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Free man

I've always liked Morgan Freeman. Here's another reason… Morgan Freeman On Marijuana: Criminalization Of Weed Is 'Stupidest Law Possible' Marijuana! Heavens, oh yeah. It’s just the stupidest law possible, given history. You don’t stop people from doing what they want … Continue reading

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Open Thread

Gil Kerlikowske: Please Put Our Money Where Your Mouth Is In other words, despite the ample evidence that treatment is the answer, and despite Kerlikowske’s willingness to admit that our status quo drug policy simply isn’t working, we’re actually increasing … Continue reading

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Unprecedented! (Updated)

So what do you get when you take some paternalistic self-appointed academic policy wonks who write a book with good facts and flawed analyses and get them together with the Los Angeles Times? Sing along with me: Reefer Madness…. Reefer … Continue reading

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Review – Marijuana Legalization: What Everyone Needs to Know, part 2

“Marijuana Legalization: What Everyone Needs to Know” by Jonathan P. Caulkins, Angela Hawken, Beau Kilmer, and Mark A.R. Kleiman This is part two of my review. Please read part one to see where I talk about some excellent things that … Continue reading

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Review – Marijuana Legalization: What Everyone Needs to Know, part 1

“Marijuana Legalization: What Everyone Needs to Know” by Jonathan P. Caulkins, Angela Hawken, Beau Kilmer, and Mark A.R. Kleiman This is part one of my review. I hope to address some additional specific areas in future posts. First of all, … Continue reading

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Yes

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=YdpcggfIt0U

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Tipping point?

At Salon: A Tipping Point is Happening – an interview with filmmaker Eugene Jarecki We became an enormous world power, and we’ve handled that power questionably, and ultimately, I would argue, to our own detriment. And certainly to the detriment … Continue reading

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The Living Canvas: Eureka

One of my many involvements is as Artistic Director of The Living Canvas, and I've got a new show running in Chicago this summer at National Pastime Theater (941 W. Lawrence). It's “Living Canvas: Eureka!” and it runs Fridays and … Continue reading

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Jay-Z and the Fourth Amendment

A fascinating legal article is Jay-Z’s 99 Problems, Verse 2: A Close Reading with Fourth Amendment Guidance for Cops and Perps by Caleb Mason, Saint Louis University School of Law. The author does a line-by-line analysis of the second verse … Continue reading

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Ahh, ‘Facts,’ you say?

I’ve got a copy of “Marijuana Legalization: What everyone Needs to Know” by Jonathan P. Caulkins, Angela Hawken, Beau Kilmer, and Mark A.R. Kleiman and hope to find time to read it soon (although I’m not looking forward to it). … Continue reading

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