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First reported 6 hours ago - Updated 38 mins ago - 1 reports

Colombia ex-president: Drug use should not be a criminal matter

Colombia’s ex-president Cesar Gaviria on Tuesday said drug abuse should be considered a health issue rather than a criminal matter.Gaviria’s statements on radio station RCN came in the light of a recent report on drug trafficking published by the Organization ... [Published Colombia Reports - 6 hours ago]

Entities: César Gaviria, Colombia, Drugs, Organization of American States, Criminal

First reported 15 hours ago - Updated 5 hours ago - 2 reports

Opium addicts of Afghanistan:Number of junkies TRIPLES to150,000 despite war on drugs

Daily Mail [UK], by StaffA heroin addict father smokes the deadly drug contentedly as his two innocent children sit watching him adoringly. The oblivious man is part of a growing epidemic in the war-torn country of Afghanistan, which has seen the number ... [Published Lucianne.com - 5 hours ago]

Entities: Opium, War On Drugs, Afghanistan

First reported 9 hours ago - Updated 8 hours ago - 2 reports

A Look at the OAS Report on Drug Policy in the Americas

Last Friday, the Organization of American States released a groundbreaking report on the future of drug policy in the Americas. The OAS received the mandate to produce this document at the Summit of the Americas last year in Cartagena, Colombia, where ... [Published Cato Institute - 8 hours ago]

Entities: Drugs, Organization of American States, Cartel, Legalization

First reported 13 hours ago - Updated 13 hours ago - 1 reports

COLUMN: MLK and "The Lest of Thee"

MLK and "The Lest of Thee" By Roosevelt Mitchell III, M.Ed Nationwide (May 21, 2013) -- America wrestles with race like the country can only be viewed through a prism of the color wheel. Many democrats and conservatives takes Dr. King statement "I have ... [Published BlackNews.com - 13 hours ago]

Entities: Disability, War On Drugs, Inertia, Leadership, Gay Rights

First reported 18 hours ago - Updated 18 hours ago - 1 reports

Organization of American States

Organization of American States

Gamechanging Report on Drugs in the Americas

The Report on the Drug Problem in the Americas, published on 17 May by the Organization of American States (OAS), represents an opportunity to rethink the international debate on drugs and organized crime.Mandated at the 2012 Summit of the Americas in ... [Published Chatham House - 18 hours ago]

Entities: Drugs, Organized Crime, Organization of American States, War On Drugs

First reported May 20 2013 - Updated May 20 2013 - 1 reports

A life of duty in the force

Editor's note: Yang Lu, 27, is a narcotics officer in Xishuangbanna Dai autonomous prefecture, Yunnan province.I always knew I'd become a police officer. My father devoted himself to this job for a long time and his experience must have affected me. Yet ... [Published CHINAdaily - May 20 2013]

Entities: Narcotic, Police Officer, War On Drugs, Anti-Drug, Drugs

First reported May 20 2013 - Updated May 20 2013 - 1 reports

John Mack

News Briefs 20-05-2013

Can you smell a change in the wind?1000-year-old coins found in Northern Territory may rewrite Australian history. Uncovering the secrets of North America's Ice Age giants . When you compare dogs to wolves in several problem-solving tasks, dogs look downright ... [Published Daily Grail - May 20 2013]

Entities: War On Drugs, Single Convention on Narcotic Drugs, Genetic Modification, David Guttenfelder, John Mack

First reported May 20 2013 - Updated May 20 2013 - 1 reports

Fernando Henrique Cardoso: Time to Explore How to Regulate Drugs

After more than four decades of a failed war on drugs, calls for a change in strategy are growing louder by the day. In Latin America, the debate is positively deafening. Read More... More on Latin America ... [Published The Huffington Post Full Blog Feed - May 20 2013]

Entities: Fernando Henrique Cardoso, Drugs, War On Drugs

First reported May 20 2013 - Updated May 20 2013 - 1 reports

'New front' in Australia's war on drugs

Crime fighters are concerned about synthetic drugs, with 23.8 tonnes of illicit substances seized last year. ... [Published Herald Sun - May 20 2013]

