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Cheryl Noel, drug war victim
[Sadly, another one to add to my Drug War Victims page] Cheryl Noel, 44, was shot to death by police in her upstairs bedroom last Friday. Details of the raid are just now fully surfacing, and there are still more … Continue reading
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Government gets Supreme Free Ride on Prohibition
Kaptinemo always has good comments, and got me going with this one Pete, there’s another dimension to your comment, one that I am sure you’ve thought about from time to time: why has the veracity of the prohib’s blather never, … Continue reading
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This one made me smile…
Link. Police were chasing a truancy suspect and entered the unlocked garage of an extremely popular High School science teacher, finding marijuana plants and bags of marijuana. The teacher came home and said: “Well, I’ve been growing the marijuana in … Continue reading
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Who let the dogs in?
Jacob Sullum has a nice recap of the Illinois v. Caballes Supreme Court ruling. It’s been heartening to see the amount of negative reaction to the ruling around the web. At the same time, it was depressing to hear two … Continue reading
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Embarrassing
From an audit of the Tangipahoa Parish Sheriff’s Office (Louisiana): The Sheriff’s Office’s DARE Scholarship fund had $8,978 in “inappropriate expenditures” including $181 in liquor expense at a $595 dinner party for 25 people, according to the audit. [Thanks to … Continue reading
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Stuff to read
“bullet” King County Bar Association (Seattle) Calls for Legal, Regulated Drug Markets In a resolution adopted Wednesday, the King County Bar Association (Seattle) has declared war on prohibition. The KCBA called for “a new framework of state-level regulatory control over … Continue reading
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Idiotic Editorial
The News-Hearld, which purports to be “serving Northeast Ohio” has this drivel to offer: Mention the word “war” and you can easily start one of your own. Nationally, the topic is as controversial and as volatile as any in our … Continue reading
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Stop Government Propaganda Act
Link: In response to continued revelations of government-funded “journalism” — ranging from the purported video news releases put out by the drug czar’s office and the Department of Health and Human Services to the recently uncovered payments to columnists Armstrong … Continue reading
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Law so bad, even the Justice Department won’t touch it.
If you don’t remember Representative Istook’s provision that would prevent marijuana law reform ads from being placed on public transportation, check out my earlier posts here. Back in June, a US District Judge rightly ruled against the law, calling it … Continue reading
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Mr. President. Do you know what HALVE means?
As I noted here and here, President Bush had indicated that he wanted to halve the budget deficit this year and was willing to zero out some programs that don’t work. Naturally, I gave him some excellent suggestions that involved … Continue reading
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