alcohol or using drugs become a problem for me?... etc. |
The Motley Fool
March 4, 2010
Brian Orelli |
A Painless Drug Deal Bristol-Myers licenses pain drug from Allergan. |
The Motley Fool
May 21, 2010
Brian Orelli |
And You Thought Biotech Was High-Risk, High-Reward Large clinical trials make cardiovascular drugs risky, but the rewards are there, too. |
American Family Physician
March 15, 2004 |
Substance Abuse Questions and answers on substance abuse. |
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. |