Entities: War On Drugs, Australia, Illicit

First reported May 20 2013 - Updated May 20 2013 - 1 reports

War on drugs

The various allegations of wrongdoing against the Internal Revenue Service, the Justice Department, the Central Intelligence Agency and the State Department cast a serious shadow on President Obama’s administration and hand his political foes abundant ... [Published Times Argus - May 20 2013]

Entities: War On Drugs, Drugs, Illicit

First reported May 20 2013 - Updated May 20 2013 - 1 reports

New front opens in Australian war on drugs (AAP)

Crime fighters revealed concerns about synthetic drugs as it emerged 23.8 tonnes of illicit sports and recreational substances were seized last year. ... [Published Yahoo! News Australia - May 20 2013]

Entities: War On Drugs, Illicit, Drugs

First reported May 20 2013 - Updated May 20 2013 - 1 reports

WatchIs the 'human cost' in the war on drugs too high?

South American summit suggests decriminalization of drug use, coordination between nations more pro-activeWith millions of civilians, soldiers and criminals all dead, and no change in sight, a summit of Latin American nations has suggested that the best ... [Published Catholic Online - May 20 2013]

Entities: War On Drugs, Organization of American States, Drugs, Cartel

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...Many democrats and conservatives takes Dr. King statement "I have a dream that my four little children will one day live in a nation where they will not be judged by the color of their skin but by the content of their character" to imply that he insisted on America being color-blind

COLUMN: MLK and "The Lest of Thee" [Published BlackNews.com - 13 hours ago]

...is a very clear economic incentive,' Martin Raithelhuber of the United Nations OfficeUnited Nations Office on Drugs and Crime (UNODC) told Reuters. "We can't deny the fact that the level of cultivation now is much higher than it has ever been under the Taliban."

Opium addicts of Afghanistan: Number of junkies TRIPLES to 150,000 despite war on drugs [Published Mail Online UK - 15 hours ago]

"KFS officers will be sacked immediately if they are found to have taken no action against bhang plantations found in their areas of jurisdiction" he said

All forests to become bhang free, says KFS [Published The Star (Kenya) - 20 hours ago]

"Even if you think its important to prioritize the analysis of racism in 'New Slaves' over the songs dip into misogyny, its hard to deny how useless it is to turn away from the real structural targets of Wests critique to a dream of shaming powerful men by sexually dominating their wives, or how much that fantasy plays into the demonization of black male sexuality" writes Rosenberg

The politics behind Kanye West's 'New Slaves' [Published The Week Magazine - May 21 2013]

