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Link SPRINGFIELD Ö The hazy path to legalizing medical marijuana in Illinois cleared a little Wednesday when a committee on public health sent the legislation to the Senate floor on a 6-4 vote. The measure, sponsored by state Sen. John … Continue reading →

Most people in the United States aren’t even familiar with the International Narcotics Control Board (INCB), but it has a lot of influence in the world. What is it? It describes itself as the “quasi-judicial control organ monitoring the implementation … Continue reading →

A good report about a horrible drug war, including a snippet of a press conference with Thai Prime Minister Samak Sundaravej PM: We must do… we have a war on drug. Q: Are you worried about the innocent victims? PM: … Continue reading →

There’s nothing more craven than politicians looking to score drug war points. Here’s a story caught by NORML and picked up by Wonkette When someone wrote Iowa Senator Tom Harkin and asked why medical marijuana should be illegal, this was … Continue reading →

The United States is going to spend in excess of $1 million in a trial to prove that Ricardo Palmera was a drug dealer, despite the fact that Palmera is already in jail for the maximum possible and he would … Continue reading →

Bill Clinton admits ‘regret’ on crack cocaine sentencing In a keynote address last week at a University of Pennsylvania symposium commemorating the 40th anniversary of the Kerner Commission report on the causes of racial disturbances in the 1960s, Bill Clinton … Continue reading →

Transform got a leaked copy of a restricted media briefing — the spin that the U.K. Home Office will be using to defend their drug strategy. It’s the standard litany of drug warrior fact-free propaganda talking points, aimed at “answering” … Continue reading →

“bullet” Give drugs away for free. That’s the idea in A Modest Proposal for the War on Drugs by Demonsthenes (a somewhat flip approach but with some understanding of the economics of drug policy). “bullet” Prozac doesn’t work say scientists. … Continue reading →

The Daily Telegraph: It surfaces each summer — in fly-by-night rickety booths at county fairs and amusement parks while police turn a blind eye. For a mere handful of change, even the youngest of children can get their fix. It’s … Continue reading →

Via Paul Armentano at the NORML blog… This has it all: Sensationalism, scare tactics, irrelevancy, and… just plain… bizarre. Bad journalism, bad science, bad government and more. The BBC is to break one of the last broadcasting taboos by screening … Continue reading →