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Drug War News: Don't Miss Archive 2006
National Drug Threat Assessment 2006;
from US Dept. of Justice, Jan. 06
Women's
Human Rights: Abuse of Women in Custody: Sexual Misconduct and
the Shackling of Pregnant Women; from Amnesty
International USA -- More
Studies and Reports
Abu Ghraib, Symbol
of America's Shame, to Close Within Three Months; from
The Guardian (UK), 3/10/06
Report Finds Few
Protections For Pregnant Prisoners; from NewStandard
(US) , 3/6/06 -- More Abuse
News
Booker,
Blakely & Fanfan Sentencing Materials;
from The United
States Sentencing Commission
Cracks Exist
In Drug Sentencing; from Worcester Telegram &
Gazette (MA), 2/18/06 -- More
Blakely/Booker & Sentencing News
Federal Judge
Blasts Mandatory Minimum Sentences; from New York
Law Journal (NY), 1/20/26 -- More
Dissenting Opinions
NEW! The
Journey for Justice Song, by Amy, Julie, Jess and Molly:
The
Heartland Crofters (mP3 Format) -- Visit The Journey For Justice
Raymond's Letter to
President Bush; Nov 2005
All Alone In The World:
Children Of The Incarcerated; from Raw Story (US), 11/8/05 -- More
Children Of War
Latest News: Posted March 2006
The Misuse of SWAT: Paramilitary
Policing in the Drug War; from Drug War Chronicle (US),
3/17/06
When It Comes to Drug Laws,
the Jokes End; from New York Times, 3/14/06
Drug Money Wins Olympics;
from Chicago Defender (IL), 3/13/06
State Drug Reform Law
Needs To Reform ... Itself; from Newsday (NY), 3/14/06
Editorial: Drug War's
Futility, Failure; from Colorado Springs Gazette (CO),
3/13/06
OpEd: Private Prisons Not
Proper Solution For Corrections; from Montgomery Advertiser
(AL), 3/10/06
Column: War On Drugs
Is Producing Casualties, But Not Victories; from St. Louis
Post-Dispatch (MO), 3/12/06
How 'Go Ask Alice' Became
'Just Say No'; from San Francisco Chronicle (CA), 3/12/06
Federal Prisons Bureau To Grow
IT Business; from Government Computer News (US), 3/8/06
War On Drugs: Elusive Victory,
Disputed Statistics; from Reuters (Wire), 3/7/06
Police Defend Drug Sting
At School As A Deterrent; from Press-Enterprise (CA),
3/6/06
Federal Court Records
Being Kept Secret; from Associated Press (NC), 3/5/06
Drug Wars Being Fought
At Home; from Milwaukee Journal Sentinel (WI), 3/5/06
Methamphetamine Propaganda;
from Slate.com (US Web), 3/3/06
Drug Informant Accused
In Deaths To Be Extradited; from Dallas Morning News (TX),
3/3/06
The Drug Crisis, by Harry
Browne; from DrugSense Weekly (US), 3/3/06
Editorial: The Wrong
Lessons; from Daily Press (VA), 3/2/06
Meth Bill To Help Valley?
from Modesto Bee (CA), 3/3/06
BC Pot Activist Says
60 Minutes Will Show His Real Self; from Globe and
Mail (Canada), 3/3/06
Celebrity Mouth: Fox Bloviator
Attacks TV News Legend Walter Cronkite over Drug War; from Drug
War Chronicle (US), 3/3/06
A Mother's Battle;
from Portsmouth Herald (NH), 3/2/06
Drug That Spans The
Ages: The History Of Cocaine; from Belfast Telegraph (UK),
3/2/06
Bi-State Effort Answer
To Jail Overcrowding; from Spokesman-Review (WA), 3/2/06
Pain Patient: My Drugs
Are My Business; from Des Moines Register (IA), 3/1/06
Portable Cocaine Sensor
Developed; from PhysOrg.com (US), 2/27/06
OpEd: Jailed Cancer
Survivor Loses 25 Pounds In Three Weeks; from Las Vegas Review-Journal
(NV), 2/26/06
Bill Targets Pregnant
Women's Drug Use; from Spokesman-Review (WA), 3/1/06
Editorial: Gleaming
New Jail Won't Stay Empty For Long; from Casper Star-Tribune
(WY), 3/1/06
OpEd: Prohibition's
Lesson; from Berkshire Eagle (MA), 3/1/06
One-sided Prison Census
Review Sparks Backlash; from NewStandard (US), 2/27/06
Latest News: February 2006
- A Law's
Fallout: Women In Prison Fight For Custody; from Wall Street
Journal (US), 2/28/06
- Drug
Law's "Failures" Spur Get-Tough Call; from Sacramento
Bee (CA), 2/27/06
- Parents
