A VIRTUAL BREEZE
Assorted comments from the opinion section of MAP.
(Articles from before September 2000.)

... but remember, it's all 'illogical, red-herring rhetoric', they're all just
'demonizing law enforcement', according to the deputy director of the Arizona High
Intensity Drug Trafficking program, in the Arizona Daily Star, Aug. 28 2000.

VOTE TO END THE WAR ON DRUGS, 30 Oct, Daily Iowan, James Edward Johnson FAILED WAR ON DRUGS HAS TAKEN HARD TOLL, 29 Oct, Boston Herald, M. Eagan WHEN SCIENCE IS MONKEY BUSINESS, 28 Oct, Daily Camera AN INFRINGEMENT ON LIBERTY, 27 Oct, Idaho State Journal, D. Bramwell YOU CAN'T MAKE WAR ON ORGANIZED CRIME, 27 Oct, National Post, Filip Palda PROBLEMS JAIL TIME MAY NOT SOLVE, 25 Oct, San Diego Union Tribune, W. Raspberry STRAIGHT DOPE: DRUGGIES WORSE THAN KILLERS, 24 Oct, WorldNetDaily, Joel Miller WE'RE NO. 1 -- IN PRISONERS, 23 Oct, Alameda Times-Star, Tom Teepen POLICE PAY, TOO, 22 Oct, Richmond Times-Dispatch, Jerry Oliver A PLEBISCITE ON DRUG WAR, 20 Oct, Sacramento Bee, Dan Walters BYE-BYE, BARRY, 20 Oct, Sacramento Bee, Arianna Huffington EXIT MCCAFFREY ... NOW HALT DRUG WAR, 18 Oct, Northwest Florida Daily News MAJORITY REGARD CANNABIS AS NO WORSE THAN DRINK, 17 Oct, Guardian, A. Travis NOW IS TIME TO END DRUG WAR, 17 Oct, Lima News ALASKA ADULTS CAN DECIDE ..., 16 Oct, Anchorage Daily News, Al Anders REEFER MADNESS, 12 Oct, Salon.com, Gary Kamiya EUROPEANS BALK AT FUNDING THE DRUG WAR IN COLOMBIA, 12 Oct, S.F. Chronicle IT'S TIME FOR STRAIGHT TALK, 12 Oct, San Diego Union Tribune, Robert Stutman DRUG WAR 'SUCCESSES', 11 Oct, Ottawa Citizen CRUCIBLE FOR THE DRUG WAR, 10 Oct, Sacramento Bee, Arianna Huffington THE UK SHOULD FOLLOW THE DUTCH LEAD, 10 Oct, Guardian BALANCED LOOK AT DRUG WAR, 9 Oct, San Jose Mercury News, Frazier Moore THE JOINT IS JUMPING, 9 Oct, Daily Mail, Alan Travis THIEVES IN THE NIGHT, 5 Oct, Boulder Weekly, Wayne Laugesen WILL COMMON-SENSE DRUG POLICY WORK?, 4 Oct, News-Sentinel, Leo Morris CONSTITUTIONAL RIGHTS PUSHED ASIDE, 30 Sep, Idaho State Journal, Molly Ivins BEWARE OF THE NEW NARCO-INDUSTRIAL COMPLEX, 1/10, Wichita Eagle, Jim Mann DRUG WAR UNWINNABLE, 29 Sep, Bangor Daily News, D. T. Wilkinson REALITY CHECK IS OVERDUE, 27 Sep, New York Times, Richard Rothstein ANOTHER WAY TO WEED OUT DRUG USE, 25 Sep, Fresno Bee, Eli Setencich THE STREET VALUE OF CANADIAN JOURNALISM, 23 Sep, Ottawa Cit., D. Gardner DIGGING OUT THE DOPE FIENDS, 22 Sep, WorldNetDaily, Joel Miller THE LORD GIVETH, THE POLICE TAKETH AWAY, 21 Sep, WorldNetDaily, Joel Miller DRUGS: SHOULD WE GO DUTCH?, 19 Sep, Montreal Gazette, Elizabeth Bromstein HARROWING WEED TURMOIL EXPOSED, 15 Sep, San Francisco Chronicle, Jon Carroll PROHIBITION CREATES THE LINK BETWEEN DRUGS AND CRIME, 11 Sep, Guardian COLOMBIA