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To Offset Disaster Relief, Curb the Drug War (V... [Published Firedoglake - 4 hours ago]
Opium addicts of Afghanistan:Number of junkies ... [Published Lucianne.com - 5 hours ago]
Colombia ex-president: Drug use should not be a... [Published Colombia Reports - 6 hours ago]
Jesse Lava: To Offset Disaster Relief, Curb the... [Published Huffington Post - 7 hours ago]
A Look at the OAS Report on Drug Policy in the ... [Published Cato Institute - 8 hours ago]
The GOP's Black Friends Need More Black Friends [Published The Nation - 9 hours ago]
A Look at the OAS Report on Drug Policy in the ... [Published Cato @ Liberty - 9 hours ago]
The Human Side of Security [Published Security Week - 12 hours ago]
COLUMN: MLK and "The Lest of Thee" [Published BlackNews.com - 13 hours ago]
Opium addicts of Afghanistan: Number of junkies... [Published Mail Online UK - 15 hours ago]
Bellows Falls voters reject budget at Village M... [Published Greenfield Town Crier - 17 hours ago]
Gamechanging Report on Drugs in the Americas [Published Chatham House - 18 hours ago]
All forests to become bhang free, says KFS [Published The Star (Kenya) - 20 hours ago]
The politics behind Kanye West's 'New Slaves' [Published The Week Magazine - May 21 2013]
South American nations favor decriminalization [Published Catholic Online - May 20 2013]
The Great Gatsby Was A Marijuana Dealer: The Ev... [Published San Francisco Chronicle - May 20 2013]
Alliance Of Western Nations Flags Public Safety... [Published Think Progress - May 20 2013]
William Fine Dies, After Helping Share Nation’s... [Published Epoch Times - May 20 2013]
Kanye West’s “New Slaves” Is Right On Prisons A... [Published Think Progress - May 20 2013]
Read to pull the trigger [Published Chicago Reporter - May 20 2013]
Honduran victims of US drug war still await jus... [Published Al Jazeera - May 20 2013]
Cooperation boosts war on drugs along Mekong [Published CHINAdaily - May 20 2013]
A life of duty in the force [Published CHINAdaily - May 20 2013]
Raise your voice beyond the news cycle: Tell ca... [Published People's Blog for the Constitution - May 20 2013]
Ralph Nader: Legalize Hemp -- It's Long Overdue [Published Huffington Post - May 20 2013]
Timothy Kurek: The Answer To The 'Christian Right' [Published Huffington Post - May 20 2013]
News Briefs 20-05-2013 [Published Daily Grail - May 20 2013]
Fernando Henrique Cardoso: Time to Explore How ... [Published The Huffington Post Full Blog Feed - May 20 2013]
Mexico Seeks to Ramp Up Tourism By Rebranding D... [Published NarcoSphere - May 20 2013]
'New front' in Australia's war on drugs [Published Herald Sun - May 20 2013]

Blogs

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To Offset Disaster Relief, Curb the Drug War (V... [Published Firedoglake - 4 hours ago] U.S. Senator Tom Coburn (R-OK) says federal aid to his home state after the tornado should be offset by spending cuts elsewhere. We’ll see how well the ideological integrity holds up if offsets aren’t quickly found, but nevertheless, the question of ...
A Look at the OAS Report on Drug Policy in the ... [Published Cato @ Liberty - 9 hours ago] Juan Carlos Hidalgo Last Friday, the Organization of American States released a groundbreaking report on the future of drug policy in the Americas. The OAS received the mandate to produce this document at the Summit of the Americas last year in Cartagena, ...
Alliance Of Western Nations Flags Public Safety... [Published Think Progress - May 20 2013] In the wake of calls from several Latin American leaders to end the failed war on drugs, a new report by an international alliance of major Western Hemisphere nations flags the potential benefits of decriminalization and/or legalization . Although ...
Kanye West’s “New Slaves” Is Right On Prisons A... [Published Think Progress - May 20 2013] Kanye West’s debuted a new song, “New Slaves,” for a mass audience on Saturday Night Live this weekend, and as an art project last Friday, projecting a video for the song on buildings in London , Chicago, New York, and Sydney. Among those locations ...
Raise your voice beyond the news cycle: Tell ca... [Published People's Blog for the Constitution - May 20 2013] Are you frustrated by the ongoing assault on your liberties?Here’s an online opportunity to connect the dots and encourage greater respect for constitutional values by your state and federal representatives. After the infamous PATRIOT Act came ...

Audio/Video

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Drug crimes dog Mexico border with US [Published Al Jazeera - YouTube - May 02 2013]
'The House I Live In' Questions Failed War on D... [Published The Young Turks - YouTube - Apr 09 2013]
Keiser Report: Mon-Satan (E415) [Published Russia Today - YouTube - Mar 07 2013]
Thievery Corp on who's creaming it from 'free m... [Published Russia Today - YouTube - Mar 06 2013]
Sue Colorado, Say Failed 'War on Drugs' Chiefs [Published The Young Turks - YouTube - Mar 06 2013]

Press Releases

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Latin American Diplomats Push Economic Developm... [Published PR Newswire: Policy & Public Interest - May 09 2013]
Before Judiciary Hearing, Law Enforcement Leade... [Published CisionWire - English - Mar 05 2013]

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