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Both Jacob Sullum and Scott Morgan Phil Smith catch a continuing disturbing trend in political circles. It’s kind of a shoot-first and ask-questions-later approach, except this is a ban-first and study-it-later philosophy. Sullum (in a good report on Salvia): A … Continue reading →

Travis Erbacher writes a letter. Bill C-15’s biggest supporters are criminal gangs and drug kingpins. After struggling to find anybody who could provide evidence that mandatory minimums work, or that tougher sentences will catch high-level dealers, they gave up and … Continue reading →

The Los Angeles Times lauds the American Medical Association’s reversal, but fails to understand basic facts. For all the debate over whether marijuana has medicinal value, arguments that the drug has significant palliative properties or that it has none suffer … Continue reading →

“It’s time to use science and common sense to direct our efforts — not ideology, not positions of the past, but a fresh look at what the data tells us. We also need the willingness to rethink old positions and … Continue reading →

Many of you have read my piece on Irv Rosenfeld. He’s quite an amazing individual. The Mail has a piece on him now: American stockbroker sets record for cannabis consumption with 115,000th joint (and it’s all legal) An American stockbroker … Continue reading →

This one is by James Swift in the Kennesaw Sate University Sentinel: Actually, DON’T legalize it, and it’s a lot of fun. I’m going to take a controversial stance and assert that marijuana shouldn’t be legalized. As a college student, … Continue reading →

Via Reason

Jeralyn at TalkLeft received this from the Department of Justice: The Department of Justice’s (DOJ) National Institute of Justice and Bureau of Justice Assistance are hosting a symposium November 18-20, 2009, to explore the potential for implementing predictive policing strategies … Continue reading →

Since the day his officers gunned down two pet Labrador dogs and handcuffed two innocent people for hours in a drug raid in 2008 at the home of the mayor of Berwyn Heights, Prince George’s County Sheriff Michael Jackson has … Continue reading →

Kudos to the folks who raised a ruckus this week about the fact that the DEA had not yet removed the reference to American Medical Association’s support for marijuana being in Schedule 1. With the AMA’s turnaround last week, it … Continue reading →