Monthly Archives: January 2010

Just a little while ago, the California Assembly Public Safety Committee approved a marijuana legalization bill, AB 390, by a vote of 4 – 3. Apparently, this is the first time that a state legislative committee has voted to legalize … Continue reading →

One of the curious creatures that we’ve never really talked about here, is one that sometimes shows up in comment threads (or, more often, message boards) that I like to call “pothead prohibitionist.” You know the ones… “hey man, I … Continue reading →

One of the tough jobs we have is that so many people have been led to believe that legalization means chaos, when in fact it’s just the opposite. This is where the LEAP message has been so effective, and it … Continue reading →

The town of Lima, Ohio uses the instruments of war against its own citizens in a destructive effort to achieve something that exists only in their fantasies — a drug-free world. And so, a young mother named Tarika Wilson is … Continue reading →

An outstanding article by Paul Campos in the Wall Street Journal: Undressing the Terror Threat. It’s primarily about the dysfunctional war on terror and the stupidity of playing by “Terrorball” rules: The game lasts as long as there are terrorists … Continue reading →

Congratulations to Russell Barth and Robert Sharpe for being the MAP 2009 Letter to the Editor Writers of the Year. Russell Barth had 183 letters published. Robert Sharpe had 176 letters published. Russell Barth writes to Canadian newspapers from his … Continue reading →

The Hungarian Civil Liberties Union has done some really outstanding work in drug policy reform, and their films are extremely well done. They took the opportunity at the recent Drug Policy Reform Conference with Transform releasing After the war on … Continue reading →

Interesting article in the Wall Street Journal on prohibition. Interesting in that it managed to not even mention today’s prohibition once. [H/T Transform Miniblog] Drug prohibition doesn’t work – so what do we do next? – a good OpEd by … Continue reading →

This is disturbing. ‘Anthrax heroin’ cases spreading Health officials believe contaminated heroin – thought to be responsible for cases of anthrax in Glasgow – may be circulating elsewhere in Scotland. It comes after the death of two more drug users … Continue reading →

I ran into an interesting paragraph at Family Security Matters. I’ve run across their site a couple of times and don’t find their views particularly useful, but I was intrigued by this article by Frank Hill, in which he suggested … Continue reading →