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The Latin American Narcotics Trade and U.S. National Security

Book by Donald J. Mabry; Greenwood Press, 1989

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Drug Traffic--Latin America, Latin America--Foreign Relations--United States, Narcotics, Control Of--United States, National Security--United States, United States--Foreign Relations--Latin America

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Schmoke Kurt L "Decriminalizing Drugs, It Just Might...Stephen Engelberg. "Narcotics Efforts Foiled by U...American Diplomacy and the Narcotics Traffiq 1900-1939...Thomas Jon. Mexico and Narcotics: A Must-Win Situation...
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Not the Law's Business?: An Examination of Homosexuality, Abortion, Prostitution, Narcotics, and Gambling in the United States

Book by Gilbert Geis; National Institute of Mental Health, 1972

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Crimes Without Victims--United States, United States--Moral Conditions

Collections: Philosophy, Entire Library

...Such information ought to be sought in order to make public policy decisions more informed. We would be inclined to believe that legalizing prostitution -- or, more accurately, decriminalizing the behavior -- would tend toward
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Our Right to Drugs: The Case for a Free Market

Book by Thomas Szasz; Praeger Publishers, 1992

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Drug Legalization--United States, Narcotics, Control Of--Moral And Ethical Aspects, Narcotics, Control Of--United States, Pharmaceutical Policy--United States

Collections: Philosophy, Entire Library

...United Nations Convention against Illicit Traffic in Narcotic Drugs and Psychotropic Substances," concluded at Vienna...Drugs New York: Praeger, 1991 . 36. Haggerty J., "Decriminalizing narcotics use advocated," Morning Times , Scranton, PA, March...
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Gray Area Phenomena: Confronting the New World Disorder

Book by Max G. Manwaring; Westview Press, 1993

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Narcotics, Control Of, Narcotics, Control Of--United States, National Security, National Security--United States

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adopted laws decriminalizing marijuana, and Alaska...held that international narcotics programs and domestic...up to 63 percent of the narcotics budget to the demand side while President Reagans narcotics budget allocated as high...
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Handbook of Drug Control in the United States

Book by James A. Inciardi; Greenwood Press, 1990

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Narcotics, Control Of--United States

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...Bureau of International Narcotics Matters, International Narcotics Control Strategy Report...In contemporary usage, decriminalizing a drug is a lesser measure...House Select Committee on Narcotics Abuse and Control, "Testimony...

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Decriminalizing Border Crossings

Journal article by Victor C. Romero; Fordham Urban Law Journal, Vol. 38, 2010

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Border patrols--Political aspects, Deportation--Political aspects, Illegal immigrants--Political aspects, Immigration policy--Political aspects, Searches and seizures--Political aspects, Strict liability--Laws, regulations and rules

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...bringing violence in their wake. Third, decriminalizing border crossings will enhance the United...actions will betray its words. Finally, decriminalizing border crossings should help heal our...Named Agents of the Fed. Bureau of Narcotics, 403 U.S. 388, 389 (1971...
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Another Lost War: The Costs and Consequences of Drug Prohibition

Journal article by William J. Chambliss; Social Justice, Vol. 22, 1995

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Clinton, Bill--Social policy, Narcotics, Control of--Analysis, United States--Social policy

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...CIA has been implicated in international narcotics smuggling. There is overwhelming evidence...Sobel of the Los Angeles Sheriffs Department narcotics unit testified against seven sheriffs narcotics agents in March 1993 for planting cocaine...
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Drug Wars in Black and White

Journal article by Joseph E. Kennedy; Law and Contemporary Problems, Vol. 66, 2003

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Criminal statistics--Comparative method, Narcotics, Control of--Social aspects, Prohibition--Analysis, Race discrimination--Analysis

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...Peter to pay Paul in early U.S. narcotics history was the use of cocaine and...that time was a legal but regulated narcotic whereas the relatively less potent...article attributes the decline in narcotic use among the middle and upper classes...awareness of the harmful effects of narcotics such as morphine and cocaine...accompanying text. (12.) Harrison Acts (Narcotics), ch. 1, 38 Stat. 785 (1914...THE AMERICAN DISEASE: ORIGINS OF NARCOTIC CONTROL 1-6 (1999). (14...
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War or Pseudo-War?

Journal article by Joseph Miranda; Social Justice, Vol. 25, 1998

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Drug abuse--Social aspects, Narcotics, Control of--Evaluation

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...light of the tradition of corruption among narcotics officers (Green, 1997: 166). Narcotics officers have a long history of accepting...corruption that was in the past associated with narcotics enforcement and legalizes it.(11) The...
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Beyond Profiling: Race, Policing, and the Drug War

Journal article by R. Richard Banks; Stanford Law Review, Vol. 56, 2003

Subjects:

Discrimination in criminal justice administration--Social aspects, Narcotics, Control of--Social aspects, Race discrimination--Political aspects, Racial profiling--Analysis, Racial profiling--Practice

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...Hispanics are disproportionately arrested and convicted for narcotics offenses." (30) However, racial differences in rates...e.g., DOUGLAS HUSAK, LEGALIZE THIS!: THE CASE FOR DECRIMINALIZING DRUGS (2002). (177.) See, e.g., Gross Livingston...

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Is Mary Jane Really Bad?

