Monthly Archives: February 2009

Drug Reporter: Smoking without Borders — a 10-minute film by the Hungarian Civil Liberties Union about drug tourism in the Netherlands. Smoking without Borders from Hungarian Civil Liberties Union on Vimeo. Their conclusions: 1) The problem of drug tourism is … Continue reading →

“bullet” It’s nice to know that we’re not the only place that does really stupid drug war stuff. In Manila, authorities were spray-painting warnings on the houses of suspected drug “personalities.” This generated some criticism from human rights advocates (you … Continue reading →

Mindy Herrick has taught at Roberts Elementary for 17 years. She sounds like one of most incredible and inspirational teachers ever. In 2006-7, she was teacher of the year for the entire school district. Read the article and you’ll find … Continue reading →

Because you need to talk about other things, too. What do you want to talk about regarding drug policy that doesn’t involve the President or administration?

Well, the White House didn’t say that exactly, but read between the lines… In today’s Washington Times The White House said it expects those kinds of raids to end once Mr. Obama nominates someone to take charge of DEA, which … Continue reading →

According to a California NORML press release: While the DEA continues to stage medical marijuana raids in California, nearly three-quarters of voters think President Obama should honor his campaign pledge to end the raids, according to a poll of 1,053 … Continue reading →

If you’re attacked by cops, that is. The verdict is in on the Ryan Frederick case. The jury deliberated over two days before convicting Frederick of voluntary manslaughter and finding him not guilty of more serious homicide offenses, including capital … Continue reading →

Yes, there have been a lot of ridiculous columns by entertainment and sports journalists about how Michale Phelps “shames us all” for his horrible action in taking a bong hit, but it’s been entertaining to me to read the comments … Continue reading →

“bullet” It appears that change.org is moving into its next phase and for their Legalize the Medicinal and Recreational Use of Marijuana idea, that Marijuana Policy Project will be working with them on implementation. You can contribute suggestions, or comment … Continue reading →

This site got a huge spike yesterday with 49,986 pageviews (I usually get around 2,000 a day, which is pretty respectable for a single issue blog). The reason for the spike – a very healthy Digg of my Why Is … Continue reading →