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Wednesday, June 28, 2006

Scottish Herald seeks new strategy in drug policy

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This article, posted on the 28th June 2006, in the Herald discusses the inexorable global growth in the drug trade despite prohibition. The...

TV Presenter, Jonathan Ross calls on Tory leader to support legalization

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This video clip on the BBC search site shows Jonathan Ross interviewing David Cameron, the Tory leader. Towards the end of the clip Ross tr...
Monday, June 26, 2006

Decriminalization of cannabis to help overstretched police

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Matt Cooper, from the Sunday Times - Ireland, berates the lack of garda resources for controlling gangland murders and the spread of drugs. ...
Thursday, June 22, 2006

Dutch majority wishes in conflict with EU rules

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This NIS News Bulletin, (http://www.nisnews.nl/public/210606_1.htm), reports that the European Justice Commissioner, Franco Frattini, has wa...
Sunday, June 18, 2006

Scottish Drug Tsar admits enforcement is not the only solution

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This article published on the 18th June 2006 from the Scotland on Sunday (http://scotlandonsunday.scotsman.com/index.cfm?id=892852006) repor...
Monday, June 12, 2006

Safe injection sites encourage detox in users

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This article from the Vancouver Sun, published on 8 June 2006 ( http://www.canada.com/vancouversun...bdfa39 ) shows that liberal approaches ...
Thursday, June 08, 2006

A Times critique of drug policy in Afghanistan

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This article, published on 8 June 2006 in the Times at http://www.timesonline.co.uk/article/0,,6-2215682,00.html examines how Western attem...
Tuesday, June 06, 2006

The Independent endorses the Zurich approach

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In this article by the health editor, Jeremy Laurance, in the Independent published on 2nd of June 2006 the approach of Zurich authorities i...
Monday, June 05, 2006

The Scotsman denounces prohibition as a failure

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This article from 2 June 2006 and published in the Scotsman opinion section ( http://news.scotsman.com/opinion.cfm?id=816152006 ) declares t...
Thursday, June 01, 2006

Ben Elton, comedian, calls for the end of prohibition

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According to this article, posted on the 1 June 2006 in the Scotsman ( http://news.scotsman.com/politics.cfm?id=808472006 ), Ben Elton has s...
Wednesday, May 31, 2006

A Drug Reform Group letter

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This letter, published on 30 May 2006 in www.charleston.net , highlights the benefits to society of ending the war on drugs and instead reg...
Monday, May 29, 2006

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This article from the St Louis Post from the 29 May 2006( http://www.stltoday.com/stltoday/news/stories.nsf/editorialcommentary/story/0F6D92...

The benefits of legal consumption rooms could be enhanced through free drugs as well as needles

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An article from the Times Online on the 29 May 2006 by Rachel Campbell-Johnston examines the advantages of consumption rooms where drug user...
Sunday, May 28, 2006

Afghan Parliament rejects legalization of opium crop

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According to this article, published on 28 May 2006 in www.dailytimes.com.pk , the upper house of the Afghan parliament has decided that the...

Philadelphia Inquirer against prohibition

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This article posted in the Philadelphia Inquirer on 25 May 2006 questions the attempt by Christian members of Congress to ban internet gambl...

Ottwan journalist against legalization

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This article by Geoff Matthews in the OttawaSUN.com on 25 May 2006 is against legalizing prostitution because "making prostitution lega...
Friday, May 26, 2006

Critique of American War on Drugs

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An article in the Voice of San Diego published on the 25 May 2006 discusses the war on drugs in the light of recent attempts by Mexico not t...
Wednesday, May 24, 2006

American drug war in Mexico

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Here's an article which discusses the recent attempt to moderate prohibition laws in Mexico and how that was thwarted by U.S.A. pressure...

Heroin consumption rooms not ruled out by Tory party

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According to a report in the Daily Telegraph of 24 May 2006 the Conservative party has tentatively accepted proposals to allow heroin users ...
Monday, May 22, 2006

Comment from Steve Chapman at the Chicago Tribune

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22 May 2006 Steve Chapman discusses in this article the economic and policing advantages of decriminalizing drug use in various different co...
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