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War on drugs: Why the US and Latin America could be ready to end a fruitless 40-year struggle

...pieces on the failure of the "war on drugs". MEXICO's president Felipe Calderon is the latest Latin leader to call for a debate on drugs legalisation. And in the US, liberals and right-wing libertarians are pressing for an end to prohibition. Fo... 2010-08-09 11:44:17 jamesk

Sting, Soros, and Montel for the DPA

...with offices in California, Washington, DC, New MEXICO, and New Jersey.... 2010-06-03 13:09:32 jamesk

Colbert: Gary Johnson on legalizing pot

Former New MEXICO Governor Gary Johnson wants the government to decriminalize marijuana and tell kids the truth about smoking pot. [Thanks Charles!]... 2010-05-12 12:08:01 jamesk

Help fund 'The Secret Life of Mushrooms'

...of psychedelic mushrooms in Huautla de Jiminez, MEXICO, with R. Gordon Wasson's exposure to Mazatec curandero rituals, the resulting recreational popularization of mushrooms, and what effect narco-tourism has had on Huautla today. She's down to ... 2010-05-02 16:27:10 Scotto

Bullets from the drug war

...lost war is a defeat followed by an invasion MEXICO is the natural staging area for the invasion (inconvenient though it is for the Mexicans) Much of what Orlov predicted is coming to pass. Have a read and ponder if the rest will.... 2010-03-28 21:36:15 amazingdrx

Mexican drug opera: 'Only The Truth'

In MEXICO City, a multimedia opera called Only The Truth recently opened, featuring as its heroine a marijuana smuggler who turns against her lover. The BBC describes it as "the first Mexican opera to deal directly with the country's drugs conflict... 2010-03-13 19:38:26 Scotto

The birth of 'New Age' America

...Timothy Leary ate psilocybin mushrooms in MEXICO and had what he would call "the deepest religious experience" of his life. He came home to promote psychedelics as the path to revelation, revolution. Richard Nixon called him the most dange... 2010-03-05 22:16:03 jamesk

Patience and peril: filming Colombia's drugs trade

...speed boats are taken along the Pacific coast to MEXICO or out into the Caribbean. Ever-present are the guerrillas, members of groups such as Farc (Revolutionary Armed Forces of Colombia), who exercise control over the coca lands and profit from the... 2010-02-16 13:08:15 Psychotrophic

Black tar in the suburbs

Immigrants from an obscure corner of MEXICO are changing heroin use in many parts of America. Farm boys from a tiny county that once depended on sugar cane have perfected an ingenious business model for selling a semi-processed form of Mexican he... 2010-02-15 11:35:00 Psychotrophic

Drug war definitively lost in some quarters

...regular basis thanks to the war on drugs. MEXICO's drug war is becoming more and more brutal. President Felipe Calderón has deployed 45,000 soldiers and federal police in the government's fight against the drug mafia, and 5,000 of them patrol... 2010-02-12 00:44:03 Scotto

The Secret Life of Mushrooms Trailer

I recently returned from MEXICO, where I was with a small crew, shooting the pilot episode of a documentary series entitled "The Secret Life Of..." The show is hosted by Dan Glass, and each episode focuses on the lesser known stories behind differen... 2010-02-01 18:18:11 HellKatonWheelz

Salvinorin A & B testing kits on the way

...to identify Salvia -- an herb common to southern MEXICO, Central America and South America. NMS Labs National Director of Forensic Services, Dr. Barry Logan commented, "As more states have worked to regulate the use and possession of Salvia, NMS ... 2010-01-21 20:15:17 jamesk

Mexico's Museum of Drugs outgrowing its space

...The museum is now housed in spacious suites at MEXICO's version of the Pentagon, but its curators say they are running out of room for all the contraband they would like to showcase. The legacy of President Felipe Calderon will be, for better o... 2010-01-14 11:19:25 Psychotrophic

'Let's not stop at marijuana legalization'

... - Stop the bloody cartel battles in MEXICO that are rapidly expanding over the border into the U.S; - Stop the Taliban from raking in massive profits from illegal opium cultivation in Afghanistan. Of course, none of this means... 2009-12-15 12:05:01 jamesk

DEA recruits Lil Wayne to use up all drugs in Mexico

A bold new move with surprisingly effective results. Thanks to NoseDation for the link!... 2009-12-14 14:04:25 jamesk

Economist: 'Is the war on drugs becoming a fiction?'

...heroin “shooting galleries” in Vancouver to MEXICO’s decriminalisation of personal possession of drugs, the Americas are suddenly looking more permissive. Meanwhile in Europe, where drugs policy is generally less stringent, seven countries have... 2009-11-23 20:11:06 Scotto

Reason: 'The Salvia Ban Wagon'

...psychoactive plants linked in the public mind to MEXICO, both appear to be nontoxic for all practical purposes, and both have intriguing medical potential. Salvia’s detractors, like marijuana’s in the 1920s and ’30s, claim it causes insanity and vio... 2009-11-20 11:52:00 Scotto

Ethan Nadelmann: 'Right now the wind is at our back'

...2009 Drug Reform Conference in Albuquerque, New MEXICO: btw: how come this hasn't found its way to youtube yet? ... 2009-11-19 11:26:14 Morrison

The rough world of illegal drugs

...industry. As drug-related violence in MEXICO appears to continue unabated, and crackdowns in Afghanistan are being made against its massive opium crops, new efforts are also being made worldwide in methods of enforcement and treatment of ... 2009-10-21 13:27:45 tonx

Legalization gains popularity in Americas

...movement in Central and South America. MEXICO and other Latin American countries are moving toward drug decriminalization — and Washington isn't complaining. After carefully packing light green Mexican marijuana into a homemade water pi... 2009-10-20 12:08:12 jamesk
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