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Here’s this week’s issue. View RSS feed And don’t miss thehim’s Drug War Roundup at Daily Kos: Driving Under the Influence — He’s got more on the recent “study” in Canada.

2002: Open Thread — I’ll be busy rooting for the Bears, so you’re on your own. I bow to the clear superiority of the Colts’ play today (although the first 14 seconds was pretty awesome). I still like Chicago better.

Check out this wonderfully fascinating article by Dean Kuipers in the L.A. City Beat: A Change in the Weather. Go and read the whole thing — it’s worth it. No big surprises, but a lot of interesting material — most … Continue reading →

According to Fred Rosen in the Mexico News, despite Calder÷n’s military-style crackdowns and the extradition of drug cartel leaders, things may not be going all that well for him, with an increase in the price of corn, and a decrease … Continue reading →

Brian Bennett’s new post: Face It: You’re a “Legalizer” at the anti-drugwar czar blog and Peter Christ’s Why is it easier to sell ‹Drug LegalizationŠ than ‹Medical MarijuanaŠ? at LEAP blog. Discuss.

“bullet” I must have been asleep or something, because I missed the fact that Law Enforcement Against Prohibition (LEAP) has a group blog! I’ve subscribed to their RSS feed in my newsreader, so I won’t miss out again. (For those … Continue reading →

Remember how all the drug warriors always harp on the fact that marijuana can’t be medicine because it’s smoked? It’s been their way of glossing over the fact that there are so many studies that definitely demonstrate that marijuana has … Continue reading →

This is slightly off-topic, but I wanted to address this bizarre suggestion by Mark Kleiman in his mostly sensible article If someone is convicted of drunken driving, or drunken assault, or drunken vandalism, or repeatedly of drunk and disorderly conductÖif, … Continue reading →

For the third time in a week, Human Events Online has a drug war piece. I’m wondering if the new one is an attempt to repair their image after the John Hawkins disaster. This one is Big, Big Government by … Continue reading →

Mark Kleiman has a really outstanding piece at The American Interest Online: Dopey, Boozy, Smoky — and Stupid (although the title, which he didn’t pick, sucks). This is Kleiman’s best piece to date, and finally does justice to his analyses … Continue reading →