Monthly Archives: April 2006

Reaching new lows in Massachussetts

Anthony Papa has a good article at Alternet: Two years in jail for a joint? The war on drugs reached the pinnacle of cruelty when 18-year-old Mitchell Lawrence was sentenced to two years in jail for selling a teaspoonful of … Continue reading

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Via DARE Generation Blog, comes a piece at Slate by Ryan Grim: A lie college students might want to tell. It’s about the provision of the Higher Education Act that denies financial aid to those with drug convictions. A bad … Continue reading

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Students vote to reduce penalties for pot

Reported at the Washington Post The University of Maryland becomes the fifth school to pass a student referendum that says marijuana violations should be treated no more harshly than alcohol violations. This is part of the Safer Alternative for Enjoyable … Continue reading

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John Fugelsang on the Drug War

John Fugelsang has an extensive (and quite witty) rant on the drug war over at Huffington Post. Here are a couple of excerpts: They always told us “Pot makes you violent. And Lazy.” Which never scared any kids I knew. … Continue reading

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Idiot DEA agent sues DEA for letting people find out he’s an idiot

Hammer of Truth has the story. You may remember this guy. He’s the DEA agent who was doing a presentation in a school and telling the kids to stay away from guns and that he was the only one in … Continue reading

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Continuing to do something you already know doesn’t work…

Link “We’re not going to stop this stuff coming across the border,” the sheriff said. “They couldn’t stop Prohibition, and we’re not going to stop the drug trade.” [Via Jacob Sullum]

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City of Emeryville pays man $15,000 for marijuana

Via Drug Sense (Thanks, Allan): James Blair, a spinal injury patient arrested on marijuana cultivation charges in 2003, received a check today from the City of Emeryville for $15,000 for marijuana seized by the Emeryville Police Department. Assisted by the … Continue reading

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The shocking truth about jazz

Via Libby at Last One Speaks comes this rather humorous study of jazz musicians, drugs and mental health. The startling conclusion? Jazz musicians like to use drugs and also have unusual, often troubled minds. I’ve known some jazz musicians, and … Continue reading

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Has Arianna been stealing from my blog?

I’m just kidding, of course, but Arianna Huffington’s new post sounds delightfully like a lot of stuff I’ve been talking about here. First, about the fact that the reasons to oppose the drug war cross political lines: Let’s face it, … Continue reading

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We’re way ahead of the politicians

Here’s a big part of our problem. In this column by Bill McLellan in the St. Louis Post-Dispatch, he talks favorably about a visit from LEAP member Howard Woolridge. McLellan, like Woolridge, thinks that all drugs should be legalized and … Continue reading

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