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All that was missing was sardonic laughter.

At his going away party,

Karen Tandy, who leads the Drug Enforcement Administration, said that “when history looks back at the victory we inevitably will achieve against the dark forces of terrorism and drug trafficking,” it will view Mr. Ashcroft as one of the heroes.

Don’t fear the reefer

Good editorial in yesterday’s Columbia Spectator (Columbia University, New York). The conclusion:

Marijuana isn’t that dangerous or addictive, and enforcement falls disproportionately upon the poor.

It’s time to legalize it.

Yep.

Who signs your checks, Andrea?

Steve at Decrimwatch notes that good old Andrea Barthwell is in Peoria today. Oh well, I missed her talk at White Oaks Center today, where she apparently planned to include her usual warning of the dangerously potent pot that’s been destroying the country and supposedly has already wiped out Canada. Steve does a great job […]

Rushing to gnash my teeth…

After my piece yesterday on the Illinois v. Caballes 4th Amendment fiasco, I was accused in various blogs of much gnashing of teeth and a rush to judgment. So I thought about it some more, reminded myself that I did not accuse the Justices of killing the 4th Amendment with this particular decision but rather […]

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