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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 […]

Robert D Legge on Marijuana gateway theory suffers new setbacks: “Do you have an email list?” Sep 22, 17:52
darkcycle on Marijuana gateway theory suffers new setbacks: “This is good. But they are missing a vital link here. They go into detail about childhood trauma , and…” Sep 20, 13:13
kaptinemo on Dangerous questions for ending drug wars: “I lurk, from time to time, and was surprised any remembered me. As to why my absence, let’s just say…” Sep 15, 22:30
NorCalNative on Dangerous questions for ending drug wars: “LOL. Entertaining and educational, I always learn something from your comments. My education on Drug War bullshit has resulted in…” Sep 15, 12:26
kaptinemo on Dangerous questions for ending drug wars: “I’m not dead (Reaching into pocket, flipping safety on pistol off) An’ I’m not goin’ on the fu*kin’ cart, either.…” Sep 14, 10:22
Servetus on So, we were right all along?: “Health care in the UK is grappling with cannabis as a treatment and the hurdles it creates for health care…” Sep 11, 13:52
Servetus on So, we were right all along?: “Cocaine addiction explained by scientists in a mouse study—no thanks whatsoever to US or UK prohibitionists: 9-SEP-2021—Contrary to common thinking,…” Sep 10, 00:05

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