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The Inhumane Drug War: Top 10 Reasons for Optimism
Newman, Tony, Huffington Post. October 24, 2007.
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Drug Prohibition is a "Policy of Mass Destruction" and the Consultation Document is a "Dodgy Dossier"
R., Steve, Transform Drug Policy Foundation. October 23, 2007.
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"Operation Any Booking" Just Business as Usual
Piper, Bill.
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Think Again: Drugs
Nadelmann, Ethan, Foreign Policy. September 2007.
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Reefer Madness Redux: The Truth About 'Potent' Pot
Rosenbaum, Marsha and Armetano, Paul, Orlando Weekly. July 26, 2007.
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Mexico President Calderon Should Not Repeat Drug War Failures of the Past
Nadelmann, Ethan, Huffington Post. March 1, 2007.
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From New Orleans to Newark: How are We Going to End the Violence in Our Cities?
bandele, asha and Newman, Tony, Huffington Post. February 7, 2007.
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On Rummy, Meaningful Hallucinogenic Experiences, and Ending the Drug War
Huffington, Arianna, Huffington Post. April 11, 2006.
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Prisons Needlessly Overpopulated With Drug Offenders
Cronkite, Walter, Centre Daily Times. August 6, 2004.
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Why the Drug War Isn't an Election Issue -- But Should be
Heymann, Alan, alternet.org. July 27, 2004.
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This Is Kerry On Drugs
Kopel, Dave and Krause, Mike, Reason Online. July 15, 2004: pp. 10.
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Protesting the Drug War
Steigerwald, Bill, Pittsburg Tribune-Review. Sat. July 10, 2004.
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Bad Trip: The Federal War on Drugs Expands
Murdock, Deroy, National Review Online. May 10, 2004.
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Counting the Costs of the Drug War
Harrison, Ann, AlterNet. May 7, 2004.
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Promoting Peaceful Alternatives to the War on Drugs
Thomas, Charles, Fellowship. May/June 2004; 70: pp. 11.
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This Is Your Government On Drugs
McColl, William, The Gadflyer. April 27, 2004.
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The Drug War: The American Junkie
McNamara, Joseph D, Hoover Digest. Spring 2004; 2.
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Abandoning the 'Drug-Free America' Myth
Backes, Glenn, AlterNet. November 19, 2003.
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Special Issue: Drugs
Anonymous, Boston Phoenix. Oct. 17, 2003: pp. Various.
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This Time It Matters
Gray, James, Liberty Magazine. May, 2003; 17(5).
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Rationalizing Drug Policy Under Federalism
Rasmussen, David W and Benson, Bruce L.
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Barr Exam: Why I'll Miss The "Worst Drug Warrior in Congress"
Sullum, Jacob, ReasonOnline. August 23, 2002.
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Just Say No: Government's War on Drugs Fails
Stossel, John, ABC News. July 30, 2002.
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Bust the Boom for Drug War Hypocrisy
Szalavitz, Maia, Alternet. October 18, 2001.
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A Good Neighbor Policy Turned Bad
Noland, Frederick, Bar Bulletin. May 2001: pp. 2.
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Talking Dollars and Sense About Drugs
Noland, Frederick, Bar Bulletin. April 2001: pp. 2.
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U.S. Drug Laws: The New Jim Crow?
Scotti, Roseanne and Kronenberg, Steven, Temple Political & Civil Rights Law Review 2000 Symposium. Spring 2001: pp. 303-310.
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Drugs On My Mind (Part 5)
Noland, Frederick, Bar Bulletin. March 2001: pp. 2.
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Drugs (Part 4): Real Solutions or Band-Aids?
Noland, Frederick, Bar Bulletin. February 2001: pp. 2.
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Drugs On My Mind (Part 3)
Noland, Frederick, Bar Bulletin. January 2001: pp. 2.
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Maybe We're Not On Drugs, Only Asleep Or Timid
Noland, Frederick, Bar Bulletin. December 2000: pp. 2.
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Are We All On Drugs?
Noland, Frederick, Bar Bulletin. Novmber 2000: pp. 2.
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Learning to Live with Drugs
Nadelmann, Ethan, Washington Post. Nov 2, 1999.
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The War on Pot: Parts 1 and 2
Lueders, Bill, Isthmus. July 30 and August 9, 1999.
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High Anxiety
Sullum, Jacob.
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The Politics of Pot: A Government in Denial
Schlosser, Eric, Rolling Stone Magazine. March 4, 1999: pp. 47-52.
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Is the Drug War Racist?
Freedman, Samuel, Rolling Stone. May 14, 1998: pp. 35-37.
