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Maximizing Harm - Losers and Winners in the Drug War
This site and its accompanying book offers a look at why the war makes problems worse instead of better, and who gets hurt and who gets helped by these policies.
http://www.maximizingharm.com
Drugs: The United States and Latin America
A few mordant words on drugs, drug abuse, and the disgraceful ties that bind Latin America and the United States.
http://www.rjgeib.com/thoughts/drugs/drugs...
Drug WarRant
Weblog features news, analysis, and rants by Pete Guither about current issues in the drug war.
http://blogs.salon.com/0002762/
Ragged-Trousered Philosopher Forum
Threaded discussions on philosophy, politics and the US drug policy.
http://www.fullmoon.nu/forum/
Snitch
PBS program which investigates how a fundamental shift in the country's anti-drug laws - including federal mandatory minimum sentencing and conspiracy provisions - has bred a culture of snitching that is in many cases rewarding the guiltiest and punishing the less guilty.
http://www.pbs.org/wgbh/pages/frontline/sh...
The War on Drugs
Resources on drug policy from Reason magazine.
http://www.reason.com/bi/drugs.shtml
Drug Policy Alliance
An organization working to end the war on drugs and promote new drug policies based on common sense, science, public health and human rights. Formerly the Lindesmith Center.
http://www.drugpolicy.org
Drug Abuse in America: 2001
A summary of drug abuse-related statistics.
http://www.policyalmanac.org/crime/archive...
November Coalition
The casualties of America's War on Drugs and what you can do to end the drug war.
http://www.november.org/
The Online Reefer Madness Teaching Museum
An online history museum of reefer madness dating back to the 1800's.
http://www.onlinepot.org/ReeferMadness/ree...
Drug Mistreatment by Jake Ginsky
Tens of thousands of American teenagers are forced into drug treatment programs each year by schools, parents, or the courts - despite not having any serious drug problem.
http://www.motherjones.com/news_wire/rehab...
Frontline - Drug Wars
Online accompaniment to the PBS series examining the war on illegal drugs.
http://www.pbs.org/wgbh/pages/frontline/sh...
Government Wears No Clothes
Website of Bob Newland, noted journalist, raconteur, iconoclast, political philosopher and exposer of the lies used to propagate the so-called War on Drugs.
http://www.nakedgov.com/
Partnership for a Drug-Free America?
Let's look closely at the supposed reasons why some drugs are "harmful". Are they really?
http://www.angelfire.com/boybands/mindfuk/...
Salon news: The war on drugs
Prisons, profiling and propaganda: Salon's coverage of the U.S. government crackdown on illegal-substance abuse and the drug trade.
http://www.salon.com/news/special/drug_war...
The Greens and The Drug War
News, statistics and articles on the Drug War, and the Green Party marijuana legalisation and harm reduction policies.
http://www.angelfire.com/rnb/y/greens.htm
Drug War Prisoners
Information and articles by and for drug war prisoners and others interested in drug law reform.
http://www.drugwarprisoners.org
National Drug Court Institute
Non-profit organization involved in sculpting the movement of Drug Courts within the U.S. and internationally for Court Practitioners. Provides training, research, and scholarships.
http://www.ndci.org
Prohibition: The War on Drugs
The nature and origin of the 'War on Drugs'. Why this 'war' is so entrenched.
http://www.serendipity.li/wod.html
Drop the Rock
Enacted in 1973 when Nelson Rockefeller was governor, the Rockefeller Drug Laws require harsh prison terms for the possession or sale of relatively small amounts of drugs.
http://www.droptherock.org/
Anti War-on-Drugs Activists' List
A list of contacts for those against opposing current drug policy.
http://www.faqs.org/faqs/drugs/law-reforme...
The Schaffer Library of Drug Policy
Complete histories, books, periodicals and historical research documenting the failure of the War on Some Drugs.
http://www.druglibrary.org/schaffer/
Malevolent Prohibition
A two-part editorial "Spurious Justification" and "Who Benefits from Prohibition?" Explores aspects of law and drug use.
http://unquietmind.com/prohibition1.html
The Narco News Bulletin
Reports on the drug war from Latin America with breaking news, analysis, investigative journalism, translations of journalism from Mexico and beyond, and media criticism.
http://www.narconews.com/
The War on (Certain) Drugs
Noam Chomsky argues that the U.S. government is scandalously cynical in launching a "War on Drugs" while, at the same time, supporting other dangers.
http://deoxy.org/usdrugs.htm
Columbia Law School for Enacting Humane Drug Policies
Student group dedicated to explore human alternatives to the current policy.
http://www.columbia.edu/cu/fehdp
Making The Walls Transparent
Federal prisoner, state inmate, Gary Brooks Waid details corruption and abuse in the Florida state Bureau of Prisons.
http://www.angelfire.com/la/kaylee/tales.h...
NarcoTerror
Is the funding of terrorist groups an unintended consequence of drug prohibition? This site explores the inevitable convergence of prohibition, crime, arms dealing, and terrorism.
http://www.narcoterror.org/
Veterans for More Effective Drug Strategies US
Favors the return of the drug problem to the domain of the medical profession.
http://www.vetsformeds.org
"War on Drugs" Or... How the Feds Are Destroying Our Liberty
Information regarding federal intrusion into personal responsibility.
http://www.angelfire.com/pa/sergeman/issue...
Free William Leonard Pickard Website
Dedicated to supporting freedom. Leonard is currently awaiting trial for LSD manufacturing.
http://www.freepickard.org
Common Sense For Drug Policy
Dedicated to expanding discussion on drug policy by raising questions about existing law and educating the public about alternatives to current policies.
http://www.csdp.org
Human Rights and the Drug War
In a photographic essay, the public sees the actual faces of people filling American prisons today and learns the case histories of selected inmates whose sentences illustrate the often harsh and arbitrary policies imposed on first-time, non-violent drug offenders.
http://www.hr95.org
Drug War and Drug Policy Facts
"The 'War on Drugs' is an expensive, destructive, failed sham.
http://www.drugsense.org
King County Bar Association Drug Policy Project
Doctors, lawyers, and pharmacists in Seattle, Washington join in calling for an end to the state's war on drugs.
http://home2.netcarrier.com/~aahpat/washin...
The Drug Peace Campaign
The Mission of the Drug Peace Campaign is to bring a peaceful end to the War on Drugs and to the persecutions and human rights abuses that are perpetrated in its name.
http://www.drugpeace.org/
Why Our Drug Laws Have Failed and What We Can Do About It
By Judge Jim P. Gray. In addition to the comments from the author of this book, who is a veteran trial judge in Southern California, the views of more than 40 judges and justices nationwide are cited in this documented.
http://www.judgejimgray.com
Drug War Facts
Free online book - a collection of categorized information on various aspects of the drug war, all presented with full source citations and, where possible, links to the original.
http://www.drugwarfacts.org
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