Archive for February, 2008
Drug Testing Can Positively Influence Parolee Employment and Education
In a paper published in the March 2008 Journal of Quantitative Criminology, a RAND researcher has found “evidence linking drug testing with positive employment and education outcomes for individuals recently released to parole supervision”. There is a summary is available on the RAND Drug Policy Research Center site.
The report is not entirely positive, however. To […]
Thailand’s drug war: if they were innocent, why were they killed?
The BBC reports on the resumption of Thailand’s bloody campaign against illegal drugs. The violent state-sponsored “war on drugs” was first initiated under the administration of Thaksin Shinawatra, who was deposed by a military coup in a 2006. Samak Sundaravej, the successor to Shinawatra as democratically elected Prime Minister, says “I will not set a […]
Federal Budget Contradicts Research, Targets Supply over Demand
A private research and policy analysis organization, Carnevale Associates LLC, has released a two page policy brief that examines the federal drug control budget. The document shows that from fiscal year 2002 to fiscal year 2009, federal spending for drug treatment grew at 22% to $618M while federal spending for drug interdiction grew at 100% […]
American College of Physicians Calls for Research of Medical Marijuana
On February 8, the American College of Physicians (ACP) issued a position paper calling for additional research into the therapeutic role for marijuana. The ACP, a national organization of internists - physicians who specialize in the prevention, detection and treatment of illnesses in adults - is the largest medical-specialty organization and second-largest physician group in […]