Magazine article by Nancy Bellingham; Canadian Speeches, Vol. 15, July 2001

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Legalization of narcotics--Social aspects, Marijuana--Therapeutic use

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...tobacco, alcohol or any other narcotic; argue that prohibition...coca. All governments tax narcotics of every type, and critics...read makes me think that decriminalizing marijuana would make a lot...1999. "Clark Advocates Decriminalizing Pot." Toronto Star, May...
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A Fighting Chance: As Mexico Steps Up Its War against the Brutal Cartels That Supply the United States' Drug Habit, Leaders on Both Sides of the Border Face Tough Questions about How to Combat a Problem That Threatens the Very Fabric of Mexico's Democracy

Magazine article by Alfredo Corchado; The Wilson Quarterly, Vol. 33, Spring 2009

Subjects:

Border security--Management, Drug abuse and crime--International aspects, Drug abuse and crime--Prevention, Drug dealing--International aspects, Drug dealing--Prevention, Drug traffic--International aspects, Drug traffic--Prevention, Gang violence--Casualties, Gang violence--Social aspects, Mexican foreign relations--Social aspects, Mexico--Social aspects, Narcotics control--Evaluation, Narcotics, Control of--Evaluation, United States foreign relations--Social aspects

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...billions for companies such as Wal-Mart Some of the narcotics are grown in Mexico; the rest arrive at this gateway...and Brazil, called for a new approach, namely, decriminalizing marijuana. Yet any proposal that smacks of decriminalization...
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More Reefer Madness

Magazine article by Eric Schlosser; The Atlantic Monthly, Vol. 279, April 1997

Subjects:

Decriminalization--Social aspects, Legalization of narcotics--Social aspects, Marijuana--Laws, regulations and rules, Narcotics legalization--Social aspects

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...Administration and its predecessor, the Bureau of Narcotics and Dangerous Drugs, for twenty-eight years before...and needlessly ruin lives in order to appear tough. Decriminalizing marijuana would also help to resolve the current dispute...
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Q: Is the Government's War against Marijuana Justified as Public Policy?

Magazine article by Mark Souder, Lynn Zimmer; Insight on the News, Vol. 13, January 12, 1998

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Crime prevention--Political aspects, Legalization of narcotics--Political aspects, Marijuana--Laws, regulations, etc., Narcotics, Control of--Political aspects

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...marijuana but also cocaine, heroin, LSD and other narcotics on Schedule T of the federal Controlled Substances...a campaign practically impossible. An advantage of decriminalizing marijuana is that it would allow the dissemination...
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Beyond the Drug War

Magazine article by Coletta Youngers; Foreign Policy in Focus, November 25, 2008

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Bolivia--Social policy, Bolivian foreign relations, Narcotics control--Evaluation, Narcotics, Control of--Evaluation, United States foreign relations

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...demonstrably" to meet its obligations under international narcotics agreements over the last year. The U.S. government waived...minister of justice has spoken out forcefully in favor of decriminalizing drugs for personal consumption, a position that was endorsed...

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Newspaper Articles on: decriminalizing narcotics

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Candidates Talk Crime, Punishment Governor Hopefuls Weigh in on Crime, Punishment

Newspaper article; Daily Herald (Arlington Heights, IL), December 13, 2009

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News agencies, Ryan, George, The Associated Press

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...and said legalizing marijuana and decriminalizing possession of some other narcotics could help reduce jail overcrowding...and said legalizing marijuana and decriminalizing possession of some other narcotics could help reduce jail overcrowding...
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Governor Hopefuls Talk Crime, Punishment

Newspaper article; Daily Herald (Arlington Heights, IL), December 13, 2009

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Execution (Punishment), Executions and executioners, Governors, Gubernatorial candidates, News agencies, Political parties--United States, Ryan, George, The Associated Press

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...prison for crimes against people. Whitney backs Quinns plan and said legalizing marijuana and decriminalizing possession of some other narcotics could help reduce jail overcrowding. But nearly all the Republicans assailed early release, as...
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Drug Control Strategy Launched; Denver Called 'Model' Case

Newspaper article; The Washington Times, February 9, 2006

Collections: Religious Studies, Education, Psychology, History, Literature, Philosophy, Entire Library

...stunned the nation in November when voters approved an initiative decriminalizing adult possession of up to 1 ounce of marijuana, the most liberal...alcohol and deny that pot is a "gateway drug" for more dangerous narcotics.
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Canada, Maryland Going to Pot; Studies Suggest Marijuana Has No Medicinal Value

Newspaper article; The Washington Times, July 2, 2003

Collections: Religious Studies, Education, Psychology, History, Literature, Philosophy, Entire Library

...races). The answer to the war on drugs does not lie in decriminalizing marijuana. Doing so could very well mean heading down a...2001) and former communications director for the House Narcotics Committee (1986-1990). Amy Rieth, a sophomore at North...
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Questions of Law Also Await Balloting; 'Unfair' Laws Marijuana Use among Issues

Newspaper article; The Washington Times, October 28, 2002

Collections: Religious Studies, Education, Psychology, History, Literature, Philosophy, Entire Library

...drug-possession laws found with a small amount of illegal narcotics. Those involved in drug trafficking would not qualify...headquarters in Las Vegas. The group is opposed to Nevada decriminalizing the drug. Photo by AP

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