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Daily Archives: May 26, 2010
Stupid Drug Warrior Tricks
We haven’t heard a whole lot from John Negroponte in a while, but he surfaces in this AP story Negroponte, a former U.S. ambassador to Mexico who has been working on drug control for 35 years, urged legislators to not … Continue reading
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Um, Ireland? No, we haven’t. Sorry
In the Irish Examiner today: US ends ‘war on drugs’ By Cormac O’Keeffe THE United States has “ended its war on drugs” and is now moving its focus to prevention and treatment, the US drugs chief has told top Irish … Continue reading
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The Drug War in Jamaica
It’s one of the things that’s slipped by on this blog, but there’s quite a drug war situation in Jamaica right now. Nina, from Drugs, Law and Conflict was there recently and has a good report on the situation: State … Continue reading
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The origins of 420 written by its founders: CounterPunch: The Etymology of 420