Bertrand Audoin and Chris Beyrer
It is common knowledge that illicit drug use in the Russian Federation has reached critical proportions. It is also common knowledge that people who use drugs are among those most at-risk of infection with H.I.V. An…
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Elected Officials, VIPs And Grassroots Slam Drug War
June 16, 2011 | 0 views | No Comments
June 17 will mark forty years since President Richard Nixon, citing drug abuse as “public enemy No. 1,” officially declared a “war on drugs.” A trillion dollars and millions of ruined lives later, the war on drugs has proven t…
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Former Presidents, Intellectuals Seek Strategy Beyond War on Drugs
January 25, 2011 | 3 views | No Comments
By The Associated Press
GENEVA — A private commission of politicians, intellectuals, business leaders and health experts hopes to end drug abuse through a new strategy — one that assumes the U.S.-led war on drugs and U.N. approaches …
Posted in NewsWar on Drugs Or War on People?
May 14, 2009 | 3 views | No Comments
Have you ever shoplifted? Even as a teenager, but over 18? Have you ever vandalized someone’s property in anger, maybe, even as a teenager, but over 18?
Have you ever experimented with drugs as a teenager, but over 18? If you said “no” to those questions and can look back upon your youth and feel excellent about the things you did back then, well, we should give you a gold star! No sarcasm intended, you did things right and society can feel safe and contented.
Many people, however, have a little ghost in their closet from the days of “becoming a man” or just trying to be an adult. We are human and humans are prone to making mistakes. How long should a youthful indiscretion follow a mature adult around? How many years of post event regret should hamper an individual. Should he be accountable for life?
Would a reasonable person feel that a person who committed a non-violent crime once while still a teenager and served their sentence for it (community service – let’s say and let’s say it was 15 years ago) still have to report it in writing so that someone can judge their worthiness as a person?
Drugs in Our Culture: Vintage Film Covers 1960s Drug Use in School
August 28, 2008 | 27 views | No Comments
A clear, honest, and detailed depiction of drug use in the 1960s. Marijuana is discussed in depth, but other more socially-accepted drugs like alcohol and tobacco are taken to task as well. The film even examines possible societal influences for drug use, such as the increasing prevalence of prescription drugs and other chemical aids. The film also attacks the ever growing (and now dominant) pharmaceutical industry. Taking an even more progressive turn, drug addicts are treated as ill and in need of treatment – not prison.
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