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Worth noting: NORML makes a point about the upcoming legalization debate that should be obvious, but about which reformers will need to be vigilant. Allowing for the legal, personal cultivation of cannabis provides consumers with the option to grow their … Continue reading →

Junk science exposed again. It doesn’t matter how good the scientific research is… it is still junk science if it results in implied conclusions, particularly when they are publicized based on political opportunism rather than waiting to follow through to … Continue reading →

Can you imagine such a thing? Via Tom Angell… The Rhode Island Senate unanimously passed a bill to create a nine-member study commission to ask these and other questions: “Whether and to what extent Rhode Island youth have access to … Continue reading →

It was just the sort of good news the British military in Helmand needed. Soldiers engaged in Operation Panther’s Claw, the huge assault against insurgent strongholds last week, had discovered a record-breaking haul of more than 1.3 tonnes of poppy … Continue reading →

A contradiction in terms? Normally. But if anyone can accomplish both at the same time, it’s John Walters. Marijuana Policy Project’s Steve Fox ran into the former drug czar on the subway. Here’s his report.

AP The Obama administration is developing plans to seek up to 1,500 National Guard volunteers to step up the military’s counter-drug efforts along the Mexican border, senior administration officials said Monday. […] Senior administration officials said the Guard program will … Continue reading →

This is Your War on Drugs is a Mother Jones editorial by Monika Bauerlein and Clara Jeffery, that makes it appear that some of the things we’ve been talking about are getting traction. AMONG OUR LEADERS in Washington, who’s been … Continue reading →

In a recent interview with Reuters, U.S. special envoy to Pakistan and Afghanistan: The Western policies against the opium crop, the poppy crop, have been a failure. They did not result in any damage to the Taliban, but they put … Continue reading →

“bullet” A Misguided ‘War on Drugs by Manfred Nowak and Anand Grove in the New York Times. Anything goes in the ‹war on drugs,Š or so it seems. Governments around the world have used it as an excuse for unchecked … Continue reading →

Acting DEA Head Michele Leonhart on the UNODC World Drug Report: “Today’s newly-released United Nation’s World Drug Report confirms DEA’s global enforcement strategy successes targeting the major drug trafficking organizations, particularly their leadership, financial infrastructure and transportation facilitators ,” said … Continue reading →