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Hundreds of Thousands Locked Out of Voting Because of Drug War Policies

Monday, October 27, 2008

Estimates range from 300,000 to more than 900,000 former Florida felons who’ll be staying home on Election Day because voting rights were taken–Many of these individuals are locked out of civic engagement because of previous drug charges.

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Significant Differences Amid Candidates’ Drug Policies

Monday, October 27, 2008

The differences among the two presidential candidates are sharp, including that of drug policies.

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UCLA Prop. 36 2008 Final Study

Thursday, October 16, 2008

The University of California – Los Angeles issued a new report on California’s Prop.

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Measures Would Greatly Expand Oregon Prison System

Thursday, October 16, 2008

Oregon voters are faced with two competing measures that could expand the prison industrial complex by over $1 billion.

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Methamphetamine: Prohibition Shifts Smuggling Routes

Wednesday, October 15, 2008

The demand for meth and prohibition of its ingredients is re-shaping the global drug trafficking map.

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Tues Oct 14, 2008 News Articles

Tuesday, October 14, 2008

Voters could relax marijuana penalties Stateline.org Proposition 5: Measure requires greater leniency in drug crimes Ventura County (CA) Star S.F. leads way on patient-friendly pot clubs San Francisco (CA) Chronicle, Official: Drug problem in schools Wheeling Intelligencer (WV) As the violence soars, Mexico signals it’s had enough of America’s stupid war on drugs AlterNet A plan to win drug war The Windsor (Canada) Star “Three strikes and out” penalty for cannabis users falls apart The Times (London, England) Afghan minister welcomes NATO’s role in war on drug Xinhua (China) Life in the midst of a drugs war Nouse (York University, UK)

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Incarceration Causes More Harm Than Benefit

Monday, October 13, 2008

Starting in 1996, the Vancouver Injection Drug User Study now demonstrates how incarceration creates more harm than benefit for injection drug users.

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Overdose Fatalities Avoided

Friday, October 10, 2008

More research demonstrates the high importance of Insite, a harm reduction medical agency for injection drug users.

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Medical Marijuana: Potential $40 Billion Pharma Market

Wednesday, October 8, 2008

Over the past 20 years studies have shown the efficacy of using marijuana in medicine specifically its psychoactive ingredient, tetrahydrocannabinol.

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Brother of Afghanistan President Alleged Drug Trafficker

Monday, October 6, 2008

Numerous reports and current and former officials from the White House, the State Department and the United States Embassy in Afghanistan link brother of Afghanistan President, Ahmed Wali Karzai, to drug trafficking.

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