Posted on 18 January 2010. Tags: "torture taxis", addicts, Afghanistan, Al Capone, alcohol, armies, Azerbaijan, Berlin, Bolivia, Brazil, britain, California, cannabis, Caribbean, Cesar Gaviria, CIA, coca bushes, coca leaves, Cocaine, Cochabamba, Colombia, corruption, Cuba, Cyprus, Czech Republic, drug dealers, drug war, Ecuador, Eliot Engel, Ernesto Zedillo, European Parliament, European Union, federal budgets, Fernando Henrique Cardoso, firearms, Gatwick, Germany, Gil Kerlikowske, government, Greece, Gulfstream II, gun control laws, Hungary, imprisonment, Iran-Contra affair, iraq, Israel, jet aircraft, jordan, Latin America, mainstream media, Marijuana, Mexico, Miami Herald, Mississippi, N9875A, narcotics, Nicaragua, Palestine, Police, President Evo Morales, President Felipe Calderón, President Rafael Correa, prohibition, Richard Nixon, Ronal Reagan, scandal, south america, Spain, state budgets, taxpayer, the wall street journal, United States, US Narcotics Officers, US Office of National Drug Control Policy, venezuela, violence, War on Drugs, Washington D.C.
US waves white flag in disastrous ‘war on drugs’
After 40 years, Washington is quietly giving up on a futile battle that has spread corruption and destroyed thousands of lives Read the full story
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Posted on 08 December 2009. Tags: 2001, 2009, Ad Age, Argentina, Arnold Schwarzenegger, Attorney General, Barack Obama, Brazil, California, CBS News, Cesar Gaviria, CNN, Cocaine, Colombia, decriminalization, Drug Policy Alliance, drug war, Eric Holder, Ernesto Zedillo, Fernando Henrique Cardoso, Fortune magazine, Gary Fields, Gill Kerlikowske, Gov. David Paterson, governor, Heroin, Justice Department, Kellogg's, Latin American, Latin-American Commission on Drugs and Drug Policy, Marie Claire Magazine, Marijuana, marijuana legalization, Mary Louise Parker, Matt Lauer, Medical Marijuana, Medical Marijuana Laws, Mexico, Michael Phelps, New York Times, New York's, Newsweek, oakland, Oregon, Portugal's, President, prohibition, Rockefeller Drug Laws, south carolina, Stiletto Stoners, Supreme Court, The Economist, United States, Wall Street Journal, Washington, Washington Post, Weeds, White House drug czar
2009 will go down as the beginning of the end of the United States drug war. I have worked at the Drug Policy Alliance promoting alternatives to the war on drugs for 10 years, and I can say without a doubt that there was more debate and movement toward sensible drug policies this year than in the last 9 years combined! Here are 10 stories that contributed to the unprecedented momentum to end America’s longest running war.
1) Three Former Latin American Presidents Call Drug War a Failure (February) Read the full story
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