Earth is at risk, scientists say (March 30, 2005)
"We are using the Earth to improve our lives, but our children and grandchildren will live in a worsening environment that endangers their existence, more than 1,300 scientists warn."

Top soldier in Iraq okayed illegal methods, ACLU says (March 30, 2005)
"In a memorandum, Lieutenant-General Ricardo Sanchez authorized 29 methods of interrogation, including 12 that "far exceeded" U.S. military regulations as well as the Geneva Conventions covering prisoners of war, the ACLU said."

Lawyer Tied to Drug-Dealing Clients Is Denied Bond (March 28, 2005)
"Ratted out by his own clients, prominent Miami criminal defense lawyer Samuel I. Burstyn will remain behind bars until his trial on federal charges of conspiracy, money laundering, and obstruction of justice, a federal judge has ruled."

Inmate charged in theft ring (March 28, 2005)
"An imprisoned Detroit drug dealer was an active participant in a group that stole $8 million worth of vehicles in south Florida while he was behind bars, Florida authorities said Thursday."

Whipping therapy cures depression and suicide crises (March 28, 2005)
"Russian scientists from the city of Novosibirsk, Siberia, made a sensational report at the international conference devoted to new methods of treatment and rehabilitation in narcology. The report was called 'Methods of painful impact to treat addictive behavior.'" Egad!

Detective pleads guilty to drug, corruption charges (March 28, 2005)
One more lost to the evils of prohibition.

New Details on F.B.I. Aid for Saudis after 9/11 (March 27, 2005)
Wait a minute, the Bush adminsitration was lying when it said these flights never happened? Are you kidding? They'd lie to us about something like this? Hmmm, wonder what else they've lied to us about, while spending our taxes on murder and other crimes around the globe while simultaneously telling us it's communistic and socialistic to expect health care to be paid for each and every one of us paying taxes here in the US. This adminstration is full of criminals in need of long prison sentences, or better, time served on the front lines of Iraq-oh wait, there are no front lines in Iraq, the "enemy" is everywhere, but had nothing to do with Sept. 11's attacks- those maniacs are all living free and easy thanks to our security forces putting them on "secret" flights back to Saudi Arabia while everyone else was grounded, and allowed to flee the US. Great plan that one.

Brazil sheds light on the Amazon's far reaches (March 27, 2005)
"The lawlessness of the jungle, these officials say, is in its last days as the Amazon Surveillance System nears completion....Since the spy center began operations in 2002, the military has used it to cut drug shipments across the borders with Columbia, Peru and Bolivia by a third, officials say. It has enabled the Brazilian air force to locate and destroy airstrips used by narcotics smugglers and illicit miners and loggers."

Putnam union spat cuts drug cop ranks (March 27, 2005)
"In 12 months on the beat with the Putnam County Narcotics Task Force, a Carmel police officer made nearly 40 arrests for possession and sale of drugs like Ecstacy, marijuana and cocaine, and supplied leads that led to successful investigations in other towns...But on March 18, the county ended the program, and the undercover officer, whose name was withheld, was sent back to Carmel, where he was placed on patrol."

Tax man eyeing pushers (March 27, 2005)
"The House is considering a tax on illegal drugs, a requirement that drug dealers buy state tax stamps for the marijuana, crystal meth and other drugs they sell."

Drug arrests show users aren't always down-and-out (March 27, 2005)
"People with six-figure salaries and high-powered jobs are among those netted in the U.S. Department of Justice's recent Drug Demand Reduction Initiative, according to Kevin O'Connor, the U.S. attorney for Connecticut."

Pastor crusades against 'Love Roses' (March 27, 2005)
"Bob Clark walked into three randomly selected Jackson convenience stores earlier this month looking for crack pipes. His mission: locate and stop the sale of ''Love Roses'' at local stores."

World Weed (March 23, 2005)
"The WTO—the stoner's new best friend."