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Pot, Pity, and Polictics Will Medical Marijuana Disrupt America'sRespectable Violence Against Drugs?
Bischke, Paul M, Fellowship. January/February, 1998; 64: pp. 8-11.
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No Relief in Sight
Sullum, Jacob, Reason. Jan 1997.
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Toward a Sane National Drug Policy
Nadelmann, Ethan and Wenner, Jann S., Rolling Stone. May 5, 1994: pp. 24-26.
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Should We Legalize Drugs? History Answers Yes
Nadelmann, Ethan, American Heritage. Feb-Mar. 1993: pp. 42-48.
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Thinking Seriously About Alternatives to Drug Prohibition. Part 1
Nadelmann, Ethan, Daedalus. 1992; 121: pp. 87-132.
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Back to the Future: The Public Health System's Lead Role in Fighting Drugs
Schmoke, Kurt L, The American Oxonian. Winter 1990.
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The Case for Legalization. Part 1
Nadelmann, Ethan, Public Interest. 1988; 92: pp. 3- 17.
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Dope: Congress Encourages the Traffic
Lindesmith, Alfred Ray, The Nation. March 16, 1957: pp. 228-231.
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Focal Point: Mandatory Minimum Sentencing
Drug Policy Alliance.
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An Analytic Assessment of U.S. Drug Policy
Boyum, David and Reuter, Peter. Washington, DC: The AEI Press; February 2005: pp. 148.
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Drugs as a Social Construct
Cohen, Peter. Amsterdam: Universiteit van Amsterdam; 1990: pp. 73.
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The End of the Epoch of Prohibition
Nadelmann, Ethan. Cannabis Science: From Prohibition to Human Right. Frankfurt am Main: Peter Lang; 1997. Pp. 37-47.
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Assumptions About Drugs and the Marketing of Drug Policies
Peele, Stanton. Drug Policy and Human Nature. New York: Plenum; 1995. Pp. 199-220.
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Latin American Commission on Drugs and Democracy: Teleconference with Drug Policy Alliance
Newman, Tony. Drug Policy Alliance. February 11, 2009.
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The Great American War on Drugs: Another Failure of Tough Guy Management
Gardiner, Gareth S. and McKinney, Richard N.. FL. Journal of Drug Issues, Vol. 21, No. 3, pp. 605-616. 1991.
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The Escape from Reality
ENCOD, Encod Bulletin, pp. 2. June 2005.
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The Right Response to the War on Drugs. Alliance Ad Run During Republican National Convention
Drug Policy Alliance. August 2004.
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The Medical Profession and Illicit Drugs
McBride, Trent. The Proximal Tubule, pp. 8. May 31, 2004.
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The Medical Profession and Prescription Drugs
McBride, Trent. The Proximal Tubule, pp. 6. March 29, 2004.
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Are We Really Winning the War on Drugs?
Rosenbaum, Marsha. The San Francisco Chronicle, pp. A23. March 24, 2000.
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The Drug War's New Front
Boal, Mark. Rolling Stone. March 30, 2000.
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The Police Issue: The ReconsiDer Quarterly
ReconsiDer. 2000-2001.
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Women and Children First: The ReconsiDer Quarterly
Eyle, Alexandra. Syracuse, NY. ReconsiDer, The Reconsider Quarterly, pp. 28. 2000.
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Same Old Song: New Drug Control Strategy Falls Short
Rosembaum, PhD, Marsha. The San Diego Union Tribune. February 12, 1999.
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The Drug War's Assault on Public Health and Medicine
Abrahamson, D. Guild Practitioner, Vol. 55, No. 4, pp. 221-235. 1998.
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The Great American War on Drugs: Another Failure of Tough-Guy Management
Gardiner, Gareth and McKinney, Richard. Journal of Drug Issues, Vol. 21, No. 3, pp. 605-616. 1991.
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Drug Prohibition in the United States - Letters
Nadelmann, Ethan. Science, Vol. 246, pp. 1102-1104. December 1, 1989.
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A Public Health Approach to Mitigating the Negative Consequences of Illicit Drug Abuse
Duncan, David F and National Association for Public Health Policy, . Journal of Public Health Policy, Vol. 20, No. 3, pp. 268-281.
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Moving Beyond the "War on Drugs". Baker Hall, Rice University, Houston, TX. Wednesday, April 10 – Thursday, April 11, 2002.
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Beyond Prohibition: An Adult Approach to Drug Policies in the 21st Century. Washington, DC. October 5, 1999.
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Drug Policy and Drug Addiction. New York, NY. Thur, May 4, 1995, 4pm.
