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A new gallup poll shows 31% of the public identifies themselves as Democrats and 27% as Republicans. If, when you take a quick look at those numbers, it seems that a whole lot of people aren’t included, your math skills … Continue reading →

There are still pockets of reefer madness that pop up every now and then. This one from Dr. Ruairi Henley writing in the Irish Times is particularly amusing: I was aware during my college years of the existence of a … Continue reading →

Check out this whopper of an opening sentence in the Guardian: The loudest voices in US drug policy debates call either for enforcing prohibition with ever-increasing ferocity or for giving up altogether by letting corporations legally sell the currently illicit … Continue reading →

…Just some two-bit political analysis on my part. I’ve been fascinated the past couple of weeks by the vehemence of some of the political pundit discussions regarding Ron Paul’s candidacy. (Note: Keep in mind that when I talk about progressives/liberals/conservatives … Continue reading →

I have a new helper in the fight against the smuggling of endangered species. It’s a hamster named Sergeant Cheeks. He is able to detect the presence of endangered species or protected elements of endangered species (feathers, tusks, etc.) in … Continue reading →

The Supreme Court announced that it will hear the Florida case regarding using a dog sniff as cause to search a house. This is, of course, the ultimate extension of the atrocious decision authored by Justice Stevens in Caballes v. … Continue reading →

I guess you need one, since the last post had about 1 in 30 comments actually on topic. 🙂 (I hope some people actually watched the Frontline piece.) Amazing new bridge in Mexico built by the government makes it easier … Continue reading →

Very powerful video story at PBS Frontline worth watching in its entirety: Opium Brides It’s all about the collateral damage from drug wars and other wars. The government gets what it wants and the traffickers get what they want, and … Continue reading →

Thank you David Sirota. How Americans really feel about drugs A NYT op-ed uses “moderate” double-speak to deny the truth: Most people want marijuana legalized […] The latest example of this insidious framing comes in the form of a Monday … Continue reading →

Put down the Coumadin, Grandma, before we shoot you. [Via Radley Balko, who notes the word “use”]