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FFF EMAIL UPDATE ARCHIVES
THE DRUG WAR

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Casualties of Mexico's Drug War
by Jim Picht
Washington Times
Has the Time Come to Legalize Drugs?
by Andres Oppenheimer
Miami Herald
War on Drugs Is Self-Defeating
by Harold Piety
Pennlive.com
This Week at War: Is Mexico's Drug War Doomed?
by Robert Haddick
Foreign Policy
Under Threat of Mexican Drug Cartels, Reporters Go Silent
by Tracy Wilkinson
Los Angeles Times
A War on Drugs? No, This Is a War on the Mexican People
by Luis Hernandez Navarro
The Guardian
A Drug Abuse Policy That Fails Everyone
by Jamie Fellner
Human Rights Watch
Mexico's Faltering Drug War
by Ted Galen Carpenter
National Interest
Report: Mexico's Drug War Is Not Working
by Daniel Herndandez
Los Angeles Times
Ex-Mexico President Calls for Legalizing Drugs
by E. Eduardo Castillo
Associated Press
The Harms of Drugs Versus the Harms of the "War on Drugs"
by Elizabeth M. Young
Helium.com
Legalizing Drugs the Only Answer
by Jonathan Power
Toronto Star
A Unique Chance to Rethink Drugs Policy
Editorial
The Observer
War on Drugs: Why the U.S. and Latin America Could Be Ready to End a Fruitless 40-Year Struggle
by Rory Carroll and Paul Harris
The Observer
Forget Failed War on Drugs, We Need to Make Our Peace
by Ruth Dudley Edwards
The Independent
The New Prohibition
by Terence Corcoran
National Post
Marijuana May Cause Canada's Economic Comedown
by Douglas Haddow
The Guardian
Why Do We So Wilfully Cover Up the Failure of the War on Drugs?
by Angus Macqueen
The Guardian
Parents: End the War on Drugs for Your Kids
by Julia Negron
Alternet.org
A Drug Raid Goes Viral
by Radley Balko
Reason
A Battle Over the Injustice of Nation's War on Drugs
by Leonard Pitts Jr.
Detroit Free Press
Inside Mexico's Drug War, Americans Allege Abuse
by Nicholas Casey
Wall Street Journal
Failed Drug War
by Robert Sharpe
Louisville Courier-Journal
History Repeats
by Joe Genevich
Boston Herald
More Soldiers, More Murders in Mexico's Drug War
by Emilio Godoy
The Final Call
Is Drug Policy a Human Rights Abuser?
by Joseph Alichin
Eurasia Review
Drug War Threatens Nation's Integrity
by Robert Sharpe
Winona Daily News
Another Round of Prohibition, Anyone?
by George F. Will
Washington Post
Deadly Drug War
by John Dougherty
Huffington Post
End Costly Drug War
Editorial
Canada Star Phoenix
War on Drugs Is Really a War on African Americans
by Leonard Pitts Jr.
Detroit Free Press
Legalization of Marijuana Will Make the World Safer
by Kim Hawk
Florida News Press
Power to the Drug Lords
by Chris Selley
National Post
Drug War Has Been Expensive Failure
Editorial
Charleston Gazette
Audit: El Paso Intelligence Center a Bust
by Jeff Stein
Washington Post
Police Drug Raid Madness (video)
by John Stossel
Fox Business Network
End the Drug War
by John Stossel
Reason
"Last Call," a History of Prohibition
by Gary Krist
Washington Post
How Can America's "War on Drugs" Succeed if their Prohibition Laws Failed?
by Johann Hari
The Independent
Pentagon Should Rescind Decision to Expel Reporters from Guantanamo
Editorial
Washington Post
"War on Drugs" Behind Endless Misery
by Evan Wood
CNN
National Review: The Tea Party and the Drug War
by Jeffrey A. Miron
NPR
The War on Drugs: A War on Liberty and Common Sense
by Bradley Harrington
Philadelphia Bulletin
A Worrying Front in the War on Drugs
by Patrick Gallahue
Guardian
The Parable of Prohibition
by Johann Hari
Slate
"War on Drugs' Behind Endless Misery
by Evan Wood
CNN.com
Judge Calls for Drugs to Be Legalized
Australia News Limited
Marijuana Legalization in California
by Jeffrey Miron
Harvard Crimson
U.S. Drug War Damages Both Canada and Mexico
Editorial
Vancouver Sun
Mexican Drug War: Case for Legalization?
