Marijuana Votes Have Mexicans Talking Legalization
With US public support for marijuana legalization now at the 50% mark, and state legalization efforts now starting to come to fruition, Mexicans...
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Next Mexican Administration: US Legal Marijuana Vote Changes 'Rules of the Game' in Drug War
legalizing recreational marijuana in the U.S. states of Washington and Colorado will force Mexico and the United States to rethink their efforts to halt marijuana smuggling across the border.
Legalization Would be a Direct Attack on Cartel Bankrolls
According to a study by a Mexican Think Tank, marijuana legalization, which we could see happen next week, could reduce cartel profits by as much as 30%.
Amnesty Raps Mexico on Human Rights Abuses in Drug War
Amnesty International said in a new report that Mexico must take decisive action to rein in systematic and widespread use of torture, ill-treatment, and...
Tom Hayden to NORML: US Needs Peace Movement to End Drug War
Tom Hayden, who co-founded the anti-war Students for a Democrat Society in 1966, is calling for a social justice peace movement to end the US drug war...
Latin Americans at UN Seek Drug Policy Debate
Wednesday's UN General Assembly session saw three Latin American heads of state call on it to promote debate on alternatives to the war on drugs.
Mexico's "Caravan for Peace" Heads to Washington
The Mexico-based Caravan for Peace and Justice is now more than halfway through their 27-city journey to focus attention on the drug war's terrible toll.
Book Review: Drugs, Insecurity, and Failed States: The Problems of Prohibition
A book review of "Drugs, Insecurity, and Failed States: The Problems of Prohibition" by Nigel Inkster and Virginia Comolli.
US-Mexican Caravan for (Drug War) Peace Gets Underway
The Caravan for Peace and Justice started its 27 US city tour in a bid to focus attention on the drug war's terrible toll in Mexico and the United States.
The Last Word: Rewriting the Cost of the War on Drugs
What is the real cost of the War on Drugs? Lawrence O'Donnell (The Last Word, NBC News) reconsiders the War on Drugs in this video.
Woman Walks After Prosecutorial Perfidy in Tucson
Aurora Lopez-Avila is back home in Mexico after sitting for more than two years in a Tucson, Arizona prison on drug charges.
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Is the CIA a drug cartel?
A Mexican government official has told reporters that the CIA is not fighting drug traffickers, but rather they are managing the trade.
Belize Ponders Marijuana Decriminalization
Belize is studying the possible decriminalization of the possession of small amounts of marijuana to unclog its courts and jails
Video: The Young Turks Shreds DEA For Equating Dead Children With Winning War On Drugs
The Young Turks Network shreds Drug Enforcement Agency Chief Michele Leonhart for saying “ It may seem contradictory, but the unfortunate level of violence is a sign of success in the fight…
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Will Obama Fight Mexico's Desire to Throw in the Towel On Failed War On Drugs?
Even though the US uses both the carrot and the stick in strong arming other nations into supporting the failed war on drugs, nations like Mexico can’t support the perpetual crippling burden.…
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War On Drugs is "The Worst Bad Solution"
Don Winslow writes a wonderfully stinging piece on the utter failure that is the War on Drugs in America with its destructive and checkered history. Check out the “The Worst Bad Solution”…