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Help inform the Yankee Sailor

Here’s a good opportunity to flex your skills. The Yankee Sailor has asked:

So for those of you that are in favor of legalization, I have some questions. As anyone who paid attention in history class knows, organized crime in America really took off trading in alcohol during prohibition. Did the mobsters just disappear [...]

Worst excuse ever

Covered by both Radley and Jacob…

Officers were trying to serve a warrant for a man wanted on drug charges. The address listed on the paperwork was 4042. The Minton‰s home is 4048, with both house numbers clearly marked. But Major Mark Robinett of the Marion County Sheriff‰s Department, who is in charge of [...]

Inside the mind of a prohibitionist

Once again today, we analyze the torturous mental processes involved in being a prohibition advocate. Today’s subject: Steve Francis: Debunking call to legalize marijuana: Marijuana usage is a social ill that needs to be fought against – not legalized. in the San Diego News Network. Steve is a former candidate for Mayor and a [...]

New York Times: Marijuana and UFOs

I used to believe that the ONDCP’s Media Campaign ads didn’t work (in fact, with youth they actually work the ‘wrong’ way). But apparently the New York Times’ Saul Hansell actually was strangely influenced by them. At least, that’s the only way I can figure out why he lumps marijuana legalization in with UFOs.

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Prince George’s County Sheriff’s Dept clears itself of wrongdoing, pats self on back for killing dogs

Radley Balko covers the story.

…the Prince George‰s County Sheriff‰s Department announced that its internal review found that its officers did nothing wrong in the SWAT raid on Berwyn Heights, Maryland Mayor Cheye Calvo‰s home.

As Radley notes, the comments by Sherrif Michael Jackson were particularly outrageous, including:

‹I‰m sorry for the loss of [...]

Patients Against Ignorance and Discrimination on Cannabis

In response to ‘Leave me the hell alone‰ Medical marijuana user wants to know why police raided his home, comes this:

[Thanks, Tim]

Need Blogging Software Advice

I’ve just learned that Radio Userland and Salon Blogs, which have hosted Drug WarRant since it started in 2003, are shutting down for good in December. That means I will lose all prior comments (which were hosted on their server), and I will lose all the ‘blogs.salon.com’ addressing scheme (which really affects popular pages [...]

Open Thread

“bullet” Interesting perspective from Bruce Mirken: How Does It Feel To Be On the Losing Side of History?”

Now I think I know what it must have been like to be, say, the last premier of East Germany, standing guard over the fading embers of an empire in irreversible decline. It‰s a little sad. [...]

Action Alert

Support the Personal Use of Marijuana by Responsible Adults Act of 2009 This act, introduced by Barney Frank, would eliminate federal penalties for possession of up to 3.5 ounces of marijuana. It’s a start. Go to MPP to send a form letter, or contact your Representative directly.

This Weiner’s arguments are flaccid

Former White House Spokesman Robert Weiner wrote a letter to the New York Times… and then released a press release stating that he had done so: Drug Legalization Would Be ‘Catastrophe’, Says Ex-White House Drug Spokesman Bob Weiner; Drugs Have Not ‘Won The War’; Op-ed Letter in New York Times Today

Former White House [...]