Prohibition
of Drugs: One long failed war
*Document Library*
This page gives access to a growing number of articles from the media, 'alternative' media, scietific journals and other sources of information. A large section is devoted to literature about the war on drugs, solutions to this war, and drug related information. Also online are articles about food safety, direct action information and other documents.
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Prohibition
of Drugs: One long failed war
America and Prohibition - An ex-policeman questions the success of the War on Drugs
United States Prison Industrial Complex - Making money out of incarceration!
The War on Pot by Bill Lueders
Propaganda and the War on Drugs - Excellent unbiased article regarding the war on drugs, the use of lies, propaganda, corporate connections and corruption in presenting this bizarre war to the public. Particularly of interest to Australians.
Drug Testing : A huge false positive and a complete waste of money (2 articles)?
Drug Testing (2): An immense folly and a complete disregard for basic human rights (several articles).
Drug Testing (3): Article in the San Francisco Examiner questions the ethics and results of workplace drug testing.
Drug Statistics- At the moment showing statistics regarding drugs usage in the USA and the Netherlands. Shows that hard drug use in the USA is far higher than in the Netherlands.
Results of Zero Tolerance Regimes - Short newspaper article describing the different effects of a US Zero Tolerance approach to drug policy, and a relatively pragmatic approach in Australia. Does Zero Tolerance ever work?
"Nothing Redeems Zero Tolerance Rules" - An examination of the results to society of a Zero-Tolerance approach.
Zero Tolerance Doesn't Add Up - An article from the San Jose Mercury News.
Zero Backlash Unites Left and Right - An article giving some really idiotic examples of Zero Tolerance at schools. What kind of an idiot actually goes along with Zero Tolerance anyway?
Cocaine Colonialism - Excellent editorial from the Ecologist Magazine detailing environmental and social hazards of prohibition.
Taking Flak in the Tsar Wars - Article detailing the lies and underhand manner of the US drug Premier Drug Czar : General Barry McCaffery.
America - A nation of legal drug addicts? - The hypocrisy of the war on some drugs is absolutely amazing as highlighted in this article from the Ecologist.
Why Keep of the Grass when you can have Prozac Instead? - Excellent article from an Israeli newspaper delving into the reasons for different perceptions employed towards legal and illegal drugs.
Getting off the Drugs: The Legalisation Option - Article by a Quaker Journal outlining not only the failures of the war on drugs, but also the theological issues which make prohibition impossible to support.
2 Million Prisoners - Dallas Morning Post. Critical of "tough on crime" measures which have resulted in the USA having a quarter of the worlds prison population. Plus BBC commentary and actual drug prisoner statistics.
Why Cannabis is Illegal - by Kevin Nelson. Article describing the real reasons behind the prohibition of a non-toxic herb.
Bought and Sold : Drug Warriors and the Media - Article in "The Freeman" describing the close "co-operation" between the television networks and the anti-drugs coordinators. Is this a prelude to homogenous government sponsored propaganda?
Government's Anti-Drug Deals with the Networks Must Stop - Article in the Philadelphia Daily News attacking the close links between government and broadcasters.
Just Say No - Article from the Pittsburg Post-Gazette calling for an end to the use of censorship and propaganda as weapons of the war on drugs.
US Drug Rules Enforced World Over - Report from CNN.
Drug Insanity - Article from the Los Angeles Daily Journal attacking US War on Drugs Efforts.
Arrest Figures for the UK - Article detailing the rise in cannabis arrests and the disparity shown across the UK when dealing with cannabis possession cases.
Prohibition and Heroin Deaths - Article from an Irish newspaper describing the failures of the war on drugs, and the resulting deaths attributable to prohibition.
Psychiatrists Attack Prohibition - Researchers find that prohibition does not alter drug usage levels.
Plan
Colombia - an excellent
analysis between the interplay between Imperialism and the War on Drugs. Outlines
the effects of so-called anti-drug fumigation on the environment and local people.
Stop Plan Colombia! Abolish Capitalism and the War on Drugs!
Ibogaine : The Solution to Drug Addiction? If so, why is it a threat to the US Governments interests?
One Stop Cure for Addiction - A long article about the psycedelic drug, ibogaine. Why isn't this cure for addiction available to all addicts?
Argument for a Royal Commission - Amelia Hill argues convincingly in the Scotland on Sunday for a Royal Commission on drugs.
Treatment not Prison - This short article by Nick Hopkins describes the failures of a drug policy aimed at prison.
Ending this War on Drugs - Defend your right to a trial by jury. Force the Governments of this world to end their war by taking it to the courtroom.
Letter to Journal of Substance Abuse Treatment - Letter by Ernie Druck debunking a 'trash' article in this respected journal. Addresses claims that the Swiss harm reduction policies have failed.
Clevelands Police Force assess the war on drugs - Police recognise failure of the war on drugs.
Just Say No to the USA - How Australia is helping ease drug related crime and drug related health problems, from the Syndey Morning Herald.
Police Foundation Recommendations - Read the recommendations that the Home Office has been presented with. Hopefully the government will have a careful look at this very progressive document and implement some radical changes to our drug laws.
