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At Historic Drug Policy Summit, Guatemalan President Calls for Regional Legalization

Phillip Smith, Drug War Chronicle. March 23, 2012.

In Antigua, Guatemala, Guatemalan President Perez Molina suggested overhauling Central America's drug policy, but no consensus was reached.

What Americans Don't Get About the Ravages of Addiction

Maer Roshan, The Fix. February 22, 2012.

For all the daily hand wringing about celebrity overdoses and DUIs, there is little real reporting on the science of addiction, or how to make progress fighting it.

The Silly, The Stupid, and The Just Plain False: The Top Ten 'Reefer Madness' Stories of 2011

Russ Belville, NORML. December 30, 2011.

From the pizza driver who snitched on a pot patient to cannabis 'deaths' and vodka tampons, 2011 was a year of great drug propaganda.

Growth of Immigration Detainee Deaths in UK Reveals Flaws of Broken System

Ed Targett, New America Media. October 8, 2011.

The United Kingdom’s immigration system is increasingly dysfunctional and the government dealing with it so moribund and riddled with low morale they are in near meltdown.

How Quickly Our Heroic Troops Are Forgotten When They Die

Tom Engelhardt, TomDispatch.com. December 9, 2010.

The casualties of the imperial venture Afghanistan rarely make much news anymore.

135,000 Will Die Due to Lack of Insurance Before Health Reform Takes Effect, Study Finds

Brad Jacobson, Raw Story. December 16, 2009.

Death toll estimate exceeds the total number of Americans who died in the Korean War, the Vietnam War and the attacks of 9/11 combined.

Fewer People Crossing, but Deaths on Border Increasing

Spencer Hsu, The Washington Post. September 30, 2009.

The debate over border deaths is drawing renewed attention to a long-standing complaint by human rights groups.

Labor Dept: 1,001 Civilian Workers Have Died in Iraq

David Ivanovich, Houston Chronicle. August 8, 2007.

Contractors represent part of the hidden death-toll in Iraq.

How to Make Hundreds of Thousands of Dead Iraqis Disappear

Eric Alterman, Huffington Post. October 20, 2006.

The Lancet study that estimated 655,000 Iraqis killed since the US invasion of 2003 was based on some of the most solid research methods possible, but that didn't stop the American press from trying to say it wasn't so.

The Pundit Path for Death in Iraq

Norman Solomon, AlterNet. October 12, 2006.

How does the horrific estimated Iraqi death toll -- around 600,000 -- correlate with the U.S. media's evasive coverage of the war?

Obama Attends Summit of the Americas in Colombia - Drug War is on the Agenda, But Will the US Heed Calls for Reform?

Angela Lee, December 31, 1969.