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Books and Book Chapters

In the Name of Justice, edited by Timothy Lynch (February 2009).

"Tobacco and the Rule of Law," Chapter 32, Cato Handbook for Policymakers, 7th Edition (2009).

"The War on Drugs," Chapter 33, Cato Handbook for Policymakers, 7th Edition (2009).

"The International Drug War," Chapter 58, Cato Handbook for Policymakers, 7th Edition (2009).

"The War on Drugs," prepared by David Boaz and Timothy Lynch, Chapter 24, Cato Handbook for Congress, 6th Edition, (2005).

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Cato Studies

"Drug Decriminalization in Portugal:
Lessons for Creating Fair and Successful Drug Policies," by Glenn Greenwald, White Paper, April 2, 2009

"Troubled Neighbor: Mexico's Drug Violence Poses a Threat to the United States," by Ted Galen Carpenter, Policy Analysis no. 631, February 2, 2009

"Overkill: The Rise of Paramilitary Police Raids in America," by Radley Balko, White Paper, July 17, 2006

"Mexico Is Becoming the Next Colombia," by Ted Galen Carpenter, Foreign Policy Briefing no. 87, November 15, 2005

"Treating Doctors as Drug Dealers: The DEA's War on Prescription Painkillers," by Ronald T. Libby, Policy Analysis no. 545, June 6, 2005

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Articles and Newsletters

"The Defensive Front Line," by Joseph D. McNamara, Regulation, vol. 24, no. 4, 2001, pp. 61-63.

"Plan Colombia: The Drug War's New Morass," by Ted Galen Carpenter, Cato Policy Report, September/October 2001.

"The Unintended Consequences of Regulating Addictive Substances," by Adam Gifford Jr., Cato Journal, vol. 19, no. 2, Fall 1999.

"Compensating Behavior and the Drug Testing of High School Athletes," by Robert Taylor, Cato Journal, vol. 16, no.3, Winter 1997.

"The Drug War and the Homicide Rate: A Direct Correlation?" by Harold J. Brumm and Dale 0. Cloninger, Cato Journal, vol. 14, no. 3, Winter 1995.

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Opinion and Commentary

"The War on Drugs Is Lost," by Patrick Basham, Pravda, April 7, 2010

"Drug Czar Should Go," by Tim Lynch, Washington Times, February 6, 2010

"President Obama: Free the Medical Marijuana Researchers!," by Doug Bandow, Huffington Post, December 13, 2009

"Time to Wind Down the War on Drugs," by Gene Healy, DC Examiner, December 1, 2009

"Get Serious about Decriminalizing Drugs; Others Are," by Tim Lynch and Juan Carlos Hidalgo, San Jose Mercury News, September 29, 2009

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Legal Briefs

Raich v. Gonzales, November 30, 2005 (PDF, 79 KB)

Hudson v. State of Michigan, August 1, 2005 (PDF, 131 KB)

Ashcroft v. Raich, October 13, 2004 (PDF, 974 KB)

Board of Education of Indep. School Dist. No. 92 of Pottawatomie County v. Earls, June 1, 2002 (PDF, 84 KB)

Events

"Federal Drug Policy: Time to Shift Priorities," July 7, 2009 [Capitol Hill Briefing]

"Is It Time to End the International War on Drugs? ," May 15, 2009 [Capitol Hill Briefing]

"Drug Decriminalization in Portugal," April 3, 2009 [Policy Forum]

"The Politics and Science of Medical Marijuana," March 17, 2009 [Policy Forum]

"Mexico’s Drug War: The Growing Crisis on Our Southern Border," February 19, 2009 [Policy Forum]

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Multimedia

Ian Vásquez discusses the Drug War on FBN's America's Nightly Scoreboard March 15, 2010 [Flash Video, 06:36]

"Our America Initiative" featuring Gov. Gary Johnson, January 19, 2010 [Flash Audio, 09:30]

Jeffrey A. Miron debates the Mexican Drug War on Bloomberg December 1, 2009 [Flash Video, 11:57]

"Obama: Kinder Bud to Federalism?" featuring Aaron Houston, October 30, 2009 [Flash Audio, 09:51]

Tim Lynch discusses legalizing medical marijuana on CNN October 22, 2009 [Flash Video, 06:07]

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