Fabiana Frayssinet, IPS News. November 3, 2009. Despite a spike in drug-related violence, Brazilian authorities have insufficient resources to halt gang confrontations.
Phillip S. Smith, Drug War Chronicle. September 18, 2009. There's a pattern of bitter, recalcitrant refusal on the part of San Diego county officials to abide by the will of the voters and accept CA's medical marijuana law.
BoRev, BoRev AlterNet: DrugReporter. September 17, 2009. Oh look: a high ranking U.S. drug official in Mexico also "served as a secret ally of traffickers while he was posted in Guadalajara."
Jeff Faux, The Nation. July 21, 2009. Thanks to the people who brought you the Great Recession, the next Mexican revolution may come closer to home than you think.
Ryan Grim, Wiley Press. July 20, 2009. As the anti-drug program spread into 3/4 of all school districts by the '90s, America's youth enjoyed a psychedelic renaissance.
Ryan Patterson, AlterNet. July 16, 2009. In light of the toll that marijuana prohibition takes on the lives of our neighbors, can we justly say "that's the price you pay?"
Agence France Presse June 17, 2009. The Mexican Navy discovered the shipment, which contained a total of 893 kilos of cocaine stuffed inside some 30 sharks.
The Washington Post June 17, 2009. The decision would increase the number of federal drug agents, particularly on the border between the U.S. and Mexico.
Don Hazen, AlterNet. June 15, 2009. Pot entrepreneur Richard Lee envisions a professional marijuana industry much like the one that exists in Amsterdam.
Jill Harris, AlterNet. June 12, 2009. We must learn how to reduce the harms from drug use, including reducing the unconscionable and unnecessary number of deaths from overdose.
Gabriel Arana, The Nation. May 29, 2009. The national media have invented a drug-related rise of border violence that officials and local journalists say just isn't happening.
Isaac Fitzgerald, AlterNet. May 27, 2009. Yesterday's Supreme Court ruling was a big disappointment, but there's no time to mourn: We must turn this anger into momentum.
Arianna Huffington, Huffington Post. May 18, 2009. Is Obama really committed to a fundamental shift in America's approach to drug policy or is this about serving up a kinder, gentler drug war?
Tony Newman, Drug Policy Alliance. May 15, 2009. Drug Czar reaffirms support for clean syringes to reduce HIV and ending raids on marijuana dispensaries.
José Luis Sierra, New America Media. April 29, 2009. Mexican citizens face the constant threat from organized crime and the force that is supposed to protect them: the military.
David Sirota, Open Left AlterNet: PEEK. April 20, 2009. Simon is firing on all cylinders throughout the interview, but I found this statement on the politics of the drug war particularly poignant.
Melissa del Bosque, Texas Observer. April 20, 2009. TV spin-meisters claim that violence from Mexico's drug trade threatens to spill over into the U.S. This is pure fear mongering.
Randal C. Archibold, The New York Times. March 31, 2009. A rash of shootings in Vancouver, British Columbia, kidnappings in Phoenix, brutal assaults in Birmingham, Ala., are tied to the drug cartel violence.
Silja J.A. Talvi, AlterNet. March 18, 2009. Mexican drug cartels have easy access to thousands of American gun dealers just on the other side of the border.
Carolyn Lochhead, San Francisco Chronicle. March 13, 2009. 45,000 Mexican military personnel have been dispatched to centers of drug violence across the country to stamp out the growing violence.
David Sirota, Creators Syndicate. February 16, 2009. As the Phelps 'scandal' proves yet again, our narcotic of choice -- creating controversy where none exists -- packs a punch.
