Monthly Archives: January 2005

Link IRAQI militant group Army of Ansar al-Sunna said it killed what it called a drug dealer in the northern city of Mosul and posted a video of the shooting on its website today. The video showed a man standing … Continue reading →

Nice little segment on The Daily Show tonight — Jon led it off with the illegal media pieces by the Drug Czar and segued into the Dept. of Education payola scandal. And had a little fun with it as always. … Continue reading →

Interesting column in the New York Daily News by Denis Hamill In 1969, as a hippie kid at Woodstock, I sat in the mud with a score of Brooklyn pilgrims from Prospect Park’s Hippie Hill listening to festival organizers shouting … Continue reading →

Scott comes through for me (as always) with the full details of the Jam Cruise 3 drug bust (including, bizarrely, photos of all those arrested and video of the news coverage). “Jam Cruise 3” Lands Twelve in Jail Before Ship … Continue reading →

“bullet” Loretta Nall’s debate last night turned out relatively non-controversial as her “opponent” was mostly in agreement. (It’s hard to get the real prohibitionists to debate since their position has so little factual base.) You can get the story (and … Continue reading →

In yesterday’s Houston Chronicle, defense attorney Brian Samuelson has written an outstanding piece: Lawyer’s Plea on Pot Penalty. Basically, he’s calling for decriminalization and gives quite a number of excellent practical reasons for it. He also, though, lays on the … Continue reading →

“bullet” At 8 pm (ET) tomorrow, Loretta Nall will be debating Western Carolina University Police Chief McAbee on the Free Speech Radio program at Western North Carolina University. “bullet” At Grits for Breakfast, Scott has a guest blogger who will … Continue reading →

So I guess I should feel honored. Drug Czar John Walters picked my question to answer in the White House chat yesterday. I tried to frame it in a way that would be critical, yet not too critical (so he … Continue reading →

And editorial in The Oregonian titled Stop Blocking Marijuana Research The bottleneck for legitimate researchers is that the agencies that are hostile to medicinal marijuana are the gatekeepers of its supply. Two suggestions: Federal agencies such as the DEA should … Continue reading →

At BuzzFlash Democratic leaders in Congress today called on President Bush to stop the alarming use of illegal covert propaganda to promote government policy after two new accounts of such activity surfaced today. In a letter to the President, they … Continue reading →