Monthly Archives: April 2006

Via The Agitator, John Walters is not having a good day. WASHINGTON (Reuters) – The U.S. drug czar has been challenged to explain disputed statistics underlying a string of rosy reports on progress in cutting the flow of cocaine from … Continue reading →

Link South Carolina General Assembly H.4865 Sponsors: Rep. Davenport A bill… relating to the confinement of prisoners, so as to provide that the Department of Corrections may enter into agreements with foreign countries for the confinement of inmates convicted of … Continue reading →

Link MEXICO CITY (Reuters) – Possessing marijuana, cocaine and even heroin will no longer be a crime in Mexico if the drugs are carried in small amounts for personal use, under legislation passed by Congress. The measure given final passage … Continue reading →

I can’t believe this! University of Colorado police have posted pictures of 150 people on a website smoking pot on the “420” day celebration last week and are offering a $50 reward for anyone who can identify them. What are … Continue reading →

At the Drug War Chronicle A week after the US Food and Drug Adminstration (FDA) issued a one-page opinion claiming marijuana has no proven medical uses — a position that ignores the much more comprehensive analysis done by the National … Continue reading →

Via NORML Leiden, the Netherlands: Vaporization is a “safe and effective” cannabinoid delivery system for patients desiring the rapid onset of action associated with inhalation, but who are seeking to avoid the respiratory risks of smoking, according to clinical trial … Continue reading →

These have been widely reported elsewhere, but in case you missed them, I wanted to give you the links: “bullet” Torturing Drug War Suspects: I talked about it some time ago, but Radley brings back to the net the case … Continue reading →

Des Moines Register today In a conference call with Iowa reporters, Grassley [R-Iowa] said: “I think the president ought to fire the drug czar.” He said that he wrote Walters calling for more action on meth and the response he … Continue reading →

“bullet” I’m recommending that you advance order Glenn Greenwald’s new book “How Would a Patriot Act? Defending American Values from a President Run Amok.” While I don’t know if the drug war is specifically mentioned in the book, it has … Continue reading →

Boy, I wonder if anyone at the FDA foresaw this. The FDA statement against medical marijuana has been received around the nation (and even the world), as if NASA had proclaimed that the earth is flat. It was such an … Continue reading →