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Intelligence: The Gateway Drug

CNN The “Just Say No” generation was often told by parents and teachers that intelligent people didn’t use drugs. Turns out, the adults may have been wrong. […] Researchers discovered men with high childhood IQs were up to two times … Continue reading

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A fresh perspective on school boards

Here’s David Bratzer’s video talking about his run for school trustee. Really nice to see this kind of perspective openly advocated in terms of drug policy reform providing a positive value for children. http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=OzYTPsPlvHs (This was already posted in comments, … Continue reading

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Remembering

With my sister visiting, I missed the opportunity to post on Veteran’s day — and I know we have a lot of veterans who visit here and are ardent drug policy reformers. So here’s an editorial from The Province that … Continue reading

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Shameful silence

The Guardian has a very powerful editorial: The war on drugs and the shameful silence of our politicians This week a major international summit on drugs will be hosted by Baroness Meacher in the House of Lords. No one from … Continue reading

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Drug WarRant site information

Just a few random updates based on questions I’ve received regarding site issues for those who are interested.

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Remember Newt?

With a number of the GOP Presidential candidates imploding, unfortunately it doesn’t seem to mean that the media will give more credence to Paul or Johnson. On the other hand, it has apparently bizarrely given Newt Gingrich a renewed hope … Continue reading

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Odds and Ends

A few more links because there’s a lot of interesting stuff out there. I don’t have much time to comment on stories right now between some work commitments and my sister being in town to visit me. It’s great to … Continue reading

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DEA isn’t welcome here

Bolivia: DEA not welcome back despite normalization of ties with Washington BOGOTA, Colombia — Bolivian President Evo Morales said Tuesday that U.S. drug agents are not welcome back in his country despite the newly announced normalization of diplomatic relations with … Continue reading

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Open Thread

Excellent and powerful OpEd by Arthur Rizer and Joseph Harman in The Atlantic: How the War on Terror Has Militarized the Police The most serious consequence of the rapid militarization of American police forces, however, is the subtle evolution in … Continue reading

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Petitions, petitions

Those looking for a serious answer from the White House “We The People” petitions have now been joined by another disgruntled group of answered petitioners – those looking for verification of government knowledge of extra-terrestrials. Searching for ET, But No … Continue reading

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