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Where I’m not going on my next vacation
I love to travel. However, Indonesia will never make my list. 109. Mr. Zulfiqaraw, aged 40, from Lahore, Pakistan, was arrested at Jakarta Airport in November 2004 on allegations of drug related offences. While he was abroad the police raided … Continue reading
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Jacob Sullum continues the discussion
Over at Cato Unbound, in the discussion of the Erowid article Towards a Culture of Responsible Drug Use, Jonathan Caulkins was the first respondent with Is Responsible Drug Use Possible? — a thoroughly out-to-lunch response (which I discussed here –be … Continue reading
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Open Thread
“bullet” An uplifting PostSecret card: To the border patrol agent who ignored the pot in my car in NY in 1973 – I did become a math teacher, I did get married and have a family, and so much more. … Continue reading
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The McCain drug story
Raw Story: Whistleblower breaks 15-year silence to allege McCain hid wife’s drug abuse Open Left: Did McCain Tamper with the Drug Enforcement Agency to Protect His Career? There’s video of the whistle-blower, some revelations, and some conjecture. There’s also some … Continue reading
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Foreign policy that assumes EVERYONE is stupid
Regardless of what you may think about Venezuela and Chavez, you can’t fault him for wanting his country to not be under the thumb of the U.S., nor is his claim far-fetched that the DEA agents that he kicked out … Continue reading
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Programming Notes and Open Thread
“bullet” At the Cato Institute today, at 4:00 pm (Eastern) Should No-Knock Police Raids be Rare-or Routine? (POLICY FORUM) Featuring Cheye Calvo, Mayor, Berwyn Heights, Maryland, Radley Balko, Senior Writer, Reason and author of Overkill: The Rise of Paramilitary Police … Continue reading
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Jonathan Caulkins is tired of the legalization debate
The first salvo of responses to the Erowid article — Towards a Culture of Responsible Drug Use — is now up. It is Jonathan Caulkins, Professor of Operations Research and Public Policy at Carnegie Mellon University‰s Qatar Campus and Heinz … Continue reading
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Discussions
I don’t know if you’ve followed the comments section on this post regarding Karin Litzcke’s article about Insite. I came down pretty hard on Karin Litzcke, and I still think her article deserved it, but I’ve got to say that … Continue reading
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Responsible drug use
More on Towards a culture of responsible drug use… Daksya has started a discussion on the topic over at MetaFilter that’s worth checking out. And we’ll be following Cato’s discussion all week.
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Marijuana will wash your clothes, do your taxes, and walk your dog.
Now, all I have to do is send that statement to James Kinsella, Managing Editor of Cape Cod Today, and he’ll print it, merely “balancing” it by getting someone else to say “No, marijuana won’t wash your clothes, do your … Continue reading
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