Daily Archives: July 30, 2008

Congressmen call for federal decrim of marijuana, scaring drug warriors into strange behavior

Nick Juliano at Raw Story has great coverage of today’s press conference with Rep. Barney Frank, who is introducing a marijuana federal decriminalization bill (not expected to pass, but intended to open a dialogue). The ONDCP apparently sent their big … Continue reading

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Drug war doesn’t work? Who’d’a thunk it?

The BBC reports: The UK Drug Policy Commission said despite the large sums of money spent tackling the problem, traditional police tactics were not working. Uh, yep. Tim McSweeney, one of the report’s authors, said: “We were struck by just … Continue reading

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