Monthly Archives: November 2005

… or another one in your face, Drug Czar! Via Marijuana Policy Project: Largest-Ever Study of Marijuana, Depression Finds Fewer Depressive Symptoms, Better Mood: ALBANY, NEW YORKÖIn the largest-ever study of marijuana and depression, to be published in the journal … Continue reading →

No, I wasn’t at the Drug Policy Alliance convention — I was in a kind of personal computer hell for a few days. Three disconnected events: 1. A separate website I run had its server and two backups fry at … Continue reading →

Well, I finish my run in Marat/Sade this evening. It’s been a wonderful show and I’ve enjoyed every minute of it, but losing every evening for the past 8 weeks has taken its toll. I now will need some time … Continue reading →

A good article at Reason by David Weigel: When Patriots Dissent — Surprise: Standing up to the PATRIOT Act can be good politics. The article gives a nice background of the erosion of support for the Patriot Act, and while … Continue reading →

Thanks to Daksya — Check out this excellent re-cap by Dahlia Lithwick of the Supreme Court’s oral arguments on Georgia v. Randolph. You can get a real sense of what mattered (particularly in 4th amendment terms) to the different Justices … Continue reading →

Via MPP: WASHINGTON, D.C.ÖIn the wake of June’s Supreme Court ruling allowing federal prosecutions of medical marijuana patients even in states where medical use of marijuana is permitted, U.S. Rep. Sam Farr (D-CA) and a bipartisan group of cosponsors have … Continue reading →

A couple of interesting pieces to read if you’ve got a little extra time. “bullet” Ambassador de Sade, By John Gorenfeld in AlterNet. Bush’s ambassador to Italy doesn’t speak Italian, and his qualifications seem to be a history of running … Continue reading →

Ethan wrote an OPED last week in the Scotsman that’s worth reading: Don’t Follow Us into a Disastrous War on Drugs With some pressure in the UK for government to revert cannabis to class B (harsher penalties), Ethan uses the … Continue reading →

An Assistant District Attorney from New York stopped by Drug WarRant and dropped a comment on the item below: I think that unfortunately these “life sentences” we hear so much about are blown completely out of proportion by people who … Continue reading →

Garrison Keillor takes his own party to task: We Democrats are at our worst when we try to emulate Republicans as we did in signing onto the “war” on drugs that has ruined so many young lives. The cruelty of … Continue reading →