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Fighting Back
On September 13, 2003, John Perry Barlow was arrested on a flight he boarded in San Francisco (after attending Burning Man), and charged for possession of drugs found in the bottom of a bottle of Ibuprofen in his checked luggage. … Continue reading
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Who cares about homeland security anyway?
Certainly not our government. Take a look at the latest piece in the New York Observer (via Hit and Run), on homeland security funding in New York. Not only does the funding across the country have little to do with … Continue reading
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Don’t read this or your brain will hurt.
I warned you: The Supreme Court has now dissolved the emergency stay issued last week suspending an injunction forbidding the government to interfere with the rituals of the UdV [O Centro Espirita Beneficients Uniao Do Vegetal], the American branch of … Continue reading
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Souder’s letter gets challenged
Kudos to Representative Sam Farr. He had the same reaction to Mark Souder’s proposed “Safe and Effective Drug Act” as I did. According to today’s
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A must read about government stalling tactics
Take the time to read Feds vs. Meds by Dean Kuipers. It’s worth it. A couple of months ago, I told you about a little known new law that allows people to challenge scientific information disseminated by federal agencies.æ The … Continue reading
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Meta-analysis or meta-deception?
Mark Souder’s “Safe and Effective Drug Act” has been introduced in the House (see my post earlier this week). It’s HR-5429 The short description: To require the National Institute on Drug Abuse to develop a meta-analysis of the available scientific … Continue reading
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Mmmmm… scrambled
So New York lawmakers finally voted to scale back (somewhat) the harsh Rockefeller drug laws, after years of hard work and lobbying by tons of dedicated drug policy reformers. Two longtime goals of drug law reformers — giving near-total sentencing … Continue reading
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Offending the concept of justice
Via TalkLeft: Florida’s Judge Gregory Posnell refused to apply guidline sentences for a drug conviction that would have called for 188 months for a 24-year-old with thyroid cancer, based on drug stings involving $500. And he let us know how … Continue reading
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Sorry for the inconvenience
Some of my regular readers have had some difficulties lately. Comments have been moved to a new server, which hopefully will be much more robust, and some comments from the past couple of days may have been lost in the … Continue reading
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The Brain’s Own Marijuana
In the December, 2004 issue of Scientific American: “The Brain’s Own Marijuana: Research into natural chemicals that mimic marijuana’s effects in the brain could help to explain–and suggest treatments for–pain, anxiety, eating disorders, phobias and other conditions” by Roger A. … Continue reading
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