Monthly Archives: May 2011

Over at Points: The Blog of the Alcohol and Drugs History Society, guest blogger Allen Hopper of the ACLU discusses the issue of the way the federal government is conducting their anti-state medical marijuana offensive and how that could result … Continue reading →

Via Radley Balko comes this excellent asset forfeiture cash stealing investigation by News 5 in Nashville. Again, this isn’t a surprise to us, but as evidenced by the anchors at the end of this segment, most of the population is … Continue reading →

With the black market value of illegal drugs, there’s no way that drug warriors have a chance to stop the drugs. Trying to overcome the laws of supply and demand is harder than defying gravity. Even without the violence and … Continue reading →

And these are the people who usually accuse us of wanting to get ‘high’… Well, the impending predicted rapture (6 pm on May 21) has been quite entertaining. Alas, it will end soon. Based on the jokes I’ve heard, very … Continue reading →

This week, the World Medical Association and the International Federation of Health and Human Rights Organisations have called for compulsory drug detention centers to be closed. Sarah Evans at Open Society Foundations has the story: Shut Down Abusive Drug Detention … Continue reading →

… because you need one. Change to Pot Law? One state senator is behind two controversial pieces of legislation involving pot and school buses. That caught my attention… Actually, this is just a very confusingly written article. Turns out the … Continue reading →

San Francisco For the second time in a week, San Francisco Public Defender Jeff Adachi accused police of stealing from drug suspects after releasing video footage Tuesday that shows two officers walk into a residential hotel empty-handed and leave with … Continue reading →

The inaugural issue of the new International Journal on Human Rights and Drug Policy is now available in full online. The first issue starts off with an incredible editorial: ‘Deliver us from evil’? – The Single Convention on Narcotic Drugs, … Continue reading →

The latest from the Supremes (WASHINGTON) — The Supreme Court on Monday ruled against a Kentucky man who was arrested after police burst into his apartment without a search warrant because they smelled marijuana and feared he was trying to … Continue reading →

I wonder how many Marines have had to face down 71 bullets at once aimed personally at them in mere seconds? William Norman Grigg does a potent job of telling the story of the death of Jose Guerena by SWAT … Continue reading →