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Chronicle Book Review: Smuggler Nation
If you have an interest in American history and how we got to where we are with the war on drugs, you need to read Smuggler Nation. You'll be glad you did.
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Grassley Immigration Bill Amendment Affects Real and Imagined Drug Offenders
[image:1 align:right caption:true]An amendment to the Senate immigration reform bill by Sen.
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Supreme Court Rules No Automatic Deportation for Minor Marijuana Possession
The US Supreme Court has held that an immigration judge went too far when he ordered the automatic deportation of a Jamaican man who resided in the US for most of his life over the possession of 1.3 grams of marijuana.
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Texas Trooper Fires on Fleeing Truck, "Drug Load," Two Dead
In an incident that is raising questions about Texas use of force policies, a state trooper in a helicopter fired on a fleeing vehicle suspected of carrying drugs Thursday. It was not carrying drugs, but undocumented immigrants, two of whom were shot and killed.
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US-Mexican Caravan for (Drug War) Peace Gets Underway [FEATURE]
Hoping to put a human face on the drug war's toll, a cross-border Caravan for Peace has begun its weeks-long, 27-city journey across the US.
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US/Mexico Drug War "Caravan of Peace" Gearing Up [FEATURE]
A Caravan of Peace calling for an end to failed prohibitionist drug policies in the US and Mexico will leave San Diego in August and arrive in Washington, DC, in September. It's hoping to educate some people along the way and have a lasting impact.
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Looming Dutch Khat Ban Draws Criticism, Complaints
The Dutch government appears to be moving toward banning khat, which is used almost exclusively by the country's Somali immigrant community, but the move is being increasingly criticized.
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Review Essay: The Border and Mexico's Drug Wars
The literature of the Mexican drug war and the border continues to expand. Here, we look at four recent titles.
High-Ranking RI Lawmaker Faces Drug Charge
State Rep. Robert Watson (R-East Greenwich), the House Minority Leader, who criticized the Legislature by invoking the image of pot-smoking immigrants is facing drug charges in Connecticut.
230,000 Displaced by Mexico Drug Prohibition War, Half May Have Come to the United States
A new study by the Swiss-based Internal Displacement Monitoring Center that at least 230,000 people have been displaced in Mexico because of drug prohibition violence and that about half of them may have taken refuge in the United States.