Feature: SSDP, Drug War Rant Blog Score Media Hit with Attack on DEA Drug-Terror Exhibit
The DEA got more than it bargained for when it brought its drug-terror traveling exhibit to Chicago last week.
The Drug Debate
Europe: British Public Supports More Rational Drug Policies, Survey Says
A new survey of British attitudes toward drug policy reform suggests a new realism and pragmatism. Will the politicians follow the wisdom of the voters?
Marijuana: Seattle Hempfest Sues City, Art Museum Over Permitting, Access
Who would have thought the world's premier marijuana law reform rally would have to sue one of the most progressive cities in the country?
Feature: As Fighting Flares in Southern Afghanistan, Support for Licensed Opium Production Grows
As NATO takes over in southern Afghanistan, fighting is flaring and opium is driving much of it. Now, European politicians are beginning to embrace a controversial opium licensing scheme.
Feature: British Parliamentary Committee Slams Drug Classification Scheme, Calls for Evidence-Based System
A parliamentary select committee has issued a report calling Britain's drug classification scheme outmoded, ineffective, and based more on politics than science.
Editorial: Do We Really Want to Help Kids Find the Drug Dealers?
Drug offender registries are a hare-brained idea that is more likely to help young people find drug dealers than prevent them.
Middle East: US Troops, Iraqi Police Seize Marijuana Plants
US troops and Iraqi police seized and destroyed a bumper crop of marijuana plants last week, according to a report in Stars and Stripes.
Sentencing: Justice Kennedy Lashes Out at Harsh Prison Terms
US Supreme Court Justice Anthony Kennedy told a gathering of judges in Southern California Sunday US sentencing practices were harsh and troubling.
Europe: Scottish Drug Czar Says Drug War Is Lost, Causes Big To-Do
Despite decades of drug war, Scotland has some of the highest drug use rates in Europe and more than 50,000 heroin addicts. Now Scotland's drug czar has unleashed a week of furious debate -- not the first in recent months -- by declaring that the war on drugs is lost and can never be won.
Arnold Trebach Book Talk
An opportunity to hear from one of the true pioneers of the drug law reform movement will occur on Thursday February 22nd at 1:30PM. Dr. Arnold Trebach, American University professor emeritus and founder of the Drug Policy Foundation will be discussing his new book Fatal Distraction: The War on Drugs in the Age of Islamic Terror.