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Canada: The Drug Business is Booming, Says Mounties Report

The Royal Canadian Mounted Police (RCMP) has released its latest annual report on drugs and drug trafficking in Canada. It's sobering reading for anyone who thinks countries can enforce their way out of a drug problem.

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Mexico: Marijuana Decriminalization Bill Introduced

An opposition deputy has introduced a bill that would "decriminalize" marijuana possession in Mexico. Instead of jail time, users would face "informative or educational" sanctions.

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Death Penalty: Malaysia to Execute Man for Marijuana, China to Execute Man for Meth

Even as the UN General Assembly condemned the death penalty this week, China condemned one man to death for methamphetamine trafficking and Malaysia condemned another to death for having less than two pounds of marijuana.

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Federal Budget: Drug Czar's Ad Campaign Takes a Hit, DC Can Do Needle Exchange, But More Funding for Law Enforcement

The 2008 federal budget is a done deal now. The drug czar's youth anti-drug media campaign takes a well-deserved hit and DC wins the right to spend its own money on needle exchanges. But the drug war juggernaut just keeps rolling on along as law enforcement wins big bucks.

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Sentencing: New Jersey Moves to Shrink "Drug-Free Zones," Cops Protest

New Jersey's governor, all 21 county prosecutors, and the state sentencing commission all want to reform the state's "drug-free zone" law, but some New Jersey cops like things just the way they are.

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Drug Treatment: Federal Budget Provides Same Funding or Small Increases for Treatment, Prevention Programs, But Reduces Safe and Drug-Free Grants Program

As part of its massive omnibus appropriations bill passed this week, Congress has, for the most part, funded treatment and prevention programs at or slightly above previous levels.

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Weekly: This Week in History

Events and quotes of note from this week's drug policy events of years past.

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Appeal: DRCNet Has Made Amazing Progress in 2007 and We Need Your Help for 2008

An outline of DRCNet's plans and recent accomplishments and an appeal for your support to make it all happen.

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Estudantes: FaÃ§a o seu estÃ¡gio na DRCNet e ajude a parar a guerra Ã s drogas!

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Estudiantes: Â¡Hagan sus prÃ¡cticas en la DRCNet y ayuden a detener la guerra a las drogas!

Â¡Postule a prÃ¡cticas en la DRCNet para este otoÃ±o (o primavera) y usted puede pasar el semestre luchando por una buena causa!

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Semanal: Blogando no Bar Clandestino

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Semanal: Blogueando en el Bar Clandestino

âSecretario antidroga hace la afirmaciÃ³n absurda de que la guerra a las drogas reduce el consumo de tabaco entre adolescentesâ, âSubordinado de Clinton ataca a Obama por consumir drogas en el pasadoâ, âÂ¿Por quÃ© la DEA no toma medidas duras de una vez contra la marihuana medicinal?â, âEE.UU. recomienda liberaciÃ³n temprana para 19.500 infractores por crackâ, âRon Paul culpa la prostituciÃ³n por la guerra a las drogasâ, âÂ¡No vas a querer esto!â, âAlgunos indultos hoy dÃa â Mientras tanto, la pÃ¡gina web del fiscal de indultos no ha sido actualizada desde el gobierno Clintonâ, âÂ¡Se hacen retroactivos los cambios en las penas para el crack!â, âÂ¿SerÃ¡ que el diputado Dana Rohrabacher es legalizador?â, âAlgunas buenas noticias desde la Corte Suprema sobre las penas para el crackâ.

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MatÃ©ria: Divulgam-se os Ãºltimos dados para o consumo de drogas entre adolescentes â Casa Branca afirma sucesso, crÃticos recomendam cautela

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Reportaje: Se divulgan las Ãºltimas cifras para el consumo de drogas entre adolescentes â Casa Blanca afirma Ã©xito, crÃticos recomiendan cautela

El ultimo sondeo anual Monitoring the Future del consumo de drogas entre adolescentes fue lanzado y el gobierno Bush estÃ¡ afirmando que las cifras justifican su estrategia antidroga. Pero un montÃ³n de crÃticos no estÃ¡ de acuerdo.

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MatÃ©ria: A reforma das polÃticas de drogas vai ao Big Easy â A ConferÃªncia Internacional sobre a Reforma das PolÃticas de Drogas de 2007, Nova OrleÃ£es

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Reportaje: La reforma de las polÃticas de drogas va al Big Easy â La Conferencia Internacional sobre la Reforma de las PolÃticas de Drogas de 2007, Nueva OrleÃ¡ns

La Conferencia Internacional sobre la Reforma de las PolÃticas de Drogas de 2007 sucediÃ³ el fin de semana pasado en Nueva OrleÃ¡ns. He aquÃ un sabor a como fue.

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MatÃ©ria: A pressÃ£o sobre o Congresso aumenta enquanto tanto a Suprema Corte quanto a ComissÃ£o de Penas tomam providÃªncias para reduzir as sentenÃ§as para a pedra de cocaÃna

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Reportaje: La presiÃ³n sobre el Congreso aumenta mientras tanto la Suprema Corte como la ComisiÃ³n de Penas toman providencias para reducir las condenas para la piedra de cocaÃna

Esta semana, tanto la ComisiÃ³n de Penas como la Corte Suprema de los EE.UU. redujeron las sentencias para infractores de la legislaciÃ³n federal contra la piedra de cocaÃna. Pero, en razÃ³n de las condenas mÃnimas obligatorias impuestas por el Congreso, ello debe tomar providencias para reducir mÃ¡s la injusticia.

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I Hate to Say I told You So

Bert Tathum returned from Dubai today.As I predicted,He started Whining the moment the plane touched down."Why didn't they give me a break",cries Bert.Now remember,Berts a drug cop that got caught wit

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Drug Dealers Open Fire on Santa Claus Helicopter

Not even Santa Claus is safe from the violence caused by drug prohibition:

Drug traffickers in a Rio slum opened fire on a helicopter carrying a Santa to a children's party, apparently mistaking it for a police helicopter, police said on Tuesday.

"They thought it was a police operation and started shooting. Luckily, nobody was hurt," a police official said. [Yahoo]

Yeah, those drug traffickers are just lucky Santa Claus didn't go all Chuck Norris on them. You never know what kind of firepower he keeps on hand to protect his monopoly.

All I want for Christmas is a world free of drug war violence and disorder; a world in which men in big red suits can fly helicopters over Rio without being used for target practice by machinegun-toting thugs with free reign over the slums; a world where a man can frolic with carpenter elves and flying reindeer without getting his mistletoe confiscated by the government; a world in which a pungent piney aroma emanating from the den no longer gives police probable cause to search our cozy Christmas cabin.

So happy holidays to you all, whether hippie or hypocrite, activist or antagonist. May the New Year bring hope to the hopeless and clues to the clueless.