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Congress tells Drug Czar to shut up

Well, they didn’t really go that far, but they did put a good provision in the final ONDCP reauthorization bill (via Drug Policy Alliance)

(e) Prohibitions- None of the amounts made available [for the National Youth Anti-Drug Media Campaign] may be obligated or expended for…partisan political purposes, or express advocacy in support of or to […]

Canada — Drug Czar’s Puppet

Canada’s Tory government seems anxious to attach the strings and start dancing to John Walters’ tune. Internal documents show U.S. involvement in Canada’s national drug strategy

”The Harper government favours a U.S.-style approach to drug problems, which is to lock more people up and don’t treat it as a health problem, treat it as a […]

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Regarding the Marijuana Policy Project report on laws and teen use

I briefly mentioned the MPP report on Monday (Laws don’t curb teen marijuana use), and I wanted to point out a couple of less-than-stellar reviews that it got from drug policy reform fans.

Jacob Sullum has a thoughtful analysis at Reason The Drug Law Blog takes me to task for being inaccurate with my characterization […]

Servetus on Best headline response to Richardson facing Olympic disqualification for marijuana use: “It’s not just a harmful drug war tactic, it’s one of the financial pillars of the drug enforcement industrial complex:…” Aug 4, 21:53
Servetus on Is public discourse on drug overdoses improving?: “Phillippine dictator Rodrigo Duterte is getting heat from the U.S. State Dept: ‘U.S. drug war no cleaner than ours’, exclaims…” Aug 4, 19:19
Servetus on Is public discourse on drug overdoses improving?: “Is there anything weed doesn’t get blamed for? Not according to the spyware industry.” Aug 3, 21:40
Servetus on Is public discourse on drug overdoses improving?: “German physics students determine why beer mats make bad trajectory vehicles: 27-JUL-2021 — Beer mats protect tables from unsightly condensation…” Jul 28, 21:45
Servetus on Is public discourse on drug overdoses improving?: “A time when doctors took cocaine injections in the name of science, produced by Rohin Francis, MBBS: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=h0duLUAc9Pc” Jul 24, 11:59
Servetus on Is public discourse on drug overdoses improving?: “Mouth ulcers successfully treated using CBD: 22-JUL-2021…The oral ulcer is a common oral inflammatory lesion with severe pain but little…” Jul 23, 18:27
Servetus on Is public discourse on drug overdoses improving?: “Depressed LGB youths use more cannabis, study: 19-JUL-2021…Participants were followed from the age of five months and the study was…” Jul 19, 20:24

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