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Daksya has a great idea — prepare your own guest rant and send it to me. I’ll select rants to post every few days.

The Drug Czar’s “blog” is particularly entertaining today. A simple post listing several items, including… If you care about our environment, specifically our public lands, don’t smoke pot. The man who has had a huge responsibility for the destruction of … Continue reading →

I’ll be leaving later today to start my vacation trip to Prague, Czech Republic; the mountains of Slovakia; Budapest, Hungary; and Vienna Austria. I’ll be back on September 25. During the next few weeks, blogging will be much lighter. I’ll … Continue reading →

“bullet” Karen Tandy retaliating against whistle blower. Scott Morgan follows up on the Narcosphere reporting. “bullet” Come back and talk to us when you’re a senior, Megan, and you have something more coherent to say. “bullet” Drugs and War at … Continue reading →

The wonderful people at Nutiva sent me some of their hemp foods to try. Naturally, you’re welcome to take with a grain of salt anything I say about free stuff I get, but I’ll only say good things if I … Continue reading →

“bullet” I mentioned Jerry Cameron (of LEAP) and his controversial visit to Ireland. Well, that visit has sparked this excellent column in the Irish Independent: The war isn’t working so is it now time to consider the unthinkable and legalise … Continue reading →

And yes, that is Drug Czar John Walters in the white shirt. Photo by Craig Kohlruss – Fresno Bee

Canada went Reefer Madness this past week: A pair of articles in the Canadian Journal of Psychiatry has resurrected the “reefer madness” argument about marijuana and its links to mental illness. Cannabis use can trigger schizophrenia in people already vulnerable … Continue reading →

Radley’s new article at the Wall Street Journal Criminologist Peter Kraska estimates that the number of SWAT team “call-outs” soared past 40,000 in 2001 (the latest year for which figures are available) from about 3,000 in 1981. The vast majority … Continue reading →

Jerry Cameron, from Law Enforcement Against Prohibition was over in Ireland spreading the word about the failures of drug prohibition (and adding a little humor at the same time). So you’d think that maybe they’d welcome hearing about prohibition from … Continue reading →