by Susan Junkroski
Daily Herald
Consign the "War on Drugs" to History
by Sasha Abramsky
The Guardian
President Obama's War on His Own "Youthful Irresponsibility"
by Gene Healy
Cato Institute
Jamaica Bleeds for Our "War on Drugs"
by Ben Bowling
The Guardian
Obama Drug Policy an Improvement, but Change Still Needed
by Ethan Nadelmann
Detroit News
Unthinkable? Repeal Drugs Laws
Editorial
The Guardian
The Militarization of Police (video)
by Radley Balko
Russia Today
A Drug Raid Goes Viral
by Radley Balko
Reason
Killer Fungus Is No Mystery to Afghan Poppy Growers
by Nushin Arbabzadah
The Guardian
SWAT Killed My Buzz
by Radley Balko
ViceLand.com
Covering "Tainted Justice" and Winning a Pulitzer
by Barbara Laker and Wendy Ruderman
NPR
Another Innocent Victim in the War on Drugs
by Dan Rodricks
Baltimore Sun
The Immorality and Destructiveness of the Drug War (Video)
by Jacob G. Hornberger with Judge Andrew Napolitano
Fox News' Freedom Watch
Conservatives Should Get Weak on Drugs
by Evan Wood
National Post
End the War on Drugs
by Alexander S. Peak
The Towerlight
Marijuana, Boom and Bust
by Alexander Cockburn
Counterpunch.org
3 Reasons to Legalize Pot Now! (Video)
by Nick Gillespie
Reason TV
Caught in the Crossfire of an Unwinnable War
by Sian Herbert
The Guardian
Is Drug Policy a Human Rights Abuser?
by Joseph Allchin
Democratic Voice of Burma
The War on Drugs Has Failed
by Brian Reyes
Dscriber.com
Drug War Racism Ravishes America
by Linn Washington Jr.
Afrik.com
The War on Drugs Is Lost
by Patrick Basham
Pravda
Drug War Lost: Stop the Waste
Western Courier
Fools Behind Drug War
by Kirk Muse
Wyoming Tribune
Vestiges of Prohibition Target Americans Who Dare Enjoy Their Booze
by J.D. Tuccille
The Examiner
In the Drug War, Drugs Are Winning
by Steven Chapman
Reason
Only Drug Dealers Will Benefit from This Absurd Ban on Mephedrone
by Simon Jenkins
The Guardian
No Law Will Stop People Wanting to Get High
by Melanie Reid
London Times
Let's End the War on Drugs
by Sting
Huffington Post
The $250,000 Joint
by Anthony Papa
Counterpunch.org
Afghanistan as a Drug War
by Alfred McCoy
TomDispatch.com
It's Time to Legalize Marijuana
by Andrew P. Napolitano
Foxnews.com
Another Senseless Drug War Death
by Radley Balko
Reason
Like All Drugs, Miaow-Miaow Should Be Legal
by Antonia Senior
London Times
The War on Drugs Has Become a War on Us
by Peter McKnight
Vancouver Sun
Drug War: A Destructive, Immoral Domestic Policy
by Howard Wooldridge, et al
Wall Street Journal
The War on Drugs Is Doomed
by Mary Anastasia O'Grady
Wall Street Journal
The Need for an Open Debate on Drug Legalization
by William K. Boland
Student Pulse
Huge Coke Bust Reveals True Cost of Drug War
by David J. Payne
Canwest News Servicef
The Case of a Confidential Informant Gone Wrong
by Carrie Kahn
NPR
Slowly, States Are Lessening Limits on Marijuana
by William M. Welchand and Donna Leinwand
USA Today
Militarization of Drug War a Failure, Mexico Rights Watchdog Says
Latin American Herald Tribune
Mexico's Drug War: Corruption Cover-Up
by Jacob Sullum
Reason
Our "War on Drugs" Causes More Harm than Good
by Norm Stamper
USA Today
Victims Call for an End to Mexican War on Drugs
Editorial
Morning Star
Just Say "No" to Mandatory Drug Treatment
by J.D. Tucille
The Examiner
Keep Your Laws Off My Body
by John Stossel
Townhall.com
The War on Women
by Nelly Desmarattes
Diamondbackonline.com
LEAP Speaker Analyzes Drug Laws
by Chris Zois
Roosevelt Torch
How the "War on Drugs" Can Kill
by Jennifer Abel
The Guardian
Border Towns Across Rio, Worlds Apart in Drug War
by Dan Barry
New York Times
The Chemist's War
by Deborah Blum
Slate
How Mexico's Drug War May Become Its Iraq
by Ioan Grillo
Time
The Drug Lord's Christmas List
by Turtel
Mykidsdeservebetter.com
Could Decriminalization Be the Answer?
