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- After 50 years of the war on drugs, 'what good is it doing for us?' https://www.npr.org/2021/06/17/1006495476/after-50-years-of-the-war-on-drugs-what-good-is-it-doing-for-us 338 comments
- Forced catheterizations are a good reminder that the drug war is as barbaric and cruel as ever https://www.washingtonpost.com/news/the-watch/wp/2017/04/14/forced-catheterizations-are-a-good-reminder-that-the-drug-war-is-as-barbaric-and-cruel-as-ever/ 12 comments politics
- The Drug War Started 45 Years Ago Today. Here's How to End it For Good http://www.drugpolicy.org/blog/drug-war-started-45-years-ago-today-heres-how-end-it-good?utm_campaign=fy17social&utm_medium=social&utm_source=1606rdc345annblog 3 comments politics
- The Drug War: What is it Good For? -Forbes xpost from r/drugs, r/trees http://www.forbes.com/sites/artcarden/2011/06/23/the-drug-war-what-is-it-good-for/ 2 comments politics
- In Drug War, Mexicans Can No Longer Tell Good From Bad http://www.nytimes.com/2008/11/02/world/americas/02mexico.html?scp=1&sq=mexico%20and%20good%20guys&st=cse 4 comments worldnews
- End the prohibition of heroin: A cop’s experience tells him the drug war is doing more harm than good http://www.bostonglobe.com/opinion/2014/08/24/end-prohibition-heroin/grq3to2rwx3iwdytjy8upo/story.html?event=event25 46 comments politics
- Trump's Opioid Commission Had Some Stunningly Good Recommendations. He Ignored Them For 80s Drug War Nostalgia https://theintercept.com/2017/08/09/trumps-opioid-commission-had-some-stunningly-good-recommendations-he-ignored-them-for-80s-drug-war-nostalgia/ 12 comments politics
- This is a good time to remind conservatives that the War on Drugs has undermined limited government in all sorts of ways over the years http://andrewsullivan.theatlantic.com/the_daily_dish/2010/10/the-war-on-obamacare-meets-the-war-on-drugs.html 13 comments politics
- War on drugs: What is it good for? Four decades after President Nixon declared war on drugs, nearly everyone agrees it's time for a truce. http://www.globalpost.com/dispatch/news/regions/americas/united-states/130313/us-drug-war-what-is-it-good-for 7 comments politics
- Ron Paul is blowing up real good: The rambunctious GOP candidate wants to drag the U.S. out of Iraq, can the war on drugs, and overturn the Patriot Act. No wonder Republican power brokers want to boot him off the stage. http://www.salon.com/news/feature/2007/06/02/ron_paul/ 133 comments reddit.com
- Feds Say They Will Go Easy on Banks Doing Business with Marijuana Dispensaries -- Another good piece of news from the Justice Department on the drug war http://www.alternet.org/drugs/feds-say-they-will-go-easy-banks-doing-business-marijuana-dispensaries 167 comments politics
- War on Drugs: Latin American leaders consider legalizing both marijuana and cocaine. Meanwhile, the US remains firmly opposed to legalizing marijuana, as federal authorities crack down on dispensaries and growers. The White House does not support legalization, mostly because "it isn't good for you." http://www.globalpost.com/dispatches/globalpost-blogs/que-pasa/legalization-debate-first-pot-now-coke 429 comments worldnews
- War on Drugs: Latin American leaders consider legalizing both marijuana and cocaine. Meanwhile, the US remains firmly opposed to legalizing marijuana, as federal authorities crack down on dispensaries and growers. The White House does not support legalization, mostly because "it isn't good for you." http://www.globalpost.com/dispatches/globalpost-blogs/que-pasa/legalization-debate-first-pot-now-coke 198 comments politics
- Cannabis: it's time to stop the lies and start a rational debate - These are not left-over hippies or natural libertarians but former frontline combatants in the war on drugs who have learnt that the war is unwinnable and doing more harm than good. http://www.belfasttelegraph.co.uk/opinion/columnists/eamon-mccann/cannabis-itrsquos-time-to-stop-the-lies-and-start-a-rational-debate-14554083.html 11 comments politics
- "Why has America become a nation that can't make anything bad end, like wars, farm subsidies, our oil addiction, the drug war, useless weapons programs and can't make anything good start, like health care reform, immigration reform, rebuilding infrastructure?" http://www.huffingtonpost.com/bill-maher/new-rule-if-america-cant_b_299383.html? 686 comments politics
- This guy was shot four times in the back because police mistook a Popsicle stick in his mouth for drugs. The point is not to rant about police, but to say collectively that we need to commit to ending the so called war on drugs for good. http://investigativevoice.com/index.php?option=com_content&view=article&id=3478:taken-fenyanga-muhammed&catid=25:the-project&itemid=44 63 comments reddit.com
- Good News !! 5 Years After: Portugal’s Drug Decriminalization Policy Shows Very Positive Results .. Drug Wars are Failures !! VOTE UP PLEASE !! Let Everyone Know http://westcoastcannabis.com/2009/04/13/5-years-after-portugals-drug-decriminalization-policy-shows-positive-results/ 3 comments politics
- Good News !! 5 Years After: Portugal’s Drug Decriminalization Policy Shows Very Positive Results .. Drug Wars are Failures !! VOTE UP PLEASE !! Let Everyone Know http://westcoastcannabis.com/2009/04/13/5-years-after-portugals-drug-decriminalization-policy-shows-positive-results/ 21 comments reddit.com
- Colombia uses our military aid to kill union officials and fight the drug war. They've done such a good job, Bush wants them to get a free trade agreement that rewards multi-national corporations! http://www.theseminal.com/2008/11/21/human-rights-watch-the-other-shoe-on-colombia-free-trade/ 11 comments worldnews
- (Nobel Prize Winner) Milton Friedman on the War on Drugs: "Government never has any right to interfere with an individual for that individual’s own good. The case for prohibiting drugs is exactly as strong and as weak as the case for prohibiting people from over eating." http://toshuo.com/2007/milton-friedman-on-drugs-limited-government/ 207 comments reddit.com
- Libertarians Can Be a Significant Force for Good in U.S. Politics: A Ron Paul utopia isn't in America's future. But the war on drugs could be ended, mass surveillance stopped, and liberty expanded in dozens of smaller but important ways. http://www.theatlantic.com/politics/archive/2014/08/an-opening-for-libertarians-to-be-a-significant-force-in-us-politics/375972/?single_page=true 21 comments politics