If the “War on Drugs” Has Failed, Is Legalization the Answer?
If the “War On Drugs” has Failed, is Legalization the Answer? – Leigh Maddox and Peter Christ (members of Law Enforcement Against Prohibition): The “War on Drugs” helped create a situation where from gangs, to police to lawyers to jails, there is massive amounts of money to be made in this never-ending “war”
Is The War on Drugs "All About the Money"?
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So our charge—when Nixon announced the war on drugs, I took over the narcotic effort, narcotic enforcement effort. Our strategy, which was the national strategy—cut the head off the snake, reduce the flow of drugs into the country, and reduce drug …
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Kentucky works to give addicted inmates treatment while still behind bars
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She's now at the Western Kentucky Correctional Complex, convicted of several charges including burglary and possession of drug paraphernalia. In April, she was granted parole, contingent on her finishing a six-month substance abuse program along with …
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The People Vs. the War on Drugs: Filmmaker Tackles the "Predatory Monster"
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Imagine all the people wasting away in jail right now who are simply drug-addicted people… How many of our famous geniuses were [drug users], from Thomas Edison to Steve Jobs? Who knows who's wasting away in a prison cell right now that could have …
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Fight the New Drug holds 'Fight Night'
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Fight the New Drug has been operating on the USU campus since January 2011 and has educated USU students and the community on the psychological harms of pornography. Once a semester, they hold a Fight Night to inform students how pornography …
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