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

Reaching new lows in Massachussetts

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 marijuana to an undercover police officer for $20. […] Aguirre approached Mitchell and asked him […]

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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 law (written and promoted by Mark Souder of Indiana) that also makes no sense. It […]

Students vote to reduce penalties for pot

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 Recreation (SAFER) movement. The idea is that for most students, both alcohol and marijuana are […]

John Fugelsang on the Drug War

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. I always thought if the violent people were lazy, we’d have a lot less crime. […]

Servetus on Taking bets: “Obsessive compulsive disorder is reduced by half in the short-term within 4 hours of smoking marijuana according to WSU study:…” Oct 20, 11:22
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Son of Sam Walton on Beer and spiked wine jumpstarted civilization: “Everything happening with and around cannabis in today’s world will alter civilization for tomorrow. Hemp will find its industrial footing…” Oct 18, 08:38
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darkcycle on Beer and spiked wine jumpstarted civilization: “darkcycle here, Curtis Creek on Facebook. It is Mark when you get to know me…thanks for checking in CJ. Give…” Oct 16, 12:53
CJ on Beer and spiked wine jumpstarted civilization: “Hello everyone. This is CJ. I heard through that wonderful gentleman Mr. Creek that some of you were asking after…” Oct 16, 07:39
buy cannabis online on The war on drugs complicity in the death of Breonna: “What a fun read – Iâ€™ll be sharing with my wife. This is appreciated!” Oct 15, 08:27

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