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We want our ‘role models’ to lie

Link (Via Baylen) The next big scandal in sports comes from a statement made on radio by Dallas Mavericks forward Josh Howard. Howard explains: “What I was stating was just [in response to] a random question he asked me about … Continue reading

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Did you get carried away and shoot 50 times at an unarmed man killing him? No problem.

The Sean Bell case ends up with acquittals on all charges. Apparently nobody did anything wrong.

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Open Thread

“bullet” Action Alert: Contact your representatives and have them support the federal marijuana decriminalization bill. “bullet” Dust-up, Day 5: Drug Policy from Scratch. Stimson reaches deep into his rectum and pulls out the Nixon/Linkletter argument. “bullet” Drug Sense Weekly “bullet” … Continue reading

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Over 130 years of being wrong

You may have thought the Woman’s Christian Temperance Union (WCTU) was merely a sadly delusional chapter in our nation’s history. And yet, every now and then I see a letter to the editor in the local paper signed by someone … Continue reading

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Dust up – Day 4

It’s delightful entertainment over at the LA Times, because we so seldom get to see prohibitionists in any kind of debating forum, and Stimson is a textbook case as to why that is. It’s no contest at all — Jacob … Continue reading

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Fun stuff

“bullet” Sean Mullins’ “The Ballad of Kathryn Johnson” is available for 99¢ on iTunes or at Amazon. As Radley says: And it‰s good! Well, the music is good. The lyrics wander around a bit, and don‰t really tell what actually … Continue reading

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Part 3

Part 3 of the Sullum/Stimson debate is online. Will Stimson get any fans?

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Argentina

Argentina Decriminalizes Drug Consumption A federal court in Argentina has decriminalized the personal consumption of drugs in that country. According to the court‰s ruling, punishing drug users only ‹creates an avalanche of cases targeting consumers without climbing up in the … Continue reading

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Stoners in the Mist revisited – the quiz

I couldn’t help myself. I knew better, but I decided to go back to Stoners in the Mist and explore some more of this propaganda. This time, I decided I should know some more about marijuana, so I took the … Continue reading

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The debate continues

Day 2 of the Los Angeles Times’ “Dust-up” between Jacob Sullum and Cully Stimson on drug policy is now up. It’s turning into a real gem of a series. The Part 2 question: Do federal raids of legal local marijuana … Continue reading

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