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International Terrorist Organization Continues Efforts Towards World Domination

The INCB (International Narcotics Control Board) is an international terrorist organization with influence in more countries than al-Qaeda. It even receives material support for its activities from the U.N. The INCB has members from around the world who meet in … Continue reading

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If it comes out of the drug czar’s mouth…

What a kidder… The Obama Administration has made clear that science and research – not politics – should determine what is safe and effective medicine. Right. And, of course, he just can’t resist throwing out completely irrelevant treatment numbers. … … Continue reading

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Portugal again

Portugal drug law show results ten years on, experts say Health experts in Portugal said Friday that Portugal’s decision 10 years ago to decriminalise drug use and treat addicts rather than punishing them is an experiment that has worked. “There … Continue reading

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Elon James White riffs on the war

An ACLU production.

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Setting Priorities

Just to clarify, the federal government cannot go after everyone, so it helps to know where you stand if you’re thinking about breaking federal law. For those involved in ordering torture, approving it, and even for the vast majority of … Continue reading

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A Letter From Cory Maye

Over at the Agitator Self explanatory. A lot of suffering. A lot of grief. A lot of injustice. This damned drug war. I guess I’m just ready to share all this love that I have built up inside of me … Continue reading

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The Obama Administration demonstrates once again that it’s not interested in anti-war voters of any kind.

The “clarification” of the Attorney General memo on medical marijuana (AKA the “Ogden Memo” has arrived. No big surprise. This administration, like the others before it, has hitched its wagon to the drug warriors.

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US Sentencing Commission Votes to Make Crack/Powder Cocaine Sentencing Reforms Retroactive

Press release from Drug Policy Alliance: WASHINGTON, DC—Today, the U.S. Sentencing Commission voted to provide retroactive application of the Fair Sentencing Act, which Congress passed last year and narrowed a decades-old disparity in federal sentencing between crack cocaine and powder … Continue reading

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Addiction and Pain

Tweet of the day from Maia Szalavitz: 116 million in chronic pain. 23.5 million with addiction. 2 nat instits on adxn, none on pain There’s nothing wrong with caring about addicts, but there’s something extraordinarily perverse when we’re so concerned … Continue reading

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Black leaders speak out

Jesse Jackson, Black Leaders Are Right About Ending the War on Drugs by Dr. Boyce Watkins in the Huffington Post Powerful stuff: Jesse Jackson said it best during the recent forum on the drug war. “This is a crime against … Continue reading

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