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At the Drug War Chronicle: It’s a trio that gives the Bush administration nightmares, and they were all together in Bolivia last weekend. Bolivian President Evo Morales hosted Cuban Vice President Carlos Lage and Venezuelan President Hugo Chavez in what … Continue reading →

Tony Newman has an excellent piece at AlterNet: The Top 10 Things I Know About Drugs Drugs are everywhere…. Different people have different relationships with different drugs…. People use drugs for joy and for pain…. Drug abuse does not discriminate, … Continue reading →

I’ll be heading off to New York Monday for a week of theatre. I’m taking 74 people and showing them the city with walking tours each day, plus seeing 7 shows (Lieutenant of Inishmore, The History Boys, Drowsy Chaperone, Faith … Continue reading →

From an OpEd by Ronald Fraser in the Niagara Gazette: When there is a big gap between the views of ordinary Americans on a public issue and the voting record of their elected representatives in Congress on that issue, something … Continue reading →

In this article in National Review Online, Radley Balko nails Sensenbrenner and Hastert for caring more about fellow congressmen than their constituents. Funny. Congress — especially GOP leaders like Hastert and Sensenbrenner — don’t seem nearly as concerned when much … Continue reading →

At Don’t Try This at Home by Steve Silberman in Wired. Garage chemistry used to be a rite of passage for geeky kids. But in their search for terrorist cells and meth labs, authorities are making a federal case out … Continue reading →

… well you may have to visit him in prison for the next 10-20 years. Check out this must-read post by Micah over at Dare Generation Diary about the honor student and his friend who brought some marijuana-spiked muffins to … Continue reading →

A Deadly Heroin Mixture Is Claiming Dozens of Lives This story has been picking up steam in recent days as more and more people are dying around the country from this mix of heroin and fentanyl. This is a serious … Continue reading →

“bullet” Weed Control by Jessica Winter in the Boston Globe. A fascinating article about the effort to free up research marijuana from the NIDA monopoly — this article also touches upon a laundry list of other issues related to the … Continue reading →