Forty Year War on Drugs Incites New Orleanians to Protest

By Fergus Hodgson

06/20/2011

With festive music and diverse protestors, Women with a Vision led a peaceful march against what the organization describes as a trillion dollar “abject failure”—the now forty-year-old war on drugs.

TAGS: Drug War, Juvenile Justice Project of Louisiana, Loyola Economics Club, Walter Block, Women With a Vision

Nationwide Anti-War on Drugs Rally Coming to New Orleans

By Robert Ross

06/17/2011

On the eve of the 40th anniversary of President Richard Nixon’s declaration of a “War On Drugs,” activists around the country are preparing to march for a renunciation of the policy.

TAGS: Drug Policy Alliance, Global Commission on Drug Policy, Pew Center on the States, War on Drugs, Women With a Vision

The Proposed Freeport McMoran Settlement: Ineffective by Design

The proposed settlement is heralded by some as a major victory, supposedly securing $100 million for the state to use for coastal restoration. In reality, the proposed settlement, if adopted, would yield nowhere near $100 million and divert much of the money it did raise to unrelated government spending. Two key flaws undermine the settlement’s...

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