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With New Mexico the latest state to legalize medical marijuana, the response at the drug czar’s “blog” is quite hilarious: Medical Marijuana in New Mexico: A Triumph of Politics Over Science Yesterday, New Mexico passed a symbolic law that purportedly … Continue reading →

Via Steve at Transform This is the White House-produced rock video in the 80’s that finally convinced America to “stop the madness.” With a message this compelling, it took very little effort to finish the job and America was drug-free … Continue reading →

In an OpEd promoting a medical marijuana law in Illinois, Montel Williams sticks it to the government: Here’s what’s shocking: The U.S. government knows marijuana works as a medicine. Our government actually provides medical marijuana each month to five patients … Continue reading →

With the situation in Afghanistan continuing to fail dramatically, more players are coming to the realization that a solution may require something other than pursuing the same old drug war. What an idea! The British MPs have been pushing for … Continue reading →

Forgotten? OK, sure, the politicians may avoid talking about it (except when they’re passing harsher laws or eradication budgets), but it’s hardly forgotten. And I don’t have much optimism about the direction this series will take. And unfortunately, they’re probably … Continue reading →

“bullet” The Illinois State University student newspaper reports on Thursday’s panel: Group claims prohibition, war on drugs is a failure, and even includes a picture of us (that’s Greg Francisco speaking, with George Pappas next to him and then me). … Continue reading →

Legal drugs are good for you. Illegal drugs will instantly destroy your life. If you eliminate supply, there will be no demand. There is a finite number of drug dealers. If we can get them all in jail, then there … Continue reading →

This gem from a speech by DEA head Karen Tandy back in 2005 has been making the rounds, and it is so true that I had to include it here as the quote of the day: Our fight against drugs … Continue reading →

You know those horrible, nasty terrorists that they’ve been keeping on Guant½namo? You know how we’ve been giving up all our civil liberties supposedly because we’re in such danger? Well, they finally finished the trial for one of the most … Continue reading →

“bullet” Server problems. Sorry for those of you who were having problems accessing the site yesterday. Salonblogs was undergoing emergency server repair and the comments were out (and tended to freeze up the loading of this page). “bullet” Welcome to … Continue reading →