Monthly Archives: March 2008

The film Super High Me, featuring comedian Doug Benson spoofing Morgan Spurlock’s “Super Size Me,” appears to be the hit of the South by Southwest 2008 film festival. Here’s a teaser… Update: Another important film at the Festival is Tulia, … Continue reading →

“bullet” Via Hit and Run comes this extraordinary statement by the writers of “The Wire” in an interview in Time magazine: If asked to serve on a jury deliberating a violation of state or federal drug laws, we will vote … Continue reading →

There’s a fascinating 5-part series of videos on Bolivia and coca at vbs.tv. Definitely worth watching — I learned quite a bit about the coca leaf. I was particularly interested in Law 1008 — a law written by an American … Continue reading →

Chicago Tiny plastic bags used to sell small quantities of heroin, crack cocaine, marijuana and other drugs would be banned in Chicago, under a crackdown advanced Tuesday by a City Council committee. Ald. Robert Fioretti (2nd) persuaded the Health Committee … Continue reading →

Link SPRINGFIELD Ö The hazy path to legalizing medical marijuana in Illinois cleared a little Wednesday when a committee on public health sent the legislation to the Senate floor on a 6-4 vote. The measure, sponsored by state Sen. John … Continue reading →

Most people in the United States aren’t even familiar with the International Narcotics Control Board (INCB), but it has a lot of influence in the world. What is it? It describes itself as the “quasi-judicial control organ monitoring the implementation … Continue reading →

A good report about a horrible drug war, including a snippet of a press conference with Thai Prime Minister Samak Sundaravej PM: We must do… we have a war on drug. Q: Are you worried about the innocent victims? PM: … Continue reading →

There’s nothing more craven than politicians looking to score drug war points. Here’s a story caught by NORML and picked up by Wonkette When someone wrote Iowa Senator Tom Harkin and asked why medical marijuana should be illegal, this was … Continue reading →

The United States is going to spend in excess of $1 million in a trial to prove that Ricardo Palmera was a drug dealer, despite the fact that Palmera is already in jail for the maximum possible and he would … Continue reading →

Bill Clinton admits ‘regret’ on crack cocaine sentencing In a keynote address last week at a University of Pennsylvania symposium commemorating the 40th anniversary of the Kerner Commission report on the causes of racial disturbances in the 1960s, Bill Clinton … Continue reading →