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… Even when their lips aren’t moving. In Nevada, where there is an initiative to legalize marijuana, people are getting push poll automated phone calls with the following message: There is a proposal to legalize marijuana. This proposal will make … Continue reading →

A couple of recent items reminded me of something that should never be forgotten. The drug war is inherently racist. There are a number of reasons that this is so, and not all of them involve actual racist attitudes by … Continue reading →

There’s been a lot in the news on the violence related to the drug war near the border. Grits for Breakfast reports from near the front line: This is nuts. We train Mexican anti-drug forces, the drug cartels hire them. … Continue reading →

Link EDINBURGH, Scotland, March 7 (UPI) — Scotland’s top drug war official said controlling the supply of heroin to addicts may be better than the rising use of the methadone alternative. Tom Wood, chairman of the Edinburgh Drugs and Alcohol … Continue reading →

I need to preface this post by noting that I believe Mark Kleiman to be a well-educated man with quite a bit of intelligence. He is considered an expert in drug policy. He is a liberal and writes passionately about … Continue reading →

The current administration is bad enough, but when you add Congress into the mix, things just get surreal. A Bush administration decision to divert money for Colombian drug interdiction and eradication programs to the war on terrorism has opened up … Continue reading →

Via Hammer of Truth, comes this report that Steve Kubby has been released from jail. I just spoke with a very happy Steve Kubby, who was released from Placer County jail this afternoon, where he had been held since January … Continue reading →

So in the latest Colombian news — Due to extensive government corruption, wealthy drug traffickers have opened a new door to transporting their drugs… … from the U.S. to Colombia. “How’s that?” you ask. The U.S. has complex negotiations regarding … Continue reading →

So I wrote about a stupid and horrible bill proposed in Idaho, thinking it was one of those ridiculous measures that pops up in every session and then just quietly dies. But no. The bill, which passed [the Senate] by … Continue reading →

“bullet” Don’t forget 60 Minutes tonight. “bullet” Increase in secrecy in federal trials (mostly drug cases). The number of criminal cases that have reached verdicts but still have most of their records sealed has more than doubled in the last … Continue reading →