ILLUSIONS, 10 Sep, Washington Post, George Will RIGHT ON TARGET, 10 Sep, Santa Barbara News-Press, Randy Alcorn CLINTON'S WRONG WAR, 7 Sep, Denver Post WHERE ARE RESULTS IN WAR ON DRUGS?, 6 Sep, The News-Sentinel, Leo Morris WOD PROMOTES WHAT IT AIMS TO DESTROY , 5/9, Capital Tms, Salcedo&Epstein WHY THE WAR ON DRUGS HAS FAILED, 5 Sep, Ottawa Citizen, Dan Gardner THE PRESIDENT OF HYPOCRITES, 4 Sep, The Independent, Joan Smith A NO-WIN WAR ON DRUGS, 3 Sep, Staten Island Advance, Terence Kivlan THE WAR ON DRUGS First, Inhale Deeply, 2 Sep, The Economist THE 'WAR ON DRUGS' IS A CLASS WAR, 2 Sep, The State, Tom Turnipseed CLINTON'S BILLIONS KEEP A DRUGS WAR ALIVE, 1 Sep, The Times, Simon Jenkins LISTENING TO A CHANGE IN THE SILENCE, 31 Aug, New York Times, Joyce Purnick ECSTASY MADNESS!, 28 Aug, Slate, Jack Shafer POLICY ON ILLEGAL DRUG USE IS OUT OF TOUCH, 24 Aug, Irish Examiner STOP FABRICATING WAR, 21 Aug, Calgary Sun, Bill Kaufmann HIGH TIME, 18 Aug, Trinidad Express, B.C. Pires OPPOSE PLAN COLOMBIA; END DRUG PROHIBITION, 17/8, Miami Herald, B. C. Hadaway CHOICE UP TO THE INDIVIDUAL, 17 Aug, The Denver Post, Reggie Rivers THE TIMES’ SILENCE ON PLAN COLOMBIA, 16 Aug, The Village Voice, Cynthia Cotts FORGET THE MARIJUANA SCARE STORIES, 10 Aug, Winnipeg Free Press, C. Mitchell ADVICE ON DRUG CONTRADICTORY, 9 Aug, Otago Daily Times, Nigella Lawson A TURNING POINT IN THE WAR ON DRUGS, 8 Aug, Sacramento Bee, Arianna Huffington OTTAWA CAN DO THE RIGHT THING ON POT, 3 Aug, Toronto Star, Rachel Giese LET'S HEAR STRAIGHT TALK ON DRUGS FROM BUSH, 1 Aug, Baltimore Sun, M. Olesker REEFER MINDLESS, 1 Aug, Penthouse, Michael Simmons SELF-RIGHTEOUS SELF-DESTRUCTION, 31 Jul, Chicago Tribune, Salim Muwakkil SMOKE AND MIRRORS - AMERICA'S DRUG WAR, Harvard Political Review, R. Lauridsen BREAKING THE SILENCE, 29 Jul, New York Times, Anthony Lewis US HEADING FOR A STUPID MESS, 27 Jul, Otago Daily Times (New Zealand), Gwynne Dyer MAKE WAR ON THE WAR ON DRUGS, 26 Jul, Washington Post, Judy Mann THE OTHER VICTIMS OF THE WAR ON DRUGS, 26 Jul, Newsday, Ellis Henican COURTING MARY JANE IS NO CRIME, 26 Jul, Globe and Mail (Canada), William Johnson BLOWING SMOKE, 22 Jul, The Economist STOP THE REEFER MADNESS, 21 Jul, Halifax Daily News, Stephen Kimber THE MISGUIDED WAR ON DRUGS, Jul 20, MSNBC.com (US Web), Eric Alterman YOUR TAX DOLLARS HARD AT WORK, 20 Jul, BuffaloBeat, Jeff Miers ONE TOKE OVER THE LINE, SWEET JESUS?, 20 Jul, WorldNetDaily, Joel Miller THANKS, BUT NO THANKS, 20 Jul, New Haven Advocate, Paul Bass VIETNAM ALL OVER AGAIN, 7 Jul, Boston Globe, David Nyhan INFORMATION BLACKOUT, 6 Jul, Las Vegas Weekly, Ted Oehmke EXPANDING DRUG WAR, 3 Jul, Orange County Register IT ISN'T WORKING, 1 Jul, New York Times, Anthony Lewis WHICH HELICOPTER WILL WIN DRUG WAR?, 28 