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and the Award for Moronic Reporting…

KSLA News 12 — Coverage you can Count On – #1 in the ARK-LA-TEX Check this gem out! A new study by the National Association of Counties says meth is not only “on the rise”, but it is the most … Continue reading

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A Drug WarRant Challenge: Opening Eyes to the Damage Caused by the Drug War – The DEA Targets America

By now, most of you know about the extraordinarily offensive DEA exhibit that uses pieces of wreckage from the World Trade Center with children’s toys mixed in as a means of promoting the DEA! (If not, more detail is available … Continue reading

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Washington Times OpEd: Legalize Drugs

Column in Monday’s paper by Terry Michael Many officials admit behind closed doors that our drug policy needs radical revision. Few will say so publicly. This “third rail” of politics is exacerbated by the collusion of mainstream media, suspending usual … Continue reading

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Reefer Madness Roundup

One of the biggest problems with the treatment community is the fact that so many of them are willing to blatantly lie in order to increase their profits. There are undoubtedly legitimate, principled treatment organizations. It’s time to call upon … Continue reading

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Studies Encourage Behaviors that they Study?

This is interesting. Some researchers did a study where they asked one group of college students how often they used drugs and another group how often they exercised. Later, they did a follow up and the first group was more … Continue reading

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The Conservative Argument for Legalization

Tracer Bullet over at RedState has an exceptionally good post on The many and sizeable benefits of “Drug” Legalization from a conservative viewpoint. This is someone who used to support the drug war, but has come around to viewing a … Continue reading

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FDA — long past time for major reform

Even before the FDA made its widely ridiculed statement about medical marijuana, it was common knowledge outside the agency that the FDA had lost most of its scientific credibility, sacrificed to political and financial interests. Oddly, some of the staff … Continue reading

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15 States and the District of Columbia arrested for marijuana

It’s estimated that over 17 million people have been arrested for marijuana since 1965. That’s more than the combined populations of Alaska, Delaware, District of Columbia, Hawaii, Idaho, Maine, Montana, Nebraska, New Hampshire, New Mexico, North Dakota, Rhode Island, South … Continue reading

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Disconnect

President Bush today, speaking to the NAACP: We want to help the addicted. We want to help the homeless. We want to help those who are trying to re-enter society after having been incarcerated. That’s what we want to do. … Continue reading

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Who Would Jesus Incarcerate?

Comedian John Fugelsang, host of ACLU Freedom Files: Drug Wars, writing over at Daily Kos Because what I learned from the bible as a child was that Jesus was a radical nonviolent revolutionary; a man who hung around with lepers, … Continue reading

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