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Last night’s panel

There’s an article about it in today’s Pantagraph by Sharon K. Wolfe. The headline: Drug advocates focus efforts on reforming laws is a little misleading (“drug advocates”?), but those are usually written by somebody else. And they spelled my name … Continue reading

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Open Thread

“bullet” For those in Central Illinois, don’t forget that Prohibition Kills: An Evaluation of the War on Drugs is tonight at 7 pm. “bullet” Tomorrow, I will be on the Steve Fast show on WJBC radio at 4:40 pm (Central … Continue reading

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More people thinking about Afghanistan solutions

Daily Times, Pakistan: As international efforts to eradicate Afghanistan’s opium production have proven fruitless and the problem keeps getting worse, some European governments are weighing legalisation of the drug trade, a German magazine, Spiegel Online, reported on Tuesday. “Governments in … Continue reading

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Bong Hits 4 Jesus — the slogan of a new revolution?

Link It’s rare that arguments about something as stupid as a banner declaring “Bong Hits 4 Jesus” make their way to the U.S. Supreme Court. This has been a fairly common theme in the press. I’ve read a number of … Continue reading

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DEA now accepting tips online

Announced yesterday: Starting today on this web site, www.dea.gov, the public can inform federal drug agents about illegal drug trafficking activity in their communities by submitting a tip on-line. Yeah, that’s right. The DEA, a federal agency, wants to find … Continue reading

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Speaking of oblivious…

Over at the WSJ

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Drugs. Race. Silence.

Arianna Huffington’s powerful piece “The War on Drugs is Really a War on Minorities,” which was in the Los Angeles Times on Saturday, is now reprinted at Alternet today: While all the major candidates are vying for the black and … Continue reading

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Special event: Prohibition Kills

Event: Prohibition Kills: An Evaluation of the War on Drugs The Illinois State University chapter of Students for Sensible Drug Policy (SSDP) presents a program evaluating the “War on Drugs” featuring three experts on the drug war, followed by a … Continue reading

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The argument against legalization

An OpEd in the Arizona Range News on Wednesday just may be the epitome of anti-legalization arguments: Legalization Of Drugs Is A Bad Idea. I know I was certainly curious when I saw the headline, and I eagerly read on … Continue reading

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Will of Voters Overturned on Marijuana Initiative

Another video from TrueHigh (the maker of the ONDCP Propaganda response videos) Another relevant video: Medical marijuana ad refused by radio station. Former Senator Gordon Humphrey owns WKXL radio in Concord, New Hampshire. The station refused to accept a radio … Continue reading

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