WHAT'S NEW @ Drug War Facts

Volume 2, Issue 2
March 2012
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FEATURE ARTICLE: The Cost of Corrections

The most tragic consequences of the exhaustive thirst to put over seven million Americans under the control of the U.S. corrections system (5) are the human costs: unemployment, disenfranchisement and broken families.

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Volume 2, Issue 1
January 2012
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FEATURE ARTICLE: The American Gulag

Good news was reported with the December 2011 release of the "Prisoners in 2010" report from the U.S. Bureau of Justice Statistics. "The combined U.S. prison population decreased 0.6% in 2010, the first decline since 1972." [1] While we can somewhat celebrate this downward blip, these numbers need to be put in context.

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Volume 1, Issue 6
November 2011
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FEATURE ARTICLE: How to compute the marijuana vote in your state.

They say all politics are local - the wide variety of state and local marijuana policies throughout the United States serves as a perfect example. How these come to pass can perhaps be foretold by size of the "marijuana vote" in a particular state.

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Volume 1, Issue 5
September 2011
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FEATURE ARTICLE: 9/11 and the War on Drugs

September 11, 2011 marked the 10th anniversary of the tragic events that now comprise the universal acronym 9/11. In years that followed this incomprehensible attack, a shocked, scared and angry nation looked for answers. Why did this happen? Who was to blame?

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Volume 1, Issue 4
July 2011
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FEATURE: Those who forget the mistakes of the past are doomed to repeat them.

In the spirit of a paraphrased quote from noted philosopher George Santayana, a new section concerning the history of illicit drugs in the United States has been created in Drug War Facts. Travel from the "International Policy" home page link to the "United States" chapter under it, and you'll find seventeen Facts from thirteen sources that overview the history of the drug war.

The short version (sources in parentheses):

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Volume 1, Issue 3
May 2011
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FEATURE: The FDA and ADVERSE DRUG REACTIONS

The subchapter "Regulation of Prescription Drugs" and two new tables have been added to the United States Chapter of Drug War Facts. They concern the approval of prescription drugs through the U.S. Food and Drug Administration (FDA), a regulator often cited in the drug policy debate.

Volume 1, Issue 2
March 2011
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FEATURE: HOW TO CALCULATE the Number of Medical Marijuana
Patients in Your State

1. Go to U.S. Census Bureau website and select the population
for your state (line 1).
-Census Bureau 2009 http://quickfacts.census.gov/qfd/index.html

2. Subtract the "Persons under 18 years old, percent, 2009"
(line 4) from 100% to determine the percentage of your
state's population over age 18.

3. Multiply the result of #2 times your population in #1.
This should equal your state's estimated "adult population"
over age 18.

WHAT'S NEW @ Drug War Facts

Volume 1, Issue 1
January 2010
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Drug War Facts provides reliable information with applicable citations on
important public health and criminal justice issues. A project of Common
Sense for Drug Policy , Drug War Facts is updated
continuously by its Editor, Mary Jane Borden. Its mission is to offer useful
facts, cited from authoritative sources, to a debate that is often
characterized by myths, error, emotion and dissembling. It is CSDP's belief
that in time an informed society will correct its errors and generate wiser