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Ram Dass: Longtime Spiritual Leader, Opponent of the 'War on Drugs'
March 8, 2004.
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Effectiveness of the War on Drugs
Compiled by Drug Policy Alliance . 2002.
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Just Say Maybe: The Clean-Cut Look of Today's Drug-Legalization Debate
Gottlieb, Jed, San Diego CityBEAT. December 8, 2004.
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Six Questions: Jeremy Bigwood Talks to the Alliance
Drug Policy Alliance, Drug Policy Alliance. January 8, 2004.
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Why I Support DPA, and So Should You
Cronkite, Walter. February 23, 2006.
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Battle Lines in Drug War Not So Easily Drawn
Van Buren, Abigail. Universal Press Syndicate. March 1, 1999.
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Is The US Winning The War On Drugs? [Video]
Howard, Adam. AlterNet; October 25, 2007.
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America's War on Drugs [Audio]
WOSU Radio; October 22, 2007.
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Profiled for Prison: The Selective Enforcement of Drug Laws [Video]
ACLU of Ohio; October 21, 2007.
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Why It's Time to Legalize Drugs [Audio]
DrugTruth.NET; August 24, 2007.
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The US, Mexico, and the War on Drugs
Hosted by KCRW Radio; August 22, 2007.
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Fox News: Time to Legalize Drugs? [Video]
Fox News; August 22, 2007.
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Ethan Nadelmann Interviews Robert Sand [Audio]
April 10, 2007.
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Real Time with Bill Maher on the 'Stupid' Drug War [Video]
YouTube; March 24, 2007.
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ACLU Freedom Files: Drug Wars
July 17, 2006.
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Woodrow Wilson Lecture - Building a Political Movement to End the War on Drugs [Audio]
October 2, 2003.
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Conservative Principle and Unresolved Issues: Differences Within the Family [Audio]
Nadelmann, Ethan and Poe, Richard. Presented at the Conservative Political Action Conference in Washington, DC.; February 19, 2005.
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Dr. Richard Evans and Frank Smith on Cultural Baggage [Audio]
Becker, Dean. Houston; December 14, 2004.
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Two-Hour Cultural Baggage Special [Audio]
Becker, Dean. Houston; September 28, 2004.
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Chew on This: Para Nosotros, la Coca es una Vida [Video; in Spanish]
The Narco News J-School Video Team. Salon Chingon & Narco News; September 9, 2004.
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Chew on This: For Us, Coca Is Life [Video]
The Narco News J-School Video Team. Salon Chingon & Narco News; September 9, 2004.
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On Cultural Baggage: Unvarnished Truth 3. Bruce Merkin of MPP, Noelle Davis of Texans for MMJ, Dr. Bob Melamede, Brian Epis. [Audio]
August 25, 2004.
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On Cultural Baggage: Unvarnished Truth 2. Gary Bledsoe, Pres Tx NAACP, Judge James P. Gray, Eugene Oscapella and Dr. Tom OConnel. [Audio]
August 25, 2004.
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On Cultural Baggage: Unvarnished Truth 1: Features Marc Emery, Judge Eleanor Schockett, Warden Richard Watkins, Dr. David Duncan and a "Poppygate" report from Glenn Greenway. [Audio]
August 25, 2005.
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Reefer Madness: An Online Chat with Eric Schlosser [Audio]
Drug Policy Alliance; June 15, 2004.
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Ethan Nadelmann's Appearance on Switchboard [Audio]
Montpelier, VT: Vermont Public Radio; May 13, 2004.
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Cliff Thornton of efficacy-online.org on Cultural Baggage
Becker, Dean. Houston; March 30, 2004.
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Musical Drug War Stories on Cultural Baggage
Becker, Dean. Houston, TX; March 16, 2004.
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Nicholas Eyle's Appearance on Cultural Baggage
Becker, Dean. Houston; February 24, 2004.
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Judge James P. Gray's Appearance on Cultural Baggage
Becker, Dean. Houston; January 6, 2004.
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Turning the Tide: Alliance Web Chat
New York: Drug Policy Alliance; December 9, 2003.
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Jack Cole's Appearance on Cultural Baggage
Becker, Dean. Houston; November 25, 2003.
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Judge Eleanor Shockett's Appearance on Cultural Baggage
Becker, Dean. Houston, TX; November 18, 2003.
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Bruce Merkin's Appearance on Cultural Baggage
November 4, 2003.
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David Borden's Appearance on Cultural Baggage
Becker, Dean. Houston, TX; October 28, 2003.
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Matt Elrod and Philippe Lucas' Appearance on Cultural Baggage
Becker, Dean. Houston; September 2, 2003.
