Monthly Archives: July 2008

My show opens in Chicago tomorrow evening. “Unsex Me Here” – a Living Canvas production – running July 11 through August 16, Fridays and Saturdays at 11 pm at National Pastime Theater, 4139 N. Broadway in Chicago. Powerful movement, mesmerizing … Continue reading →

Radley Balko has the story of another drug raid gone wrong, this one in Troy, New York, terrifying a young single mother — no guns, no drugs. Apparently it was based on a bad tip, with no follow-up buys or … Continue reading →

The ACLU is presenting this week at the Beyond 2008 Forum in Vienna, as part of the input toward the U.N. Office on Drugs and Crime (UNODC) 10 year evaluation of world drug policy. Remember, 10 years ago, the UN … Continue reading →

“bullet” The New York Times editorial that I mentioned last week has generated some Letters to the Editor. Califano’s letter is so… Califano — he just can’t stop himself from making up bizarre statistics. “bullet” Clarence Page phones in a … Continue reading →

Must-see TV: The Ballad of Esequiel Hernandez – an award-winning documentary on PBS’s P.O.V., directed by Kieran Fitzgerald and narrated by Tommy Lee Jones. Check your local listings for exact time and date, but it will be running beginning tomorrow … Continue reading →

Driver arrested with $5 million in pot 104 pounds of pot, which police estimated to have a street value of $4.7 million. According to my rough math, that’s over $45,000 a pound or $2,824.52 per ounce. That makes it about … Continue reading →

A must read in the Los Angeles Times today, by David W. Fleming and James P. Gray Is anyone actually benefiting from this war? Six groups come to mind. The first group are the drug lords in nations such as … Continue reading →

“bullet” The U.S. Government is so sure that there’s no such thing as medical marijuana, they decided to patent it. “bullet” Drug Czar’s Office Admits that Drug Enforcement Can’t Be Proven to Work from Scott Morgan. “bullet” Idiot of the … Continue reading →

Regular readers know that I try my best to be civil, to be patient, to be reasoned. Yet there are times when such… patience seems no longer viable. What I have to share with you now is dangerous. There are … Continue reading →

“Drugs is a big, big problem in America.” – John McCain Ah yes, finally, some clear, decisive, rational thoughts about drug policy. I guess I can hang up my blogging cap now — with astute leaders like that, we no … Continue reading →