Daily Archives: April 2, 2009

Decrim in Portugal

Reminder: Glenn Greenwald will be at the Cato Institute tomorrow (Friday) at noon Eastern to talk about his paper: Drug Decriminalization in Portugal: Lessons for Creating Fair and Successful Drug Policies. Peter Reuter will be responding, and Tim Lynch, moderating. … Continue reading

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It’s High Time

Another big one dares to suggest the marijuana legalization question: Joe Klein in Time Magazine. But, beneath the furious roil of the economic crisis, a national conversation has quietly begun about the irrationality of our drug laws. It is going … Continue reading

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D.A.s Gone Wild

This isn’t really a drug policy reform post, but there’s a connection that I’ll get to. You may have heard about the ridiculous District Attorney George Skumanick, Jr. of Wyoming County, Pennsylvania and his “sexting” case. (Simply put, sexting is … Continue reading

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