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A curiosity
A lot of people are now talking about Jamen Shively – a name I had not heard before Thursday. Here’s the basics: A former Microsoft executive plans to create the first U.S. national marijuana brand, with cannabis he hopes to … Continue reading
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Rat Park
We’ve showcased the outstanding work of cartoonist Stuart McMillan before. Well, Stuart has a new drug-war-related piece about the Rat Park experiments led by Professor Bruce Alexander who saw the flaw in the research that had seemed to suggest hopeless … Continue reading
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Another data point in ‘Prison isn’t the only metric in ruined lives’
Let’s stop wrecking lives over a bag of weed by Paul Zuckerberg in the Washington Post. In a little office on the third floor of Metropolitan Police Headquarters on Indiana Avenue NW is a small window to the future — … Continue reading
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International discussions on drug policy reform
The Global Drug Prohibition Regime: Half a Century of Failed Policymaking? This is a very good 16-minute video put together by the always excellent Hungarian Civil Liberties Union. The participants of the discussion forum were: Sandeep Chawla, Deputy Executive Director … Continue reading
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Why are we so upset? After all, there are relatively few people in federal prison just for marijuana possession.
That’s the mantra we hear over and over from the apologists for bad policy like Kevin Sabet and Keith Humphreys. Of course, this argument has so many holes in it you could drive a SWAT team through it. Most marijuana … Continue reading
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Drug Czar linked to deception
It was just a few days ago that I put forth my Open letter to marijuana prohibitionists and so-called third-way-ers and said: Correlation and Causation are two different words. Get this one right. There are millions of people who use … Continue reading
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Odds and Ends
Marijuana: The Next Diabetes Drug?” Toking up may help marijuana users to stay slim and lower their risk of developing diabetes, according to the latest study, which suggests that cannabis compounds may help in controlling blood sugar. Revisiting the ‘Crack … Continue reading
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An open letter to marijuana prohibitionists and so-called third-way-ers
Dear sons of SAM and daughters of the American prohibition; to all the treatment industry, drug testing, private prison, and sheriff union lobbyists; and, of course, to our friends who are required by law to lie: I keep hearing from … Continue reading
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Podcast
A friend of mine who writes under the handle of “Occasionally Wrong” has a podcast that he uses whenever there’s a topic that makes him mad, and he invited me to join him on his newest episode: Am I Mad? … Continue reading
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Jimmy Carter on drug policy
“Penalties against possession of a drug should not be more damaging to an individual than the use of the drug itself; and where they are, they should be changed. Nowhere is this more clear than in the laws against possession … Continue reading
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