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The drug war fills up Illinois prisons
A new report was issued this week about drug incarceration in Illinois, and I got a chance to glance at the actual report last night. Online versions of the report should be available soon. Some really powerful statistics. The Chicago … Continue reading
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How prohibition works
[Via Hit and Run] In my lifetime, I have eaten in restaurants in Chicago thousands of times, yet I don’t remember ever seeing foie gras on the menu. The people of the Windy City are great eaters, and they love … Continue reading
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Let’s be Frank
(Not the Frank who lost in Alaska.) Via the Transform Drug Policy Foundation blog, I have discovered the UK’s version of our anti-drug websites. It’s Frank! Of course, whenever I come to a site like this, the first thing I … Continue reading
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Murkowski gone
Good news, and a bit of a shocker. Alaska Governor Frank Murkowski, who has waged a one-man war to re-criminalize the personal possession of small amounts of marijuana in that state (despite the Alaska state constitution and Supreme Court rulings)…. … Continue reading
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Ophidia – the anti-drug
A timely parody from the DARE Generation
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DEA head Karen Tandy apologizes for raping, pillaging, and killing the people of Colombia
Link Washington — No nation has suffered as much — or sacrificed more — in the global war on illegal drugs than Colombia, says Karen Tandy, administrator of the U.S. Drug Enforcement Administration (DEA). OK, so it wasn’t really an … Continue reading
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A new advertising agency?
Interesting new ONDCP ad (via DARE Generation Diary). Although it uses some stereotypes, the ad is quite refreshing in its approach — particularly because it doesn’t lie (like most of their ads). Plus, I think kids can get into this … Continue reading
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Open Thread
Busy time right now with first day of classes today back at the university. And I got interviewed again on the DEA exhibit. I’m also working on a few projects, including putting together a challenge to this page at SAMHSA … Continue reading
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Law Enforcement Against Prohibition
I’ve talked about this video before, but it’s worth showing it again (and for you to view it again), so I’ll accept the challenge, Radley. I’ve gotten to know a few of the LEAP folks even better in some of … Continue reading
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Another must-read article
The U.S. drug prohibitionists are now reeling from a 1-2-3 punch. 1. We start the salvo by hitting the DEA in the Washington Post and elsewhere by tying prohibition with failure and a profitable black market. 2. Afghan opium hits … Continue reading
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