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You may notice a couple of minor changes today.

1. Drug WarRant is now published by the Prohibition Isn’t Free Foundation — a new umbrella organization that will help us do a better job with advocacy. I’m the Executive Director, and I’ve got a pretty impressive advisory council (more may be added). This won’t change […]

When politics and truth collide

An important piece by John Geddes in MacLeans: RCMP and the truth about safe injection sites

It would have been quite a news conference, and it very nearly happened. Last fall, the Royal Canadian Mounted Police and the British Columbia Centre for Excellence in HIV/AIDS, after months of intense, private talks, agreed to face the […]

Wall Street Journal drops the ball

The WSJ is known for having some really outstanding reporting and OpEds on drug policy. And there’s plenty more good stories they could report.

Which is why this article: Sobering Report on Street Drugs by Kyle Stock is so pathetic. Were the editors asleep?

The credit crisis has sobered up Wall Street in more ways […]

Dangerous Ideas

Over at BigThink, they’re having a month of thinking dangerously. Idea #10 is Legalize All Drugs, and they have the fabulous economics professor Jeffrey Miron as guest.

“In a free society we should allow people to consume whatever they want, no matter how dangerous, no matter how much it might be bad for them […]

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strayan on Drug policy wins: “Mexico Threatened to Kick Out the DEA to Get US Charges Dropped Against Former Top General https://www.vice.com/en/article/xgzd9n/mexico-threatened-to-kick-out-the-dea-to-get-us-charges-dropped-against-former-top-general” Nov 21, 03:34
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SebGreenstein on Drug policy wins: “Here’s another just like the others: Virginia Gov. Ralph Northam has announced plans to introduce an adult-use cannabis legalization bill…” Nov 17, 13:44
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