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Daily Archives: September 1, 2009
The latest anti-drug ad campaign
Today, the drug czar unveiled the latest ad campaign: MethResources.gov. Certainly better than an alien stealing your girlfriend if you smoke pot, but I can’t help but believe that anti-drug advertising is counterproductive, and not just because it’s been badly/laughably … Continue reading
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Where Kleiman gets annoyed once again that people are having a discussion
Mark Kleiman in Another drug legalization pitch notes: Esquire publishes yet another drug-leglization screed. Whoever does press relations for Law Enforcement Against Prohibition deserves a bonus. Perhaps. I’m not going to speak to the salary level of LEAP’s press rep … Continue reading
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The clear, but unspoken, arguments for legalization
AP article Nearly a third of all cocaine seized in the United States is laced with a dangerous veterinary medicine — a livestock de-worming drug that might enhance cocaine’s effects but has been blamed in at least three deaths and … Continue reading
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The origins of 420 written by its founders: CounterPunch: The Etymology of 420