Monthly Archives: November 2010

Go MO

A fun article by Bill McClellan in the St. Louis Post-Dispatch: It would be great if our state went to pot These things start in California and move east. I saw it with blue sneakers. When I was a kid … Continue reading

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The Death Penalty, Drug Offenses, and International Responsibility

IPS News Two Georgian women are facing the death sentence in Malaysia in a case that human rights campaigners say has highlighted worries over the continued imposition of capital punishment for drugs offences. Babutsa Gorgadze, 26, and Darejan Kokhtashvili, 37, … Continue reading

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The drug czar honors veterans

From his “blog” On Veteran’s Day, we take time to honor the brave men and women who defend and protect America’s freedoms. Often times, these service members experience significant mental health and substance abuse issues after returning home from duty. … Continue reading

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Kids Say the Darndest Things!

Art Linkletter, and later Bill Cosby, used to bring small children on and ask them questions. The humor of the show came from the “darndest” things that kids would say. That’s partially why I like to check out the college … Continue reading

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The DEA wants to make it easier to sell marijuana

… if you’re a pharmaceutical company. It was, of course, fascinating (although unsurprising) how fast Marinol was able to get moved from Schedule 1 to Schedule 3. Marinol is, after all, synthetic THC (or dronabinol) and marketed to function the … Continue reading

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A lawsuit is the least that needs to happen

I’ve heard about this a couple of places now, but Jacob Sullum does a great job of expressing it: The ACLU of Pennsylvania recently filed a civil rights lawsuit on behalf of a couple whose newborn baby was kidnapped by … Continue reading

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Where should the reform movement go from here?

I’ve been meaning to post this and now this is the last evening to fill out the survey at JustSayNow.com Where do we go from here? Give them your thoughts.

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A picture’s worth…

Earlier, some commenters were speculating regarding how many plants you could grow in a 25′ square plot, as allowed in Prop 19. Well, if you grow them like Kangativa does in Australia, you couldn’t even fit one! Via Toke of … Continue reading

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Josh Marshall, ignorance proudly on display

This may be the most incoherent (and utterly stupid) argument against legalization I’ve ever heard, and it was publicly presented by a professional columnist and publisher of a massive internet conglomerate of news and opinion sites who holds a doctorate … Continue reading

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Welcome to Drug Facts Week

Yes, the National Institute on Drug Abuse is hosting Drug Facts Week, November 8-14, which is somewhat akin to the KKK hosting Black History Month. Their partners in this enterprise are: Discovery, MTV, and Partnership for a Drug Free America, … Continue reading

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