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Here’s another milestone of sorts. Stiletto Stoners by Yael Kohen: They’ve got killer careers and enviable social lives. They’re also major potheads. Why are so many smart, successful women lighting up in their off-hours? And it’s in… Marie Claire magazine. As a friend wrote me today I’ve been reading Glamour, Cosmo, Marie [...] Those of us involved in drug policy knew this all along. I talked about it back in 2003 just after I started blogging. I, and others in the drug policy reform movement, noted that the government has used the drug war as an excuse to increase police powers beyond what would otherwise have been [...] Boy, the Nacogdoches County Sheriff’s Department has reached a new milestone when it comes to marijuana busts. They shut down hydroponic marijuana operations, hitting two houses and charging three men with engaging in organized criminal activity. Their haul? One plant. Yep, that’s it in the picture. Ah, but this is no ordinary plant. [...] Via ReasonTV This one really set off my B.S. meter: State officials hoping to shut off drug pipeline by putting in cameras. Huh? Illinois officials are hoping to shut off the drug pipeline between Chicago and Mexico with a few snapshots. Illinois State Police officials, on behalf of 13 states to the south and west of [...] I have a pretty rich fantasy life, and some of my daydreams involve finding ways to fix the drug war. One of the simplest, and yet intellectually rewarding, is imagining having the opportunity to sit down and have an extended conversation with someone about the drug war, over dinner. If you could do that, [...] It’s one of the more pathetic efforts I’ve seen by UNODC head Antonio Maria Costa. In today’s Guardian (The Observer), check out this headline and opening paragraph: How many lives would have been lost if we didn’t have controls on drugs? There is a growing chorus, not least in the pages of the Observer, [...] There’s an amazing conference going on in El Paso, Texas this week, evaluating 40 years of the drug war, with an impressive list of speakers. However, two of the speakers pulled out at the last minute: Drug Czar Kerlikowske and Border Czar Alan Bersin. UTEP Assistant Professor Tony Payan, an authority on the two-year [...] A big thanks to Tom and Tom (you know who you are), two wonderful people who probably don’t know each other, but who are always on the lookout for interesting and/or informative drug war news and send it my way. The Day the SWAT Team Came Crashing Through My Door by Cheye M. [...] I really enjoyed this article by David Downs in the Columbia Journalism Review: Get stoked: the MSM are acting less childish about pot. We’ve all experienced the media’s childishness over the years when it comes to weed. Every story about marijuana was full of puns, double entendres, and sniggering reporters. It was the rule. [...] |
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