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Sanho Tree's Appearance on Cultural Baggage
Becker, Dean. Houston; August 26, 2003.
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Patients Out of Time on Cultural Baggage
Becker, Dean. Houston; August 19, 2003.
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Part 2 of Earth 101's Critique of the Drug War
Becker, Dean. Houston; August 12, 2003.
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U.S. Representative Ron Paul's Appearance on Cultural Baggage
Becker, Dean. Houston; August 12, 2003.
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Cliff Schaffer's Appearance on Cultural Baggage
Becker, Dean. Houston; August 5, 2003.
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Part 1 of Earth 101's Critique of the Drug War
Becker, Dean. Houston: Earth 101; Tues, Aug 5, 2003.
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Ethan Nadelmann's Appearance on Cultural Baggage
Becker, Dean. Houston: Cultural Baggage; July 22, 2003.
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The War on Drugs Revisited
National Radio Project; February 12, 2003.
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Ethan Nadelmann Speech: Moving Beyond the War on Drugs [Audio]
Nadelmann, Ethan, et al. Rice University, Houston, TX; April 10-11, 2002.
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Ethan Nadelmann Lecture at Tulsa University Law [Audio]
Nadelmann, Ethan. Tulsa: University of Tulsa College of Law; October 5, 2001.
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Panel III: The Political and Social Effects of the Drug War [Audio]
Nadelmann, Ethan, et al. Washington, DC: CATO Institute; October 5, 1999.
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Counterspin: U.S. Drug Policy
Nadelmann, Ethan. WebActive; April 17-24, 1998.
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Urban Drug Problem Solutions [Video]
Palo Alto: Hoover Institution; November 6, 1997.
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William F. Buckley on Cigarettes, Illegal Drugs and Hypocrisy
ABC TV; 1988.
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Drug War Makes New York Legislator Doggone Crazy
Papa, Tony, Huffington Post. June 18, 2008.
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Drug War Madness: Smoke a Joint and Your Whole Family May End Up Homeless
Newman, Tony, The Huffington Post. May 28, 2008.
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CNN's Lou Dobbs Is Clueless When It Comes to the Drug War
Newman, Tony, AlterNet. May 16, 2008.
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Last Shot for a Bush Legacy?
Piper, Bill, Counterpunch. April 8, 2008.
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Drug Prohibition Doesn't Work
Vohryzek, Malakkar, Los Angeles Times. January 11, 2008.
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Getting Real About Drugs Is Best Harm Prevention
Newman, Tony, The Wall Street Journal. January 8, 2008.
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Who Among Us Isn't Enhancing Their Performance?
Newman, Tony, Huffington Post. December 21, 2007.
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Bonds, Baseball and the Drug War
Papa, Tony, Huffington Post. November 20, 2007.
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Are Higher Cocaine Prices a Good Thing?
Piper, Bill, Huffington Post. November 8, 2007.
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"Preppy Killer" Faces More Time for Drug Sales than the Murder he Committed
Papa, Tony, Huffington Post. October 29, 2007.
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Getting Real About the Economics of Cocaine
Piper, Bill, AlterNet. October 24, 2007.
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Rapper TI: Wrong Side of a Thin Legal Line
Vohryzek, Malakkar, Huffington Post. October 18, 2007.
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FBI Changes Policy on Hiring Former Drug Users; What if Past Drug Use Barred You From Running for President?
Newman, Tony and Piper, Bill, Huffington Post. August 8, 2007.
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Lessons Learned from Al Gore III
Newman, Tony, Los Angeles Daily News. July 6, 2007.
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More Mexicans Have Died This Year From the Drug War Than Americans in Iraq
Newman, Tony, Huffington Post. November 14, 2006.
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Double Standards for the Rich; Justice Isn't Blind
Papa, Anthony, The Villager. April 26, 2006.
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Artists Against the Drug War
Papa, Anthony, AlterNet. March 15, 2005.
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A New Kind Of Drug War
Farrell, Christopher, Business Week. February 28, 2005.
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Librarians and other subversives: truth can be a casualty of drug wars, too
Reinarman, Craig, International Journal of Drug Policy. January 2005; 16(1): pp. 1-4.
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Fault-Based 'War on Drugs' Continues to Cause Tragedy
Brittain, Clark, The Herald-Times. December 17, 2004.
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The Drug Czar Must Abdicate
Sullum, Jacob, ReasonOnline. September 18, 2002.
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No Longer Hope For Progress
Nadelmann, Ethan, Counselor: The Magazine for Addiction Professionals. August 2002; 3(4): pp. 55-57.
