Alternative News and Information. en-us http://www.alternet.org/rss/button.gif http://www.alternet.org/ AlterNet http://www.alternet.org/ Copyright 2008 Independent Media Institute. All rights reserved. http://www.alternet.org/drugreporter/101389/marijuana_is_real_medicine/ The stories of the medicinal properties of pot will blow you away. Thu, 02 Oct 2008 18:00:01 PDT Paul Krassner, Huffington Post http://www.alternet.org/drugreporter/101373/how_will_the_economic_crisis_impact_drug_use/ Drug consumption probably won't go anywhere -- just our patterns of how we use them. Thu, 02 Oct 2008 17:00:01 PDT Tony Newman, AlterNet http://www.alternet.org/drugreporter/101378/want_to_know_why_pot_is_still_illegal_ask_your_governor/ I’d like to give you seven specific reasons why the use of cannabis by adults remains a crime in America. Thu, 02 Oct 2008 16:00:01 PDT Paul Armentano, NORML http://www.alternet.org/drugreporter/100381/what_happens_when_you_put_300_experts_on_psychedelics_in_the_same_room_/ The "Horizons: Perspectives on Psychedelics" conference in New York presented an older and wiser psychedelic movement. Thu, 25 Sep 2008 16:00:01 PDT Steven Wishnia, AlterNet http://www.alternet.org/drugreporter/99418/it%27s_time_for_the_federal_government_to_abandon_the_drug_war/ The federal government must turn the decision on drug policy back to the states and the citizens themselves. Thu, 18 Sep 2008 15:00:01 PDT Bob Barr, Huffington Post http://www.alternet.org/drugreporter/99399/enouraging_signs_that_the_government_is_rethinking_sending_drug_offenders_straight_to_prison/ The powerful Sentencing Commission has signaled that it intends to focus next year on developing alternatives to imprisonment. Thu, 18 Sep 2008 13:00:01 PDT Phillip S. Smith, Drug War Chronicle http://www.alternet.org/drugreporter/98952/the_drug_war%27s_latest_tally%3A_872%2C721_pot_arrests%2C_an_all-time_high/ Cannabis arrests now comprise nearly 47.5 percent of all drug arrests in the United States, 89% of them for mere possession. Tue, 16 Sep 2008 00:00:01 PDT Paul Armentano, AlterNet http://www.alternet.org/drugreporter/98317/marijuana_could_be_a_gusher_of_cash_if_we_treated_it_like_a_crop%2C_not_a_crime/ Economists estimate tens of billions for governments if we taxed pot like tobacco and stopped wasting money on the drug war. Thu, 11 Sep 2008 00:00:01 PDT Steven Wishnia, AlterNet http://www.alternet.org/drugreporter/98308/whether_it%27s_sex_or_drugs%2C_abstinence-only_education_simply_doesn%27t_work/ Abstinence-only education simply doesn't work, no matter how much Sarah Palin or George Bush dream it will. Wed, 10 Sep 2008 11:00:01 PDT Marsha Rosenbaum, Jennifer Kern, AlterNet http://www.alternet.org/drugreporter/98341/is_doctor-prescribed_lsd_and_%27shrooms_on_the_way/ New indications that illegal hallucinogenic drugs like LSD and psilocybin could become credible prescription medicines some day. Wed, 10 Sep 2008 11:00:01 PDT Arran Frood, BBC http://www.alternet.org/drugreporter/97927/lunatic_drug_warriors_still_ignore_powerful_pot_science/ Twenty years ago a DEA chief judge concluded that doctors should be allowed to prescribe pot -- and the government is still ignoring his ruling. Mon, 08 Sep 2008 00:00:01 PDT Rob Kampia, AlterNet http://www.alternet.org/drugreporter/97810/obama%27s_biden_pick_signals_%27more_of_the_same%27_stupid_drug_policies/ Joe Biden authored the laws establishing the White House drug czar and random drug testing of public employees, among others. Sat, 06 Sep 2008 00:00:01 PDT Paul Armentano, AlterNet http://www.alternet.org/drugreporter/97606/new_drug_survey_demolishes_drug_czar%27s_claims/ The numbers are in. Marijuana prohibition is a wasteful farce. And John Walters' tenure as drug czar has been a failure. Thu, 04 Sep 2008 12:00:01 PDT Bruce Mirken, AlterNet http://www.alternet.org/drugreporter/97340/keeping_the_psychedelic_dream_alive%3A_an_interview_with_rick_doblin/ Doblin: "I awoke to psychedelics' value just as the law was shutting them down. It was very painful -- like having something snatched away." Tue, 02 Sep 2008 17:00:01 PDT Arran Frood, New Scientist http://www.alternet.org/drugreporter/97341/california_govt._offers_guidelines_for_pot_smokers%2C_cops_and_growers/ California attorney general Jerry Brown issues Medical Marijuana guidelines -- mostly good but some problems, say advocates. Tue, 02 Sep 2008 15:00:01 PDT Drug War Chronicle http://www.alternet.org/drugreporter/96518/%27the_dope_craze_that%27s_terrorizing_vancouver%27/ The long, true history of hard drugs in Canada's poorest neighborhood. Tue, 26 Aug 2008 16:00:01 PDT Lani Russwarm, The Tyee http://www.alternet.org/drugreporter/95929/unlocking_the_power_of_art_to_counter_injustice/ The Drug Policy Alliance's re:FORM art auction benefit marries art with tackling the ridiculous "war on drugs." Thu, 21 Aug 2008 12:00:01 PDT Anthony Papa, AlterNet http://www.alternet.org/drugreporter/95694/a_cultural_history_of_the_magic_mushroom/ Andy Lechter has written an essential book on shrooms, and taken a key step in the evolution of how we talk about the history of entheogens. Tue, 19 Aug 2008 18:00:01 PDT Lux, Erowid http://www.alternet.org/drugreporter/95692/the_coca_wars_are_futile%2C_but_drug_legalization_is_win-win/ Will Bolivia's increased drug control achievements actually reduce the global supply of cocaine? Tue, 19 Aug 2008 17:00:01 PDT David Borden, Drug War Chronicle http://www.alternet.org/drugreporter/95656/booze_kills%2C_pot_doesn%27t/ The alcohol poisoning death rate in the United States is shockingly high, consistently between 300 and 400 a year. It's zero for pot. Tue, 19 Aug 2008 00:00:01 PDT Bruce Mirken, AlterNet