Criticize School Systems's Drug Testing Plan; from Daily Press
(VA), 2/25/06
- Store
Clerk Meth Sting Challenged as Misguided, Racist; from The
NewStandard (US), 2/24/06
- Prison
Reformer Hopes For Statewide Success; from Charleston Daily
Mail (WV), 2/23/06
- Debt
To Society Is Least Of Costs For Ex-Convicts; from New York
Times (NY), 2/23/06
- National
Policymaker Calls For Student Drug Testing; from North County
Times (CA), 2/23/06
- 40 Years
Of Reefer Madness; from Dover-Sherborn Press (MA), 2/23/06
- The Investigation
Of Dr. Denney; from Anderson Valley Advertiser (CA), 2/22/06
- Tulia:
Race, Cocaine And Corruption In A Small Texas Town; from Scotland
On Sunday (UK), 2/19/06
- Column:
Musings About The War On Drugs; from Wall Street Journal
(US), 2/21/06
- Frontline:
The Meth Epidemic (Review); from Miami Herald (FL), 2/15/06
- Other
Air Marshals Implicated; from Houston Chronicle (TX),
2/17/06
- Marijuana
Defendant Claims He Was Targeted; from Herald-Palladium
(MI), 2/20/06
- Police
Misconduct: A Preponderance of Perjury; from The Muckraker
Report (US Web), 2/17/06
- The
Cost of Prisons; from Sojourners Magazine (US), Feb 2006
- Army Accepts
Crime In Recruits; from Baltimore Sun (MD), 2/14/06
- A
Better Strategy Against Narcoterrorism; from AlterNet
(US Web), 2/14/06
- Foes Fume
and Flee as Drug Reform Reaches Out to Conservatives; from Drug
War Chronicle (US), 2/16/06
- Reject The
War On Drugs; from Baltimore Chronicle (MD), 2/15/06
- Lack
Of Public Defenders May Free Accused Felons; from USA Today
(US), 2/14/06
- U.S.
Double Standard Not Understood Abroad; from Oklahoma Daily
(OK Edu), 2/14/06
- Humanists
Enter Fray over Drug Control Strategy; from American Humanist
Ass. (US), 2/8/06
- Undercover
Agent Let Off The Hook; from Milwaukee Journal Sentinel (WI),
2/6/06
- Third-Party
Candidate's First-Class Issue; from Hartford Courant (CT),
2/12/06
- Some
Immigrants Meet Harsh Face of Justice; from Los Angeles Times
(CA), 2/12/06
- War
On Drugs - Is It Really 'Right'? from Newsday (NY), 2/12/06
- Reinventing
Criminal Justice; from Washington Post (DC), 2/11/06
- Coca
Tea, Please! from The Technician (NC Edu), 2/9/06
- OpEd:
Schools, Society And Drugs; from Willits News (CA), 2/3/06
- Column:
Down From The High; from Reason Online (US Web), 2/8/06
- Column: Czars
And Tripe Forever; from Denver Post (CO), 2/9/06
- Most
Doctors Mishandling Teen Drug Tests; from HealthDay News
(US Web), 2/9/06
- Editorial:
Find Alternatives To Prison; from Milwaukee Journal Sentinel
(WI), 2/7/06
- Turning
In Parents Takes 'Guts'; from Kentucky Post (KY), 2/7/06
- Supporters:
Pasco County Man's Case Shows Unfairness Of Drug War; from Herald Today (FL), 2/8/06
- Drug
Czar Seeks To Expand Registries; from USA Today (US),
2/8/06
- College
Financial Aid Rules Loosened; from USA Today (US), 2/7/06
- Al Lewis,
95, Dies; Portrayed Grandpa On 'The Munsters' from New
York Times (NY), 2/5/06
- A Glimpse
Inside The San Francisco Hall Of Justice; from CounterPunch
(US Web), 2/4/06
- Column:
It's No Time For Reefer Madness; from The Record (CA),
2/1/06
- Afghan
Opium: License To Kill; from Asia Times Online (Web),
2/2/06
- Senate's
Drug Bill Tweaks Die In House; from Anchorage Daily News
(AK), 2/2/06
- Census Bureau,
Activists Debate How and Where to Count Inmates; from Washington
Post (DC), 1/30/06
Latest News: January 2006
- Police
Dog Bites Middle School Student During Special Presentation;
from WorldNow (US Web), 1/30/06
- Meth
Bill Proposes Sweeping Reforms; from
Spokesman-Review (WA), 1/17/06 -- More
WA State Activism
- Community
Protests Meth Prosecution Of Indian Store Owners; from Ledger-Enquirer (GA) & Drug War Chronicle (US), 1/13/06
- Dear
Drug Dealers, ... ; from Columbia
Journalism Review (NY), 1/26/06
- T-Shirts
Illustrate Divide; from San Francisco Chronicle (CA),
1/29/06
- Study
