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One of the most pathetic elements to prop up prohibition is the uncertainty argument put forth by the so-called academic experts in drug policy in the United States. “We can’t even talk about legalization,” they wail. “It’s too uncertain.” They’re … Continue reading →

Another poll: THIS week’s Economist-YouGov poll contains some exciting news for devotees of the weed. A huge majority of Americans, more than two to one once don’t knows have been excluded, support the legalisation and taxation of marijuana. Even without … Continue reading →

… and I’m not talking about the people who use it. Teen’s medical marijuana fight escalates as school says he cannot come back to class after going home for medicine The saga of a Colorado Springs teenager struggling with a … Continue reading →

Indiana has a zero tolerance per se drugged driving law. This is a horribly unjust kind of law that doesn’t actually care about whether drivers are impaired, but rather whether they have evidence of a particular drug in their bloodstream. … Continue reading →

Jennifer Corbett Dooren in the Wall Street Journal subjects us to a particularly vapid article: Study Tracks Drug-Related Teen Suicides Teenage girls are about three times as likely as boys to attempt suicide for drug-related reasons, according to an analysis … Continue reading →

“Name something that gets passed around…” Hilarious. But I miss Richard Dawson. He would have considered it a perfectly proper answer (which, of course, it is).

Megan McArdle has a piece in the Atlantic: The Goals and Means of Meth Control. It looks at the ravages of drug abuse and also continues the discussion started by Keith Humphreys in his simplistic endorsement of making pseudoephedrine-based products … Continue reading →

What’s going on in your corner of the drug policy reform world?

Apparently there are no ads from the Drug Czar in this year’s Super Bowl. But do you remember how far they actually sunk after 9/11? Here are some of the offensive Super Bowl ads from 2002-2003.

In honor of his 100th birthday… It’s a golden oldie… Note: For those not familiar with this particular video, it’s a well-done edited comic mash-up of the Reagans’ talk about drugs that completely turns it around into a pro-drug Presidential … Continue reading →