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U.S. House passes resolution calling upon Drug Czar to legalize marijuana

OK, well they may not think that’s what they passed, but I don’t know any other way to accomplish this. Resolved, That the House of Representatives– declares that drug trafficking organizations cultivating illicit marijuana on Federal lands in the United … Continue reading

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ONDCP-speak

At the Drug Czar’s “blog”: ONDCP and Canada Renew Partnership in Substance Abuse Work Last month Director Kerlikowske visited Ottawa, Canada to share the Obama Administration’s efforts to restore balance to drug control efforts and discuss drug issues affecting both … Continue reading

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Open Thread

The day Westminster gave up on science by Ian Dunt Last week’s police reform and social responsibility bill contains a clause scrapping the requirement for the home secretary to appoint at least six scientists to the Advisory Council on the … Continue reading

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Righting Great Wrongs

It’s important in a country like ours to have a mechanism to counter a grave injustice should one occur. In that light, the founders properly saw fit to vest the President of the United States with the power of the … Continue reading

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Drug War Winners

A very insightful article by Juan Gabriel Tokatlian in the Guardian (UK): The only winner in the ‘war on drugs’: The real effect of militarising drugs policy in Latin America has been to cement the hegemony of the US Southern … Continue reading

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TSA body scanners are doing the job

There’s been a lot of controversy over the new TSA body scanners at airports that can “see” through clothing. Since it’s unlikely that they would even catch the kind of terrorist device that they are being installed at great expense … Continue reading

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Thank you, ACLU

ACLU sues Birmingham, Bloomfield Hills and Livonia over medical marijuana rules The ACLU is suing Birmingham, Bloomfield Hills, and Livonia because, the ACLU says, the three cities have effectively banned medical marijuana, despite a state law approved by voters that … Continue reading

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Another Episode of ‘Kids Say the Darndest Things’

Last time on Kids Say the Darndest Things, we had Shane Smith of TCU. Today, it’s Frannie Boyle at Vanderbilt University with Legalized marijuana? You must be high. Some really astonishing items in this piece. Legalization would cause use of … Continue reading

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Drugged Driving has significant impact on society

Drug Czar Director Kerlikowske called attention to new information reporting the alarmingly high percentage of fatalities on America’s roadways involving drivers with drugs in their system. He called on communities to act immediately to prevent drug use before it starts … Continue reading

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What we might learn from WikiLeaks

I’m strongly in favor of the efforts of WikiLeaks to help create some transparency in our Government. Unlike the authoritarians that seem to dominate much of our media, many of whom appear to want to kill or imprison the leakers … Continue reading

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