S.C. Drug Tax Stamps Have Little Effect (March 18, 2005)
"A decade of requiring marijuana dealers to purchase tax stamps to affix to their goods has done little to impact drug use or raise revenues for the state of South Carolina, the Associate Press reported March 14."

Racism and unity (March 18, 2005)
"The crisis facing African Americans in this country proves that racism is alive and well. The crisis of the criminalization of African Americans has resulted in 50 percent of the prison population being African American, when African Americans comprise only 13-14 percent of the U.S. population."

Steroid hearings all political grandstanding (March 18, 2005)
"By 8:15 p.m. - long after Davis' colleagues had embarrassed Mark McGwire, comforted families devastated by steroid abuse and publicly patted each other on the back for injecting themselves into such an important controversy - the hearings concluded, and, not surprisingly, no clear message had been sent to the nation's children or adults."

Handling a problem of substance (March 18, 2005)
"Employers have a duty to care about drink and drug problems at work."

McGwire Mum On Steroids In Hearing (March 18, 2005)
Former St. Louis Cardinals slugger Mark McGwire refused to answer questions about steroid use during his playing career at a congressional hearing Thursday, repeatedly telling a House committee he was 'not here to talk about the past.'"

Lawmakers Upset Over Mixed Signals on Steroids (March 18, 2005)
"Thursday’s widely-anticipated Capitol Hill hearings on anabolic steroids (search) in professional baseball left some lawmakers frustrated that proceedings designed to send a stark message about the evils of performance-enhancing drugs instead sent signals that were largely mixed."

And Now, the Counterfeit News (March 17, 2005)
"Whether federal agencies are purchasing the services of supposedly independent columnists or making videos extolling White House initiatives and then disguising them as TV news reports, that's wrong. But it is time to acknowledge that the nation's news organizations have played a large and unappetizing role in deceiving the public."

Artists Against the Drug War (March 16, 2005)
"A unique benefit art exhibit aims to help stop the madness of the war on drugs."

US War on Drugs a 'tragic failure' (March 16, 2005)
"The US War on Drugs that is run from Washington DC is a 'tragic failure' and should be wrested away from the feds and devolved to state level. So says an influential coalition of lawyers, doctors and church leaders in Washington state that is pressing for radical changes in drug policy."

Has the war on terror hurt the war on drugs? (March 16, 2005)
"New reports reveal that global demand for illegal substances is higher than ever despite actions to curb supply."

Cocaine price steady despite drug war gain (March 16, 2005)
"Less Colombian cocaine is coming into the United States, but the price of the drug hasn't gone up, the U.S. Southern Command chief said Tuesday."

The Spoils of War (March 12, 2005)
"How, Democrats asked, had the Houston-based oil-and-gas conglomerate won all those deals to provide services to troops in Iraq? What role had Dick Cheney played behind the scenes, given that the vice president had been Halliburton's C.E.O. from 1995 to 2000, walked away from the job with an estimated $35 million, and continues to get six-figure deferred-salary compensation from the company, despite his denials that he does?" Cheney et al are murderous warcriminals profiting off the mass killing of foreigners and US troopers too.

Some Feel It's Only A Matter Of Time Before Pot Is Legal In NV (March 12, 2005)
"The push to legalize marijuana in Nevada hasn't gotten far up at the state capital. An assembly panel declined to vote on the initiative which will put the issue on the November 2006 ballot. Despite that move today in Carson City, News 3's Ben Correa tells us why one Las Vegan thinks it's only a matter of time before pot is legal in the Silver State." Be sure to watch the video for a glimpse of one of DrugWar.com's list subscribers, busy helping trim legal medical marijuana.

A New Kind of Drug War (March 10, 2005)
Christopher Farrell, for Business Week Online, writes that, "The conventional one has been highly costly, with little return. Making narcotics legal -- and very expensive -- can reduce addiction and crime." Well said Mr. Farrell, well said.

