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I was asked about the appearance of Eugene Jarecki on The Daily Show on Tuesday, promoting his new movie: “The House I Live In.” I hadn’t had a chance to check it out yet, so I appreciate the heads up. … Continue reading →

Check out the calls that are being placed in Colorado right now: Hello fellow Democrat. Like you I was thrilled to vote for Barack Obama in 2008. In 2008, candidate Obama promised not to use the Justice Department to prosecute … Continue reading →

… it is a continuum. I was reading an article by Tom Chivers in the Telegraph: Drug laws and evidence-based policy: it’s time to start doing experiments on the British people. Interesting article with some good points, but this hit … Continue reading →

Big press conference today from all the dinosaurs of prohibition, with such names as Bill Bennett, John Walters, Peter Bensinger, Robert DuPont, Calvina Faye, David Evans, and more, pushing to get the Attorney General to speak out against the marijuana … Continue reading →

Decriminalise drug use, say experts after six-year study. Advisors say no serious rise in consumption is likely if possession of small amounts of controlled drugs is allowed. Front page major article in the Guardian tomorrow. Also front page of the … Continue reading →

The ONDCP is wants you to Celebrate National Substance Abuse Month. Celebrate? But “celebrate” isn’t the word that they keep abusing. It is, in fact, “abuse.” Check out their definition. Millions of Americans suffer from substance abuse, which includes underage … Continue reading →

40 Years of Drug War Failure Represented in a Single Chart

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The prohibitionists know that the con game they have to sell is a pig in a poke that that the public has seen through, which is why they keep trying to put lipstick on it. You have Kerlikowske, for example, … Continue reading →

Christie conditionally vetoes Good Samaritan Emergency Act “This bill as drafted … fails to carefully consider all the interests that must be balanced when crafting immunities to the protections provided in our criminal laws,” Christie, a former U.S. attorney for … Continue reading →