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Thank you Jimmy Kimmel! Jimmy Kimmel Addresses Marijuana Legalization At White House Correspondents’ Dinner 2012 “I would like everyone in this room to raise your hand if you’ve never smoked pot,” Kimmel said. Few hands went up. Noting the crowd’s … Continue reading →

An ominous-sounding tweet from CBS and NIDA: #60Minutes TONIGHT: Dr. Nora Volkow says the effect of drugs on the brain impacts our ability to have free will. http://cbsn.ws/IhLmyd Retweeted by NIDAnews That’s the kind of talk that leads to the … Continue reading →

Houston The METRO counter-terrorism exercise didn’t round up any terrorists. Instead, 81 officers arrested 14 people, predominantly alleged prostitutes and dope smokers. More problematic for METRO is that it seemed to anger and confuse some of the agency’s riders who … Continue reading →

Californians — it’s time to retire Feinstein. Seriously, vote for anybody but Feinstein. She’s got too much party clout and she’s a dinosaur. She’s probably also extraordinarily corrupt. Her column today on The Hill is one of the worst things … Continue reading →

Beau Kilmer, co-director of RAND’s drug policy research center writes in the Wall Street Journal: The Marijuana Exception He starts out with some good basic truths (marijuana legalization would save arrests, dollars, etc.) and then gets into the “murky” parts. … Continue reading →

Glenn Greenwald The same person who directed the DOJ to shield torturers and illegal government eavesdroppers from criminal investigation, and who voted to retroactively immunize the nation’s largest telecom giants when they got caught enabling criminal spying on Americans, and … Continue reading →

Judge: Scott’s Drug Testing Of State Workers Unconsitutional Miami federal judge Ursula Ungaro has ruled that Governor Rick Scott’s order requiring drug testing for state workers is unconstitutional. Judge Ungaro said the blanket testing of 85,000 workers violated the Constitution’s … Continue reading →

420 rally to celebrate drug-free youth The Eagle County Sheriff’s Office in collaboration with the Eagle Valley High School’s DADD (Devils Against Drinking and Drugs) Club is hosting its inaugural 420 Drug Free Rally on Friday at the Field House … Continue reading →

While I was busy with other things last week, I missed the chance to talk about the excellent Leonard Pitts, Jr. column If not drug legalization, what, Mr. President? The president argued that drug dealers might come to “dominate certain … Continue reading →

I had a fun time yesterday. There was a flyer about a debate on campus on the legalization of marijuana – not sure if it was a class thing or a debate club thing, but it was one of those … Continue reading →