Drug War Chronicle

The Buckeye State is on the verge of becoming the latest to ban salvia divinorum.

Plans are afoot in the British Isles to push "problem drug users" into treatment and onto the job market, but the government is going to have to do more, a new report says.

Apply for an internship at DRCNet for this spring (or summer), and you could spend the semester fighting the good fight!

StoptheDrugWar.org (DRCNet) is seeking volunteers in the DC area to help with our membership drive; and from anywhere to help with a writing-based project on which work has already begun.

"Am I a Hippie Who Doesn't Understand Politics?," "The Profit Motive for Arresting Marijuana Users," "Vienna UN Drug Treatment Meeting Day Two: The Clockwork Orange Brainwashing Day," "Shooting Down Innocent People in Airplanes Won't Win the Drug War," "Day One at the UN Drug Treatment Meeting -- Slightly More Interesting Than Predicted," "When it Comes to Marijuana Laws, Obama's Website Should be Called Same.gov," "High School Seniors Are Using Lots of LSD This Year," "More on the Ryan Frederick Case," "New Jersey Medical Marijuana Bill Gets Favorable Committee Vote," "Why Should You or Anyone Care About This Week's UN Anti-Drug Meeting?," "The Real Reason Obama Won't Support Marijuana Legalization," "Asserting Your Rights Doesn't Mean You're Getting Away With Something."

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The National Drug Intelligence Center is out with its National Drug Threat Assessment 2009. If the authors would read their own words, they would realize they are making a strong argument for ending drug prohibition.

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El número de víctimas en la guerra de México a causa de la prohibición ha sobrepasado los 5.000 este año, lo que lo convierte en una cifra comparable con la de las mortandades de las guerras en Irak y Afganistán.

El Proyecto Metanfetamina de Montana, con sus imágenes asustadoras explícitas de las consecuencias de consumir la droga “una vez nomás”, ha sido bastante divulgado como labor exitosa de prevención. Momentito, dicen los investigadores que han revisado los resultados.