In a photographic essay, the public sees the actual faces of people filling American prisons today and learns the case histories of selected inmates whose sentences illustrate the often harsh and arbitrary policies imposed on first-time, non-violent drug http://www.hr95.org
Website of Bob Newland, noted journalist, raconteur, iconoclast, political philosopher and exposer of the lies used to propagate the so-called War on Drugs. http://www.nakedgov.com/
PBS program which investigates how a fundamental shift in the country's anti-drug laws - including federal mandatory minimum sentencing and conspiracy provisions - has bred a culture of snitching that is in many cases rewarding the guiltiest and punishing http://www.pbs.org/wgbh/pages/frontline/shows/snitch/
A two-part editorial "Spurious Justification" and "Who Benefits from Prohibition?" Explores aspects of law and drug use. http://unquietmind.com/prohibition1.html
Noam Chomsky argues that the U.S. government is scandalously cynical in launching a "War on Drugs" while, at the same time, supporting other dangers. http://deoxy.org/usdrugs.htm
The Mission of the Drug Peace Campaign is to bring a peaceful end to the War on Drugs and to the persecutions and human rights abuses that are perpetrated in its name. http://www.drugpeace.org/
Free online book - a collection of categorized information on various aspects of the drug war, all presented with full source citations and, where possible, links to the original. http://www.drugwarfacts.org
Non-profit organization involved in sculpting the movement of Drug Courts within the U.S. and internationally for Court Practitioners. Provides training, research, and scholarships. http://www.ndci.org
Reports on the drug war from Latin America with breaking news, analysis, investigative journalism, translations of journalism from Mexico and beyond, and media criticism. http://www.narconews.com/
Tens of thousands of American teenagers are forced into drug treatment programs each year by schools, parents, or the courts - despite not having any serious drug problem. http://www.motherjones.com/news_wire/rehab.html
Is the funding of terrorist groups an unintended consequence of drug prohibition? This site explores the inevitable convergence of prohibition, crime, arms dealing, and terrorism. http://www.narcoterror.org/
A site devoted to drug policies and the strategies against them. Cannabis activist political links and civil liberties anti-prohibition information. http://www.theflow.nl/legalize.htm
This site and its accompanying book offers a look at why the war makes problems worse instead of better, and who gets hurt and who gets helped by these policies. http://www.maximizingharm.com
An organization working to end the war on drugs and promote new drug policies based on common sense, science, public health and human rights. Formerly the Lindesmith Center. http://www.drugpolicy.org
Enacted in 1973 when Nelson Rockefeller was governor, the Rockefeller Drug Laws require harsh prison terms for the possession or sale of relatively small amounts of drugs. http://www.droptherock.org/
By Judge Jim P. Gray. In addition to the comments from the author of this book, who is a veteran trial judge in Southern California, the views of more than 40 judges and justices nationwide are cited in this documented. http://www.judgejimgray.com
Dedicated to expanding discussion on drug policy by raising questions about existing law and educating the public about alternatives to current policies. http://www.csdp.org
