Barry McCaffrey

The vacationer The vacationer
While the president worries about restoring "balance" to his life, Americans are worried by stratospheric gas prices and growing fed up with the war in Iraq.
What has Barry McCaffrey been smoking? What has Barry McCaffrey been smoking?
The former drug czar goes dot-com with an Internet company that charges $1,200 for online drug treatment.
Bye-bye, Barry McCaffrey
Another drug czar leaves a failed tenure in office, declaring victory with a mess of skewed statistics.
Disenfranchised
Young black men get singled out among drug offenders for the harshest punishment, then they lose their right to vote. With laws like this, who needs Jim Crow?
Guilty until proven useful Guilty until proven useful
Drug war money from the U.S. has helped prompt a retrial in Peru for jailed American Lori Berenson.
Portrait of a drug czar
By Arthur Allen
Portrait of a drug czar Portrait of a drug czar
Gen. Barry McCaffrey drives his government office like a lockstep battalion, but some contend his ruthless schedule and egomaniacal ways are only hurting his effort to bring sanity to America's drug policy.
Fighting "Cheech & Chong" medicine Fighting "Cheech & Chong" medicine
Did the White House drug office go too far in trying to stop the spread of medical marijuana initiatives?
Gulf War crimes?
In his latest exposi, the New Yorker's Seymour Hersh reports allegations that the military committed a massacre against Iraqi soldiers and whitewashed it.
The war on drugs
Prisons, profiling and propaganda: Salon's coverage of the U.S. government crackdown on illegal-substance abuse and the drug trade.
U.S. drug policy: Are we doing the right thing?
The White House responds to Michael Massing's critique of the war on drugs, and Massing replies.
The elephant in the room
Presidential candidates are silent on the failure of the U.S. war on drugs.
Letters to the Editor
Turning xenophobic about the Japanese Plus: Stephen Prothero's article is a simple case of Skull and Bones envy; so what if Al inhaled? We all did
Letters to the editor
White House and anti-drug TV -- Big Brother manipulation or good use of government? Plus: Who's afraid of mutated foods?; Camille Paglia's moronic defense of loudmouth athletes
White House defends TV drug-ad deal
Clinton and allies promote its benefits, while the drug czar gives it partial credit for reduction in teen drug use.
Prime-time propaganda
How the White House secretly hooked network TV on its anti-drug message: A Salon special report.

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