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Monthly Archives: October 2010
Post Prop
We’ve been talking a lot about Proposition 19 here recently. That certainly doesn’t mean that it’s all we care about. It’s just particularly timely, and has real significance. I don’t know if Prop 19 will pass or not. I feel … Continue reading
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Sights and Sounds
Via David Borden, an animated Taiwanese news report on Prop 19 with English subtitles, illustrating some of the arguments on both sides. As Borden notes, if you’re not a west-coaster, you may need to be reminded that the bear is … Continue reading
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Science by anecdote and false balance
A rather strange article by Shari Roan in the Health section of the Los Angeles Times titled A bit of tarnish on marijuana’s benign reputation Ooh, I wondered, what dire medical study has been misinterpreted just in time for the … Continue reading
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Thought it was gang
It was. “I hear bad noise, I thought somebody breaks in,” Jakymek told NBCChicago.com. “In that time, about 20 guys came in, and they said they were looking for guns and narcotics. They tell me to go into the bathroom. … Continue reading
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Colbert on Prop 19
Colbert discusses Prop 19 with Joseph Califano and Gary Johnson The Colbert Report Mon – Thurs 11:30pm / 10:30c www.colbertnation.com Colbert Report Full Episodes 2010 Election March to Keep Fear Alive
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League of United Latin American Citizens endorses Prop 19
Via Stop the Drug War. League of United Latin American Citizens (LULAC) of California supports Prop 19. Another good endorsement to go along with the California NAACP, the National Black Police Association, and the Latino Voters League. “The current prohibition … Continue reading
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Programming Note: Saturday morning
Check out C-Span at 9:15 am Eastern on Saturday, October 9 Allen St. Pierre of NORML vs. former DEA head Asa Hutchinson I’ve been invited back to C-Span to debate and discuss the topics of cannabis legalization, and specifically California’s … Continue reading
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Fears of a 10 percent tax
Some of the stuff that comes out in the circus of the upcoming Prop 19 vote is just amazing. Scott Erickson writes in the Daily Caller: If pot is legalized, government will distort the market for it What many in … Continue reading
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40,000 dead!
Keith Humphreys has apparently decided to go all out with this bizarre rant about dead tobacco consumers. It apparently goes like this: Tobacco companies cause 40,000 deaths per year from cigarette smoking; therefore, don’t legalize marijuana. Apparently, part of this … Continue reading
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Putting up some big bucks for legalization
If you haven’t donated to Prop 19 yet, you still have time (see the link above), and you’ll be in some pretty darned good company. Why We Donated $100,000 to Prop 19 I am President and co-owner of Dr. Bronner’s … Continue reading
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