On AlterNet: war on drugs
Stories, blog posts, and videos tagged as "war on drugs"
Anthony Papa, Drug Policy Alliance. September 23, 2008.
Exercising the right to vote is important part of prisoner rehabilitation, but over 5 million convicted felons are barred from doing so.
Paul Armentano, AlterNet. September 16, 2008.
Cannabis arrests now comprise nearly 47.5 percent of all drug arrests in the United States, 89% of them for mere possession.
Johann Hari, Huffington Post. August 13, 2008.
Under the twisted logic of the "war on drugs," the answer is yes, along with Bill Clinton, George W. Bush, and nearly half of the U.S. population.
Johann Hari, Huffington Post AlterNet: PEEK. August 11, 2008.
People thought it would require "a political revolution" to legalize alcohol in the US in 1924. Within a decade, it was done.
Liliana Segura, AlterNet AlterNet: War on Iraq. July 31, 2008.
With Americans still convinced it is the "good war" and more troops headed its way, an honest debate about Afghanistan is long overdue.
Jordan Smith, Austin Chronicle. July 23, 2008.
Just in time for the Olympics, the U.S. takes the gold medal in several drug use categories, according to a recent WHO report.
Laura Carlsen, Huffington Post. July 14, 2008.
Videos depicting torture-training sessions with Mexican police raise alarm over human rights under Calderon's US-assisted war on crime.
Jeremy Scahill, The Nation. June 9, 2008.
The notorious mercenary company now offers spy "services" to Fortune 500 companies, for the right price.
Mark Ristaino, AlterNet AlterNet: Video. May 29, 2008.
Faux pharmaceutical commercial lampoons the errant War on Drugs.
Tony Newman, Huffington Post. May 28, 2008.
For 40 years, we have been waging a "war on drugs." Families are kicked out of housing when many have done nothing wrong.
Bean, Lawyers, Guns and Money AlterNet: Reproductive Justice and Gender. May 9, 2008.
The drug war is still being waged only on some people and on some drugs. In other words, it's still a racist crock.
Ira Chernus, AlterNet. April 2, 2008.
The strange nature of McCain's appeal is directly tied to the distractions of the unwinnable Iraq occupation and the "War on Drugs."
Silja J.A. Talvi, In These Times. February 13, 2008.
The "war on drugs" has led to an explosion in the female incarceration rate.
Adam Howard, AlterNet: Video. October 25, 2007.
Should drugs like marijuana, heroin, and cocaine be legal? Ethan Nadelmann, executive director of the Drug Policy Alliance, clashes with David Murray, chief scientist at the U.S. Office of National Drug Control Policy.
Jessica Pupovac, AlterNet. October 17, 2007.
When crack cocaine possession means 24 years in prison and manslaughter means only 3, you know something is seriously wrong with the U.S. criminal justice system.
Scott Thill, AlterNet. August 29, 2007.
Under Bush, terror has become a justification for any and every abuse of power.
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Alex Jung, AlterNet. August 23, 2007.
The United States has spent hundreds of billions of dollars trying to stop the flow of drugs into the country. But many of these substances are now easier to get than ever.
Samhita Mukhopadhyay, AlterNet: PEEK. August 21, 2007.
Samhita Mukhopadhyay: Is smoking weed really a "guy thing"? And if not, why are media depictions of drug use usually sexist?
Earl Ofari Hutchinson, New America Media. June 27, 2007.
Recent surveys of drug habits among Americans found that blacks and whites use drugs at equal rates, yet blacks are more often prosecuted because the laws are biased against them.
Rhonda Cook, Atlanta Journal-Constitution. April 30, 2007.
Atlanta resident Kathryn Johnston's death has finally been exposed to be a case of police coverup in clear example of the insanity of the war on drugs.
Arianna Huffington, Los Angeles Times. March 27, 2007.
Democratic presidential candidates crave the Latino and black vote, but ignore the Drug War's unfair toll on people of color.
