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30,000 Britons are About to Maybe Die from Pot Annually!

Nobody’s Business’ take-down of an incredibly stupid article is a delightful, funny, and smart read.

According to this article in the Guardian, which quotes an editorial in the British Medical Journal,

Thirty thousand Britons a year might eventually die from cannabis smoking, doctors claimed.

In other news, the physicians insisted that the sky might eventually […]

More Lying with Statistics — The Drug Czar’s at it again

Drug Warriors – they’re afraid of us

Jacob Sullum notes in Where Have All the Drug Warriors Gone? (at Hit and Run) an oddity about the drug war segment at CPAC in February.

Ethan Nadelmann, executive director of the Drug Policy Alliance, just sent me a link to the tape of his “debate” with journalist Richard Poe at last February’s CPAC conference. […]

Marijuana Becomes Focus of Drug War

In Today’s Washington Post, an article by Dan Eggan, with some excellent information, a couple of lies, and some clueless comments.

The focus of the drug war in the United States has shifted significantly over the past decade from hard drugs to marijuana, which now accounts for nearly half of all drug arrests nationwide, according […]

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