Mexican federal police provide little comfort in war on drug lords (March 10, 2005)
"Mexican authorities deny that law enforcement is so saturated with corruption that almost everyone is looking for a payoff. But some U.S. drug agents have said for years that Mexican police do more to promote organized crime than stop it."

Narco-Scandal Rocks Argentina: Kirchner Confronts the Military (March 10, 2005)
"Few in the international Commercial Media paid attention when, as one of his first presidential acts, Kirchner appointed prominent drug legalization advocate Eugenio Zaffaroni as chief justice of Argentina’s Supreme Court. He was met with the same silence when he knelt with indigenous leaders before the coca leaf and called it sacred. Now he’s done what others said they would do but didn’t: Kirchner has taken on, without mercy, drug prohibition’s corruption of the highest levels of business and in his nation’s historically repressive Armed Forces."

Detectives Used Badges to Kill for the Mob, Indictments Say (Marchy 10, 2005- Free NYTimes registration required)
Yet more officers sworn to serve and protect the public at large yet who apparently turned around and used their badges to commit henious acts of wonton violence, crime and murder.

FDLE investigating Orlando cop's use of Taser in hospital (March 10, 2005)
Prohibitionist maniac cop goes macho in a hospital room and uses electric shock torture to force this 18 year old drug suspect, already handcuffed to a bed, to either pee "voluntarily" or be catharized, for a drug test. What happened to the right not to have to imcriminate one's self? Is it really ok to torture someone because they might use currently illegal drugs?

Is pot really to blame? (March 8, 2005)
"Not everyone agrees that the RCMP tragedy, however heartbreaking, should spur a drug crackdown."

It's Just a Book (March 7, 2005)
"Not even the foggiest-headed stoner would argue they want children to smoke pot. (Especially if it means children digging into one's stash.) The challenge is in dissuading kids from doing so without resorting to potentially counterproductive myths and hyperbole. Enter Ricardo Cortes."

Money Talks: A New Direction in the War on Drugs? (March 7, 2005)
"For starters, Bush wants to eliminate more than a billon dollars in federal law-enforcement grants to the states, including the problematic Byrne grant program...Without them, it’s doubtful that states could afford to continue to pursue draconian “lock ‘em up” approaches to drugs. Bush also wants to completely eliminate the federal Safe and Drug Free Schools Program, which among other things helps states fund DARE and other over-the-top anti-drug programs."

Negroponte's Dark Past (March 7, 2005)
"Although Negroponte's nomination is expected to sail through the Senate, one question that might be worth asking about his tenure as U.S. ambassador to Honduras from 1981 to 1985 is: 'Were you oblivious to the Honduran military's human rights violations and drug trafficking, or did you just ignore these problems for geopolitical reasons?'"

More seek help for pot addiction (March 6, 2005)
The Associated Press should be ashamed of themselves for printing this garbage without pointing out how many people are being forced into "treatment" for their pot use. What bull manure.

Liberal convention dodges pot question, gives big yes to gay marriage (March 6, 2005)
"Liberals side-stepped an awkward marijuana showdown at their national convention Saturday while giving a slam-dunk endorsement of gay marriage and committing to reform the country's prostitution ban."

Powderburns- the website (March 2, 2005)
"Welcome to the official website of retired DEA agent Celerino 'Cele' Castillo III. Cele Castillo served for 12 years in the Drug Enforcement Administration where he built cases against organized drug rings in Manhattan, raided jungle cocaine labs in the amazon, conducted aerial eradication operations in Guatemala, and assembled and trained anti-narcotics units in several countries."

ACLU and Human Rights First Sue Defense Secretary Rumsfeld Over U.S. Torture Policies (March 2, 2005)
"Defense Secretary Donald Rumsfeld bears direct responsibility for the torture and abuse of detainees in U.S. military custody, the American Civil Liberties Union and Human Rights First charged today in the first federal court lawsuit to name a top U.S. official in the ongoing torture scandal in Iraq and Afghanistan that has tarnished America’s reputation."