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When the UN Won’t Condemn Torture You Know Something’s Very Wrong by Damon Barrett. INCB continues to run amok. Arizona governor signs law to bar medical marijuana at colleges. Seems a shame that those who need it for medical purposes … Continue reading →

… while America burns Joint Press Conference by President Obama, President Calderon of Mexico, and Prime Minister Harper of Canada President Obama: Our other major focus today was the security that our citizens deserve. Criminal gangs and narco-traffickers pose a … Continue reading →

An excellent new report from Australia 21 Roundtable: The Prohibition of Illicit Drugs is Killing and Criminalising Our Children and We Are All Letting it Happen This report came out of a roundtable discussion in January on the topic “What … Continue reading →

With the Obama administration continuing an all-out war against medical marijuana in California, despite overwhelming support for it amongst the voters, it seems clear that the Obama campaign has done the electoral math and figured that there’s no possible way … Continue reading →

Justices Approve Strip-Searches for Any Offense As Part of Agreement with Prosecutors, Capitol Hemp to Close Stores Oaksterdam University Raided by Feds

Radley Balko has an excellent article at the Huffington Post: Illinois Traffic Stop Of Star Trek Fans Raises Concerns About Drug Searches, Police Dogs, Bad Cops The whole thing is a must-read and it explores all the issues in the … Continue reading →

Some great weekend reading: IDPC Drug Policy Guide, 2nd Edition (pdf) If you’re having trouble getting it to load, it’s also available here. The International Drug Policy Consortium is “a global network promoting objective and open debate on drug policy” … Continue reading →

Co-operation urged as way to combat drug war It’s time for greater military co-operation in North America’s long war on drugs, Defence Minister Peter MacKay and his U.S. and Mexican counterparts said Tuesday. The first trilateral meeting of defence ministers … Continue reading →

Transform Drug Policy Foundation has a good follow-up report on the recently concluded UN Commission on Narcotic Drugs (CND) in Vienna. The CND is basically a tightly controlled international pro-drug-war event. Country representatives dutifully report that they are enthusiastically carrying … Continue reading →

Tough drug laws harm health and safety, doctors say Criminalizing the use of marijuana and other tough on crime approaches haven’t worked, say public health doctors from across Canada who propose taxation and regulation instead. The chief medical health officers … Continue reading →