Jun, San Diego Union Trib., A. Huffington MUDDLED WAR ON DRUGS, 26 Jun, Seattle Times TIME TO FACE THE FACT, 24 Jun, Irish Examiner, Ryle Dwyer REEFER MADNESS REMAINS, 24 Jun, St. Petersburg Times DRUG HYSTERIA, 23 Jun, Texas Observer 2 MORE LAY DEAD, 18 Jun, St. Louis Post-Dispatch, Bill McClellan WHY IS DRUG WAR TARGETING BLACKS?, 17 Jun, Northwest Florida Daily News WE'RE WINNING THE DRUG WAR - IF WE SAY SO , 18 Jun, Times-Herald, Mike Plylar SOBER MESSAGE, 16 Jun, Seattle Times, John Hartl ECSTASY IN THE STATEHOUSE, 15 Jun, Illinois Times, Rich Miller HEROIN HARM AND PROHIBITION, 7 Jun, Irish Times, Kevin Myers YOU'RE GOING TO DIE, SO YOU MIGHT AS WELL LIVE, 6 Jun, The Guardian, Julie Burchill CHILD CASUALTIES OF THE DRUG WAR, 1 Jun, Chicago Tribune, Steve Chapman A NEW FRONT FOR THE 'DRUG WAR' , 30 May, Orange County Register, Michael A. Glueck LEGALIZING DRUGS TO COMBAT TERRORISM, 28 May, San Diego Union Tribune, A. Cole OUR NEW WAR IN COLOMBIA, 13 Apr, New York Review of Books, Sheryl McCarthy A COCKTAIL OF DOUBLE STANDARDS, MR STRAW, 12 Apr, The Times, Simon Jenkins LAWS ON DRUG SENTENCING INSULT JUSTICE, 9 Apr, St. Petersburg Times, S. McCarthy LABOUR SUPPORTERS VILIFY STRAW, 3 Apr, Wall Street Journal, Marc Champion FIGHTING THE OTHER DRUG WAR , 3 April, Newsweek, M. Isikoff, G. Vistica, S. Ambrus MINDS WIDE SHUT ON DRUGS, 3 Apr 2000 Sydney Morning Herald LEGALIZE IT, 2 Apr, Michigan Daily, Alex Wodak THE DRUG WAR GRAVY TRAIN, 31 March, Salon.com, Daniel Forbes DEALING WITH CANNABIS, 31 Mar, Daily Telegraph AN EXPERIMENT WITH CANNABIS, 30 Mar, Daily Telegraph WAR ON DRUGS CAN'T HELP BUT RUN AMOK, 24 Mar, Washington Post, Judy Mann $1.7 BILLION FOR COLOMBIA IS NUTS, 15 Mar, SF Examiner, Arianna Huffington ALL LOCKED UP, 23 Feb, Washington Post, Timothy Lynch PRISON REFORM MEANS CALLING HALT TO WOD, 17/2, Wash. Post, N.R. Peirce TRUCE NEEDED IN DRUG WAR , 15 Feb, Kansas City Star, Frank Lingo SHOULD DRUGS GO LEGAL?, 13 Feb, Hindustan Times (India), Vishal Thapar WAR AND HYPOCRISY, 21 Jan, Texas Observer, James E. Garcia A CORRUPT 'WAR ON DRUGS', 3 Jan, Washington Post, William Raspberry YOU CAN'T HELP DRUG USERS JAILING THEM, 29/12/99, Washington Post, B. Wagner DEEP TROUBLE SEEN AMID PLENTY , 6/12/99, Boston Globe, Eric Lichtblau DEAR PARENTS WITH FOGGY MEMORIES, 17/11/99, USA Today, Patricia Pearson BOUGHT AND SOLD: DRUG WARRIORS AND THE MEDIA, 10/99, Freeman, P. Armentano BEYOND THE DRUG WAR, 20/9/99, The Nation AMERICA'S LOST WAR ON DRUGS, 7/7/99, The Denver Post, Pius K. Kamau THE WAR ON DRUGS RETREATS, STILL TAKING PRISONERS, 28/2/99, NY Times, T. Egan THE DRUGS WORLD WAR, 8/2/98, Independent on Sunday, Phillip Knightley A VIRTUAL BREEZE COMES TO WASHINGTON, 24/11/98, USA Today, Sam V. Meddis This page is maintained by: MAP-NL