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Vietnam: Wearing black helmets and police T-shirts, their handguns levelled, a drug raid team inches along the outside of a compound, throws open the door, spots a man with a gun and opens fire. With the pop-pop-pop of a Glock … Continue reading →

Apparently, Obama has picked Biden for his VP. Certainly disappointing, though not hugely significant, since: I really don’t expect drug policy reform to come from any President who actually gets elected. and I don’t expect the V.P. to have much … Continue reading →

“bullet” Coincidence? Shortly after a group of University presidents announce an initiative to look into whether the 21 year drinking age makes sense (it doesn’t) and suggests we look into other options… … the Department of Justice announces $19 million … Continue reading →

“bullet” U.S. May Ease Police Spy Rules The Justice Department has proposed a new domestic spying measure that would make it easier for state and local police to collect intelligence about Americans, share the sensitive data with federal agencies and … Continue reading →

“bullet” Ryan Grim notes that dog-killing Prince George’s County police, already completely lacking in credibility may be in more hot water — this time for killing a human. “bullet” Stephen Colbert’s Top 7 Drug Moments “bullet” Los Angeles Times on … Continue reading →

It really is heartening to see the incredible degree to which drug policy sanity has spread throughout those who are internet-capable (especially when you think about the fact that that is where the population is heading). Two recent examples, where … Continue reading →

Mary Anastasia O’Grady has previously shown a willingness in the Wall Street Journal OpEd pages to recognize the damaging effect of prohibition on the stability in Mexico. She does so even more explicitly in today’s OpEd: Mexico Pays the Price … Continue reading →

Every now and then, I hear a common argument (from someone who partially supports drug policy reform) that goes something like this: I agree that marijuana should be legalized — it’s really less harmful than many legal substances. But I’m … Continue reading →

Last year, David Krahl worked for Calvina Fay as deputy director of the Drug Free America Foundation, lobbying against medical marijuana. Seems he’s learned a few things since then. Now, he’s ready to lobby for allowing medicinal use of marijuana, … Continue reading →

A couple of days ago, I talked about the judge who kicked off a juror for questioning the law. Well, Thomas R. Eddlem was the juror that got kicked off and who ended up sparking a 40 page justification by … Continue reading →