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Good news in the effort to reduce highway robbery! Under the consent decree filed today in the U.S. District Court in Marshall, police will now be required to observe rigorous rules that will govern traffic stops in Tenaha and Shelby … Continue reading →

A new ad in Washington state. http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=aScUZgzFlTI

Or, perhaps the UNODC and U.S. has already gotten to him? Mexico’s President-Elect Signals “Internationalization” of Drug War by Louis Nevaer That change, however, may not be what most Mexicans were expecting. “A transnational phenomenon requires a transnational strategy,” Óscar … Continue reading →

Here’s the trailer for “How To Make Money Selling Drugs.” The full film doesn’t have an official release date yet. http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=6vr2dRh0inA Looks like an interesting approach.

Lawrence O’Donnell has a very powerful Last Word on the War on Drugs. Good stuff on network mainstream cable TV.

Chatham House Magazine has a slate of drug war articles in the current issue; some good, some atrocious. The current issue is free to read online, so you can check them out now. In the atrocious category are: Legalization Could … Continue reading →

One of the things about prohibition that people sometimes forget is that it so often truly does make drug-taking more dangerous. Alcohol prohibition led to people going blind from government poisoned alcohol, and to dangerous alcohol stills that were both … Continue reading →

Check out The Strip by Brian McFadden for an excellent cartoon about our incarceration nation.

Medical Marijuana Patients Get Their Day In Federal Court With The Obama Administration Late last week, the United States Court of Appeals for the D.C. Circuit agreed to hear oral arguments in Americans for Safe Access v. Drug Enforcement Administration, … Continue reading →

The American Society of Addiction Medicine, which bills itself as “The Voice of Addiction Medicine,” has come out with a position paper regarind: State-level Proposals to Legalize Marijuana About all one needs to do is look at the writing team … Continue reading →