Drug War Chronicle

Hace dos años, el secretario antidroga John Walters alardeó los aumentos en los precios de la cocaína como prueba de que la guerra a las drogas estaba funcionando. Pero, la tendencia general se dirige hacia precios más baratos y pureza superior y Walters no quiere hablar sobre eso.

Un reportaje de Anderson Cooper de la CNN para el <em>Sixty Minutes</em> sobre el movimiento “Paren de Soplar” por mucho no dio en el blanco. En su carta abierta a Cooper, el director ejecutivo de la DRCNet, David Borden, explica lo que sucede en realidad.

A report by CNN's Anderson Cooper for Sixty Minutes on the "Stop Snitching" movement missed the mark widely. In this open letter to Cooper, DRCNet executive director David Borden lays out the real deal.

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Two years ago, drug czar John Walters trumpeted rising cocaine prices as evidence the drug war was working. But the overall trend is toward lower prices and higher purity, and Walters doesn't want to talk about that.

The Open Society Institute seeks a full-time Program Officer in its New York office to assist with their Health Media Project.

Last Friday was 4/20, the unofficial holiday for marijuana aficionados. On campuses across the country, students came out. In Denver and Las Vegas, though, there were problems.