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Hope you have a wonderful day, and that you’re one of the lucky ones who get to spend it with family and friends. Many will not. Here’s a story for Thanksgiving from five years ago. Still important today.

Orrin Hatch is one of the top drug warriors around. He’s also apparently the one to know if you get in trouble. TalkLeft has the bizarre connection with one of the recent Bush pardons. The drug offender knew Carly Simon … Continue reading →

Only in America can two men, who manufactured a fake penis, be charged with… conspiracy to defraud the Substance Abuse and Mental Health Services Administration, which administers federal workplace drug testing programs. And yes, they face up to 9 years … Continue reading →

Interesting lines in an OpEd by Ronald Fraser Advertised as an effective drug control policy, America’s harsh drug laws only give the illusion of progress. […] Perhaps the non-performing drug war programs are not really expected to deliver on their … Continue reading →

Taking a moment to recover… “bullet” A very special thanks to those who chipped in to help out with the trip to DC. Every little bit is much appreciated. “bullet” Must-read. Radley Balko’s response to a pretty ignorant post by … Continue reading →

The remainder of the Sunday sessions have been useful advocacy workshops, including the Elevator Arguments workshop that David Guard and I conducted, and some lunch networking groups (I helped facilitate one on education). I was too busy being actively involved … Continue reading →

Eric Sterling (Criminal Justice Policy Foundation) started off the Sunday Advocacy Skills Training Day with a motivating talk to get students excited about being advocates. A few of the points: Write succinctly Be entertaining Don’t be too self-critical Work as … Continue reading →

Party! We had a great benefit party last night at Rob Kampia’s house in DC. Tons of people – lots of fun. Sorry, no pictures or descriptions here. …you’ll just have to imagine it.

Drugs for Sale! A Discussion of Post-Prohibition Drug Markets (l-r) Tim Lynch (Cato Institute), Ethan Nadelmann (Drug Policy Alliance), Moderator Chris Chiles (SSDP Board) Tim Lynch is very pessimistic about what seems to be happening so far with the Obama … Continue reading →

I got to meet Peter Moskos at the conference. He’s there with his book — I’ve been meaning to talk about it more and will later, but suffice to say right now that it’s an excellent book about policing and … Continue reading →