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It really is sad when those with a public platform are so irrationally opposed to discussions of legalization, that they go out of their way to attempt to downplay the importance of drug revenue to Mexican trafficking organizations and the … Continue reading →

That’s the title of this article in The Vancouver Sun. OTTAWA — A diplomatic cable shows U.S. officials opposed the Insite supervised injection site in Vancouver and wanted the federal and municipal governments to shut it down. […] The memo … Continue reading →

Perry: Send U.S. troops to Mexico to fight drug wars MANCHESTER, N.H. — Texas Gov. Rick Perry said Saturday that he would consider sending U.S. troops into Mexico to combat drug-related violence and stop it from spilling into the southern … Continue reading →

From Reason TV, we have “Prohibition Vogue: Why we can’t stop talking about “The Noble Experiment.” The Ken Burns documentary on prohibition airing tomorrow comes at a time when we have clearly made the case that prohibition is a bad … Continue reading →

AT Toke of the Town: Philly Cops Rob Undercover Cop Posing As Marijuana Dealer The arrests come just months after three other crooked officers were caught in a federal sting and charged with stealing heroin from a drug dealer. Update: … Continue reading →

Red Ribbon Week 2011 Launches New Contest: “It’s Up To Me To Be Drug Free” Exactly. It’s up to me. Not up to the government, or the schools, or my employer, or some busybody who decided that a plant is … Continue reading →

“Points: The Blog of the Alcohol and Drugs History Society” discusses Eric Sterling’s blog and gives a shout-out to Drug WarRant. Over at “At Painful Truth: The Entrapment of America’s Sick read Branded and see how our drug war attacks … Continue reading →

WCTV Despite a new survey that shows seven out of ten Floridians support drug testing welfare recipients,but former White House Drug Policy Coordinator Barry McCaffrey says the testing is counterproductive.[…] Asked about Florida’s new policy of testing welfare recipients…some of … Continue reading →

From Ethan Baron in the Winnipeg Free Press, this is certainly a … graphic way of getting the point across. Prime Minister Stephen Harper is getting tougher on pot growers than he is on rapists of children. Under the Tories’ … Continue reading →

As a follow-up to the story of the New York Police Commissioner asking cops to obey the law, the New York Times has a powerful editorial: Trouble With Marijuana Arrests Commissioner Raymond Kelly of the New York Police Department came … Continue reading →