Bad Policies Are Really What's Driving California's Huge Prison Costs
By Margaret Dooley-Sammuli / AlterNet
Obama Wants More Money for the Failed Drug War?
By Phillip S. Smith
Drug War Chronicle
What Young San Franciscans Think of Legalizing Pot in San Francisco
YO! Youth Outlook
Michael Douglas's Son Faces More Time Than a Murderer or a Rapist for a Nonviolent Drug Charge
By Anthony Papa
AlterNet
Tending 'the Grow': Marijuana at a Crossroads
By Michael Polson
In These Times


Health Tragedy: Patients Denied Life-Saving Transplants for Their "Abuse of Illicit Substances"
By Russ Belville / NORML
False Claims on Rockefeller Drug Law Reform Lead to Credibility Gap for Prosecutors
By Gabriel Sayegh / AlterNet
Sewage as a Measure of Society's Drug Use
By Daniela Perdomo / AlterNet
NJ Allows Medical Marijuana for a Fraction of the People Who Need It
By Stephen Webster / Raw Story

Dorm Room Dealers: A Peek into the Drug World of the White and Upwardly Mobile
By Phillip S. Smith / Drug War Chronicle
The Year In Pot: Top 10 Events That Will Change the Way We Think About Marijuana
By Paul Armentano / NORML
The Search for an Endangered Mushroom That Could Cure Smallpox, TB and Bird Flu
By Andy Isaacson / Mother Jones

Mexican Drug War Dispatch: The Life and Death of Kingpin Don Arturo Beltran Leyva
By Pancho Montana / eXiled Online
Touchdowns and Lockdowns: Transcending Racial Politics in Prison Through Sports
By Bruce Reilly / AlterNet
Mexico Brags About Killing a Drug Kingpin, But It Won't Be Long Before Someone Takes His Place
By Neill Franklin / AlterNet
Congress Gets Its Act Together: Repeals Ban on Syringe Exchange Funding, Allows D.C. to Enact Medical Marijuana Program
By Bill Piper, Naomi Long / AlterNet
Former Police Chief Norm Stamper: 'Let's Not Stop at Marijuana Legalization'
By Norm Stamper / AlterNet

Medical Marijuana Apartheid: Different Rules Apply for Rich and Poor Pot Smokers
By Joshua Holland / AlterNet
DEA Forced to Scrub Misleading Info on the American Medical Association's Position on Marijuana
By Charmie Gholson / AlterNet
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