More articles on the War on Drugs

Strang critical of Ottawa's war-on-drugs approach TheChronicleHerald.ca Dr. Robert Strang, Nova Scotia's chief public health officer, co-authored an analysis that shows that a war-on-drug type approach to illegal drug use has both failed to control drugs and given rise to a series of social ills. See all stories on this topic »

Provincial health officers call on feds to pull back from 'war on drugs' Montreal Gazette Three leading Canadian public-health physicians have added their voices to a growing campaign calling on the federal government to radically rethink its approach to the war on drugs. In an article published Wednesday in the journal Open Medicine, ... See all stories on this topic »

The War on Weed Fox Business (blog) The federal government continues its war on business, often in the name of the War on Drugs. Lynnette Shaw owned Marin Alliance for Medical Marijuana in Fairfax, California. For 15 years she sold pot to customers who had clearance from a doctor. See all stories on this topic »

United States Losing the "War on Hackers" PC Magazine Who declared this war and why did they declare it? It seems like yet another phony use of the term "war" in hopes of getting attention. We have the war on drugs, for example, and the war on terrorism. Who surrenders in these sorts of wars? See all stories on this topic »

Co-operation urged as way to combat drug war TheChronicleHerald.ca OTTAWA — It's time for greater military co-operation in North America's long war on drugs, Defence Minister Peter MacKay and his US and Mexican counterparts said Tuesday. The first trilateral meeting of defence ministers ended with a common front on ... See all stories on this topic »

Van Etten/War on Drugs provide solid double-bill Salt Lake Magazine (blog) Indie rockers The War on Drugs release well-received, but slightly strange recordings. What's interesting about the group's live show is that it's also off-kilter, but in an entirely different way. During Tuesday's sold-out double bill at The State ... See all stories on this topic »

Review: The War on Drugs and Sharon Van Etten CultureMob (blog) This was exemplified on Sunday night at the Sharon Van Etten show at the Neptune with her opening band (see – singular) The War On Drugs. The War on Drugs is a band that I've been listening to for a little while now, and I was very excited to hear how ... See all stories on this topic »

Supply-side war on drugs was a failure The Cord He said the past 40 years of war against drugs in his country has been a failure. Guatemala's domestic drug production and consumption is relatively low, but it is a checkpoint for cocaine and other narcotics being smuggled northwards from producers ... See all stories on this topic »

Colombian ex-president calls 'war on drugs' a failure Colombia Reports Former Colombian President Cesar Gaviria on Wednesday called the US-led "war on drugs" a failure and proposed decriminalization on curb the damage of drugs to society. In an interview with RCN Radio, Gaviria accused the United States of acting on ... See all stories on this topic »

War on drugs sparks discussion of Canada-U.S.-Mexico military co-operation mysask.com (press release) THE CANADIAN PRESS/Adrian Wyld OTTAWA - It's time for greater military co-operation in North America's long war on drugs, Defence Minister Peter MacKay and his US and Mexican counterparts said Tuesday. The first trilateral meeting of defence ministers ... See all stories on this topic »