Monthly Archives: August 2011

The question I’d ask… President Obama, every time someone asks you about marijuana policy you smirk and chuckle a little. What’s so funny? Is it the 800,000 Americans arrested each year for doing what you did when you were young? … Continue reading →

15 of Today’s Biggest Advocates Against the Drug War and Police Brutality Ethan Nadelmann George Soros Norm Stamper Neill Franklin Howard Wooldridge Stephen Downing Joseph D. McNamara Leigh Maddox Walter Cronkite Gary Johnson Carl Dix De Lacy Davis Copwatch The … Continue reading →

“A lot of states are making decisions about medical marijuana. As a controlled substance, the issue is then that is it being prescribed by a doctor as opposed to… you know, well, I’ll leave it at that.“ Thank you, Mr. … Continue reading →

Radley Balko’s title shows just how bizarre this is… Sage, chocolate chip cookies, deodorant, billiards chalk, Dr. Bronner’s Magic Soap, patchouli, spearmint, eucalyptus, breath mints . . . . . . and now, motor oil. In April, Janet Goodin of … Continue reading →

There are two main reasons to support prohibition. You are corrupt. You support it because you make money off it, or it gives you power or status, despite the damage it causes to society and people. You actually believe that … Continue reading →

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The UNODC discusses some rather significant money laundering… More than one trillion dollars: this is the staggering amount of money probably laundered annually in recent years, says Pierre Lapaque, chief of the section dealing with organized crime and money-laundering at … Continue reading →

There have been some problems with the site in the past few days. I thought the server was intermittently down, but the tech guys at DreamHost say that the site had been getting quite a few memory spikes (this was … Continue reading →

There’s an important new book out by Damon Barrett called “Children of the Drug War,” available at Amazon, but also available to read for free online (it’s that important). This collection of original essays looks at the impact of the … Continue reading →

Here are the key statistics from the latest Angus Reid Public Opinion Poll. 55% support the legalization of marijuana, with greatest support from: Democrats: 63% Independents: 61% Men: 57% Aged 35-54: 57% 67% think the “War on Drugs” has been … Continue reading →