Arianna Huffington’s powerful piece “The War on Drugs is Really a War on Minorities,” which was in the Los Angeles Times on Saturday, is now reprinted at Alternet today:

While all the major candidates are vying for the black and Latino vote, they are completely ignoring one of the most pressing issues affecting those [...]

An OpEd in the Arizona Range News on Wednesday just may be the epitome of anti-legalization arguments: Legalization Of Drugs Is A Bad Idea. I know I was certainly curious when I saw the headline, and I eagerly read on to find out why. Author Terry Maxwell gets right into it:

Supporters of legalization [...]

“bullet” Last week’s ridiculous “apology” in the Independent (UK) has generated some attention this Sunday, with a series of articles and letters to the editor. Quite a mixed bag. On one side you have:

I have been a productive, happy citizen my entire adult life and have regularly consumed cannabis since I was 13 [...]

I haven’t had to bring up this liar for awhile. Joseph Califano, and Center on Addiction and Substance Abuse (CASA), you may recall, is known primarily for falsifying numbers about teenage drinking. They’re ba-ack. In the Daily Tar Heel, we see Report: Half In College Abuse Drugs Or Alcohol:

Experts Find the trend alarming [...]

In today’s Los Angeles Times is a blistering OpEd by Arianna Huffington

Democratic presidential candidates crave the Latino and black vote, but ignore the Drug War’s unfair toll on people of color. [...] The silence coming from Clinton and Obama is particularly deafening. Obama has written eloquently about his own struggle with drugs but [...]