Monthly Archives: October 2010

One of the unchanging constants of the drug war is that the Government lies. And yet, time after time, “serious” people in the media repeat those lies, mindlessly furthering the dissemination of Government lies and evading their responsibility to investigate … Continue reading →

Glenn Greenwald hits one out of the park with The Wars on Drugs and Terror: mirror images He is one of the brightest and most passionate defenders of civil liberties from government overreach out there, so you can imagine that … Continue reading →

There’s been a lot going on with Prop 19 — it gets hard to keep up at times. Peter Bensinger wrote a letter trying to convince people that marijuana impairment lasts over 24 hours. Cully Stimson, instead of slinking away … Continue reading →

The Gala and Hall of Fame on which I was working so hard both came off very well this weekend, and now I’m taking a day to sleep it off. What have I missed?

Eric Holder To Prosecute Distribution, Possession If Prop. 19 Passes SAN FRANCISCO — Attorney General Eric Holder is warning that the federal government will not look the other way, as it has with medical marijuana, if voters next month make … Continue reading →

Pretty impressive list. To the Voters of California: As law professors at many law schools who focus on various areas of legal scholarship, we write this open letter to encourage a wholesale rethinking of marijuana policy in this country, and … Continue reading →

So if they’re not so sure they should accept the vote of the people, then, as Paul notes, where is the validity in their election? Heck, with Prop 19, voters are given a real choice. They can accept the proposition … Continue reading →

We believe that legalizing marijuana in California would effectively eliminate Mexican DTOs’ revenues from supplying Mexican-grown marijuana to the California market. As we elaborate in this chapter, even with taxes, legally produced marijuana would likely cost no more than would … Continue reading →

I think most of you are aware that I have a day job (I don’t actually make any money blogging) that I really enjoy. Sometimes that intrudes on my ability to do much blogging. Now is one of those times. … Continue reading →

Mary Anastasia O’Grady is one of the bright lights in the media in actually understanding and discussing the economics of prohibition. She has an outstanding OpEd today in the Wall Street Journal: The Economics of Drug Violence: Competition in the … Continue reading →