The War Against the 'War on Drugs'
Sasha Abramsky : Jails & Prisons
Economic necessity and shifting mores are changing the nation's approach to incarceration.
2009
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The Dark Side of Plan Colombia
Teo Ballvé : Colombia
Is Plan Colombia subsidizing narco-traffickers to cultivate biofuels on stolen lands?
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The Border Violence Myth
Gabriel Arana : Mexico
The national media have invented a drug-related crime wave that officials and local journalists say just isn't happening.
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Blowback at the Border
Peter Schrag : Mexico
Drug prohibition and unregulated guns gave us the Mexican drug wars.
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'Drop the Rock': Repeal Unfair Drug Laws
Brett Story
The change in leadership at the New York state level seems poised to make a dramatic change to the state's Rockefeller Drug Laws.
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Refugees From Mexico Drug War Flee to US
Andrew Becker : Mexico
The escalating war near America's southern border is driving embattled Mexicans to seek safety in the United States. What if the tide of violence follows them?
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Maddow Makes Sense of the Drug Debate
The Rachel Maddow Show
A look at President Obama's nominee for 'drug czar' with the Bruce Mirken from the Marijuana Policy Project.
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Rockefeller Drugs Laws: Ripe for Reform
Sarah Arnold : New York
New York activists who oppose the state's repressive drug laws are optimistic about the new political landscape but unsure of whether politicians will embrace the necessary radical reforms.
2008
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Mexico's Drug Problem--and Ours
Drug-related violence tearing Mexican society apart. Is America next?
2006
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Playing Politics at School
Hasdai Westbrook : Education Policy & Reform
Casting himself as tough on school crime as election day nears, Kentucky Republican Representative Geoff Davis is pushing a measure that puts the constitutional right of students at risk.
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Drug Busts=Jim Crow
Ira Glasser : Racism & Discrimination
The drug war is the heir to Jim Crow: a form of widespread, legalized discrimination.
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Drug War Flunks Out
Hasdai Westbrook : Higher Education
Students for Sensible Drug Policy and the ACLU are challenging a draconian Education Department rule that blocks student drug offenders from receiving federal aid.
2005
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Afghan Poppies Bloom
Christian Parenti : Afghanistan
The war-ravaged, opium-dependent country lives in fear of a new drug war.
2004
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Talking With Anthony Papa
Rebecca Tuhus-Dubrow : New York
He is using his art to publicize the injustice of the drug laws that put him away.
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Cultivating Opium, Not Democracy
Afghanistan's crop "has spread like wildfire."
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