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6 Kinds of Pills Big Pharma Tries to Get You Hooked on for Life

Martha Rosenberg, AlterNet — Thu, 26 Apr 2012 12:00:01 PDT

Since direct-to-consumer drug advertising debuted in the late 1990s, the number of people on prescription drugs for life has ballooned.

5 Fascinating New Uses For Psychedelics

Sarah Seltzer, AlterNet — Thu, 26 Apr 2012 08:00:01 PDT

Scientists are looking into various medical and psychiatric uses for psychedelics. Could the taboo be ending?

How America Lost Its Collective Mind in the Drug War

Cliff Schecter, AlterNet — Wed, 25 Apr 2012 13:00:01 PDT

By any measure; economically, morally, democratically, we are the worse for pot prohibition.

Sending the Sick Into the Streets? How Drug Tests Will Lock Homeless New Yorkers With HIV/AIDS Out of Shelters

Jaron Benjamin, Mike Selick, AlterNet — Tue, 24 Apr 2012 08:00:01 PDT

New York City Mayor Michael Bloomberg's new policy will require drug screening for homeless people living with HIV/AIDS applying for shelter.

Oakland 4/20: "Obama, You're Alienating Your Base"

Phillip Smith, Drug War Chronicle — Sat, 21 Apr 2012 15:00:01 PDT

Demonstrators in Oakland Friday put the campaign on notice that the administration is losing friends in California with its attacks on medical marijuana.

#OpCannabis: Anonymous Hackers Take Up Marijuana Activism

Stephen C. Webster, Raw Story — Sat, 21 Apr 2012 15:00:01 PDT

Hacktivist Anonymous began the "OpCannabis" to throw the collective's weight behind drug reform.

Drug Activists Slam Obama's "New" Drug Policy

Stephen C. Webster, Raw Story — Wed, 18 Apr 2012 11:00:01 PDT

The administration is prioritizing drug arrests and trampling on state medical marijuana laws while not doing enough to reduce the harms of drug addiction and misuse.

I Thought My Suburban Pot Secret Was Safe ... Then the DEA Crackdowns Started

Greg Campbell, Salon — Wed, 18 Apr 2012 00:00:01 PDT

A journalist dives into understanding medical marijuana laws by growing some pot himself.

The Golden Age of Getting High in America: How 2 Young Hippie Girls Became Major Players in the Drug Trade

Jeff Deeney, The Fix — Tue, 17 Apr 2012 16:00:01 PDT

The true tale of two 20-year-old hippies in the early '70s who became major players in the marijuana trade.

Historic 4/20: Colorado Voters Have Chance to End Marijuana Prohibition

Art Way, AlterNet — Tue, 17 Apr 2012 10:00:01 PDT

Itâ€™s time to end nearly a century of Colorado's marijuana prohibition, a policy that failed as badly as alcohol prohibition. The common sense solution: regulation.

Pavlovian Conditioning for Heroin Addicts: How Manipulating Memory Can Treat Addiction

Mo Costandi, The Guardian — Mon, 16 Apr 2012 14:00:01 PDT

A new study shows that a behavioural procedure that alters memory effectively prevents the cravings of heroin addicts.

At Historic Summit, Obama Rejects Fed Up Latin American Leaders' Calls for Drug Legalization

Amy Goodman, Democracy Now! — Mon, 16 Apr 2012 11:00:01 PDT

This Summit of the Americas will become an historic moment in the rapidly transforming, global drug policy debate.

â€œInconvenient Childrenâ€ Video Unleashes a Viral Political Storm in Mexico

Louis Nevaer, New America Media — Sun, 15 Apr 2012 10:00:01 PDT

The video is spreading like wildfire.

Witness to Mexico's Drug War Escalation: 'Legalizing Marijuana Would Have a Huge Impact'

Tony O'Neill, The Fix — Fri, 13 Apr 2012 12:00:01 PDT

Witness to the everyday bloody cost of policies and politics, author Ioan Grillo explains the drug war from Mexico's perspective.

Heads of State Considering Alternatives to the Drug War

Phillip Smith, Drug War Chronicle — Thu, 12 Apr 2012 15:00:01 PDT

Obama's heading to Colombia for a summit with Latin American leaders--and for the first time, alternatives to drug prohibition are on the agenda.

How Our Absurd Drug War Hurts Everyone

David Sirota, Salon — Thu, 12 Apr 2012 14:00:01 PDT

The war on drugs takes taxpayers' finite law-enforcement resources away from fighting real crimes on and off Wall Street, and instead concentrates it on punishing pot use.

Latin American Leaders: Why We Should Treat Addicts, Not Criminalize and Stigmatize Them

Fernando Henrique Cardoso, Ernesto Zedillo, Cesar Gaviria, Huffington Post — Wed, 11 Apr 2012 15:00:01 PDT

Former Latin American presidents explain why the devastating drug war must end now.

Can Jobs Grow From Marijuana? Spanish Village Considers Using Pot to Rebuild Economy

Staff, Agence France Presse — Wed, 11 Apr 2012 11:00:01 PDT

In an urgent bid to create jobs and raise money to pay off debts, the village council of Rasquera will hold a vote to rent out a field for growing cannabis.

Inside the Growing Prescription Pill Epidemic That's Ravaging Communities

Evelyn Nieves, AlterNet and Salon — Wed, 11 Apr 2012 00:00:01 PDT

What started out as a situation in poor isolated areas of the country left to their own devices has taken root and spread, across Appalachia and beyond.

5 Ways to Avoid Getting Busted for Pot

Scott Morgan, AlterNet — Mon, 09 Apr 2012 19:00:01 PDT

How not to become a statistic in our nation's enormous, expensive war on marijuana.