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“Tobacco is a product that does a lot of damage — marijuana is infinitely worse” This is my new favorite quote. ‘Marijuana is infinitely worse’ than tobacco, Harper says as he encourages pot debate to go up in smoke Marijuana … Continue reading →

A busy week at work for me, and some distractions in the news. Are My Methods Unsound? Why ‘Sicario’ Is the ‘Apocalypse Now’ of the Drug War There’s been quite a bit of talk about the movie Sicario. I’m curious. … Continue reading →

We’ve talked a lot about race and the drug war here, and there’s an interesting article by Jess Singal in New York Magazine: The Black Activists Who Helped Launch the Drug War. There’s no doubt that the drug war disproportionately … Continue reading →

Stung by costs, some of Minnesota’s medical marijuana patients back to buying on streets As we’ve often said here, the vast majority of people prefer to buy legally if they can, and are generally willing to even pay a little … Continue reading →

A number of articles have come out this week about how Hitler’s armies were pumped up on “crystal-meth-like” drugs. Tony Paterson at The Independent: Hitler’s all-conquering stormtroopers ‘felt invincible because of crystal meth-style drug Pervitin’ Hitler’s armies carried out their … Continue reading →

Ronda Rousey Takes Stand Against Drug Testing For Marijuana “I’m against testing for weed at all. It’s not a performance enhancing drug. And it has nothing to do with competition. It’s only tested for political reasons,” she said. Spot on, … Continue reading →

Study on the impact of the world drug problem on the enjoyment of human rights. Report of the United Nations High Commissioner for Human Rights […]to be presented to the Council at its thirtieth session, on the impact of the … Continue reading →

Ryan Grim and Nick Wing have a fascinating piece in Huffington Post: Operation Naked King: U.S. Secretly Targeted Bolivia’s Evo Morales In Drug Sting Because of a confidential informant who is suing the federal government for $5 million in back … Continue reading →

Marijuana Majority today released the results of its third survey of early primary states showing that South Carolina overwhelmingly support ending federal prosecutions of people acting in accordance with state marijuana laws. Among respondents, 65% agree that “states should be … Continue reading →

David Nutt has a good piece: Here’s Why We Hear So Many False Claims About Cannabis On the whole, my many years of research on substance use has taught me a major overarching lesson: we are much more likely to … Continue reading →