Monthly Archives: February 2006

Back from Arkansas

Thanks to all the regulars for keeping this place tidy while I was gone. Had a wonderful time in Horseshoe Bend, Arkansas, and some great quality time with my Dad. “bullet” I haven’t been mentioning it much here, but I … Continue reading

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Open Thread

I’m off to Arkansas for a few days with my Dad, and I don’t expect a lot of Wi-Fi access where we’re going. Make yourself at home and discuss current events here, or at the messageboard. Clean up after yourselves.

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Illinois Senate committee passes medical marijuana!

Link SPRINGFIELD, ILLINOIS — The medical marijuana bill, S.B. 2568, passed the Senate Health and Human Services Committee today by a 6-5 vote as a new poll showed greater than two-to-one support for the measure. Passage would make Illinois the … Continue reading

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Thinking about Medical Marijuana

My thoughts are with the Illinois Senate committee hearing on medical marijuana. I attended the hearings last year, when Walters swooped down to put the lowly state Senators in their place, causing them to vote against their own people. I’m … Continue reading

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A little light entertainment

(Via Susie Bright) Check out this old Black and White educational video clip of British troops being administered LSD for experiments. Hilarious. Now if you could just get both sides to take it, maybe they’d stop fighting.

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Tonight: Frontline presents The Meth Epidemic

I hope you have better things to do on Valentine’s Day. But if you want to, and you can stomach it, let me know how Frontline does with this. Interestingly, Frontline publicist Jessica Smith contacted me and thought I might … Continue reading

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A good marijuana law in Massachussetts

Link Possession of less than an ounce of marijuana would no longer be a criminal offense under a bill that won the backing of a legislative committee yesterday. The bill, approved by the Mental Health and Substance Abuse Committee on … Continue reading

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It’s the next Meth!

Via JMBzine, who writes Oh, great, another stupid Oklahoma drug law. Link Oklahoma teenagers too young to buy alcohol are getting high by drinking bottles of cough syrup containing a non-regulated ingredient, according to supporters of a bill approved by … Continue reading

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Medical Marijuana hearings in Illinois

Tomorrow, the state senate Health and Human Services Committee is scheduled to hold hearings on a medical marijuana bill — S.B. 2568. If you live in Illinois, call or write your State Senator today. Here’s an easy way to send … Continue reading

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Drug Policy Reform at CPAC

Sometime this past week, Allan pointed out to me this bit of nonsense by Cliff Kincaid: Soros Infiltrates the Conservative Movement. Cliff, who is an ignorant drug war cheerleader and always writes bizarre anti-reformer screeds (example), decided to complain about … Continue reading

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