Kentucky Democratic US Senate hopeful Jack Conway and his allies continue to attack Republican hopeful Rand Paul for his dissent from drug war orthodoxy. The latest salvo came in an attack ad by Common Sense Ten, …
Posts Tagged ‘Methamphetamine’
Campaign Ad Attacks Rand Paul As Soft on Drugs
October 15, 2010 | 1 views | No Comments
Posted in NewsMontana Meth Project Didn’t Reduce Use, Study Finds
September 21, 2010 | 4 views | No Comments
In 2005, Montana had one of the highest rates of methamphetamine use in the country, and businessman Thomas Siebel responded with the Montana Meth Project, an anti-meth campaign relying on graphic advertiseme…
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Prescription Pills Up, Cocaine And Meth Down, Marijuana Holds Steady
September 19, 2008 | 35 views | No Comments
Nearly 20 million Americans used illicit drugs in the month before responding to an annual national survey last year, according to the Substance Abuse and Mental Health Services Administration (SAMHSA). That figure includes not only illegal drugs, but also prescription drugs used for non-medical purposes. The numbers come from the National Survey on Drug Use and Health, which interviewed 67,500 people for its annual report.
Posted in ResearchOn Speed: The Many Lives of Amphetamine
September 12, 2008 | 55 views | No Comments
Almost everybody knows about methamphetamine, that demon drug, that pharmacological equivalent of plutonium, stereotypically favored by toothless, uneducated white guys tweaking in trailer parks out in the sticks. Many fewer people are aware of Desoxyn, which is widely prescribed to treat Attention Deficit Hyperactivity Disorder (ADHD). And even fewer are aware that Desoxyn is nothing [...]
Hawaii’s Big Island to Vote on Lowest Law Enforcement Priority Initiative
August 29, 2008 | 12 views | No Comments
Petitioners for an initiative making adult marijuana offenses the lowest law enforcement priority on Hawaii’s pot-friendly Big Island failed to gather enough valid signatures to qualify for the November ballot, but it is going there anyway. After reviewing the signature count, the county council voted 5-4 to put the measure on the ballot.
Opposition to Plan Merida Emerges in Mexico
May 9, 2008 | 76 views | No Comments
Bush administration and Mexican officials met over a period of months last year and early this year to craft a joint response that would see $500 million a year in assistance to Mexico, primarily in the form of helicopters and surveillance aircraft. Known as Plan Mérida, after the Mexican city in which it took final form, the assistance package is now before the US Congress.
