Drug Truth Archive "Best of 2009": Fred Burton of Stratfor, an anti-terrorist organizatoin; Harold Hurdt, retiring police chief in Houston; Amanda Fielding, director of the Beckley Foundation; Glenn Greenwald; David Rosenbloom of the Council on Alcohol and Substance Abuse; Moses Naim, editor of Foreign Policy magazine.
Leigh Maddox, former Maryland state police officer and now a speaker for Law Enforcement Against Prohibition; Tony Newman of Drug Policy Alliance with the top ten drug reform stories of 2009.
Mason Tvert, director of Safer Choice in Colorado and author of "Marijuana is Safer: So Why Are We Driving People to Drink?", discusses progress in marijuana reform.
Danny Kushlick of the U.K.-based Transform Organisation outlines "After the War on Drugs: Blueprint for Regulation"; interview with Ira Glasser at the Drug Policy Alliance conference.
Drug Policy Alliance report and conference "Healing a Broken System: Veterans Battling Addiction and Incarceration" with General Stephen N. Xenakis, M.D.; Guy Gambill, veterans’ advocate; Abel Moreno of Vets 4 Vets.
Tony Newman of the Drug Policy Alliance discusses major changes in the media coverage of the drug war and the DPA's forthcoming conference in New Mexico; Dr. Joel Hochman's advice to parents of drug users.
Attorney Richard Evans of the Massachusetts chapter of the National Organization for the Reform of Marijuana Laws (NORML); Sanho Tree of the Institute for Policy Studies; Paul Armentano of national NORML.
Report from the El Paso conference on the war on drugs: president of the University of Texas at El Paso, mayors of El Paso and Ciudad Juarez, El Paso City Councilman Beto O'Rourke, Terry Nelson of LEAP and Mike Agar.
Fred Gardner, editor of O'Shaughnessy's medical marijuana journal, takes listener calls; nurse Ken Wolski of the Coalition for Medical Marijuana in New Jersey on the trial of a medical marijuana patient with multiple schlerosis.
Loretta Nall, Alabama drug reformer, and Fred Gardner, editor of O'Shaughnessy's medical marijuana journal; Zapata County Sheriff Sigifredo Gonzalez Jr.
Paul Armentano of NORML, co-author of "Marijuana is Safer: So Whey are We Driving People to Drink?"; Eric Sterling, president of Criminal Justice Policy Foundation.
Jerry Paradis, retired Canadian judge and speaker for Law Enforcement Against Prohibition; Paul Armentano of NORML on forthcoming convention in San Francisco.
Dr. Moises Naim, editor of Foreign Policy magazine; Norm Stamper, former Seattle police chief and speaker for Law Enforcement Against Prohibition; "Interesting Man" III; Abolitionist Moment.
Casper Leitch, producer and host of Time4Hemp.com, discusses the history of his efforts; Bruce Mirken of the Marijuana Policy Project on the legislature's override of the governor's veto in Rhode Island.
Claudia Rubin with RELEASE in the U.K. regarding their campaign "Nice People Take Drugs"; Dr. Joel Hochman's warning to parents; Julie Roberts of Drug Policy Alliance on forthcoming cannabis distribution in New Mexico.
U.S. prison sentences await Marc Emery, Canadian marijuana activist; Reverend Eddy Lepp and cannabis dispensary owner Charles Lynch; comments from Ed Rosenthal.
Glenn Greenwald's presentation to the Cato Institute regarding seven successful years of drug decriminalization in Portugal; Terry Nelson of Law Enforcement Against Prohibition.
Glenn Greenwald's speech to Cato Insitute about seven years of decriminalization in Portugal; intro by Tim Lynch; corrupt police story with Phil Smith; Terry Nelson for Law Enforcement Against Prohibition.
Cliff Schaffer, founder of DrugLibrary.org and MarijuanaBusinessNews.com, discusses how we steer the discussion on how to end the drug war; Terry Nelson of Law Enforcement Against Prohibition; the Abolitionist's Moment.
U.N. Drug Conference NGOs speak in Vienna, with Professor Fredrick Polak, Terry Nelson of LEAP, Lennice Werth, Chris Conrad and Mikki Norris, courtesy Vienna Public Radio.
Amanda Fielding, director of the Beckley Foundation on drug research in the U.K., is interviewed at the U.N. drug conference in Vienna by Michael Krawitz; Doug McVay presents Drug War Facts; Country version of Eternal War.
Charles Lynch, cannabis dispensary operator aligned with the mayor and chamber of commerce, now facing five years in federal prison; Cheryl Aichele, ally of Mr. Lynch; Doug McVay with Drug War Facts; Terry Nelson of Law Enforcement Against Prohibition; a DTN Editorial.
Steve DeAngelo, CEO of Harborside Health Center, a medical cannabis dispensary in Oakland California, gives us a tour of the facility; "Official Government Truth" with Winston Francis; the LEAP report from Terry Nelson; Doug McVay with Drug War Facts.
Oaksterdam II: Founder Richard Lee, anonymous instructor, Keith Stevenson of Purple Heart Dispensary, attorney James Anthony of LEAP, attorney Robert Raich.
Former Sheriff Richard Mack, now with Law Enforcement Against Prohibition; Philppe Lucas of Vancouver Island Compassion Society reports Canada's Supreme Court has once again declared marijuana laws unconstitutional; more regarding Michael Phelps from Radley Balco of Reason.
Cassandra Herrman, producer of a new PBS documentary "Tulia Texas," and Tulia defense attorney Jeff Blackburn; Terry Nelson of Law Enforcement Against Prohibition.
Fred Burton, author of "Ghost: Confessions of a Counter Terrorism Agent"; Marijuana Policy Project grades the Bush administration; Terry Nelson reports for Law Enforcement Against Prohibition.
Brian Bennett discusses the history of the drug war; Fred Burton, vice president of counterterrorism at Stratfor and author of "Ghost: Confessions of a Counterterrorism Agent"; Sigifredo Gonzales, sheriff of Zapata County, and Sheriff Arvin West of Hudspeth County both call for a look at legalization; Terry Nelson of Law Enforcement Against Prohibition.