Monthly Archives: July 2010

The Natchez (Mississippi) Democrat, in an editorial calling for a statewide ban on synthetics like “spice” that are intended to provide effects similar to marijuana… Calling it legal shouldn’t make it so What? Apparently the Natchez editorial staff has bought … Continue reading →

Press release from LEAP: Federal Drug Agency Bans Pro-Legalization Police Group From Conference SAMHSA Doesn’t Want Views Expressed at Treatment Event in Chicago CHICAGO, IL — A group of police officers, judges and prosecutors who support legalizing and regulating drugs … Continue reading →

FDL’s Jane Hamsher did a great job of re-directing a segment on Arizona’s immigration laws to ending the war on marijuana. http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=SK0nFq2Al24 Via Scott Morgan

Georgia becomes first country to sign Vienna Declaration The First Lady of Georgia announced at a breakfast event at the AIDS 2010 conference today that Georgia would sign the Vienna Declaration, the first country to do so. Good for them! … Continue reading →

Powerful new article in Time by the always excellent Maia Szalavitz: Does Teen Drug Rehab Cure Addiction or Create It? Increasingly, substance-abuse experts are finding that teen drug treatment may indeed be doing more harm than good. Many programs throw … Continue reading →

The outspoken head of Denver’s DEA operation that clashed with medical marijuana laws in that state, is leaving Colorado for a new assignment. He has been considered by many to be an over-zealous anti-marijuana fanatic, who ignored the new Attorney … Continue reading →

There’s been some discussion about the piece regarding the “panic” over sound that gets you high. Of course sound can get you high. And you don’t need special tones playing in static. Just listen to the right album when you’re … Continue reading →

Let’s start with Mark Kleiman’s new OpEd in the Los Angeles Times: California can’t legalize marijuana There’s one problem with legalizing, taxing and regulating cannabis at the state level: It can’t be done. The federal Controlled Substances Act makes it … Continue reading →

Dr. Julio Montaner, President of the International AIDS Society supports the Vienna Declaration Remarkably, there is also a critical mass of scientific evidence regarding the unintended negative consequences of policies based exclusively on drug law enforcement. We have to recognize … Continue reading →

This Sunday is the beginning of the AIDS Conference 2010 in Vienna, and a critical part of that conference is going to be some powerful discussions about the drug war. Former Presidents Denounce Drug War Ahead of AIDS Meet No, … Continue reading →