Inge Fryklund talks about U.S. soldiers caught in Afghanistan’s poppy wars As a Chicago prosecutor in the 1980s, Inge Fryklund witnessed drug prohibition play out in the American courtroom. Decades later, as an adviser to U.S. military deploying to Iraq a ...
24 Sep 2015 - Emily Green
Killing is inevitable when drug market is controlled by criminals rather than regulators, argues author of ‘Chasing the Scream’ After spending a hundred years and a trillion dollars fighting the war on drugs, there’s one thing we know for certain: Prohibi ...
20 Aug 2015 - Emily Green
Most users are responsible, says Carl Hart, who wants to change attitudes and policies about drugs Carl Hart wants us to think differently about drugs. A neuropsychopharmacologist from Columbia University — meaning he’s a researcher and teacher on the eff ...
9 Aug 2015 - Katie Hyslop
Recently, there has been quite a buzz in the criminal justice reform community across the nation. Attorney General Eric Holder, who heads our nation’s Department of Justice, announced earlier this month that the DOJ will be taking steps to reform and tran ...
11 Sep 2013 - Cassandra Villaneuva
Portland's "War on Drugs" Impact Area By Amanda Waldroupe, Staff Writer People accused of possessing, dealing or using drugs are being excluded from or prohibited from physically entering Old Town/Chinatown. For the first time in Portland’s ...
3 Aug 2011 - Street Roots