Legalize drugs for safer streets
17-December-2004, United States, seattlepi.com
The recent reduction of the harsh mandatory sentencing once common to New York drug laws makes an interesting combination when thought of with the concept of legalized, taxable gambling. I say that because the real solution to the drug problem this ...
Caught in a Web of Scandal, Important Ally Quits ...
16-December-2004, United Kingdom, The New York Times
David Blunkett, Britain's home secretary and its chief law-and-order official, resigned Wednesday, after acknowledging that his department had speeded the visa application for his former lover's nanny. But Mr. Blunkett said he had done nothing wrong ...
Bill Charges Pregnant Women On Drugs During Birth
11-December-2004, United States, 14 WFIE
Intelligence in action. The mother in jail, and the child becoming the responsibility of the state. Nice thinking. Does this cover tobacco and alcohol too? Well, Indiana is a tobacco producer, so paraphernalia guesses not. Good work gentlemen!
Marijuana Ban Stirs Debate
10-December-2004, Korea, The Korea Times
Describing marijuana as a narcotic or not is emerging as a hot issue in South Korea, with a number of celebrities and experts claiming the law banning smoking marijuana is unconstitutional.
The Drug-Related Criminology Institute on Friday held a ...
Sanity is AWOL in war on drugs
09-December-2004, United States, New York Daily News
The latest battle in the great War on Drugs showed up in the Supreme Court on Monday, with the feds arguing that if sick or dying people are allowed to use homegrown marijuana for their pain, the price on the streets will go down.
In the logic of ...
New York to Ease Prison Terms for Drugs
08-December-2004, United States, Guardian Unlimited
ALBANY, N.Y. (AP) - State lawmakers voted Tuesday to scale back some mandatory sentences under New York's infamously harsh drug laws, which could send a person to prison for life for possessing just a few ounces of heroin or cocaine.
Among the ...
Drugs Growing Problem in Britain, Despite Police ...
06-December-2004, United Kingdom, Join Together
Although Customs officials and police in Britain have enforced tougher measures to catch drug traffickers and dealers, illegal drugs have become more widely available than ever before, the Independent reported Nov. 28.
A new report from the ...
Sanity's AWOL in war on drugs
02-December-2004, United States, New York Daily News
The latest battle in the great War on Drugs showed up in the Supreme Court on Monday, with the feds arguing that if sick or dying people are allowed to use homegrown marijuana for their pain, the price on the streets will go down.
In the logic of ...
For a British Official, the End of the Affair Is ...
01-December-2004, United Kingdom, The New York Times
An affair of the heart is, often enough in British politics, the end of the line for the politician involved.
Not yet, it seems, for David Blunkett, Britain's home secretary, the country's leading law-and-order official who is battling to clear ...
Hypocrisy taints Blunkett's political dream
29-November-2004, United Kingdom, The New Zealand Herald
No one could say David Blunkett has ever been shy of publicity - neither this week, nor at any time since he was a student with his mind on a career in politics.
Last week's Queen's Speech was in a large measure David Blunkett's speech, with the ...
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