Daily Archives: April 14, 2006

Your Tax Dollars on Drugs, by Rob Kampia of the Marijuana Policy Project.

Anthony Papa has a good article at Alternet: Two years in jail for a joint? The war on drugs reached the pinnacle of cruelty when 18-year-old Mitchell Lawrence was sentenced to two years in jail for selling a teaspoonful of … Continue reading →

Via DARE Generation Blog, comes a piece at Slate by Ryan Grim: A lie college students might want to tell. It’s about the provision of the Higher Education Act that denies financial aid to those with drug convictions. A bad … Continue reading →

Reported at the Washington Post The University of Maryland becomes the fifth school to pass a student referendum that says marijuana violations should be treated no more harshly than alcohol violations. This is part of the Safer Alternative for Enjoyable … Continue reading →

John Fugelsang has an extensive (and quite witty) rant on the drug war over at Huffington Post. Here are a couple of excerpts: They always told us “Pot makes you violent. And Lazy.” Which never scared any kids I knew. … Continue reading →