Monthly Archives: May 2008

… particularly if you’re also wearing a badge. “The agents actually brought with them 146 pounds of marijuana in the trunk of an undercover vehicle,” […] In addition to posing as drug buyers, [undercover officers] pose as drug dealers and … Continue reading →

Chief Dennis Jones, describing murdered Rachel Hoffman: “She was completing a diversion program for possession of over 20 grams of marijuana and pending felony charges for possession with intent to sell MDA (or Ecstacy), maintaining a drug house, possession of … Continue reading →

WFLA-FM 100.7, Tallahassee, FL http://www.wflafm.com Wednesday, May 14th at 7:30 am EDT “The Morning Show” with Preston Scott and Eric Eggers Guest: Mike Jones of Law Enforcement Against Prohibition Topic: The Rachael Hoffman murder

If you smoke between two ounces and nine ounces of marijuana every week, it’s possible that you might be at an increased risk of heart attacks and strokes. But we don’t actually have any, uh, actual evidence of it. Link

David Harsanyi has a good read in the Denver Post: The government’s sorta-kinda-maybe logic It could be argued that the most useless job in Washington, D.C., is held by John Walters, director of the Office of National Drug Control Policy. … Continue reading →

Unless we own their government and have it heavily on payroll, we’re not particularly popular in Latin American countries these days. Ecuador Opposes Outpost in American War on Drugs They don’t like our war on drugs, either. As someone who … Continue reading →

Glenn Greenwald is always on top of government abuse of power, and recently he’s been all over the case of the military analysts for the major networks that were being prepped by the government to feed propaganda to us, their … Continue reading →

Eric Sterling does some interesting musing and wandering in Medical Marijuana in California — Questions I am intellectually satisfied that marijuana has a wide range of medical values. […] Therefore I believe marijuana should be available to patients who need … Continue reading →

One of the best responses I’ve seen so far to the latest nonsense from Walters is Tim King of the Salem-News.com (Oregon): New Federal Report on Marijuana Use is Misleading, Groups Say Is this a reaction to the beginning of … Continue reading →

Allan St. Pierre at NORML Blog: Cannabis Does Not Kill. Unfortunately, Cannabis Prohibition Enforcement Can! Rachael is another kind of drug war victim. Facing drug charges, and afraid to go back to jail, she reluctantly agreed to act as a … Continue reading →