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Mark Kleiman and the Drug Czar both link approvingly to Physicians unlikely to embrace marijuana as medicine by Keith Humphreys. We know the drug czar’s motivation — he doesn’t give a rat’s ass about sick people today and is willing … Continue reading →

I’ve been doing a little more thinking about one of the Thursday keynote speakers at the Drug Policy Alliance’s 2007 International Drug Policy Reform Conference — UNODC’s Antonio Maria Costa. I find myself wondering what I would say if I … Continue reading →

This is such an amazingly spot-on description of how politicians make decisions related to the drug war… Federal Justice Minister Rob Nicholson is pressing ahead with plans to create mandatory minimum prison terms for drug crimes in spite of two … Continue reading →

Ben Wallace-Wells’ extensive article in Rolling Stone chronicles a litany of failures in the modern age of the war on drugs — failures of politics, judgement, and personality. While I’m not sure I agree with all of Wallace-Wells’ assumptions (such … Continue reading →

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It’s the same old story, but still a very telling article in Indiana: Drug task force faces audit critical. The Muncie-Delaware County Drug Task Force is playing a game of keep away that uses money instead of a ball, and … Continue reading →

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Link Two North Dakota farmers, who filed a federal lawsuit in June to end the U.S. Drug Enforcement Administration’s (DEA) ban on commercial hemp farming in the United States, had their case dismissed by federal Judge Daniel Hovland yesterday. In … Continue reading →

I’m really looking forward to the conference next week. Starting to plan out the workshops I want to attend and blog about (a couple of them, unfortunately, are at the same time as the one I’m co-presenting with David Guard). … Continue reading →

Yesterday, Allan noted that a letter of his had been commented on by Drug Watch International. That threw me. The name Drug Watch International had a slightly familiar ring, but I couldn’t place it and knew nothing about it. That … Continue reading →