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Servetus on Future Headline: “Mexican cartels might smuggle RU-486 pills if that’s all that’s preferred by women. A commercially packaged variety of abortifacient might…” Jul 1, 21:32
on So, on drug raids, they knock and then wait 40 minutes before busting down the door. Right?: “on re-reading the article and using OUR criteria for factualness in things cannabis I note the following: the author is…” Jun 29, 15:02
on So, on drug raids, they knock and then wait 40 minutes before busting down the door. Right?: “Yeah….my thoughts exactly. In fact, my thoughts went along the lines of “Golly, who would ever guess that people who…” Jun 29, 12:30
on So, on drug raids, they knock and then wait 40 minutes before busting down the door. Right?: “Weed users nearly 25% more likely to need emergency care and hospitalization” Jun 28, 10:23
on So, on drug raids, they knock and then wait 40 minutes before busting down the door. Right?: “Thanks Allan. It’s both awesome and weird. One of the cool things that happened after the fire was the opportunity…” Jun 24, 13:04
Daily Archives: April 19, 2012
Washington and Jefferson and 420
I’ve got a group of extremely talented friends (and former students) who have been involved in a massive film/real life/social media project called “I Made America.” Check out their entire video series – it’s wonderful. The idea is that six … Continue reading
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People like that re-form. Maybe we should get us some.
Rafael Lemaitre, the communications director at ONDCP has started adding #Reform to a lot of his tweets, as though calling what they’re doing “reform” makes it so (sort of like saying they’ve ended the “war on drugs” makes that true). … Continue reading
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Beginning of the end?
Two articles that help emphasize the importance of the recent Summit of the Americas in Cartagena. Douglas Haddow’s OpEd in the Guardian is a must-read: Did Cartagena mark the beginning of the end of the war on drugs? But while … Continue reading
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Remember when ‘legalization’ wasn’t in their vocabulary?
Considering the Drug Czar famously said: “Legalization is not in the president’s vocabulary, and it is not in mine,” both of them seem to be using it an awful lot lately. As Scott Morgan notes: We’re Winning Any Time the … Continue reading
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