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Illinois Medical Marijuana Hearing tomorrow morning
Reminder: 8:00 am. Human Services Committee Hearing. Stratton Building Room D-1. Springfield, IL. We’d love to have some supporters there (wear a suit and get there about 15 minutes early). There’s a bus coming from Chicago, leaving at 4 am. … Continue reading
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Putting a leash on Drug Dogs
I’ve discussed at length my problems with the Supreme Court decision in Caballes (allowing suspicionless dog sniffs of cars), and the road that this decision could take us down. Even now, I understand that there’s a case from a few … Continue reading
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Stupid Legislator Tricks
Switching to Washington… Drug Warrior Mark Souder is holding a hearing in his pet subcommittee — The Committee on Criminal Justice, Drug Policy and Human Resources — titled: “Is There Such a Thing as Safe Drug Abuse?” Have you ever … Continue reading
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BREAKING NEWS. Andrea Barthwell, caught red-handed (updated)
Not only has Andrea Barthwell been touring Illinois misleading people about the facts about medical marijuana, she has also claiming that her Illinois Marijuana Lectures were sponsored by Great Lakes Addiction Technology Transfer Center (GLATTC), an organization that “promotes state-of-the-art … Continue reading
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Quote of the day
Tommy Chong in an AP story today: Chong said he isn’t ashamed of introducing millions of Vietnam-era kids to marijuana. “When you think of how many kids died drinking alcohol, I feel I’ve saved millions of lives,” he said.
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Drugs in Latin America
An article worth reading in the Economist: Battles won, a war still lost: At the last count by the United Nations, in 2003, land under coca in Colombia was down to 86,300 hectares (213,200 acres) from a peak of 163,300 … Continue reading
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Thanks, filchyboy
I had to temporarily suppress all humility to post this one, but I couldn’t resist. It’s such a wonderful post from Christopher Filkins that means a lot to me, and I wanted to share it: I’ve been reading Salon Blogs … Continue reading
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Read these…
“bullet” Via Last One Speaks, comes this fascinating and delightful piece by Dana Larsen: What’s In Popeye’s Pipe? The evidence is circumstantial, but it is there, and when added together it presents a compelling picture that, for many readers at … Continue reading
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Illinois Action Alert
The Illinois Medical Marijuana bill will have an initial hearing in the Human Services Committee on Thursday, Februaryæ17 at 8:00 a.m. in Springfield. I plan to be there and am hoping to bring others. It should be fascinating. In the … Continue reading
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Lawmakers react to budget
When I saw this headline: Lawmakers Criticize White House Drug War Budget I thought… “Finally, somebody’s got their act together and they’re not going to put up with the administration increasing the federal drug budget by $268 million at a … Continue reading
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