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Reminder. If you haven’t done it yet, please consider signing the Vienna Declaration. … Basing drug policies on scientific evidence will not eliminate drug use or the problems stemming from drug injecting. However, reorienting drug policies towards evidence-based approaches that … Continue reading →

The Supreme Court ruled this week, in McDonald v. City of Chicago, that the 2nd Amendment protects the right of individuals to own handguns. Mark Draughn at Windypundit notes that Mayor Daley of Chicago is planning to fight the ruling … Continue reading →

Fun with referral logs… Got a referral today to this site for the question: What year was marijuana invented? Um, Sorry Virginia… Viagra was invented. Marijuana was created by God. In fact, some could argue that the existence of cannabis … Continue reading →

Bishop Ron Allen is pissed that the California NAACP is backing the California legalization movement. Allen, apparently, has no problem with the high incarceration rates of blacks or the Jim Crow drug laws. Perhaps all the broken families in the … Continue reading →

Rolling Stone reporter compares chance of victory in Afghanistan to losing U.S. drug war HASTINGS: No. No, it’s a joke…Trying to stop corruption in Afghanistan is like trying to stop the drug war here. I think we should really choose … Continue reading →

Mexico… It’s hard to even pay attention any more… the continuing reports from Mexico of destruction start to numb a person. Mexican Singer Vega Shot Dead in Car Hours later, on the way to his concert, [Sergio] Vega was gunned … Continue reading →

This post is a plug for my latest artistic enterprise and a bit off-topic for drug policy. As some of you know, one of my long-time artistic pursuits has been the photography and performance art of The Living Canvas — … Continue reading →

One of the true tragedies in the drug war has been the failure of leaders in the black community to speak out against the new Jim Crow laws — the drug war that has decimated the black communities through intended … Continue reading →

The one thing that scares drug war governments more than anything else is… the truth. They know that they can’t sustain the people’s support for their policies without lies and propaganda. We’re the truth tellers. More valuable than any strategy … Continue reading →

This video was put out by The International Centre for Science in Drug Policy. Be sure to sign the Vienna Declaration.