Posted by Doug McVay
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Monday, March 31st, 2008
Common Sense for Drug Policy Chairman Mike Gray, an author and film maker, has created in cooperation with the Interfaith Drug Policy Initiative a documentary titled “Protestant, Catholic and Jewish Clergy Speak Out Against The War On Drugs.”The reason…
Posted by Doug McVay
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Tuesday, March 11th, 2008
Common Sense for Drug Policy Director of Research Doug McVay is attending the United Nations’ Committee on Narcotic Drugs annual meeting in Vienna, Austria this week. Doug is meeting with other NonGovernmental Organization representatives and governmen…
Posted by Doug McVay
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Tuesday, March 4th, 2008
Statements by Thai officials have raised fears of a another bloodbath as that nation’s so-called "drug war" is renewed. Under former Prime Minister Thaksin Shinawatra, more than 2,500 people – only a fraction of whom were involved in dru…
Posted by Doug McVay
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Monday, March 3rd, 2008
The 2008 White House drug control strategy was finally released on Saturday, March 1. As expected, no new policy initiatives or innovative approaches are being proposed.The Los Angeles Times reported on March 2, 2008 (“Bush urges new rules on online sa…
Posted by Doug McVay
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Monday, March 3rd, 2008
Another study has been released demonstrating the absurd number of individuals incarcerated in the United States. According to the New York Times on February 29, 2008 (“U.S. Imprisons One in 100 Adults, Report Finds”), “For the first time in the nation…