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Complete alphabetical listing of directory topics: War on Drugs
Colombia's growing nightmare
Guerrilla commander Fabian Ramirez's kidnapping of a prominent Colombian senator seems motivated more by passion than politics. And it has set off a new round in the country's long, bloody narco-war.
Big Brother is watching you read
Increasingly, the government is demanding that bookstores reveal what books their customers have purchased. Bookstore owners and privacy advocates say that's scarier than a Stephen King novel.
Reading, writing and propaganda
American school kids are being subjected to "news" programs that contain covert government-sponsored anti-drug messages.
Smoke signal
Police in London's gritty Brixton neighborhood are losing the war on drugs, so the police chief is experimenting with not enforcing cannabis laws.
Good morning, Colombia
Turning loose a force of heavily armed mercenaries in the middle of a bloody civil war in the name of America's war on drugs is more than a misguided policy -- it's utter insanity.
Legal high
Listen to comedian Bill Hicks rant about legalizing pot for a better world and putting an end to the war on drugs.
Raving lunacy
Officials are cracking down on dance clubs that provide health information about recreational drugs. They may shut down some raves, but kids will die.
The anguish of the drug war judges
Forced to hand down harsh sentences that defy their consciences, many federal judges are speaking out against a system that makes them do "ungodly things."
Uncle Sam, manhunter
Two new books detail America's deadly pursuit of Manuel Noriega and Pablo Escobar.
Let them eat chemo
Will the Supreme Court's ostrich-like ruling shut down the medical marijuana movement? Complete alphabetical listing of directory topics: |
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