Monthly Archives: May 2006

Steve Chapman in the Chicago Tribune States and nations don’t seem to lose anything when they stop treating drug use as a crime. But there are gains to be had: more police time to combat violent criminals, less need to … Continue reading →

The war on drugs is an attack on rationality.[…] Isn’t it a sign of mental disorder when distorted reasoning is unchanged by empirical evidence? What is it about marijuana that drives our politicians insane? – Salim Muwakkil of In These … Continue reading →

Over at DARE Generation, you can watch DEA head Karen Tandy tell people that legalizing alcohol was a failure. Her criteria for that judgement (and for her opposition in the same piece for drug legalization)? That use increased. Not abuse. … Continue reading →

Via The Drug Update: Valeant Pharmaceuticals International (NYSE:VRX) today announced that the U.S. Food and Drug Administration (FDA) has given marketing approval for Cesamet (CII) (nabilone) oral capsules. Cesamet is used to treat nausea and vomiting associated with cancer chemotherapy … Continue reading →

I haven’t been reminding people enough about Loretta’s campaign for Governor in Alabama, but she continues to be on a roll and gathering attention. The latest — this snickering report on MSNBC, which actually did manage to bring up the … Continue reading →

Drug Czar Jailed For 22 Years Link [Thanks, Tom!]

[Thanks to Dano in comments] Well, it turns out that Americans for Safe Access has decided that the number of delays by Health and Human Services (see below) qualifies as illegal avoidance of the Data Quality Act. They have sent … Continue reading →

Eric Sterling reminds me of something I’ve neglected for awhile. You see, there’s this law called the Data Quality Act that allows for forcing the correction of inaccurate information disseminated by government agencies. The great thing about it is that … Continue reading →

Eric Sterling found this unbelievable quote. “…[I]t’s another hammer we can put on people,” says Delaware State Police Captain Chip Simpson, commander of the special investigations section, praising a brand new law, “Brett’s Law,” that places a plant, salvia divinorum, … Continue reading →

A really fabulous article by Marnell Jameson in today’s Los Angeles Times […] Today, at 14, the Los Angeles girl dismisses much of what she learned in the drug-education program, saying that when she’s older she plans to follow the … Continue reading →