By Jim McDonough

Among the seismic shifts of Nov. 5 was the quashing of a phalanx of pro-drug electoral ruses. A well-financed, meticulously organized nationwide effort by advocates of drug
decriminalization went down to stinging defeat in a number of state contests.
* Nevada voters rejected (61 percent) an effort to legalize the sale and use of three [...]

By Melanie Phillips

Much of the drugs debate in Britain is driven by despair that virtually nothing can be done to stem the rising tide of abuse. Yet the experience of Sweden, to which virtually no attention has been paid, dramatically shows how it is possible to get on top of the drugs menace by adopting [...]

Legalizing cannabis would be a “Historical Mistake”, board says in its annual report
Treating cannabis like alcohol and tobacco would be a ‘historical mistake’, the International Narcotics Control Board (INCB) states in its Annual Report published today (27 February 2002) in Vienna. While the damage to health caused by alcohol and tobacco is well-known, it would [...]

Well, Mr. Citizen, it seems you’ve figured me out. I seem to fit neatly into the category where you’ve placed me. I’m stereotyped, standardized, characterized, classified, grouped, and always typical.
Unfortunately, the reverse is true; I can never figure you out.
From birth you teach your children that I’m the bogeyman, then you’re shocked when they identify [...]

By Robert Margolis

We are in the midst of a major national debate on the legalization of marijuana. The outcome of this debate is likely to have profound implications for our society. To make an informed choice on this issue, we need accurate information about these implications.
There has never been a greater need for unbiased scientific [...]

By Theodore Dalrymple

Here is a progression in the minds of men: first the unthinkable becomes thinkable, and then it becomes an orthodoxy whose truth seems so obvious that no one remembers that anyone ever thought differently. This is just what is happening with the idea of legalizing drugs: it has reached the stage when with [...]

By Ginger Katz

My name is Ginger Katz, president and founder of the Courage to Speak Foundation, Inc. My husband Larry and I founded The Courage to Speak Foundation, Inc., a non-profit organization, shortly after my son, Ian died of a drug overdose in 1996. He was only 20 years old. There are over 15,000 deaths [...]

By Gabriel G. Nahas

Records of history show that when dependence-producing drugs are socially acceptable and easily available, they are widely consumed, and their use is associated with a high incidence of individual and social damage.
The use of cannabis in the Islamic-dominated world surfaced only in the eleventh century when the Moslem Empire extended from the [...]

By Wayne J. Roques

The quest to liberalize drug laws in Europe is gaining steam. Inspired by the movie “Traffic” — which portrays America’s war on drugs as a Sisyphean struggle at best — such prominent voices as the Economist magazine have now taken up the cause. According to the magazine’s editors, the case for legalization [...]

By Barry Mc Caffrey

This week, under the smoke-screen of “an adult approach to drug policy,” the libertarian Cato Institute is hosting a “who’s who” of those who want to make drugs legal in America. The term “reform” is, in this case, a subterfuge. At base, the goal of these individuals is not to reform our [...]