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Why are Drugs Still Illegal?
Jim’s post of the same name at Vice Squad is a fascinating read… Let me suggest four reasons. The first is simply the tyranny of the status quo. …and it’s a status quo with a hell of a lot of … Continue reading
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Quoteable
“There is no drug known to man which becomes safer when its production and distribution are handed over to criminals” says Professor Norman Zinberg who led a study into drug addiction at Harvard Medical School. “Water would become dangerous if … Continue reading
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We’re the Millers
Link Variety reports that Steve Buscemi will topline New Line Cinema’s We’re the Millers, a comedy about a marijuana dealer trying to get out of the business after making one last score by smuggling 1,400 pounds of pot from Mexico. … Continue reading
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Tossing money to the winds
I haven’t seen much yet about the 2007 budget proposals from the administration (submitted to Congress yesterday), but this article in Asia Times talks about the foreign expenditures portion. Of course, there’s a lot for continuing military operations, and especially … Continue reading
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