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Mexico: The death toll in Mexico’s drug war has surpassed 2,000 this year, with a newspaper editor found dead in the resort city of Zihuatanejo and a police commander assassinated in Tijuana apparently among the latest victims, according to news … Continue reading →

Eric Sterling’s OpEd in the Los Angeles Times yesterday is a must-read. He talks about the problems of our cocaine sentencing laws with the authority (and the mea culpas) of one who helped write them. On Tuesday, the U.S. Sentencing … Continue reading →

Well, I took on my biggest challenge to date. The Golden K Kiwanis Club in Quincy, Illinois is a great bunch of retired businessmen, but not what you might consider your easiest target group for promoting drug policy reform. And … Continue reading →

I’m heading out to talk to the Golden K Kiwanis in Quincy, Illinois on Monday morning about ending prohibition. On Wednesday evening, I’ll be moderating Tough Trade-Offs: The Drug Legalization Debate in Urbana/Champaign, Illinois, and on Friday, I’ll be off … Continue reading →

Monroe Anderson, in today’s Chicago Sun-Times, has It’s time to legalize marijuana in Illinois. In the past year, the pot prohibition has produced record devil-weed arrests and a bumper crop of American POWs in our nation’s prisons. In 2005, there … Continue reading →

Austin Criminal Defense Lawyer has a good post about the upcoming Congressional hearing on sentencing disparity for crack and powder cocaine. Naturally, Chuck Canterbury, National President of the Fraternal Order of Police, has a solution: increase the penalties for powder … Continue reading →

I’ve been asked to be the moderator for “Tough Trade-Offs: The Drug Legalization Debate” This debate will take place on Wednesday, November 15 at the College of Law Auditorium at 504 E Pennsylvania Ave in Champaign, Illinois and will feature … Continue reading →

Link Rolling Stone magazine began publication in San Francisco, giving away a free marijuana cigarette (roach) clip with the first issue. Hmmm… Things have changed. On this day in 2006, Rolling Stone

At least that’s what you might think if you were mayor Bill Edner, Hughesville, Pennsylvania. Here’s what actually happened. Reminiscent of Nazi Germany’s efforts to get children to inform on their parents, a daughter has turned her parents in to … Continue reading →

Although the Colorado marijuana legalization initiative lost 60-40, it actually won in some counties: Boulder – 53% Clear Creak – 54% Denver – 56% Eagle – 56% Gilpin – 61% On the other hand, the people in Baca county voted … Continue reading →