by Jens Glusing
Spiegel Online
Hopelessness in Mexico's Drug War
by Gene Fellner
Washington Post
Obama's Drug War Budget Looks a Lot Like Bush's
by Bill Piper
Alternet.org
Drug Czar Cannot Be Trusted
by Ralph Givens
Washington Times
Time to Prohibit Drugs Prohibition
by Levent Akbulut
The Guardian
Stand With El Paso in Opposing the Failed War on Drugs
Law Enforcement Against Prohibition
The Drug War, Part VI, The Hypocrisy We Can't Answer
by David P. Price
Wilson County News
Drug Cartels Tighten Grip: Mexico Becoming "Narco-State"
by Chris Hawley
Arizonacentral.com
Pill Pusher or a Lifesaver?
by Claude Curran
Boston Globe
The So-Called "War on Drugs" a Complete Failure
by Mariana Martinez
San Diego News Network
Aguilar and Castaneda: Mexico's Drug War Is Costly, Unwinnable, and Founded on Risky Myths
by Aurelia Fierros
The Examiner
The Price of Colombia's Drug War
by Gustavo Silva Cano
Colombia Reports
On the Jury, Gene Weingarten Didn't Believe the D.C. Police's Eyes
by Gene Weingarten
Washington Post
US Waves White Flag in Disastrous "War on Drugs"
by Hugh O'Shaughnessy
The Independent
Virginia Should Legalize Marijuana
by Robert Sharpe
Newport News Daily Press
War on Drugs: Time for Florida to Legalize and Tax Marijuana
by Kingsley Guy
Florida Sun-Sentinel
Mexican Drug Cartels More Violent Without Guns?
by Howard Nemerov
The Examiner
Mexico's Drug War Leaves a Generation of Narco Widows
by Catherine Bremer
Reuters
Push for Looser Pot Laws Gains Momentum
by Nick Wingfield and Justin Scheck
Wall Street Journal
The Drug War vs. the Bill of Rights
by Anthony Gregory
Tenth Amendment Center
The War on Drugs Is a War On People
by Ethan Nadelmann
Ethiopian Review
Drug War Waged Against Wrong People
by Joel Connelly
Seattle Post-Intelligencer
Victory in the "Drug War" Will Never Happen
by Kirk Muse
Culpeper Star Exponent
Forty Years of "Drug War"
Editorial
Oregon Democrat Herald
Book Takes Mexico Drug War to Task
by Ken Ellingwood
Los Angeles Times
Saving Mexico
by David Luhnow
Wall Street Journal
Mexico's Drug War Brings More Carnage to Border
by Jason Beaubien
NPR.org
The Drug-War Two-Step
by David Shirk
San Diego Union-Tribune
The Drug War, Part III
by David P. Price
Wilson County News
Winning the Drug War?
Editorial
Pensacola News Journal
The End of the Drug War?
by Greg Patchick
Aspen Times
US Drug War Crackdown Misses the Money
by Martha Mendoza and Jacques Billeaud
ABC News
Mexico's Drug Cartels Siphon Liquid Gold
by Steve Fainaru and William Booth
Washington Post
Mexico's Drug War Raids Endanger, Scare Residents
by Patrick Rucker
Reuters
The Enduring Legacy of Prohibition
by Anthony Gregory
Campaign for Liberty
Retired Police Officer to Advocate for Drug Legalization
by Julia Terruso
The Daily Orange
Drug War Woes
by Rachel Goldberg
Indiana Daily Student
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