Article from the Sunday Herald - Prescription of heroin to addic would prevent deaths and lower crime rates.
Addiction Rates, Deaths, Crime Plummet When Users Are No Longer Considered Criminals: Europe Leading the Way - Excellent article by Dan Gardner of The Ottawa Citizen.
Grow Up - an article from the New Statesman pleading for a more reasonable debate on the issue of drugs.
The
UN Convention on Drugs (1961) - not
a barrier to legalisation (in the cannabis section of the site).
Caffeine - information and a brief summary of where this drug can be found.
Cannabis - less harmful than tobacco?
Cannabis - effects on sexual maturation and sperm counts
Cannabis - bad for foetus and baby?
Cannabis - a drug without therapeutic or medicinal value?
US Government knew in 1974 that cannabis can be used to combat cancer...
Cannabis - does it actually improve your immune system?
Cannabis - does it destroy your brain?
Cannabis - physically addictive?
Cannabis - does it cause emergencies?
Cannabis - does it reduce examination performance?
Cannabis - a danger to drivers?
Article and links about British Government tests on the effects of cannabis on driving!
Cannabis - constituent chemicals are naturally produced in the brain to counter pain
Cannabis - does use of it cause rapid cognitive decline?
Cannabis - various scientific studies into cannabinoids analgesic properties
Cannabis - an email detailing various scientific studies about the effects of cannabis on users.
The
Lancet Opinion
- Respected medical journal reiterates its pro-legalisation stance based upon
scientific evidence.
Cannabis - all the miscellany - the alt.drugs.pot FAQ
Cannabis
- how to eat hash FAQ
Ecstasy - How dangerous is this drug really? More dangerous than peanuts?!
LSD - On the Issue of Strychnine in LSD.
Drugs Compared - The major drugs compared
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more articles, documents and information click here
'Can we trust the food industry?' - Article by Michele Fabbri exposing the corruption and capitalist tendencies behind our food safety scares
(+ Info on Genetically Modified Crops and rGhb on the campaign section)
The Anti-Carcenogenic Properties of Fruit Seeds - Article from another website detailing the fantastic anti-carcenogenic properties of seeds, and in particular the apricot seed.
Tar and Tobacco - How the chemical industry in the US causes cancer. Also gives relative cancer risks for cannabis and tobacco.
Tobacco, Cannabis, Laws and the Industry - get to the bottom of how harmful tobacco and cannabis really are.
Definitions of Anarchy - From the Number 10 Downing Street Website : 7 definitions of anarchy
What is Direct Action? - An excellent article describing what direct action is, and some examples of its use.
Zapatistas - An article from SchNEWS detailing this movement in Mexico.
What is Anti-Capitalism? - HTML version of a leaflet produced in the run up to MayDay2000.
Does Protest Need A Vision - Interesting discussion from the New Statesman about the wave of anti-globalisation/capitalism protests sweeping the globe.
Medical Advice to Protestors - Originally created by a medical team involved in the protests against the World Trade Organisation and the IMF and World Bank. Useful for any protestor.
How the United States deals with anti-globalisation demonstrations - very interesting, and possibly alarming article from a-infos.
Is Winson Churchill a national hero? - article describing some of the less reported actions of this prime minister.
Squatting - Excellent article about how to do it within the law, and other useful advice.
Mayday 2000 - Damage to monuments and the hypocricy of the ruling elite.
On the Duty of Civil Disobedience - by Henry David Thoreau first published in 1849 and called 'Resistance to Civil Government']
Transforming Luddite Resistance into Virtual Luddite Resistance - Weaving A World Wide Web of Electronic Civil Disobedience - How the Internet can be used as a form of civil disobedience. First published in Earth First! journal.
Asylum - Excellent article from Fight Racism! Fight Imperialism (August/Sep 2000) about asylum seekers and immigration. Details the racism inherent in our political parties.
Pepperspray - information about this tool of social control.
Ordering Gas Masks in the UK - how and what to purchase to protect yourself from state instruments of oppression.
Spoof Newspapers - Article from the Independent about the use of spoof newspapers to support campaigns and Global Days of Action.
1968 - Graffiti from the 1968 uprisings in France (text, not graphics).
Ecologism and 'ecofascism' - using two possible forms of so-called 'ecofascism' as examples, this essay examines whether fascism can ever be considered ecological.
Stick it to the Manarchy - Article by the 'rock block collective' attacking elitism within the direct action community.
Information
about Section 60 - Powers the police use to curtail protest.
Bill Clinton's Dead Friends - A surpisingly long list of people have mysteriously died who knew the Clintons intimitely. Read this.
The Prudential - information about this corporation.
Work Vs Prison - A list of jokes about the difference between work and prison. (But is it really a joke?!)
Carbon Monoxide - Message received by email about this hidden and dangerous gas...
School of the Americas - Dodgy stuff going on here, information from School of America Watch action group.
Big
Brother is Watching You - Article assessing attacks on privacy by the British
government, but applicable worldwide as part of a crackdown on dissent.
Has
Glastonbury Sold Out? - Article by Corporate Watch
