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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 Protecting children from drug wars: “OT… Republicans Push for Federal Legalization of Marijuana to Ensure ‘Individual Liberty’” May 13, 21:37
Son of Sam Walton on Protecting children from drug wars: “I think we saw this in Isreal during the recent attacks. No doubt drug money played a huge role in…” May 13, 18:35
Servetus on Senate Majority Leader: “Some people might prefer the pain relieving effects of marijuana without its various side effects, people with chronic pain, for…” May 13, 15:23
Servetus on Senate Majority Leader: “Biden administration allows GPs to prescribe buprenorphine for opiate addictions: https://www.statnews.com/2021/04/27/biden-administration-allow-nearly-all-providers-to-prescribe-buprenorphine/?emci=df38706e-43a4-eb11-85aa-0050f237abef&emdi=4f9a4e3c-f3a8-eb11-85aa-0050f237abef&ceid=1562752” May 12, 10:58
darkcycle on Senate Majority Leader: “Doesn’t require a psychic or any second sight. They mean to farm it out under contract to mercenaries.” May 9, 14:59
Servetus on Senate Majority Leader: “Noam Chomsky and Vijay Prashad predict the U.S. will not leave Afghanistan: https://www.counterpunch.org/2021/05/07/united-states-withdraws-from-afghanistan-not-really/” May 9, 10:00
Servetus on Senate Majority Leader: “Bioavailability is limited in CBD therapies. Researchers find it to be greater in KLS-13019: May 5, 2021 — …Studies have…” May 6, 13:39

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