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David Simon, writer/creator of “The Wire,” joins other writers at Mother Jones to discuss How to Fix a Post Bush Nation – a guide to the next first 100 days: How to Fix It: Lose the Drug War“We are the … Continue reading →

“bullet” None of us is safe from police raids by Vera Leone That’s what makes the Berwyn Heights case so potentially important: It is opening a window into the realities lived every day by innocent victims and survivors of the … Continue reading →

If you haven’t seen it before, here’s the commercial that it’s spoofing. [Thanks, Paul!]

In my ideal world, Insite (North America’s first legal supervised drug injection site) would be even more effective in a legalized drug regime, supplying clean controlled drugs and eliminating the black market, rather than being simply a place to safely … Continue reading →

Here’s the headline: Cannabis users warned as high- strength skunk floods marketby Daily Mail Reporter Yeah, I wouldn’t want to put my name on this story either. Cannabis users are increasingly opting for high-strength skunk because weaker varieties of the … Continue reading →

It’s baaack… I thought that maybe, maybe, after we woke people up to the lies and nastiness of the exhibit when it was in Chicago at the Museum of Science and Industry, and when it then was moved to a … Continue reading →

The Republican Party Platform is complete (not that anybody pays attention to a party’s platform, but it’s still interesting to see what they come up with). Again, it’s rather remarkable the degree to which drug policy is avoided. No mention … Continue reading →

Radley Balko notes another community that has gone ultra-militarized (and, as he says, “Who wants to set an over under on the first time they use this thing to bust a pot dealer?”) Police Mag (March, 2008) The Richland County … Continue reading →

“bullet” Tonight someone searched Google for the words: Can they shoot you? … and it brought them to my site. Yes, they can. … “bullet” Lot of bodies piling up in Mexico. THEHIM’s thoughts are right on target: Part of … Continue reading →

Since you guys can’t get enough of talking about politics, let’s get another thread going here… “bullet” It appears that the St. Paul Minnesota cops are taking a break from their armed home invasion drug raids and instead doing armed … Continue reading →