Monthly Archives: April 2012

PBS video: Obama Colombia Visit Renews Call to Retool U.S. Drug Policy. Ethan Nadelmann of Drug Policy Alliance and Ray Walser of the Heritage Foundation square off. The interesting part of this is that Ray Walser starts off much as … Continue reading →

A good article by Jim Wyss of the Miami Herald: At summit, drug talk likely to be hot but hidden The whole article is worth reading, but I want to highlight one small item: U.S. Attorney General Eric Holder told … Continue reading →

One of the things prohibitionists often like to point to is that currently legal prescription drugs are subject to lots of abuse (they’ll usually call it an “epidemic”). In their minds this is somehow supposed to be some kind of … Continue reading →

Should be an interesting weekend, as the President goes to Cartagena for the Summit of the Americas. The administration has been working for the past few months to downplay and sidetrack the huge issue that will be in the room … Continue reading →

Spanish town votes for growing cannabis to pay off £1.25m debt The settlement’s 800 adults, who live 160km (100 miles) south-west of Barcelona, voted in favour of the scheme to rent out 7ha (17 acres) of land to a cannabis … Continue reading →

In George Will’s previous nonsensical column, he ended by saying: “A subsequent column will suggest a more economic approach to the “natural” problem of drugs.” It appears that he’s now come out with it: The 80/20 ratio: rethinking America’s drug-control … Continue reading →

I’m one who tends to be pretty open about the fact that different reform groups have different agendas and viewpoints and that’s OK. I rarely chastise a group or leader merely because I differ with their views or strategy. I … Continue reading →

This is some huge news! I’ve spent a good portion of the day on conference calls with leaders of drug policy reform organizations around the world. There may have been one or two that didn’t participate, but enough did join … Continue reading →

If you haven’t signed it yet, go over and sign the “End the Drug War Addiction” petition at AVAAZ. I’m not one who thinks that petitions are going to actually make change happen, but they can add to the discussion, … Continue reading →