Stories by David Borden
David Borden is executive director of DRCnet.
Will Bolivia's increased drug control achievements actually reduce the global supply of cocaine?
Posted on Aug 19, 2008
The day we legalize drugs is the day we can begin to clean up the mess that the drug prohibition experiment has created.
Posted on Jun 30, 2008
How does the federal government reconcile its propaganda on the dangers of pot with the huge number of people who rely on marijuana's medicinal powers? Pretend they don't exist.
Posted on Sep 10, 2007
The criminalization of responsible drug users is only one of the many pointless aspects of drug prohibition.
Posted on May 2, 2005
The Hurwitz case was high profile; but such violations of decency occur all the time, in the countless more ordinary cases being thrust through the system every day.
Posted on Apr 18, 2005
'Given the multiple, fundamental errors made by jurors, I believe your legal and moral obligation is to reverse the convictions and release Dr. Hurwitz immediately.'
Posted on Apr 12, 2005
If there were any teenagers in America who didn't know that steroids can enhance athleticism, they almost certainly know it now.
Posted on Mar 18, 2005
If marijuana use in the distant past is not relevant to judging President Bush, his hypocrisy on the drug issue is very relevant.
Posted on Feb 25, 2005
Heroin maintenance is a radical step forward, in political terms. But if it's carried out in a sound fashion, we know it works.
Posted on Feb 15, 2005
William Hurwitz is an innocent doctor whose only crime is that he would not torture his patients by denying them the medicine they needed.
Posted on Dec 23, 2004
A new report outlines a model for a post-prohibition, regulatory system of drug control.
Posted on Oct 27, 2004
The attitude that led a judge to send a helpless, wheelchair-bound young man, who had hurt no one, to jail, is a barbaric one that our society desperately needs to leave behind.
Posted on Oct 11, 2004
Biotech corporations are formulating the drug to end all drugs – a vaccine against the 'disease' of drug-induced euphoria.
Posted on Aug 10, 2004
The House rejects an amendment that would have forbidden the DOJ from using its resources to undermine state medical marijuana laws.
Posted on Jul 9, 2004
Most law enforcement leaders support the drug war while the public overwhelmingly rejects it.
Posted on Jun 23, 2004
There are innumerable ways the drug laws serve to adversely affect our nation's youth, not to mention the rest of us.
Posted on May 19, 2004
Today's massive denial of pain medication is a harmful consequence of the social, regulatory and law enforcement climate created by the war on drugs.
Posted on Jul 21, 2003
Not only is John Walters' new "drugged driving" initiative not about public safety, it's not even about driving while drugged.
Posted on Nov 28, 2002
The Executive Director of the Drug Reform Coordination Network reflects on the election -- what went wrong, what went right and what the next step is for the reform movement.
Posted on Nov 14, 2002
The Canadian Senate's Special Committee on Illegal Drugs issues a report recommending the legalization of marijuana and hashish.
Posted on Sep 6, 2002
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Posted on Jun 27, 2002
It could be a long hot summer for the DEA in California this year, as activists announce a day of direct action against the DEA and plan emergency responses to expected raids.
Posted on May 22, 2002
To listen to drug warriors these days you'd think opium was the lifeblood of terrorist organizations around the globe.
Posted on Oct 10, 2001
After 20 years of efforts by Iran to stop the opium trade, the violence is staggering: 3,100 police and soldiers have been killed, along with 10,000 traffickers.
Posted on Jul 11, 2001
Jenna Bush -- busted last week for underage drinking -- is just steps away from becoming the poster child of the Higher Education Act Reform Campaign.
Posted on May 8, 2001
"Dear Mr. President-Soon-To-Be: A week and a half after the election, I don't know who you are. I know you've used illegal drugs. How will that affect your druog policies?"
Posted on Nov 21, 2000
Ballot initiatives around the country have enacted profound changes in some states' drug policies, and -- by historical accident -- drug war opponents became key swing voters in the presidential race.
Posted on Nov 10, 2000
A few words of parting for our illustrious drug czar: Mr. McCaffrey, your deliberate deceptions over an extended period of time on a critically important issue are a disgrace to your office and your uniform. Over time, you may in fact come to be regarded as the true scandal of the Clinton presidency.
Posted on Oct 24, 2000
At this week's Shadow Convention, a diverse, bipartisan group of reformers eloquently and fervently denounced the human costs of the drug war.
Posted on Aug 4, 2000
