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Guatemala says it is winning the drug war, following decapitation of prosecutor The title of this article says it all. Another in the series of “people are dying so we’re successful” drug war justifications. Three Medical Marijuana Bills Filed in … Continue reading →

Could not pass up sharing this release in its entirety with you… FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE – May 25, 2011 One Hitters Burned Again By Timid Czardinals Office of National Drug Control Policy Backs Out of Softball Game with Drug Policy … Continue reading →

Here’s a petition to sign at AVAAZ To Ban Ki-moon and all Heads of State: We call on you to end the war on drugs and the prohibition regime, and move towards a system based on decriminalisation, regulation, public health … Continue reading →

It’s kind of sad that if you want to really see how Americans have lost their liberty, you are more likely to read about it in another country’s newspaper. A patriotic duty: repeal the Patriot Act by Jennifer Abel in … Continue reading →

Over at Points: The Blog of the Alcohol and Drugs History Society, guest blogger Allen Hopper of the ACLU discusses the issue of the way the federal government is conducting their anti-state medical marijuana offensive and how that could result … Continue reading →

Via Radley Balko comes this excellent asset forfeiture cash stealing investigation by News 5 in Nashville. Again, this isn’t a surprise to us, but as evidenced by the anchors at the end of this segment, most of the population is … Continue reading →

With the black market value of illegal drugs, there’s no way that drug warriors have a chance to stop the drugs. Trying to overcome the laws of supply and demand is harder than defying gravity. Even without the violence and … Continue reading →

And these are the people who usually accuse us of wanting to get ‘high’… Well, the impending predicted rapture (6 pm on May 21) has been quite entertaining. Alas, it will end soon. Based on the jokes I’ve heard, very … Continue reading →

This week, the World Medical Association and the International Federation of Health and Human Rights Organisations have called for compulsory drug detention centers to be closed. Sarah Evans at Open Society Foundations has the story: Shut Down Abusive Drug Detention … Continue reading →

… because you need one. Change to Pot Law? One state senator is behind two controversial pieces of legislation involving pot and school buses. That caught my attention… Actually, this is just a very confusingly written article. Turns out the … Continue reading →