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		<title>Raving on about drugs: Dutch study on health problems at raves</title>
		<link>http://blogs.crikey.com.au/thestump/2012/01/02/raving-on-about-drugs/</link>
		<comments>http://blogs.crikey.com.au/thestump/2012/01/02/raving-on-about-drugs/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Mon, 02 Jan 2012 01:51:15 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Crikey</dc:creator>
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		<category><![CDATA[The World]]></category>
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		<description><![CDATA[We haven’t had a silly season 'recreational drugs are really dangerous story' yet but there’s still plenty of time. So here’s a quick summary of some research from the Netherlands, writes <b>Richard Farmer</b>.]]></description>
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		<title>Marr: it&#8217;s time to talk openly about drugs</title>
		<link>http://www.smh.com.au/national/the-great-debate-that-no-ones-talking-about-20111203-1ocag.html</link>
		<comments>http://www.smh.com.au/national/the-great-debate-that-no-ones-talking-about-20111203-1ocag.html#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Sun, 04 Dec 2011 22:46:42 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Crikey</dc:creator>
				<category><![CDATA[Federal]]></category>
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		<category><![CDATA[David Marr]]></category>
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		<description><![CDATA[Every week a staggering amount of Australians -- around one million -- consume illegal drugs. Given efforts to prohibit narcotics have comprehensively failed, why can't we talk openly about drugs? asks <b>David Marr</b>.
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		<title>The War on Drugs: misnamed and misdirected</title>
		<link>http://www.huffingtonpost.com/doug-bandow/its-time-to-declare-peace_b_1019665.html</link>
		<comments>http://www.huffingtonpost.com/doug-bandow/its-time-to-declare-peace_b_1019665.html#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Wed, 19 Oct 2011 22:35:53 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Crikey</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[America's War on Drugs is actually war on people -- a civil war fought against 28 million citizens. It has comprehensibly failed and the ramifications are dire, writes <b>Doug Bandow</b>.]]></description>
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		<title>Mexican drug cartels turn 2.0</title>
		<link>http://blogs.crikey.com.au/letter-from-the-editor/2011/10/18/mexican-drug-cartels-turn-2-0/</link>
		<comments>http://blogs.crikey.com.au/letter-from-the-editor/2011/10/18/mexican-drug-cartels-turn-2-0/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Tue, 18 Oct 2011 22:23:44 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Crikey</dc:creator>
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		<category><![CDATA[mexican cartels]]></category>
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		<description><![CDATA[In our country, the biggest threat an online commenter may face is moderation. In Mexico, it’s hanging. In <em>Crikey's</em> latest blog <em><a href="http://blogs.crikey.com.au/letter-from-the-editor/">Letter from the Editor</a></em> <b>Sophie Black</b> discusses how the Mexican drug cartels are muscling into social media. ]]></description>
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		<title>Dancing with metaphor: why Footloose is a commentary on the war on drugs</title>
		<link>http://blogs.crikey.com.au/cinetology/2011/10/11/dancing-with-metaphor-why-footloose-is-a-commentary-on-the-war-on-drugs/</link>
		<comments>http://blogs.crikey.com.au/cinetology/2011/10/11/dancing-with-metaphor-why-footloose-is-a-commentary-on-the-war-on-drugs/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Tue, 11 Oct 2011 20:39:18 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Crikey</dc:creator>
				<category><![CDATA[Film & TV]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Links]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[film reviews]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Footloose]]></category>
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		<description><![CDATA[The new <em>Footloose</em>, irrespective of its cheesy dialogue, cut-out characters and overall air of giddy celebration, is now a relatively sophisticated commentary on the war on drugs, writes <b>Luke Buckmaster</b>.]]></description>
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		<title>Rick Perry: US could deploy troops to kill Mexican drug cartels</title>
		<link>http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/world-latin-america-15140560</link>
		<comments>http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/world-latin-america-15140560#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Sun, 02 Oct 2011 23:07:40 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Crikey</dc:creator>
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		<category><![CDATA[2012 Presidential election]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Rick Perry]]></category>
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		<description><![CDATA[During a campaign speech in New Hampshire Republican presidential nominee Rick Perry raised the possibility of a bold new strategy to combat Mexican drug cartels: US military intervention, reports <em>BBC News</em>. ]]></description>
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		<title>High level commissions report: the war on drugs has failed</title>
		<link>http://blogs.crikey.com.au/thestump/2011/06/02/the-failure-of-the-war-on-drugs-high-level-commissions-report/</link>
		<comments>http://blogs.crikey.com.au/thestump/2011/06/02/the-failure-of-the-war-on-drugs-high-level-commissions-report/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Thu, 02 Jun 2011 06:18:57 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Crikey</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[The Global Commission on Drug Policy reviewed current 'war on drugs' policies and in their recently released report have decreed that the war on drugs has failed, with devastating consequences, writes <b>Richard Farmer</b>. ]]></description>
