Monthly Archives: October 2007

Plan Mexico draws suspicion

Apparently, the secrecy in the development of Plan Mexico is threatening to give it a bumpy ride… “There is worry about what it means to our sovereignty,” said Juan-Francisco Rivera, chairman of the Public Security Committee in Mexico lower house … Continue reading

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Open Thread

“bullet” Missoula to enforce lowest priority measure: Nearly a year after voters made the Garden City a little greener by asking county law enforcement to ignore adult marijuana offenses, Missoula’s top prosecutor has adopted an official policy to uphold the … Continue reading

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Local note

I will be leading a round-table discussion on current events in the drug war at the regular weekly meeting of the Illinois State University chapter of Students for Sensible Drug Policy. Tomorrow (Wednesday) at 8 pm in Schroeder Hall, room … Continue reading

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Bush says ‘support the troops; send money to Mexico’

Fun with money… The State Department is requesting $550 million to combat drug trafficking in Mexico and Central America […] “We must provide our troops with the help and support they need to get the job done,” Bush said. “Parts … Continue reading

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Goodbye, Karen. We knew you well.

Karen P. Tandy is stepping down as head of the DEA, in order to take a lucrative job with Motorola. Her ignorance, her fostering of drug war corruption, and her slavish devotion to all that is evil about the drug … Continue reading

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Bong hits for the big screen

Principal Morse’s decision to tear down Joseph Frederick’s Bong Hits 4 Jesus banner in an effort to prevent people from seeing that simple message, resulted in the greatest backfire imaginable. Because of that action, everyone in the world knows the … Continue reading

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Oddities

“bullet” Apparently Malaysia is going to be drug free by 2015. ‘Bout time. The United States has been drug free since 1995… 2001… 2008… “bullet” But wait! The people of Carlsbad, New Mexico apparently know the secret to becoming drug … Continue reading

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The cost

Detroit News editor Nolan Finley is not going to take it anymore. You want to know why kids are being killed in Detroit? Because drug dealing is a $100 billion enterprise in the United States. All of that money moves … Continue reading

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Robin Prosser

Robin was a medical marijuana patient and activist in Montana. For 22 years she suffered the ravages of systemic lupus, a condition that involved unrelenting constant pain and numerous severely debilitating side-effects. She was allergic to most prescription drugs her … Continue reading

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Pot 2.0

Over at Alternet, Paul Armentano has a hilarious (and very true) piece: ‘Pot 2.0’: Where Can I Get Some? So let’s review, shall we? Our federal government wants Americans to get off the pot. So they spend billions of dollars … Continue reading

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