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My show opens tomorrow night. I’m exhausted, but having a blast. Here’s a couple of quick items for you. “bullet” As usual, Maia Szalavitz is outstanding: The Federalization of Medicine The pain issue shows why medical policy should be left … Continue reading →

Senator Webb’s hearing: Mass Incarceration in the United States: At What Cost?

October 2, 1937: Samuel R. Caldwell becomes the first person in the United States to be arrested on a [federal] marijuana charge. Link On this date 70 years ago, unemployed Colorado laborer Samuel R. Caldwell, was arrested for selling two … Continue reading →

The government is really trying to push this Drug War Success story SAN DIEGO Ö Mexico‰s crackdown on drug traffickers has helped cut supplies of cocaine in 37 U.S. cities and led to higher prices, the White House drug czar … Continue reading →

Just had tech weekend for “The Who’s Tommy” and first dress is tonight, so talk amongst yourselves… “bullet” An interesting media contradiction noted by Steve R at Transform: Drug is a problem, Michael admits Pop singer George Michael has admitted … Continue reading →

Editorial in today’s New York Times (New Jersey Edition) New Jersey is missing out on an excellent ( if necessarily incomplete ) remedy for its fiscal crisis. Sadly, the only reason is that the state’s elected officials have been too … Continue reading →

“bullet” Bizarre column of the week comes from Kyle Klavetter, Staff Writer of The University of Tulsa Collegian. Pot Lacks Purpose But must the first steps on the road to recovering freedoms from the fount of Constitutional federalism make legalizing … Continue reading →

Powerful video from the PBS Republican Presidential Debates. Via

Viriginia Senator Jim Webb has been concerned about the prison issue, but he doesn’t serve on the Judiciary Committee. However, he is on the Joint Economic Committee, so… On Thursday, October 4, Joint Economic Committee to Examine Economic Costs of … Continue reading →

Whenever I report on some propaganda that’s so outrageously stupid that no sentient being could possibly credit it, there’s one sure place that it’ll turn up next… …the Drug Czar’s “blog”: Marijuana: Harmless? “CRIMINAL gangs are trafficking hundreds of children … Continue reading →