Monthly Archives: June 2013

Legalizing marijuana is hard. Regulating a pot industry is even harder. by Mike Konczal in the Washington Post. It’s hard to slog through all the hand-wringing in this article — fears about making the wrong decisions in regulating marijuana, as … Continue reading →

Nice editorial in the New York Times: American Mayors – Let Them Smoke Pot What the Conference of Mayors resolved seems appropriate — and sensitive to the reality that public attitudes toward marijuana are liberalizing rapidly. In 1969, the Pew … Continue reading →

So this showed up today from Amazon. I’m looking forward to reading it, as soon as I get some time. I’d hurry up and review it, but it doesn’t really seem that Radley needs my review – he’s already got … Continue reading →

As always… Link Chinese authorities have once again commemorated the UN International Day Against Drug Abuse and Illicit Trafficking by stepping up their drug enforcement efforts. Ahead of the UN anti-drug day on Wednesday, Xinhua News Agency reports that six … Continue reading →

Thought I’d share with you a post I made on Facebook. … It would be a mistake to assume that the Voting Rights Act in any way ensured that all African Americans were able to vote. The biggest factor in … Continue reading →

The DEA just can’t contain itself. I’ve gotten multiple press releases from them about a special press conference today, where they’re going to get to show off their latest big bust. Must be a doozy, because they’re milking it (and … Continue reading →

The World Drug Report for 2013 was released this morning by the UNODC. This is actually a useful report in terms of all the international information it contains, but of course it is also a product of the UNODC, and … Continue reading →

As you may have heard by now, the US Conference of Mayors unanimously passed a resolution on Monday urging radical change of federal involvement in marijuana laws. The resolution includes: NOW, THEREFORE, BE IT RESOLVED that the United States Conference … Continue reading →

BuzzFeed has a hilarious/horrifying piece: The 14 Most Ridiculous Things Police Bought With Asset Forfeiture Just of few of them… Michael McDougal, then district attorney for Montgomery County, Texas, spent over $400 on tequila, rum, and kegs and $139 on … Continue reading →

Getting ready to open a show in Chicago Saturday, which has kept me busy and on the road, and the NSA leaks story has been getting a lot of my attention, so I don’t have much today. Should Pot Be … Continue reading →