HuffPost Live on Mexican Drug War and Security, 11:30am EST TODAY
I am participating on a HuffPost Live panel starting at 11:30am EST this morning
Mexican Drug War
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Chronicle Review Essay: What Next for Mexico?
With a new president taking over, Mexico has a chance to rethink its disastrous war on the cartels. Two new books on the Mexican drug wars have a few thoughts about where it's been and where it should go next.
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Another Reason for Mexico to End Its Drug War
[image:1 align:right caption:true]Along with catalyzing devastating violence that has claimed 60,000 lives thus far, there's another good reason for Mexico to end its ill-fated drug war -- they
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Amnesty Raps Mexico on Human Rights Abuses in Drug War
Allegations of torture and mistreatment by Mexican soldiers and police have increased dramatically as President Calderon wages his drug war, Amnesty International says in a new report.
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Two More Drug War Deaths -- Border Patrol Involved in Both
A San Diego housewife and an Arizona Border Patrol agent both died at the hands of Border Patrol agents in drug-related incidents in recent days, bringing this year's toll of drug war killings to 48.
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Tom Hayden to NORML: US Needs Peace Movement to End Drug War [FEATURE]
Veteran antiwar activist Tom Hayden opened the first day of the national NORML conference with a call for the creation of a social justice-based peace movement to end the drug war.
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Drug Policy in the 2012 Elections II: The Parties and the Presidential Race [FEATURE]
What role will marijuana play in the presidential election campaign? Look to Colorado.
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The Democratic Platform on Drugs
Drug reformers won't find the Democratic platform's positions on drug policy very inspiring.
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Book Review: Drugs, Insecurity, and Failed States: The Problems of Prohibition
We review "Drugs, Insecurity, and Failed States: The Problems of Prohibition," a new book from the very establishment International Institute for Strategic Studies.
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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.