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A big thanks to Mark for “This is Burning Man” from my Amazon wish list! I hope to go someday, but in the meantime I’ll enjoy Brian Doherty’s book.

This is just silly. Via the always excellent >Drug Sense Weekly: Cannabis Smoking Leads To Criminality, Judge Tells Arsonist A judge issued a warning about what he believes to be a clear link between cannabis and crime when jailing a … Continue reading →

Casey gently reminded me today that I hadn’t talked about Gonzales v. Oregon. [For those unaware of the case: Oregon passed a law allowing physicians, at the request of terminally ill patients in certain circumstances, to prescribe a specific drug … