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Marijuana, Inc.
Marijuana, Inc. is on tonight on CNBC at 9 pm and 1 am Eastern (8 pm/midnight Central) While it may not be traded on Wall Street any time soon, marijuana has become a booming cash crop. CNBC’s Trish Regan goes … Continue reading
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A Modest Proposal… freebasing coffee
Would the government try to make coffee illegal if you made it sound scary? Check out this video of how to create freebase caffeine. This Swiftian modest proposal is a fascinating intellectual exercise. Essentially, his challenge to policymakers is this: … Continue reading
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WhiteHouse.gov
As Scott says, there are certain things that it’s just nice to actually see in print at a site with a whitehouse.gov domain, such as: President Obama and Vice President Biden believe the disparity between sentencing crack and powder-based cocaine … Continue reading
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Daily Show at the Youth Inaugural Ball
The Daily Show With Jon StewartM – Th 11p / 10c Changefest ’09 – Youth Inaugural Ball Barack Obama InterviewJohn McCain Interview Sarah Palin VideoFunny Election Video Wyatt Cenac: “The nerds go into politics and they stick it to the … Continue reading
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The worldwide destructive power of prohibition
In the February 2009 issue of Playboy (not available online, sorry), I found an interest/depressing feature article: “The Drug Coast” by Christian Parenti. It’s about Guinea-Bissau, a country in Western Africa that I must admit I barely knew existed. It’s … Continue reading
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Words
… and complete sentences. The question we ask today is not whether our government is too big or too small, but whether it works — whether it helps families find jobs at a decent wage, care they can afford, a … Continue reading
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John Walters, Drug Czar… no more
Bye. A special few of those propaganda distributors who won’t be missed (including some who have been gone awhile): : Scott Burns, former Deputy Director, ONDCP Andrea Barthwell, former Deputy Director, ONDCP “Dr.” David Murray, former Policy Analyst, ONDCP Bertha … Continue reading
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Bush exit says so much
As his last act as President, George W. Bush commuted the sentences of Ignacio Ramos and Jose Alonso Compean. Ramos and Compean are serving 11- and 12-year prison terms, respectively, for the Feb. 17, 2005, incident near Fabens, Texas. After … Continue reading
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Matt Fogg, Law Enforcement Against Prohibition
This is from a while ago, but seeing it today over at Radley’s place, I thought it was something important to watch if you haven’t already.
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Cutting costs means cutting prisoners
Alabama MONTGOMERY – State prisons aren’t likely to receive a budget increase for the next budget year, so state prison Commissioner Richard Allen said Thursday he saw no reason Thursday to mention a dollar figure during legislative budget hearings. […] … Continue reading
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