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		<title>Talking us all in deeper</title>
		<link>http://www.crikey.com.au/2011/06/02/talking-us-all-in-deeper/</link>
		<comments>http://www.crikey.com.au/2011/06/02/talking-us-all-in-deeper/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Thu, 02 Jun 2011 03:06:53 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Richard Farmer</dc:creator>
				<category><![CDATA[Political snippets]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Afghanistan]]></category>
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		<description><![CDATA[The tragic deaths in Afghanistan of Australian servicemen keep coming and with every one of them our politicians keep talking us into the situation where there will be more of them.]]></description>
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		<title>Pat Robertson keeps the faith on marijuana legalisation</title>
		<link>http://gawker.com/5716175/pat-robertson-wants-the-devils-weed-decriminalized</link>
		<comments>http://gawker.com/5716175/pat-robertson-wants-the-devils-weed-decriminalized#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Thu, 23 Dec 2010 02:03:24 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Crikey</dc:creator>
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		<guid isPermaLink="false">http://www.crikey.com.au/?p=194894</guid>
		<description><![CDATA[Outspoken televangelist Pat Robertson, who earlier this year claimed the people of Haiti brought the earthquake upon themselves, has weighed in on the marijuana legalisation debate, revealing a surprisingly liberal attitude towards the war on drugs. ]]></description>
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		<title>Rio&#8217;s cloud has a silver lining</title>
		<link>http://www.crikey.com.au/2009/10/22/rios-cloud-has-a-silver-lining/</link>
		<comments>http://www.crikey.com.au/2009/10/22/rios-cloud-has-a-silver-lining/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Thu, 22 Oct 2009 02:00:00 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Charles Richardson</dc:creator>
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		<category><![CDATA[alcohol and drugs]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[drug prohibition]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Health]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Rio de Janeiro]]></category>
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		<description><![CDATA[It's hard to imagine it at first, but last weekend's carnage in Rio de Janeiro  may actually have one positive result. It may give the world a deadline for coming to our senses about drug prohibition.
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		<title>Dope reform a sign of Obama&#8217;s worth and intent</title>
		<link>http://www.crikey.com.au/2009/10/22/rundle-dope-reform-a-sign-of-obamas-worth-and-intent/</link>
		<comments>http://www.crikey.com.au/2009/10/22/rundle-dope-reform-a-sign-of-obamas-worth-and-intent/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Thu, 22 Oct 2009 02:00:00 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Crikey</dc:creator>
				<category><![CDATA[Guy Rundle]]></category>
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		<category><![CDATA[Barack Obama]]></category>
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		<description><![CDATA[Barack Obama has transformed the US overnight, from a country with one of the harshest anti-dope regimes, to one with some of the most liberal in the world.

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		<title>The magazine getting high on the economy&#8217;s lows</title>
		<link>http://blogs.wsj.com/speakeasy/2009/09/20/fortune-new-york-times-other-publications-are-wild-for-weed-stories-a-high-times-editor-offers-pointers/</link>
		<comments>http://blogs.wsj.com/speakeasy/2009/09/20/fortune-new-york-times-other-publications-are-wild-for-weed-stories-a-high-times-editor-offers-pointers/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Tue, 22 Sep 2009 02:57:06 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Crikey</dc:creator>
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		<category><![CDATA[Print]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[High Times]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[illicit drugs]]></category>
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		<category><![CDATA[marijuana]]></category>
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		<description><![CDATA[The global financial slump has been a disaster for most magazines, but for the mellow folk at <em>High Times</em>, it's been a real trip, with more people toking up to get through the tough economic times. "Weed is recession proof," says editor Bobby Black.]]></description>
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		<title>Mexico&#8217;s missing girls: where have they gone?</title>
		<link>http://www.latimes.com/news/nationworld/world/la-fg-juarez-missing9-2009aug09,0,3170070,full.story</link>
		<comments>http://www.latimes.com/news/nationworld/world/la-fg-juarez-missing9-2009aug09,0,3170070,full.story#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Tue, 11 Aug 2009 06:50:44 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Crikey</dc:creator>
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		<category><![CDATA[prostitution]]></category>
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		<description><![CDATA[Ciudad Juarez, Mexico is dealing with the disappearances of over 24 young mainly middle class women. Drug war? Sold to prostitution in the US? There are no bodies and no clues. ]]></description>
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		<title>Humankind cannot bear very much reality, especially about illicit drugs</title>
		<link>http://www.crikey.com.au/2009/02/23/humankind-cannot-bear-very-much-reality-especially-about-illicit-drugs/</link>
