Monthly Archives: August 2007

“bullet” Ethan Nadelmann makes a splash. His cover article: Think Again: Drugs in Foreign Policy is garnering a lot of attention, including this story on FOX news that actually wonders whether legalizing drugs might be better than prohibition (watch the … Continue reading →

Misha Glenny’s outstanding article in the Washington Post: The Lost War has continued to get some attention (although I’d love to see it picked up by more than just the Daily Herald (Utah)). The web has picked up on it … Continue reading →

Well, the attempts by the government to avoid the comparison of the proposed Mexico drug war funding with the disastrous Plan Colombia aren’t working too well. The media are quite comfortable calling it Plan Mexico Known as “Plan Mexico,” the … Continue reading →

“bullet” Samhita at Feministing asks: is pot culture sexist? And is smoking weed a feminist act? “bullet” Tanya at Blame the Drug War suggests: I’m a better mother when I’m stoned “bullet” Rogier van Bakel writes a letter. A Drug … Continue reading →

Jacob Sullum perfectly describes this AP story as “a confusing jumble.” MYRTLE BEACH, S.C. – People in the United States are living in a world of pain and they are popping pills at an alarming rate to cope with it.

Obviously, to drug policy reformers, the war on drugs is one of the critical issues of our time — it affects everything, from criminal justice and fundamental Constitutional rights to education to foreign policy to poverty and the inner cities, … Continue reading →

Governor of New Mexico (and Presidential candidate) Bill Richardson is not allowing his state to simply be scared by the DEA’s bullying (or to use that as an excuse to not implement its medical marijuana law). He’s directed state officials … Continue reading →

Misha Glenny has written an amazing article for tomorrow’s Washington Post. It’s extremely rare to see this degree of… reality… in a mainstream publication. Read the whole thing, but here are a few quotes just to give you an idea: … Continue reading →

“bullet” Drug Sense Weekly “bullet” “drcnet”

Joseph Califano is stinking up the place with his lies once again. He specializes in shocktoids — meaningless alarmist “statistics” (often false) with a purpose to shock the public into demanding even more drug war excesses. There is a long … Continue reading →