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Five years of Prohibition have had, at least, this one benign effect: they have completely disposed of all the favourite arguments of the Prohibitionists. None of the great boons and usufructs that were to follow the passage of the Eighteenth … Continue reading →

Channelling Jacob Sullum, J.D> Tuccille in the Civil Liberties Examiner says “No.” But, as many of us who have not just experimented with, but enthusiastically consumed various intoxicants know (Whoops! I bet I just blew my next job interview), the … Continue reading →

Your tax money paid for this. NORML Stash has the story. [Thanks, Allan]

Tonight on the National Geographic Channel: Marijuana Nation Scientists who study this plant consider it among the most complex in the plant kingdom with 400 active chemicals and compounds. And in California alone, the marijuana trade out paces the entire … Continue reading →

So voters in Switzerland voted overwhelmingly today to formalize their excellent heroin prescription program, where they really lead the world in reducing crime and the ravages of addiction through implementing actual… ideas. But, unfortunately, the cannabis decriminalization initiative failed. And … Continue reading →

Students for Sensible Drug Policy have established a petition on Facebook that they wish to deliver to President-Elect Obama The petition request is reasonable (and certainly not overly ambitious): When you called the War on Drugs an “utter failure” in … Continue reading →

Several readers have passed on the information about Switzerland, and with the holidays, I haven’t gotten around to posting about it until now. Marijuana Smokers in Switzerland Pin Hopes on Support of Voters The ‹Hemp InitiativeŠ would free the Swiss … Continue reading →

The headline got my attention: Outgoing U.S. ambassador to Mexico lashes out on drug war Ah, I thought, someone ready to speak out about how we need to look elsewhere than the destructive prohibition model. And there were hopeful indications … Continue reading →

Researches find oldest-ever stash of marijuana Researchers say they have located the world’s oldest stash of marijuana, in a tomb in a remote part of China. The cache of cannabis is about 2,700 years old and was clearly “cultivated for … Continue reading →

A 79-year-old widow’s cottage is raided for growing tomatoes in the window boxes. Mrs Matheson told the Daily Mail: “I got a terrible fright and I couldn’t understand what they were doing here because I knew we had nothing more … Continue reading →