Monthly Archives: April 2012

Here’s a 1-2 combination that I could really support. OK, LP… Make this happen.

Yes, it’s our old friend John P. Walters with Legalized Drugs: Dumber Than You May Think Are the calls for legalization merely superficial​—​silly background noise in the context of more fundamental problems? Does this talk make any difference? Well, suppose … Continue reading →

Robert Sharpe has a good letter in the Dallas News in response to Kevin Sabet. Don’t be fooled by Sabet’s vision of a kinder, gentler drug war. The vast majority of illicit drug users are marijuana smokers, many of whom … Continue reading →

Thank you Jimmy Kimmel! Jimmy Kimmel Addresses Marijuana Legalization At White House Correspondents’ Dinner 2012 “I would like everyone in this room to raise your hand if you’ve never smoked pot,” Kimmel said. Few hands went up. Noting the crowd’s … Continue reading →

An ominous-sounding tweet from CBS and NIDA: #60Minutes TONIGHT: Dr. Nora Volkow says the effect of drugs on the brain impacts our ability to have free will. http://cbsn.ws/IhLmyd Retweeted by NIDAnews That’s the kind of talk that leads to the … Continue reading →

Houston The METRO counter-terrorism exercise didn’t round up any terrorists. Instead, 81 officers arrested 14 people, predominantly alleged prostitutes and dope smokers. More problematic for METRO is that it seemed to anger and confuse some of the agency’s riders who … Continue reading →

Californians — it’s time to retire Feinstein. Seriously, vote for anybody but Feinstein. She’s got too much party clout and she’s a dinosaur. She’s probably also extraordinarily corrupt. Her column today on The Hill is one of the worst things … Continue reading →

Beau Kilmer, co-director of RAND’s drug policy research center writes in the Wall Street Journal: The Marijuana Exception He starts out with some good basic truths (marijuana legalization would save arrests, dollars, etc.) and then gets into the “murky” parts. … Continue reading →

Glenn Greenwald The same person who directed the DOJ to shield torturers and illegal government eavesdroppers from criminal investigation, and who voted to retroactively immunize the nation’s largest telecom giants when they got caught enabling criminal spying on Americans, and … Continue reading →