Monthly Archives: June 2005

Coming home from work today, I saw some guys putting up a large sign right next to the main drag through town (Bloomington, IL). It read: 4th of July – Defend your Freedom – Celebrate the Bill of Rights Made … Continue reading →

That’s the beauty of a free country. And today’s idiot is Steve Steiner of Dads and Mad Moms Against Drug Dealers (that would be DAMMADD for you acronym buffs). Here’s the press release: DAMMADD: Video Footage Exposes Pro Drug MovementTIOGA … Continue reading →

This article is your fairly standard teens-have-the-most-fatal-car-accidents-exposÚ, and would not be of interest to me, except that Andrea Barthwell was quoted (as co-director of a physician-led group called End Needless Death On Our Roadways — an organization whose entire purpose … Continue reading →

Students for Sensible Drug Policy have put out this release: Lawyers for the United Kingdom’s Department for Education and Skills have warned Prime Minister Tony Blair that students who are forced to take drug tests without consent as part of … Continue reading →

After the Supreme Court decision earlier this month, John Walters: “Today’s decision marks the end of medical marijuana as a political issue.” Not so fast, John. Yesterday, Rhode Island legislature passed their own medical marijuana bill. It passed the House … Continue reading →

Los Angeles Times: The Bush administration and congressional allies are gearing up to renew a plan for drug eradication in Latin America despite some grim news: The $5.4 billion spent on the plan since 2000 has made no dent in … Continue reading →

Those who have followed Drug WarRant for awhile may remember me talking about Julie Falco, an MS patient in Illinois who testified on behalf of medical marijuana in the Illinois hearings. I got a chance to meet her then, and … Continue reading →

Action Alert! Contact your Representatives. Via NORML: NORML is pleased to announce the introduction of H.R. 3037, the Industrial Hemp Farming Act of 2005, sponsored by Reps. Sam Farr (D-CA), Raul Grijalva (D-AZ), Jim McDermott (D-WA), George Miller (D-CA) and … Continue reading →

My first reaction was to jump all over the story (which has been reported elsewhere) of DEA raids on medical marijuana operations in San Francisco (so quickly after the Supreme Court decision). Given the official stories of money laundering and … Continue reading →

OK, sometimes I just need a little entertainment, and a column comes along that does the trick very nicely. In this case, it’s an OpEd by former Niles Police Chief Ray Giovannelli in the Journal Online (Northwest Chicago Suburbs): How … Continue reading →