Monthly Archives: August 2011

For President Obama at the next Town Hall

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

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Strange list

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

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President Obama finally clarifies administration’s position on medical marijuana

“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

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I wonder what would happen if you field tested a field test?

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

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If you support prohibition, and claim not to be corrupt, then give us our laboratory

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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Weekend Thread

Back up to Chicago again. In addition to

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Lots of money

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

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Site issues

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

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Children of the Drug War

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

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Majority of Americans Ready to Legalize Marijuana

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

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