Monthly Archives: January 2004

If you’re going to read one article this week to gain a new perspective on the drug war, you must read this one by Dan Gardner in today’s Edmonton Journal. It’s about one of those notions in the drug war … Continue reading →

Walter in Denver has been continuing his great coverage on the bizarre case in Colorado that’s pitting a judge against DEA agents. The latest: The U.S. Attorney’s office went to a federal judge to get the charges dropped. To recap … Continue reading →

One of the nice things about MAP is the ability to see such a large number of articles on the same subject, and Oh boy, are they coming out of the woodwork regarding the re-classification of marijuana in England. In … Continue reading →

Sound like some kind of perverse pedophiliac pecuniary pursuit? No, it’s the President of the United States, putting forth the notion that the world will be a better place if we spend $23 million to force children to pee in … Continue reading →

From the Oregon Register-Guard: [Kari] Rein, 42, and her husband James Jungwirth, 41, a U.S. citizen, have lived in Williams, near Grants Pass, for 15 years. They run an herb and seaweed harvesting business and have a 14-year-old daughter and … Continue reading →

Be sure to check out this week’s DrugSense Weekly Lots of interesting information and a review of the most relevant newspaper articles of the past week. Also a great letter of the week and, DrugSense Weekly was nice enough to … Continue reading →

“bullet” Reason’s Jacob Sullom asks in Bush on Steroids, “Why must sports by drug-free? The irony is that legal restrictions and league bans on steroids discourage athletes who use them from seeking medical guidance, so they’re more at risk than … Continue reading →

With just a few days until marijuana is downgraded from class B to class C in England, the attempts to scare people can get downright silly. Yesterday as I reported, various papers covered the suddenly revealed inquest results (from over … Continue reading →

We already know that the feds just go crazy over the issue of medical marijuana — they’re that afraid of it. Whether it’s federal armed raids on medical marijuana groups operating legally under state law, or the DEA’s refusal to … Continue reading →

Ted at Women’s Hoops has some additional perspective on the State of the Union steroid section and why Bush would never go after supplements. Orrin Hatch is one of the most powerful Republican Senators and also ahuge backer of the … Continue reading →