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Prince George’s County (yes, that one). Students at Concord Elementary School in District Heights created a human chain and released balloons Wednesday afternoon as part of a Red Ribbon Week celebration. […] At Concord Elementary, the balloon release was “a … Continue reading →

Hair’s to a Drug-Free Life Cleburne Firefighters Robert Willingham, Scott Lail and Eric Halvorson chose to join in with Gerard students for Thursday’s “Hair’s to a Drug-Free Life” Red Ribbon Week event, in creating crazy hairstyles to match those of … Continue reading →

If you’re in L.A., Thursday has some great stuff in store… 1) California Lieutenant Governor Gavin Newsom, former New Mexico Governor Gary Johnson and California NAACP director Alice Huffman will headline the opening plenary session at the International Drug Policy … Continue reading →

Sometimes I find myself speechless at the bizarre lengths some can go in the stupidity that they attempt to disseminate. The latest is from some site called Full Disclosure, which has a press release and video story called “The Dark … Continue reading →

We had a little problem yesterday where a regular’s posts got sucked up by the spam filter. This can happen sometimes and it’s hard to know why, but I am very much dependent on the extraordinary efforts of that filter. … Continue reading →

Glenn Greenwald has a new book out: “With Liberty and Justice for Some: How the Law is Used To Destroy Equality and Protect the Powerful.” I haven’t completely finished it yet, but I highly recommend it based on what I’ve … Continue reading →

There’s an AP story circulating out there with the headline: Addiction docs restate anti-marijuana stance My reaction was… Well, of course they do. It’s like saying “Meat packers restate anti-vegan stance.” Duh. If the addiction industry lost all the criminal … Continue reading →

Late Friday, the White House answered the top-vote-getting petition and seven other marijuana petitions in one response (Friday afternoon is traditionally considered a good time to “dump the trash” — put out a bunch of stuff they have to release … Continue reading →

Classic. 1927 New York Times (via Radley Balko)

Next week is Drug Facts Week, an event organized by NIDA supposedly to promote facts, but in actuality more to promote propaganda. So we have our own counter version at DrugWarFacts.com, which I’ve been advertising on Google (as well as … Continue reading →