The Drug War
Drug War Failures
Mike Males and Dan Macallair debunk claims of rising crime by immigrants in Arizona. "Scapegoating Immigrants: Arizona’s Real Crisis Is Rooted in State Residents’ Soaring Drug Abuse."
http://www.cjcj.org/files/Scapegoating_Immigrants.pdf See my commentary ("Brewer, Arpaio and CCA").
The Renee Boje Case - a brief history and final outcome
Related story: Drug War Run Amok: The Rene Boje Case: http://www.alternet.org/story/21674/
Congress Needs to Act on Drug Sentences
Penalties for Crack - Washington Post editorial
'Plan Mexico' Latest Front in Failed U.S. Drug war
Getting Real About the Economics of Cocaine
Economics of the Drug War
Is is a crime to carry too much cash? Is carrying too much cash evidence of drug trafficking? Click on this recent court decision: http://www.ca8.uscourts.gov/opndir/06/08/053295P.pdf
Capitalism 101 on the streets of LA: Federal Inmate Accused of Directing LA Drug Sales
The Conviction That Keeps On Hurting -- Drug Offenders and Federal Benefits
Rise in Bribery Tests Integrity of US Border
History
Drug Law Timelines - three web sites for historical information.
http://www.erowid.org/psychoactives/history/history_article2.shtml
http://www.digthatcrazyfarout.com/gpd/MarijuanaTimeline.html
http://www.lectlaw.com/files/drg09.htm
Legal Developments
Early release proposed for crack cocaine offenders
Bill Eases Penalty For Crack Cocaine Possession
Rules Lower Prison Terms in Sentences for Crack
Legalization debate
The Legalization Debate Continues, as and academic and former police chief agree:
Pot vs. Booze: A Former Police Chief's Take; Legalize drugs to stop violence
Making Pot Legal: We Can Do It -- Here's How
Overdose Death Rate Surges, Legal Drugs Are Mostly to Blame
Denver Is First City to Legalize Small Amount of Pot
Heroin and cocaine now legal in Mexico – in small doses
European approach to drugs: curing, not punishment
Milton Friedman, 500+ Economists Call for Marijuana Regulation Debate
War on Crime, Not on Drugs
International Issues
New!! How a big US bank laundered billions from Mexico's murderous drug gangs
Guns and the Mexican Drug War: two related stories
California Pot Legalization Could Stop the Murderous Drug Cartels Waging War in Mexico
Drug War in Mexico: An ongoing series of articles in the Los Angeles Times: http://projects.latimes.com/mexico-drug-war/#/its-a-war
The flow of drugs to the U.S. raises questions about the two nations' war against narcotics: Plan Colombia Fails to Stem Cocaine Supply
The Lure of Opium Wealth Is a Potent Force in Afghanistan - Western officials warn of a nascent narco state as drug traffickers act with impunity, some allegedly with the support of top officials. For complete story: http://www.latimes.com/news/nationworld/world/la-fg-drugs29may29,0,3324290.story?coll=la-home-headlines
Marijuana
California may vote on legalizing pot
Marijuana legalization bill approved by key Assembly committee
Pot Controversy in Los Angeles - a series of articles
Justice Department memo rules on medical marijuana
Possible Major Speed Bump on the Way to Legal Marijuana
Over 100 Million Americans Have Smoked Marijuana -- And It's Still Illegal?
The racism of marijuana prohibition
Supreme Court action upholds California's medical pot law
After 30 Years, Nebraska Legislator Wants to Recriminalize Pot
For the latest study of the cots of pot prohibition go to this web site: http://www.drugscience.org/
Getting Busted for Pot Can Cost Your Right to Vote
It's Been an 'All Out War' on Pot Smokers for 35 Years
DEA raids 11 marijuana outlets
Pot Laws Pain Some Elders: http://www.latimes.com/news/local/la-me-oldpot28apr28,0,5823482.story?coll=la-home-headlines
Book Review: "Pot Politics: Marijuana and the Costs of Prohibition." http://stopthedrugwar.org/chronicle/455/book_review_marijuana_and_the_costs_of_prohibition
New
study by The Sentencing Project: "The War On Marijuana"
http://www.sentencingproject.org/pdfs/waronmarijuana.pdf
War on pot continues: read "Smoked Out" - http://www.alternet.org/story/24690/
War on Drugs Shifts to War on Marijuana http://stopthedrugwar.org/chronicle/385/shifted.shtml
Race and Other Disparities in the Drug War
Disparity By Geography: The War on Drugs in America’s Cities
http://www.sentencingproject.org/Admin/Documents/publications/dp_drugarrestreport.pdf
An important new book by Doris Marie Provine reviewed here: Race and the Drug War
Special Report from the Drug Policy Alliance: Wasting Money, Wasting Lives: Calculating the Hidden Costs of Incarceration in New Jersey. Click here: http://www.drugpolicy.org/library/052808hiddencosts.cfm
Zero Tolerance run amok: Strip Search Case in Arizona
Young people are the victims of the war on drugs
Pregnant Drug Addicts Aren't Child Abusers
Various Injustices of the Drug War
Crack Users Do More Time Than People Convicted of Manslaughter
Another gross injustice - grandmothers sent to prison on drug charge dies: 86-Year-Old Alva Mae Groves Dies Behind Bars
Seduction or good police work? Falmouth sting leaves a mark
Double Standard in drug cases - the case of the "pot princess"
Feature: PLUR Meets SWAT as Utah Cops Attack Electronic Dance Party http://stopthedrugwar.org/chronicle/401/utah1.shtml
Post-Hurricane: New Orleans Narcs Itching to Make More Busts
Myths of the Drug War
Review of Lies, Damned Lies and Drug War Statistics
Meth myths explored in this latest study (see also my commentary for 8/3/06):
http://www.sentencingproject.org/pdfs/methamphetamine_report.pdf
Meth and Crack: Same Myth, Different Year - click here for several articles
More Drug War Nonsense: http://stopthedrugwar.org/chronicle/383/senselessness.shtml