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Link “We’re not going to stop this stuff coming across the border,” the sheriff said. “They couldn’t stop Prohibition, and we’re not going to stop the drug trade.” [Via Jacob Sullum]

Via Drug Sense (Thanks, Allan): James Blair, a spinal injury patient arrested on marijuana cultivation charges in 2003, received a check today from the City of Emeryville for $15,000 for marijuana seized by the Emeryville Police Department. Assisted by the … Continue reading →

Via Libby at Last One Speaks comes this rather humorous study of jazz musicians, drugs and mental health. The startling conclusion? Jazz musicians like to use drugs and also have unusual, often troubled minds. I’ve known some jazz musicians, and … Continue reading →

I’m just kidding, of course, but Arianna Huffington’s new post sounds delightfully like a lot of stuff I’ve been talking about here. First, about the fact that the reasons to oppose the drug war cross political lines: Let’s face it, … Continue reading →

Here’s a big part of our problem. In this column by Bill McLellan in the St. Louis Post-Dispatch, he talks favorably about a visit from LEAP member Howard Woolridge. McLellan, like Woolridge, thinks that all drugs should be legalized and … Continue reading →

Link Let’s see, at roughly $25,000 per year in taxpayer money to pay for his prison lodging…

President Bush is showing his eagerness to reward failure by declaring tomorrow National DARE Day 2006. Hammer of Truth got a better idea and declared April 11 an official DARE Generation Day. The DARE Generation are the fabulous members of … Continue reading →

Peter Letang, Delaware’s former chief prosecutor says that we’re losing the drug war. He talks about the costs and the profit incentives connected to prohibition. He doesn’t have a firm solution, but he’s willing to talk about it. I do … Continue reading →

And the moron drug warriors keep looking for more ways to destroy people… “bullet” Illinois House OKs Bill to Neuter Dogs of Drug Suspects Under the bill, if a dog already has been determined to be vicious according to the … Continue reading →

I have a guest post (in collaboration with Hypatia) over at Glenn Greenwald’s Unqualified Offerings: Using the Drug ‘War’ to Expand Government Power. Check it out. Welcome Glenn Greenwald readers. Naturally, the post just got up today, and already I … Continue reading →