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Link The federal New Democrats have lost their second pro-marijuana B.C. candidate in a matter of days. Vancouver-Quadra candidate Kirk Tousaw, a lawyer and former campaign director for the B.C. Marijuana Party, resigned Friday afternoon. […] Marijuana advocate Dana Larsen … Continue reading →

Massachusetts is considering a mild decriminalization of small amounts of marijuana, so the drug warriors are out in force, lining up to proclaim disaster and the end of the world, as they seek to protect their piece of the drug … Continue reading →

“bullet” Ironic legislation: On Wednesday night, the House passed a resolution praising the legalization of alcohol. Co-sponsored by Michigan Democrat Bart Stupak, the resolution comes 75 years after the ratification of the 21st Amendment re-legalized alcohol. The resolution notes that … Continue reading →

The “Conversation” part of the Cato Unbound series we’ve been discussing has taken off in the past couple of days, with the following flurry of responses: » Comments on Integrating Use into Life, Civil Disobedience by Jonathan Caulkins (which I … Continue reading →

A big welcome to all the new members of the Illinois State University chapter of SSDP. We had a huge round-table discussion tonight — a great turn-out. Hope to see more of you here, and at Illinois State SSDP activities.

Link Caracas, Sep 17 (Prensa Latina) Venezuelan Minister of Interior and Justice Tarek el Aissami said on Wednesday the United States lacks moral authority on the international war on drugs. We reject US immoral accusations, El Aissami said at a … Continue reading →

Happy Constitution Day! It’s the 221st Anniversary of the signing of the U.S. Constitution — a document that gives specific limited delineated powers to the government, while retaining the rest for the people. In 221 years, of course, much has … Continue reading →

I’ve got to admit, I’m having a little bit of fun with this, despite the deadly serious nature of the issues… Jonathan Caulkins steps back into the fray in “The Discussion” part of the Cato Unbound series. You may remember … Continue reading →

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Mark Kleiman has his response to the Cato Unbound series with: Drug Policy in Principle, and in Practice. A couple of excellent comments have already been expressed in the placeholder post below. But I wanted to take a chance to … Continue reading →