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California Medical Assn. calls for legalization of marijuana The group acknowledges some health risk associated with marijuana use and proposes that it be regulated along the lines of alcohol and tobacco. But it says the consequences of criminalization outweigh the … Continue reading →

Once again, lazy press lap up the Drug Czar’s deceitful offerings and present them as scary facts. Drugged driving report shows high toll among young But a new report Kerlihowske [sic] pointed to includes a stark and surprising fact: In … Continue reading →

Rand reconsiders pot-shop study after L.A. city attorney complains – L.A. Times RAND Removes Its Own Pro-Marijuana Dispensary Study – Toke of the Town That’s right – this is the study that RAND put together showing that crime went up … Continue reading →

The title of this post is probably truer than most of the other coverage of this bizarre incident that you’ll see elsewhere. What you’re probably going to hear is that Iranian terrorists were paying a Mexican Drug Trafficking Organization to … Continue reading →

Working on researching a couple of things right now that may result in posts later. Talk amongst yourselves. Query for discussion if you wish: With OWS and the Tea Party (and their likely overlapping interests), with government crackdowns on medical … Continue reading →

Wow – won’t this be fun… The 3rd World Forum Against Drugs Stockholm, Sweden – May 21-23, 2012 World Federation Against Drugs is rooted in the Swedish experience with the drug abuse epidemic and the resulting balanced and restrictive Swedish … Continue reading →

We’ve talked about Calderon and his suggestions of pursuing “market alternatives” before. And at the same time we’ve noted that he is a destructive drug warrior, certainly not on the “side” of legalizers. I think the following exchange makes it … Continue reading →

A must-read from one of the Advisory Council members of my Prohibition Isn’t Free Foundation (and one of the top political writers today). Glenn Greenwald: Steve Jobs and drug policy America’s harsh prohibitionist drug policies are grounded in the premise … Continue reading →

There’s a whole lot going on right now in drug policy, so I’m going to give you some more links and reading.

I received an interesting comment today back at the post for Book Review: ‘Eternal Battle Against Evil’ by Paul R. Chabot. It appears not to be from a regular reader of this site — likely got here because of Google… … Continue reading →