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The War On Drugs: 50 Years Later
Will wipes away sweat on a hot day while walking down Willow Street in Lynn, Mass., as he looks to distribute safety supplies to drug users on the street.

He Lost Nearly Everything To Addiction. Then An Arrest Changed His Life

Jun 19, 2021
For years, people who used drugs were treated like criminals, often given long sentences. Now there's growing acceptance that addiction is a treatable disease, but shame and discrimination linger.
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The War On Drugs: 50 Years Later
Huntington was once ground-zero for this opioid epidemic. Several years ago, they formed a team that within days visits everyone who overdoses to try to pull them back from the brink. The county's overdose rate plummeted. They wrestled down an HIV cluste

Overdose Deaths Rose During The War On Drugs, But Efforts To Reduce Them Face Backlash

Jun 19, 2021
Researchers know how to curb the risks of overdose and disease among drug users, but policymakers are reluctant to allow public health measures that include needle exchanges and access to safer drugs.
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The War On Drugs: 50 Years Later
During the War on Drugs, the Brownsville neighborhood in New York City saw some of the highest rates of incarceration in the U.S., as Black and Hispanic men were sent to prison for lengthy prison sentences, often for low-level, nonviolent drug crimes.

After 50 Years Of The War On Drugs, 'What Good Is It Doing For Us?'

Jun 17, 2021
President Nixon called for an "all-out offensive" against drugs and addiction. The U.S. is now rethinking policies that led to mass incarceration and shattered families while drug deaths kept rising.
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Beto O'Rourke Draws Parallels Between Las Vegas And His Native El Paso

Oct 11, 2019

Beto O’Rourke’s run for the presidency had largely remained in the shadows of higher-polling candidates like Elizabeth W

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Asia
Supporters of Kian delos Santos protest on Thursday outside the police station where three policemen involved in Kian's killing were assigned in Manila.

3 Police Officers Found Guilty Of Murder In Philippines' War On Drugs

Nov 29, 2018
A court found all three men guilty of murder and sentenced them each to 40 years in prison for the 2017 killing of a 17-year-old who police said they suspected was a drug runner.
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World
A farmer picks coca leaves in a field in Colombia's Antioquia department last November.

Colombia Is Growing Record Amounts Of Coca, The Key Ingredient In Cocaine

Oct 22, 2018
The country's rising cocaine production has alarmed Washington, which has spent more than $10 billion over nearly two decades to attack the illegal drug trade in Colombia.
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Code Switch
Andrea Unsworth, Sunshine Lencho, Nina Parks and Amber Senter.

(Legally) Selling Weed While Black

Sep 22, 2017
As Oakland's legal cannabis industry grows, the biggest players seem to have two things in common: They're white, and they have lots of money.
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Parallels
Philippine Sen. Leila de Lima, a former human rights commissioner and one of President Rodrigo Duterte's most vocal opponents, waves to supporters after appearing at a court in suburban Manila on Feb. 24. She was arrested on drug-related charges that she

Jailed Philippine Senator: 'I Won't Be Silenced Or Cowed'

Jun 24, 2017
Leila de Lima, 57, was jailed in February on President Rodrigo Duterte's orders, after she launched a Senate investigation into Duterte's bloody war on drugs. It's not the first time they've tangled.
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Law
Kurt Britz checks a driver's license at the 3-D Denver Discrete Dispensary on January 1, 2014, the first day recreational marijuana sales were legal in Colorado. Possession remains illegal for those under 21 years old, and statistics show a widening raci

As Adults Legally Smoke Pot In Colorado, More Minority Kids Arrested For It

Jun 29, 2016
The state legalized marijuana at the start of 2014 for anyone 21 or older. An increasing rate of Latino and black youths were arrested for violating that age limit, even as the white arrest rate fell.
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Latin America
Tom Wainwright is now the Britain editor for <em>The Economist.</em>

'Narconomics': How The Drug Cartels Operate Like Wal-Mart And McDonald's

Feb 15, 2016
The cartels' business models are similar to those of big-box stores and franchises, says Tom Wainwright, former Mexico City bureau chief for The Economist. His new book is Narconomics.
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Code Switch
D. Watkins' work has appeared in <em>The Baltimore Sun</em> and <em>Salon</em>. He will start teaching English at Goucher College in the spring.

Baltimore Author Discusses 'Living (And Dying) While Black'

Oct 01, 2015
Author D. Watkins says that crack destroyed his East Baltimore neighborhood, and he explains how the real day-to-day of selling drugs is nothing like the movies. His new book is The Beast Side.
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Obama Shortens Prison Terms For 46 Drug Offenders, Vows More Commutations

Jul 14, 2015
All of those whose sentences were commuted would have gotten lighter prison terms under new sentencing guidelines. The White House says the they aren't hardened criminals and deserve a second chance.
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When Kurt Schmoke was elected as Baltimore's first African-American mayor in 1987, the city was facing many of the same problems that challenge it today.

Former Baltimore Mayor: City Must Confront The 'Rot Beneath The Glitter'

Jun 05, 2015
As the city struggles with a surge in violence and the aftermath of Freddie Gray's death, Kurt Schmoke says that the roots of the problems run deep.
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The Pros and Cons of Legalizing Marijuana

Jul 05, 2011
One Nevada legislator this year tried to expand on the state's existing medical marijuana laws by making easier for patients to get the drug by striking down existing challenges like making it illegal to possess seeds. That bill failed but it leaves a bigger questions about the pros and cons of legalizing marijuana altogether. Some argue that if states legalize the drug they will eliminate the criminal rings that grow, traffic and sell it. But others argue that marijuana is only a small part of what big drug cartels do so making marijuana legal won't slow that criminal activity down.
 
So what are the pros and cons of legalizing marijuana? Would it help or hurt? What are the public health concerns? And is there a reasonable way to regulate the industry? We'll hear from an expert panel about the good and bad of legalizing marijuana.
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