Monthly Archives: May 2005

Pot Bill is Out of Time JUNEAU — The governor’s attempt to outlaw at-home marijuana appears dead for this legislative session. With the Legislature scheduled to adjourn for the year on Tuesday, lawmakers said Saturday the bill is out of … Continue reading →

The Drug Czar’s office has been hosting a series of Drug Testing Summits in select cities to push its profitable random drug testing regime in schools. Fortunately, despite constant claims of success (May 9 entry), their propaganda has not been … Continue reading →

A must read: Backing for Colombia Drug War Criticized, by Andrew Selsky, Associated Press Writer (in New York Newsday). Fascinating article — even more so because it’s AP, which is often likely to follow the government line in drug war … Continue reading →

I haven’t had time to post for the past few days due to end of the semester commitments, but there’s been a lively discussion in the comments that I’ve enjoyed reading. Tomorrow (Monday) morning at 9:00 am (CST), I will … Continue reading →

Pot: the Sina Qua Non of a Drug War by Sam Smith, Progressive Review, gives a potent perspective on the recent Sentencing Project Report detailing how the war on drugs has been primarily a war on marijuana. The war on … Continue reading →

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 … Continue reading →

Several people today have been sending me a variety of articles out there that have combined the story of how the government’s war on drugs has turned into a war on marijuana (that I reported earlier) and a report from … Continue reading →

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 … Continue reading →

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 … Continue reading →

Tom Goldstein at SCOTUSblog does some guesswork on who might be authoring the four remaining cases from the December calendar (including Raich), based on past history of the court. Some brief excerpts: Three Justices have not published majority opinions from … Continue reading →