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Is there a value in incrementalism?
Unlikely allies behind marijuana votes in Washington, Colorado What transpired in Colorado and Washington were disciplined efforts that forged alliances between liberals and tea party conservatives, often using public health arguments to advance their cause. Proponents and analysts said both … Continue reading
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Red Ribbon Silliness
Every year, elementary students are encouraged to do the most bizarre activities in furtherance of the DEA-glorifying Red Ribbon week. Here’s another one: Creating a drug-free message, which includes things like “crazy sock day with a reminder to ‘Sock Out … Continue reading
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Emboldening
Link The irony for the U.S. government is that Mexico, and the rest of the world, now has a U.S. precedent to cite when creating blueprints for a post-Drug War world. “Now we are not like madmen in the desert,” … Continue reading
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More bad reporting and professional sports hypocrisy
Jim Corbett of USA Today Sports put out the most clueless piece today regarding the legalization of marijuana in Colorado and Washington, with assistance from Lindsay Jones and Jeff Zillgitt of USA Today Sports: Amendments don’t change leagues’ stances on … Continue reading
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And some better reporting
Cannabis legalisation in Washington and Colorado: A game changer at Transform Drug Policy Foundation Blog Thirdly, there is the clash with international law. The new Colorado and Washington legislation puts the states in clear breach of the general obligation of … Continue reading
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Network media fail (updated)
Some of the network media have been trying to cover the legalization of marijuana in Colorado and Washington and clearly are in catch-up mode, not really knowing how to talk about it. And they’re completely thrown by the fact that … Continue reading
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Preparing for the upcoming federal confrontation on legalized marijuana
Norm Stamper has a good little piece in the Huffington Post: Washington State to the ‘Other’ Washington: Look But Don’t Touch We now respectfully invite the federal government to look at, indeed to study our decision and its implementation. But … Continue reading
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Election Day thread
Just for fun, we’ll throw in a little video of Halle Berry bugging Jay Leno about smoking pot. http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=3ScKWTssKZY&sns=em And for election geeks out there, this is a fascinating interactive chart showing the various paths to electoral victory for Obama … Continue reading
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A couple of studies
Here are a couple of studies that you’re not likely to see discussed by some of the drug policy “academics.” Would liberalization lead to epidemic cocaine consumption? – an economic study by Norman V. Loayza and Naotaka Sugawara. The answer … Continue reading
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