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The Drug War's Failures
Nadelmann, Ethan, Project Syndicate. May 2002.
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Shoot First
Sullum, Jacob, Reason. May 1, 2002.
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A Sound Basis for a Drug Policy
Nadelmann, Ethan, The Denver Post. February 10, 2002.
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Terror Tactics
Sullum, Jacob, Reason. Feb 8, 2002.
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Banned in Boston: A Transit Authority Censors Drug War Dissenters
Sullum, Jacob, Reason. Feb 1, 2002.
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Drugs and Thugs
Sullum, Jacob, Reason. Oct 9, 2001.
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An Unwinnable War on Drugs
Nadelmann, Ethan A., The New York Times. Thursday, April 26, 2001.
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Weed Need
Sullum, Jacob, Reason. April 3, 2001.
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Drug War is Working Backwards for the Record
Sharpe, Robert, Charlotte Observer. Fri. Jan 5, 2001.
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General Confusion
Sullum, Jacob, Reason. Oct 4, 2000.
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TV Guide
Sullum, Jacob, Reason. Jan 26, 2000.
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Mixed Messages
Sullum, Jacob, Reason. Dec 16, 1998.
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Dumber and Dumber
Sullum, Jacob, Reason. July 15, 1998.
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Interdiction and Incarceration Still Top Remedies: 74% Say Drug War Being Lost
Pew Research Center for the People & the Press. March 21, 2001.
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More than Half of American Public Surveyed Feel Drug War Cannot Be Won
Family Research Council. August 1998.
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The Public and the War on Illicit Drugs
Blendon, Robert J., et al. March 18, 1998.
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Americans Assign Low Grades to the Government in Dealing with the Drug Problem
Peter D. Hart Research Associates. February 1995.
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How Effective is the Current Drug Policy.
Kane, John. May 3, 2001.
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A New Approach to Substance Abuse: Reducing Harm to Substance Abusers, Families, and Taxpayers.
Anderson, Ross. Albuquerque, NM. December 11, 2000.
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Improving the Bottom Line.
Sterling, Eric. Philadelphia, PA. Aug 1, 2000.
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End "Nanny State" Bans, Argues Major New Study
Meadowcroft, John and Bader, Ralf M.. The Institute of Economic Affairs; March 4, 2008: pp. 140.
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A 25-Year Quagmire: The War on Drugs and Its Impact on American Society
Mauer, Marc and King, Ryan S.. The Sentencing Project; September 20, 2007.
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U.S. Assistance Has Helped Mexican Counternarcotics Efforts, but Tons of Illicit Drugs Continue to Flow into the United States
United States Government Accountability Office; August 17, 2007.
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Flawed Enforcement
Henson, Scott. ACLU of Texas; May 1, 2004: pp. 20.
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Beckley Drug Policy Seminar - Proceedings Report
London: The Beckley Foundation; October 25, 2004: pp. 71.
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War on Drugs with John Stossel
New York: ABC News; July 2002.
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Drug Policy Reform: Help Alleviate New Mexico's Fiscal Woes
Huffman, Katharine. Alibi; Dec 6-12, 2001.
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World Report 2001: Americas Overview
Human Rights Watch. 2001.
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Independent Policy Report: Illicit Drugs and Crime. Part 1
Benson, Bruce L, et al. Oakland: The Independent Institute; 1996.
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Punishing Women for their Behavior During Pregnancy: An Approach That Undermines Women's Health and Children's Interests: Part I
The Center for Reproductive Law & Policy. New York: Center for Reproductive Law & Policy; 1996.
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Fueling Failure: U.S. Drug Control Efforts in the Andes
Youngers, Coletta. The Washington Office on Latin America; April 1995.
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Clean Needles Slow the AIDS Epidemic?
Consumer Reports; July 1994: pp. 466-469.
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Americans Behind Bars: The International Use of Incarceration, 1992-93: Part 1
Mauer, Marc. The Sentencing Project; 1994.
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The Battle Over How to Fight the War on Drugs
Nadelmann, Ethan, et al, ABC News Nightline. June 23, 1998.
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Drug War Crimes
Independent InstituteOakland: Independent Institute. 6 May 2004. Transcript. May 6, 2004. pp. 32. In this transcript from a recent Independent Institute Policy Forum, "Drug War Crimes," three distinguished panelists discussed the negative effects of the Drug War in expanding violent crime, causing law-enforcement corruption, and attacking fundamental American liberties. The panelists were Ethan Nadelmann, executive director of the Drug Policy Alliance, Boston University Economics Professor Jeffrey
Miron, and former San Jose and Kansas City Chief of Police Joseph D. McNamara.
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