Obama Breaks Rank in UN's Global War on Drugs

As The World's Laura Lynch reports, Mr. Obama is now signaling a big shift away from the Bush administration's global, anti-drug policies. Interesting to me is his signal came back to me from abroad -- President Obama announcing his support for needle exchange, and at least some forms of 'harm reduction' when United Nations drug strategy negotiations were near collapse earlier this week.

This is really, big news -- check out the 4 minute radio clip linked above.

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About Nora Callahan

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Co-founder of the US based November Coalition in 1997, she is the group's executive director. The coalition publishes The Razor Wire, and is the 'voice of the drug war prisoner.'