Monthly Archives: April 2005

I’ve been negligent in reporting that a medical marijuana bill is quietly working its way through the legislature of — yes that’s right — Alabama. I admire the persistence of some pretty incredible drug policy reformers in Alabama (Loretta Nall … Continue reading →

An article in the Fort Wayne Journal Gazette (Representative Mark Souder’s hometown paper) takes the drug warrior to task: Over the past six years, most major education, addiction recovery, civil rights and student organizations have said that Souder’s law is … Continue reading →

For those who are not aware of the significance/importance of the Data Quality Act complaint I mentioned in the previous post, I thought I’d explain a bit. One of the most critical ways to loosen the federal death grip on … Continue reading →

I’ve been reporting for some time about the efforts by Americans for Safe Access to use a new law called the Data Quality Act to force Health and Human Services to stop spreading false info about medical marijuana (a step … Continue reading →

Here are a couple of good articles via Cannabis News: “bullet” Prohibition on Marijuana Does More Harm Than Good by Kris Millegan in the Register-Guard (OR) is a good response to an earlier article by prohibitionists. Millegan also provides us … Continue reading →

Sure, I’m waiting for the Supreme Court decision in this historic case. As are tons of other drug policy reformers and those who depend on marijuana for their medicine. But we’re not the only ones. According to this press release, … Continue reading →

And Marijuana For All by Alan Young. Read the whole thing. Seriously. Print it out. Post it on a bulletin board. Email it to your friends. Here are some excerpts, but the whole thing is worth reading and distributing. From … Continue reading →

The drug czar found a receptive audience in Cincinatti, where they put undercover agents in classes. In addition to the usual lies, check out this line from Bozo: “Today, high potency marijuana, by the dose and by weight, can be … Continue reading →

or: “Mommy, why is that man throwing rocks at the blind lady?” There have been some recent veiled (and not-so-veiled) attacks on the judiciary by powerful elected officials. While these have not specifically been about drug policy, there are potential … Continue reading →

“bullet” First of all, just a reminder that The Agitator is always a good read and should be on your regular list. Radley’s recent “There ought to be a law” series has been outstanding. “bullet” Radley has a piece at … Continue reading →