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Drug War Victim: 80-year-old Isaac Singletary

Another old person with a gun, living in a dangerous neighborhood. 80-year-old Isaac Singletary used to bring out his gun to scare off drug dealers, so when a saw a couple of low-lifes were on his lawn, he came out with it again and told them to get off his property. Except they were […]

Drug War Funding Shortage a Good Thing

James Gierach rocks in this OpEd in the Daily Southtown (Chicago): County cuts could mean less drug-war money — and that’s not such a bad thing

… These examples tell the folly of “staying the course” and hoping to win the drug war. It’s a bad policy that endlessly costs and gets us nowhere. […]

Magical Mushrooms

Mark Kleiman has an excellent post on last year’s study that demonstrated the enormous power for psilocybin mushrooms to generate meaningful mystical experiences in churchgoers who had no previous experience with hallucinogens.

The results have potentially large importance for both law and policy. Though psilocybe mushrooms grow wild in much of the country and are […]

More responses to the John Hawkins piece

One thing I’ll say about about John Hawkins piece In Defense of the Drug War at Right Wing News — it’s drawn a tremendous amount of fire from the libertarian and conservative (read: not authoritarian) circles (it’s less likely that many of the liberal sites have noticed it). Read this exceptional and insightful analysis by […]

Great Harry's Ghost! on Drug policy wins: “and then there’s this from the “We Don’t Make The Laws, We Just Enforce Them” branch of LE: Members of…” Nov 24, 13:31
Great Harry's Ghost! on Drug policy wins: “well… I know that as of Dec 3 I will no longer be a felon whilst possessing my herb in…” Nov 24, 13:28
Servetus on Miss America, USPS, and the DEA solve our drug problems.: “UC San Diego researchers revealed how plants defend themselves from herbivore attacks (consumption). The information may prove useful one day…” Nov 24, 10:47
claygooding on Drug policy wins: “It would be, IMO, the only chance for Biden to gain any grace or dignity. The maternal father of the…” Nov 23, 08:53
NorCalNative on Miss America, USPS, and the DEA solve our drug problems.: “The idea that single molecule, or “pure” CBD is superior to whole plant CBD, as this study suggests, goes against…” Nov 21, 11:49
strayan on Drug policy wins: “Mexico Threatened to Kick Out the DEA to Get US Charges Dropped Against Former Top General https://www.vice.com/en/article/xgzd9n/mexico-threatened-to-kick-out-the-dea-to-get-us-charges-dropped-against-former-top-general” Nov 21, 03:34
DdC on Drug policy wins: “Ganja (Sanskrit) is the Fastest growing living wage job market heading for 300,000 full time by years end. Cannabis Industry…” Nov 17, 23:24

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