On AlterNet: drug prohibition

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Plan Merida Focus to Shift to Border Region

Phillip S. Smith, Drug War Chronicle. August 20, 2011.

Lots of happy talk about how to win the Mexican drug war, but we're ignoring the most radical option: legalizing the drug supply.

New Drugs, Same Mistakes: Congress Chooses Criminalization Over Regulation

Grant Smith, AlterNet. July 29, 2011.

Lawmakers are forging ahead with proposals to ban synthetic drugs before scientists could better evaluate the products for health risks and benefits.

Big Name Panel Calls Global Drug War a "Failure"

Phillip S. Smith, Drug War Chronicle. June 3, 2011.

A half-century of global drug prohibition has showed us what it can deliver, and the world is increasingly finding it wanting.

Legalizing Pot -- Is It Just a Matter of When?

Brian Doherty, Reason. January 30, 2011.

Why California may have broken the prohibition barrier.

Sooner or Later, Marijuana Will Be Legal

Bill Piper, CNN. October 1, 2010.

Legalization will happen. It's just a question of how many lives and tax dollars will be wasted before it does.

Bloodbath in Mexico: Drug Prohibition Is to Blame for Thousands of Mexican and Now American Deaths

Tony Newman, AlterNet. March 15, 2010.

There is war in our backyard that can match the violence anywhere in the world, and that is the Drug War in Mexico.

Want To Know Why Pot Is Still Illegal? Ask Your Governor

Paul Armentano, NORML. October 2, 2008.

I'd like to give you seven specific reasons why the use of cannabis by adults remains a crime in America.

How Long Does Drug Prohibition Need to Continue Before It's Declared a Failure?

David Borden, Drug War Chronicle. June 30, 2008.

The day we legalize drugs is the day we can begin to clean up the mess that the drug prohibition experiment has created.

Idiotic School Ban on Candy Mirrors Stupidity of Drug Prohibition

Tony Newman, AlterNet. April 10, 2008.

Whaddya know? As soon as CA schools started banning candy, students started dealing it on the "underground market" at a marked up price.