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Drugs, Freedom, and Responsibility at Burning Man
Editor's note: This is a repost of the piece I wrote about Burning Man last year. I couldn't top it, so I'm sharing it again. Enjoy.
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Announcement: The 2011 International Drug Policy Reform Conference, Los Angeles
Every two years drug policy reformers from across the United States and around the world come to the International Drug Policy Reform Conference to listen, learn, network and strategize together for change. This year the conference is in Los Angeles, in November, and StoptheDrugWar.org is a partner.
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Veteran, ACLU Challenge Florida Welfare Drug Test Law [FEATURE]
The new Florida law require welfare applicants to pass a drug test has now been challenged in federal court.
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Alert: Stop New Drug Prohibitions in Congress
Please tell your members of Congress there are better options than prohibition for reducing the potential a substance may have to do harm.
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NYPD Undercover Cop Kills Man Intervening in Drug Arrest
A New York saw an acquaintance being accosted on the street, went in to help, and was shot dead by an undercover NYPD officer trying to arrest the acquaintance.
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This Week in History
Events and quotes of note from this week's drug policy events of years past.
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Vietnam Using Drug Takers as Slave Labor [FEATURE]
A shocking new report from Human Rights Watch details how Vietnamese "drug treatment centers" don't provide treatment, but do provide abuse, torture and virtual slave labor for private companies to exploit.
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All those drug busts don't seem to make any difference. (image via Wikimedia)
Mexico Drug War Update
The Mexican president gave his annual state of the union speech last week, but that had no impact on the killing.
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No mandatory random drug tests for Illini Bluff teachers, but they have to pass one drug test first. (Image: ISBD 327)
llinois School District Teachers Settle Drug Testing Strike
Illini Bluff school teachers managed to fend off random drug testing for themselves, if not their successors, but still submitted to one drug test to get back to work.
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Colombian High Court Re-Legalizes Drug Possession
Getting back in step with other Latin American countries, the Colombian Supreme Court has undone former Pres. Uribe's amendment recriminalizing the possession of small amounts of drugs for personal use.
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Arkansas Relaxes Marijuana Possession Penalties
It ain't decriminalization, but Arkansas is moving in the right direction when it comes to pot penalties.
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This Week's Corrupt Cops Stories
We've got two weeks worth of law enforcement bad apples this week. The barrel is getting pretty full of them.
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Horizons: Perspectives on Psychedelics
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Actions organized by the European Drug Policy Initiative in Sofia, Bucharest, Warsaw, Oslo and Porto -- part of the "Count the Costs of the War on Drugs" campaign, which marks the 50th anBlog
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Video: "Count the Costs of the War on Drugs," Events in Five European Capitals
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Trapped Trooper Kills Minnesota Woman Fleeing Drug Bust
A Minnesota women is dead after a routine traffic stop escalated into a potential drug bust and attempted escape that endangered a trooper.
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Man With Gun Killed in Kentucky Drug Raid
A Kentucky man is this year's 33rd US drug war fatality. He was shot and killed by police after allegedly pointing a gun at them as they raided his home.
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Video: Florida Welfare Drug Testing Debate
Far from saving the state money, Florida's new welfare drug testing law, promoted aggressively by Gov.
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Mexico Drug War Update
Along with the usual carnage and corruption, suspected Zetas killed 52 casino goers in a gasoline/fire attack, teachers skipped school following extortion threats, authorities bust a Sinaloa Cartel "cell" in Utah, and one cartel has put up "wanted" posters targeting leaders of another cartel and offered rewards for them.
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It's International Overdose Awareness Day
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This Week in History
Events and quotes of note from this week's drug policy events of years past.