Monthly Archives: April 2010

From Drug War Chronicle: A coca-based soft drink went on sale in Bolivia this week. Coca Colla, made from the coca leaf and named after Bolivia’s indigenous Colla people, is the latest manifestation of President Evo Morales’ quest to expand … Continue reading →

Comedian Lewis Black starts talking about the legalization of marijuana Enough is enough. And I don’t even smoke the stuff, but if we are going to pay for anything we have to find ways to raise money, and here’s one. … Continue reading →

We had some fun here yesterday with Dennis Kucinich’s hearing, putting Drug Czar Kerlikowske on the spot. If you haven’t seen it yet, you can watch it here Ethan Nadelmann’s testimony is after the jump. I’m spending a couple of … Continue reading →

On Wednesday, April 14, 2010, the Domestic Policy Subcommittee will hold a hearing titled: “ONDCP’s Fiscal year 2011 National Drug Control Budget: Are We Still Funding a War on Drugs?” The hearing will take place at 10:00 a.m. in room … Continue reading →

When Congress needs to know the background on a particular issue — the history, the arguments on both sides, the facts — they turn to the Congressional Research Service. CRS reports are issued on a fairly constant basis on a … Continue reading →

There’s been a lot of talk about Justice Stevens’ imminent departure from the Supreme Court, including some folks that seem to remember him as a champion of civil liberties. I’ll admit that at one point, I felt quite strongly about … Continue reading →

Every now and then, it’s fun to check the logs and see whence some of my visitors hail. Today was a good day. It appears that we’re getting closer to the confirmation hearings of Michele Leonhart for Administrator of the … Continue reading →

MPP’s Steve Fox does a pretty good job on the O’Reilly Factor with Laura Ingraham Ingraham: We still don’t really know, do we, long term effects of pot use except we do know head and throat cancers… Fox: [shakes his … Continue reading →

The ONDCP has shut down its old blog — PushingBack.com — and replaced it with ofSubstance.gov. The ONDCP’s Aya Collins explains the change in So, What’s in a Name? After reading it, I still have no idea what the change … Continue reading →

Politifact also caught the drug czar playing loose with the drugged driving statistics. The quote they caught on C-Span was a less egregious one than Director Kerlikowske has used other places, but it’s still good to see that others are … Continue reading →