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Drug War

NYTimes a Mouthpiece Advocating Disastrous Afghan Narco Policy

by Walther on July 27, 2008

in Walther

This week’s NYTimes Sunday Magazine had a silly/destructive article titled “Is Afghanistan a Narco State?”  Quick answer: obviously yes.  It was written by Thomas Schweich, a professor at Wash U and a drug warrior extraordinaire who seems to believe that advancing America’s failed drug war policies in Afghanistan is more important than stabilizing that troubled [...]

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Where are the Solutions to the Drug War?

by Walther on June 1, 2008

in Walther

The “War on Drugs” is a term that encapsulates all of the drug prohibition policies of the US. It’s a horrible policy.
First, there is no statistical evidence that says putting people in jail for drugs reduces the total number of drug users. In fact, residents of Amsterdam smoke less than half as much [...]

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Solutions: War on Drugs

by Walther on May 19, 2008

in Commentary

Submit ideas for solutions to the US drug war in the comments section. We’ll accumulate them and, as soon as we can, find a more effective way to synthesize and present them to the public.
No problems; only solutions.

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