Dear sons of SAM and daughters of the American prohibition; to all the treatment industry, drug testing, private prison, and sheriff union lobbyists; and, of course, to our friends who are required by law to lie:
I keep hearing Continue →
Anti-Drug War
A friend of mine who writes under the handle of “Occasionally Wrong” has a podcast that he uses whenever there’s a topic that makes him mad, and he invited me to join him on his newest episode: Am I Mad? Continue →
“Penalties against possession of a drug should not be more damaging to an individual than the use of the drug itself; and where they are, they should be changed. Nowhere is this more clear than in the laws against possession Continue →
Note: The following press release was issued today by the Latin American Programme for Transform Drug Policy Foundation and México Unido Contra Delincuencia. The full OAS analytical report is available in English (pdf). The full OAS scenario report is available Continue →
The Drug Policy Alliance has created a new document; An Exit Strategy for the Failed War on Drugs: A Federal Legislative Guide
The report basically recognizes that after decades of incorporating the drug war into the very fabric of the Continue →
The United Nations' role in shaping and enforcing global drug prohibition becomes stranger with each passing day. On the one hand, the United Nations Office on Drugs and Crime (UNODC) implements the three UN drug conventions that form the legal Continue →
I thought for sure that nobody could top the idiocy of Steve Adelman who danced a jig around the possibilities of marijuana’s involvement in the Boston tragedy.
But here comes DuPont. Lessons from Boston bombings about marijuana, education
While Jahar’s marijuana Continue →
In Mexico, restrictions on U.S. agents signal drug war shift
Peña Nieto’s decision to limit the ability of American agents to operate in Mexico has been met with dismay by U.S. law enforcement agencies, which left a heavy footprint under the Continue →
For those who haven’t seen it yet, this is quite a wonderful thing to see in Congress.
In Meridian, Idaho, Mayor Tammy de Weerd has taken it upon herself to use tax dollars to spread Reefer Madness to her constituents.
By Executive Order, Tammy established the Mayor’s Anti-Drug Coalition (MADC), which received $625,000 from a Drug-Free Community Grant Continue →
… which is really becoming another word for “idiotic.”
Via Hit and Run
Paul said he believes in freedom and wants a “virtuous society” where people practice “self-restraint.” Yet he believes in laws and limits as well. Instead of advocating for legalized Continue →
Tourist cannabis cafe ban leads to surge in dealing in the south
The government’s decision to turn the cafes into members’ only clubs in the southern provinces last May led to a sharp rise in street dealing, the paper says. It Continue →
There is a ton of nonsense floating around the media recently (a lot of it has been noted in comments here). Some of it is no doubt linked to blowback due to recent gains made by legalizers. But these dinosaurs Continue →
I’ve always been a bit uncomfortable with the DSM (Diagnostic and Statistics Manual) that is used almost universally for mental health issues and pretty much everything having to do with drug dependence and addiction.
When the controversy over the Continue →
Some of you may recall that former Senator Jim Webb had been leading a charge to create a blue-ribbon commission to take a look at our criminal justice system – a much needed and long overdue task.
Well, this week there Continue →
That would be really cool.
They have one in Brazil, and seven former ministers of justice have sent a letter to the Supreme Federal Court.
Rio de Janeiro, April 16th, 2013.
To His Excelency Mr. Gilmar Ferreira Mendes Minister of the Supreme Federal Court
Subject: Continue →
Good article by Mike Krause, regarding Colorado Senate Bill 250 A Net Reduction in Drug War Stupidity. He details both the good and the bad in the bill.
It’s a shame that’s the best we can hope for from our Continue →
Busy time here with the last week of school and finals.
Had an interesting and somewhat frustrating set of discussions dealing with people who seemed to think that attempting to prohibit substance use for college students during their final weekend of Continue →
It’s not only a police state, it’s an incompetent police state.
So in August, 2011, a member of the Missouri Highway Patrol spots Bob Harte doing something suspicious. He was leaving a store with a small bag of merchandise that he Continue →
Update: President Obama articulates his plan for Mexico and the drug war! (ie, he spends 3 minutes saying absolutely nothing).
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President Obama has another challenging trip ahead of him.
U.S. role at a crossroads in Mexico’s intelligence Continue →
Kevin Sabet is particularly good at one thing: getting the media to quote him. He obviously works hard at this and has been quite successful at positioning himself as a go-to person for any kind of quote related to marijuana Continue →
Stephen Duke of Yale has put together a very nice little paper: The Future of Marijuana in the United States
He covers a lot of ground in the discussion, with brief, well-researched, sections on each. It’s not anything ground-breaking Continue →
Last week, at the Unitarian and Free Christian Churches' General Assembly meeting at Nottingham University, the Unitarians became one of the first faith groups in the UK to speak out on the drugs issue and call for a Royal Continue →