Stories by Tony Newman
Tony Newman is communications director for the Drug Policy Alliance.
Posted on Mar 5, 2012, Source: AlterNet
American citizens and Latin American leaders alike are warming up to legalization, but our leaders in Washington are not participating in this side of the drug policy debate.
Posted on Feb 15, 2012, Source: AlterNet
After spending weeks sharing stories about his life, texting and flirting, one 18-year-old honor student fell in love with the cop who busted him.
Posted on Jan 13, 2012, Source: AlterNet
No one has ever died from smoking marijuana. But getting busted with a small amount of marijuana has led to countless tragic deaths.
Posted on Dec 22, 2011, Source: AlterNet
Jurors are not required to enforce unjust laws, and can legally refuse to convict a person, even if he or she appears to be guilty.
Posted on Dec 2, 2011, Source: AlterNet
2011 has been a watershed year for the movement working to end our county’s disastrous war on drugs.
Posted on Nov 28, 2011, Source: AlterNet
Ignoring the disproportionate racial impact of drug law enforcement while focusing on the disproportionate racial impact of the drug problem is simply Orwellian.
Posted on Oct 22, 2011, Source: AlterNet
In his call for the United States to accept - and change - reality, former Mexican President Vicente Fox pointed to the history of prohibition and shifting popular opinion.
Posted on Oct 10, 2011, Source: AlterNet
Every day we see the horrors of the failed drug war. And while government is inactive, thousands are ready to consider alternatives and demand change.
Posted on Sep 15, 2011, Source: AlterNet
It is time for voters to punish elected officials for supporting draconian laws that punish what they themselves have done.
Posted on Aug 10, 2011, Source: AlterNet
NYC's Mayor Bloomberg has made sex education mandatory, but we need the same thing for drugs -- let's stop pretending that teenagers won't take them.
Posted on Jul 26, 2011, Source: AlterNet
While speculation is rife about a possible drug overdose, it doesn't really matter. Winehouse was haunted with struggles none of us will understand.
Posted on Jul 6, 2011, Source: AlterNet
Our 40 year war on drugs is proof of failure. Portugal is an example of an alternative. It is time for an exit strategy from our longest, costliest war!
Posted on Apr 19, 2011, Source: AlterNet
We Need YOU to Help End Marijuana Prohibition.
Posted on Apr 7, 2011, Source: AlterNet
This June will mark the 40th anniversary of the drug war -- let’s take inspiration from our brothers and sisters in Mexico, and demand an exit strategy from this unwinnable war.
Posted on Mar 4, 2011, Source: AlterNet
America's longest running war is not in Afghanistan or Iraq. It's the 40-year war on drugs - and the war on drugs is a war on us.
Posted on Mar 1, 2011, Source: AlterNet
We should celebrate our success curbing cigarette smoking and continue to encourage people to cut back or give up cigarettes, but let's not get carried away.
Posted on Feb 7, 2011, Source: AlterNet
A hilarious and strong indicator for how mainstream marijuana use has become in American society.
Posted on Jan 24, 2011, Source: AlterNet
Ronald Reagan's harsh drug policies not only exploded the prison population, he also blocked programs that could have prevented hundreds of thousands of AIDS deaths.
Posted on Jan 19, 2011, Source: AlterNet
The battle over cigarettes is heating up -- and the momentum to criminalize tobacco smoking continues to build in the United States and around the world.
Posted on Jan 7, 2011, Source: AlterNet
At a time when Democrats and Republicans are having a difficult time agreeing on anything, let's hope that we can come together to help end America's longest, unwinnable war.
Posted on Dec 30, 2010, Source: AlterNet
Charlotte realized that the only way to save Wilbur's life was to make people care about Wilbur. If someone is nameless, we can treat them in the worst ways.
Posted on Dec 22, 2010, Source: AlterNet
The debate around failed marijuana prohibition and the larger drug war arrived in a big way in 2010. Here are some of the most significant stories of the year.
Posted on Dec 7, 2010, Source: AlterNet
New campaign pushes for an honest discussion of and approach to drug use in our society.
Posted on Dec 1, 2010, Source: AlterNet
The AP is doing crack reporting in its 'impact series' on the drug war; the latest report questions how effective drug busts on cartels really are.
Posted on Sep 30, 2010, Source: AlterNet
The California initiative, the growing drug policy reform movement, and shows like Boardwalk Empire are helping us reach a tipping point.
Posted on Sep 8, 2010, Source: AlterNet
Here is your chance to test your knowledge and find out how much you know about drugs and drug policy.
Posted on Aug 23, 2010, Source: AlterNet
Ten weeks from Election Day, it’s clear how much Prop. 19 has already accomplished for the drug policy reform movement.
Posted on Aug 6, 2010, Source: AlterNet
A cartoon can be worth a thousand words -- or even a book.
Posted on Jul 19, 2010, Source: AlterNet
We have to learn how to live with drugs - because they aren't going anywhere. People have used drugs for thousands of years and will use them for thousands of more.
Posted on Jun 10, 2010, Source: AlterNet
Andrew Breitbart's popular right-wing website is on the unpopular side of the battle of ideas over the war on drugs.
Posted on May 22, 2010, Source: AlterNet
Despite a $40 billion a year "war on drugs," our country is swimming in them. They aren't going anywhere.
Posted on Apr 23, 2010, Source: AlterNet
Opposition to this reform has crystallized within the drug war establishment, and so has their spin.
Posted on Mar 15, 2010, Source: AlterNet
There is war in our backyard that can match the violence anywhere in the world, and that is the Drug War in Mexico.
Posted on Feb 19, 2010, Source: AlterNet
What about Dubya's alleged cocaine consumption as a younger man? Or Rush Limbaugh's painkiller addiction?
Posted on Jan 26, 2010, Source: AlterNet
New York City police have arrested over 300,000 people for low-level marijuana possession since 1997, sometimes employing outrageous methods to humiliate citizens.
Posted on Dec 4, 2009, Source: AlterNet
2009 will go down as the beginning of the end of America's longest running war. Here's 10 reasons why.
Posted on Oct 24, 2009, Source: AlterNet
We are obviously a long way from elected officials being honest and principled when it comes to dismantling the disastrous drug war. But the tides seem to be turning.
Posted on Sep 30, 2009, Source: AlterNet
Marijuana's coming-out party is kicking into high gear across America -- but way to many people still are getting cuffed for it.
Posted on Sep 25, 2009, Source: AlterNet
We should celebrate our success curbing cigarette smoking but let's not get carried away and think that criminalizing smoking is the answer.
Posted on Sep 5, 2009, Source: AlterNet
Now that the climate for political candidates has eased on personal drug use, we should focus on punishing elected officials who still believe in the drug war.
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