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Democrats Fled in the Face of Danger

Garrison Keillor takes his own party to task:

We Democrats are at our worst when we try to emulate Republicans as we did in signing onto the “war” on drugs that has ruined so many young lives.

The cruelty of the Sentencing Reform Act of 1984 is stark indeed, as are the sentencing guidelines that […]

A small piece of good news in the war on pain patients

Thanks to Adam, (and I see that Libby at Last One Speaks has already covered this, but it’s important) — The Washington Post reported yesterday that the DEA has been stripped of one of its roles:

A House-Senate conference committee yesterday dropped a controversial provision that gave the Drug Enforcement Administration authority to review, and […]

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