Drugs & Society

This is a fantastic website from the LA Times on the War on Drugs in Mexico

http://projects.latimes.com/mexico-drug-war/#/its-a-war

Follow this link to watch video documentation of the British government’s LSD experiments with soldiers…

http://www.huffingtonpost.com/2009/12/02/soldiers-on-acid-1963-bri_n_377579.html

The idea is born – Bunny Colvin

The rules

“Hamsterdam” at night

Other police find out

City Hall shuts down Hamsterdam

This documentary is on the Netherlands’ policies on prostitution and marijuana – both of which represent harm reduction approaches.

http://video.google.com/videoplay?docid=-465648840778949581#

A fellow classmate sent me a few links…

This first one is a transcript of the interview with Dupont (you saw clips of this in class). He talk explicitly about the letter sticks out, with his disregard of scientists…

http://www.pbs.org/wgbh/pages/frontline/shows/drugs/interviews/dupont.html\

Your classmate also spoke with Obama’s advisor Charles Ogletree.  He said how the Obama administration wants to change the War on Drugs and that I should check out Jim Webb, Senator of VA, who Obama shares ideas and policies with. This website  outlines a lot of Webb’s thinking  http://www.thenation.com/blogs/edcut/331478/jim_webb_tackles_our_tangled_drug_policy

International Harm Reduction Association - http://www.ihra.net/

Humbolt Park Needle Exchange Program - http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=OzKta1YZVQE

Vancouver Safe Injection Site - http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=dQpRMJacTiQ

Swiss approve prescription heroin - http://news.bbc.co.uk/2/hi/europe/7757050.stm

Here is a recent article from the NY Times on needle exchange in Russia - http://www.nytimes.com/2009/11/22/magazine/22FOB-idealab-t.html?pagewanted=1&ref=magazine

And, here is the site for the needle exchange program in Ithaca – Prevention Point.  This organization is always looking for volunteers, so check them out if you are interested. http://www.stapinc.org/prevention-prevpoint.html

Slate also apparently thought NBC’s report on huffing was off the mark.  Jack Shafer dubbed it “Stupid drug story of the week” – http://www.slate.com/id/2236302/

Mini-Test 2 – Wednesday, Dec 2

Journal for Bad Neighbor Policy - Due Wednesday, Dec 4