Monthly Archives: October 2004

Via Scott at Grits for Breakfast is what appears to be another Tulia-style outrage, foisted upon us by the ever-corrupt drug task force process. Following a two year investigation by local, state, and federal law enforcement, there has been a … Continue reading →

Vin Suprynowicz Las Vegas Review-Journal properly ridicules the government’s drug war, focusing on the problems (or interpretation thereof), in Afghanistan: A huge problem for — and with — the gang in charge in Washington these days is that they define … Continue reading →

Dan Forbes — one of the very best investigative journalists to take on the drug war — sent me an invitation to a book event. Not just any book event — this could be the most unusual and entertaining book … Continue reading →

This article in the SFGate notes that California Attorney General Bill Lockyer sided with two medical marijuana patients Wednesday in their U.S. Supreme Court battle with the Bush administration, arguing that patients who use locally grown marijuana in states that … Continue reading →

Scott knows I love it when the Drug Czar’s office gets trashed, so he sent me this gem from the Missoula Independent. Everyone has heard the joke about how you can tell when operatives from the Bush administration are lying … Continue reading →

TalkLeft notes that Edwards Calls for Crackdown on Meth Labs. Edwards said he and presidential nominee John Kerry would propose legislation to limit consumers to two standard packages per day of cold medicines that contain pseudoephedrine, an ingredient used in … Continue reading →

Well, Loretta failed to get arrested today, but she had an interesting discussion with a marshall: While I was standing there waiting on Kev to get back and hating cops in general a Federal Marshal walks over to me and … Continue reading →

Young Jonathan Magbie in 1982 (paralyzed from the chin down), meeting President Reagan during the proclamation of National Respiratory Therapy Week. Last month, he was sentenced to jail for marijuana possession. It turned out to be a death sentence. Loretta … Continue reading →

I’ve posted a couple of times now about Jonathan Magbie, paralyzed from the chin down and needing a respirator to breath at night, who was arrested for possession of marijuana and sentenced to 10 days in jail where he died … Continue reading →

No, it wasn’t Kerry or Bush. Libertarian Candidate Michael Badnarik and Green Candidate David Cobb were arrested trying to enter the debates. Badnarik was carrying an Order to Show Cause, which he intended to serve the Commission on Presidential Debates … Continue reading →