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Some more change

I got a moment to get to the library in Antigo, Wisconsin and get me some internet, and lo and behold, the questions are back at Change.gov! I couldn’t put in the full question I had intended in my earlier post (the character count maximum is frightfully small), but I was able to put [...]

Holiday thread #2

Had a brief window of internet access in Iowa, but expect very little where I’m headed next in Wisconsin. What are your hopes for the New Year?

Odds and Ends

“bullet” (Arizona) Goddard Might Consider Legalized Marijuana

Attorney General Terry Goddard said Tuesday he might be willing to consider legalizing marijuana if a way can be found to control its distribution – and figure out who has been smoking it. Goddard said marijuana sales make up 75 percent of the money that Mexican cartels [...]

Holiday thread

Happy Holidays! I’m off to visit my dad in Quincy, Illinois, my mom in Indianola, Iowa and my sister in White Lake, Wisconsin. For the next week or so, I’ll have very limited access to the internet. I’ll try to pop in if I can. Use this thread to pass on any news, and [...]

Obama and Marijuana

There appears to be no rush to re-open the “Open for Questions” at Change.gov, although there are discussions going on there. However, the questions are speculation are not going away, and I think that’s a good thing. “bullet” If Obama Is Pro-Science and Honest, He’ll Put the Kibosh on the Drug War by Alexander [...]

The Constitution – apparently not a budget priority

The L.A. Times reports that New Hampshire, due to financial crises, is putting a freeze on jury trials! Hmm… I seem to remember reading something about jury trials before… Oh yeah, in the Constitution of the United States

In all criminal prosecutions, the accused shall enjoy the right to a speedy and public trial, [...]

Really bad science in New Zealand

Now, it’s not just New Zealand that uses really bad science when it comes to the drug war, but it sure seems like that little country shows up disproportionately, (although a lot of that is attributed to the outrageously bad research coming from the Medical Research Institute of New Zealand, usually involving poor conclusions [...]

Open Thread

“bullet” Scott Henson at Grits for Breakfast rounds up a good discussion on the Dynamics of Overcriminalization “bullet” Budget Woes Kill Elgin’s DARE Program “bullet” “drcnet”

Prohibitionist Honesty

Scott Morgan has the story

Bundle up out there

Annual deaths from extreme cold: 680 Annual deaths from marijuana overdose: 0

Something must be done about this. My God, they let children play in it! And lots of people even own their own freezers. Somebody oughta write a law.