Out from the Shadows Merida -- First Day Morning

by David Borden, June 30, 2009, 02:01pm

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Drug War Issues

Criminal Justice Asset Forfeiture, Collateral Sanctions (College Aid, Drug Taxes, Housing, Welfare), Court Rulings, Drug Courts, Due Process, Felony Disenfranchisement, Incarceration, Policing (2011 Drug War Killings, 2012 Drug War Killings, Arrests, Eradication, Informants, Interdiction, Lowest Priority Policies, Police Corruption, Police Raids, Profiling, Search and Seizure, SWAT/Paramilitarization, Task Forces, Undercover Work), Probation or Parole, Prosecution, Reentry/Rehabilitation, Sentencing (Alternatives to Incarceration, Clemency and Pardon, Crack/Powder Cocaine Disparity, Death Penalty, Decriminalization, Drug Free Zones, Mandatory Minimums, Rockefeller Drug Laws, Sentencing Guidelines)Culture Art, Celebrities, Counter-Culture, Music, Poetry/Literature, Television, Theater Drug Use Paraphernalia, Violence Intersecting Issues Collateral Sanctions (College Aid, Drug Taxes, Housing, Welfare), Violence, Border, Budgets/Taxes/Economics, Business, Civil Rights, Driving, Economics, Education (College Aid), Environment, Families, Free Speech, Gun Policy, Human Rights, Immigration, Militarization, Money Laundering, Pregnancy, Privacy (Search and Seizure, Drug Testing), Race, Religion, Sports, Women's Issues Marijuana Policy Gateway Theory, Hemp, Marijuana -- Personal Use, Marijuana Industry, Medical Marijuana Medicine Medical Marijuana, Science of Drugs, Under-treatment of Pain Public Health Addiction, Addiction Treatment (Science of Drugs), Drug Education, Drug Prevention, Drug-Related AIDS/HIV or Hepatitis C, Harm Reduction (Methadone & Other Opiate Maintenance, Needle Exchange, Overdose Prevention, Safe Injection Sites)Source and Transit Countries Andean Drug War, Coca, Hashish, Mexican Drug War, Opium Production Specific Drugs Alcohol, Ayahuasca, Cocaine (Crack Cocaine), Ecstasy, Heroin, Ibogaine, ketamine, Khat, Marijuana (Gateway Theory, Marijuana -- Personal Use, Medical Marijuana, Hashish), Methamphetamine, Nicotine, Prescription Opiates (Fentanyl, Oxycontin), Psychedelics (LSD, Mescaline, Peyote, Salvia Divinorum), Synthetic Drugs (Mephedrone, Synthetic Cannabinoids)Youth Grade School, Post-Secondary School, Raves, Secondary School

Consequences of Prohibition

Corruption Financial Corruption, Glamorization of Criminality, Government Corruption Crime & Violence Civil Conflict, Drug Trade Funding Terrorists, Increased Illegal Gun Prevalence, Police/Suspect Altercations, Property Crime, Turf Wars Disorder Drug Trade in Schools, Open Air Markets, Police-Community Tensions, Political Instability Environmental Harm Deforestation, Meth Labs Futile Pursuits Busts & Seizures Harm Intensification Disease, Increased Drug Potency, Overdoses, Poisoned Drug Supply, Popularization of Worse Drugs

Politics & Advocacy

Academics Electoral Politics Ballot Measures (Prop 19), Candidates/Races Federal Government Congress, Executive Branch (DEA, ONDCP), Federal Courts Legal Community Our Side Prop 19, Organizations (Changing Minds 2009, Changing Minds 2010), Political Leaders Politics Outside US Canada, United Nations State & Local Government State & Local Executive Branches, State & Local Legislatures, State Courts The Drug Debate Decriminalization, Legalization (Legalization Supporters, Marijuana Legalization), Media, Medicalization, Moderates, Prohibition, Public Opinion, Spending Priorities, Tax and Regulate (Prop 19), Treatment Not Jail The Other Side Barry McCaffrey, Jim Sensenbrenner, John Walters, Mark Souder