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New Report Blasts DEA For Spending 4 Decades Obstructing Marijuana Science The Drug Enforcement Administration has been impeding and ignoring the science on marijuana and other drugs for more than four decades, according to a report released this week by … Continue reading →

Heading out early tomorrow morning for New York – this annual community trip I’m hosting 95 travelers for a week of Broadway shows and walking tours. Should be fun. And busy. I’ll stop in when I can. Keep checking the … Continue reading →

Good article in New York Magazine by Jesse Singal: The Tragic, Pseudoscientific Practice of Forcing Addicts to ‘Hit Rock Bottom’ He’s talking about Maia Szalavitz’s new book: Unbroken Brain: A Revolutionary New Way of Understanding Addiction Or, as Szalavitz put … Continue reading →

Tom Angell reports that Kevin Sabet’s “SAM” group is targeting city councils with anti-legalization efforts. A group dedicated to keeping marijuana illegal has launched an effort to convince city councils across the country to actively oppose measures to end cannabis … Continue reading →

I’m sure that some of you have also gotten weary of the constant political posturing and sniping (particularly if you spend any time on Facebook) involved in the Presidential election politics. This process seems to go on forever. And we … Continue reading →

The Failed Promise of Legal Pot Other than the click-bait headline, this feature article has a lot of useful stuff, including the inescapable conclusion that we’ve talked about all along. In order to pull the legs out of the black … Continue reading →

Map of Colorado marijuana being smuggled to other states, based on info provided by the DEA’s El Paso “Intelligence” Center Um, yeah… That’s not Colorado. [Thanks, Allan!] Note: USA Today has since fixed the map in their story.

Some may remember my run-ins in the past with Ashley Halsey III, a lazy stenographer who writes things down for the Washington Post. See: Washington Post Reporter Bamboozled by Drug Czar Ashley III Halsey – how the drug czar uses … Continue reading →

Interesting… Vacant California prison could be turned into cannabis production site As thousands of people have served unfair sentences for marijuana possession, one California prison might actually be used to grow pot.[…] The city council voted 4-1 in April to … Continue reading →

Tom Angell reporting: State Department Says DEA Is Wrong on Marijuana Monopoly The Drug Enforcement Administration (DEA) has long held the position that international drug control treaties to which the U.S. is a party prevent the federal government from granting … Continue reading →