Alcohol is Far More Deadly than Cannabis, Former UK Minister Says
Alcohol is a much greater threat to people’s health than cannabis, former Home Office minister Norman Baker has warned, saying its dangers are being underplayed.
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Data From Mexico’s “Drug War” Links Income Inequality and Violent Crime
CANNABIS CULTURE - Mexico’s “drug war” resulted in an estimated 60,000 deaths between 2006 and 2012, with another 26,000 Mexicans missing as a result of the violence.
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In States With Medical Marijuana, Painkiller Deaths Drop by 25%
America has a major problem with prescription pain medications like Vicodin and OxyContin.
Mexico Increases Number of Missing During Drug War to 22,322
The Mexican government has increased its calculation of the number of people who have disappeared since the start of the country’s drug war in 2006 and now lists 22,322 as missing, officials said Thursday.
Drug War No More
After covering drug trafficking and violence in Latin America since 2001, I look through endless photos and videos and ask myself what would be its single most iconic image? — one that people could look at in a hundred years and understand.
Shocking Examples of Police Killing Innocent People in the “War on Drugs”
Many innocent victims have become collateral damage in our pointless, destructive drug war.
Seven Ways Booze Is More Dangerous Than Pot
No substantial evidence links marijuana to traffic accidents, domestic violence or cancer, yet pot is illegal and listed as a Schedule I controlled substance by the U.S. Drug Enforcement Administration.
Drug War Takes a Staggering Toll on Mexico’s Young
President Obama is in Mexico City Thursday evening. He is meeting with Mexico's president on trade, immigration and drug smuggling. The country is at war with drug cartels and that spills into the U.S. One border town is caught in the crossfire.
France to Introduce Supervised Injection Sites
France looks to be the latest European country to embrace the harm reduction practice of providing supervised injection sites, according to France 24 TV. Facilities could be open by year's end, said Health Minister Marisol Touraine.
Mexico’s Drug War is Vietnam 60 Years Later
I have been looking for a book I used a long time ago as a first-year graduate student at the University of Oregon. It was a philosophical treatise, not light reading, titled “Explanation”, used by Professor Joseph G. Jorgensen in his anthropological methods course.