		<comments>http://www.crikey.com.au/2009/02/23/humankind-cannot-bear-very-much-reality-especially-about-illicit-drugs/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Sun, 22 Feb 2009 14:00:00 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Crikey</dc:creator>
				<category><![CDATA[Politics]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[illegal drugs]]></category>
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		<category><![CDATA[opium poppies]]></category>
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		<description><![CDATA[How can a 1998-2007 global increase of opium production of 102% and cocaine production of 20% be accurately described as 'containment'? <b>Dr Alex Wodak writes</b>.]]></description>
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		<title>Obama picks a drug peacemaker</title>
		<link>http://www.crikey.com.au/2009/02/18/obama-picks-a-drug-peacemaker/</link>
		<comments>http://www.crikey.com.au/2009/02/18/obama-picks-a-drug-peacemaker/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Tue, 17 Feb 2009 14:00:00 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Crikey</dc:creator>
				<category><![CDATA[Politics]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Barack Obama]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[ecstasy]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[ecstasy death]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[highly addictive drugs]]></category>
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		<description><![CDATA[With any luck, Obama and his new drug czar will at least try the experiment of making policy on the basis of evidence rather than hysteria, writes <b>Charles Richardson</b>.]]></description>
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		<title>Prosecutors have never had it so good</title>
		<link>http://www.crikey.com.au/2008/10/28/prosecutors-have-never-had-it-so-good/</link>
		<comments>http://www.crikey.com.au/2008/10/28/prosecutors-have-never-had-it-so-good/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Mon, 27 Oct 2008 14:00:00 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Crikey</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[The legal system now in Victoria and in every other state of Australia is heavily weighted in favour of prosecutors, writes <b>Greg Barns</b>.]]></description>
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		<title>Drugs and sport: an obvious combination</title>
		<link>http://www.crikey.com.au/2008/08/14/drugs-and-sport-an-obvious-combination/</link>
		<comments>http://www.crikey.com.au/2008/08/14/drugs-and-sport-an-obvious-combination/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Wed, 13 Aug 2008 14:00:00 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Crikey</dc:creator>
				<category><![CDATA[Media-Arts-and-Sports]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[2008-Beijing Olympics]]></category>
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		<description><![CDATA[Why exactly do we ban performance-enhancing drugs for athletes, wonders <b>Dr James Connor</b>?]]></description>
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		<title>Memo finance minister: War on drugs is all cost, no benefit</title>
		<link>http://www.crikey.com.au/2008/03/10/memo-finance-minister-war-on-drugs-is-all-cost-no-benefit/</link>
		<comments>http://www.crikey.com.au/2008/03/10/memo-finance-minister-war-on-drugs-is-all-cost-no-benefit/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Sun, 09 Mar 2008 14:00:00 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Crikey</dc:creator>
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		<category><![CDATA[Federal]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Health]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Lindsay Tanner]]></category>
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		<description><![CDATA[Drug law enforcement is throwing good money after bad, writes <b>Dr Alex Wodak</b>.]]></description>
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		<title>Brendan Nelson on drugs &#8230;</title>
		<link>http://www.crikey.com.au/2007/12/06/brendan-nelson-on-drugs/</link>
		<comments>http://www.crikey.com.au/2007/12/06/brendan-nelson-on-drugs/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Wed, 05 Dec 2007 14:00:00 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description><![CDATA[Harm minimisation? A need for new strategy in the war on drugs? Dr Nelson thinks so. Or thought so.]]></description>
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		<title>Ben Cousins and the futility of the war on drugs</title>
		<link>http://www.crikey.com.au/2007/10/17/ben-cousins-and-the-futility-of-the-war-on-drugs/</link>
		<comments>http://www.crikey.com.au/2007/10/17/ben-cousins-and-the-futility-of-the-war-on-drugs/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Tue, 16 Oct 2007 14:00:00 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description><![CDATA[Ben Cousins gets charged with possessing an illegal drug and thousands of dollars of Western Australian taxpayers’ money will be wasted on processing, charging and prosecuting him. Why not spend the money more wisely, argues Greg Barns. ]]></description>
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		<title>Bronwyn&#8217;s drug stance a flashback to the &#8217;80s</title>
		<link>http://www.crikey.com.au/2007/09/14/bronwyns-drug-stance-a-flashback-to-the-80s/</link>
		<comments>http://www.crikey.com.au/2007/09/14/bronwyns-drug-stance-a-flashback-to-the-80s/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Thu, 13 Sep 2007 14:00:00 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Crikey</dc:creator>
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		<category><![CDATA[days of our lives]]></category>
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		<description><![CDATA[The 1980s are back. Bronwyn Bishop yesterday reminded us of the dire consequences of taking drugs. Her "drugs aren’t cool" rhetoric brought back memories of Nancy Reagan’s “Just say no” campaign, which sparked an enormous war on drugs that enlisted our favourite TV stars and cartoons of the era. ]]></description>
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