What Is Narco-Deforestation and How Is It Destroying Forests?

Published April 20, 2014

What is Narco-Deforestation and How is it Destroying Forests?
As reported in The Guardian, Kendra McSweeney, the co-author of “Drug Policy as Conservation Policy: Narco-Deforestation” explains, ”These protected ecological zones have become the hub for South American cocaine.” … These new challenges and …
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US/California: Eliminate Sentencing Disparities for Crack Cocaine
According to data from the California Department of Corrections and Rehabilitation, people of color account for over 98% of persons sent to California state prisons for possession of crack cocaine for sale—despite comparable rates of use across racial …
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9 Reasons Why Sanjay Gupta Changed His Mind About Marijuana
Gupta filmed a documentary that aired on CNN on Sunday, August 11, and earlier this week wrote an editorial on CNN.com in which he admitted that the research for the movie changed his mind about the drug and its medicinal effects. After traveling the …
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