Claiming Methamphetamine is Overrunning Hospital Emergency Rooms
Fails to Withstand Scrutiny; from Drug War Chronicle (US),
1/27/06
- Editorial:
Unintended Consequences Of The War On Drugs; from San Francisco
Chronicle (CA)
- The Trouble
With Tough Love; from Washington Post (DC), 1/29/06
- His
Cup Runneth Over With Annoyance; from Los Angeles Times
(CA), 1/29/06
- A Greener
Side Of Politics; from Daily Campus (CT Edu), 1/25/06
- Judge
Orders Woman's Prison Term In Heroin-Death Case Cut In Half;
from Sarasota Herald-Tribune (FL), 1/24/06
- Editorial:
Scope Of Authority; from Ft. Worth Star-Telegram (TX),
1/24/06
- Morales
Likely To Cut Ties To U.S. Antidrug Efforts; from Philadelphia
Inquirer (PA), 1/22/06
- Column:
Sex, Lies And Oxycontin; from New York Times (NY), 1/24/06
- Groups
Want To Oppose County's Medical Marijuana Lawsuit; from North
County Times (CA), 1/25/06
- Opinion:
Mandatory Minimum Prison Sentences Don't Work; from Oakville
Beaver (CN ON), 1/20/06
- American
Justice: You're Guilty When Charged; from Human Events Online
(US Web), 12/23/05
- Potent
Mexican Meth Floods In As States Curb Domestic Variety; from
New York Times (NY), 1/23/06
- Party
Of Pain; from New York Times (NY), 1/21/06
- Ranks
Of Women In Wisconsin's Prisons Grow; from Post-Crescent
(WI), 1/15/06
- Wiretap
Whistleblower Or DEA Dupe? from Nashville Scene (TN),
1/19/06
- Anatomy
Of A Drug Craze; from Village Voice (NY), 1/18/06
- Questioning
US Arrest Statistics; from Christian Science Monitor (US),
1/18/06
- Without
Our Freedoms, Nothing Is Left To Lose; from Northwest Herald
(IL), 1/18/06
- Comes
Now Acomplia; from Anderson Valley Advertiser (CA), 1/18/06
- Oehlert:
Winning The Drug Peace; from Iowa State Daily (IA Edu),
1/17/06
- Editorial:
Keeping in Touch With a Parent in Prison; from New York Times,
1/14/06
- Unbelievable
Drug Hype And Its Mythic Little Pieces; from DrugSense Weekly
(US), 1/13/06
- Editorial:
Government Harasses Us Again; from Whidbey News-Times
(WA), 1/11/06
- Reconstruction
And The War On Drugs; from Gainesville Sun (FL), 1/8/06
- Alito Hearings
Yield Inconclusive but Mostly Bad Forecasts for Drug War Issues;
from Drug War Chronicle (US), 1/13/06
- Editorial:
Drugs And Racial Discrimination; from New York Times (NY),
1/12/06
- Column:
To Solve The Gun Problem, Overhaul Our Drug Policy; from Nelson
Daily News (CN BC), 1/10/06
- Column:
Government, Media Efforts Ineffective Anti-Drugs; from Daily
Bruin (CA Edu), 1/10/06
- Column:
Let's Get Serious About Relieving Chronic Pain; from New York
Times (NY), 1/10/06
- Deport Pot
'Refugee,' Federal Lawyer Asks; from Globe and Mail (CAN),
1/10/06
- Editorial:
When Police Won't Play 'Knock, Knock'; from Las Vegas Review-Journal
(NV), 1/10/06
- Column:
What Do We Learn About Drugs From Public Service Announcements?
from New Haven Register (CT), 1/5/06
- Reform
The Reforms; from New York Times (NY), 1/8/06
- Justices
To Say When Police Can Enter Private Home; from New York Times
(NY), 1/7/06
- Public
Corruption - Will Mordida Put Bite On Arizona? from East Valley
Tribune (AZ), 1/6/06
- More
Attention Should Be Paid To County Prisons; from Centre Daily
Times (PA), 1/5/06
- Top 10 Drug
War Stories; from Austin Chronicle (TX), 1/6/06
- Man Says
He Was Mistakenly Targeted In Drug Raid; from Waukesha Freeman
(WI), 1/4/06
- Column:
Crime Is More Puzzling Than Rocket Science; from Ottawa Citizen
(CN ON), 1/4/06
- The Big
Chill - Inserting The Dea Into End-Of-Life Care; from New
England Journal of Medicine (MA), 1/5/06
- Spice
Of Life - Cannabis; from The Statesman (India), 1/1/06
- Justice,
Texas Style; from AlterNet (US Web), 12/31/05
- Lawsuit
Accuses Drug Firms Of Role In Meth-Related Killing; from The
Oregonian (OR), 12/28/05
- Cartel Wooing
Mexico's Military; from San Jose Mercury News (CA), 12/27/05
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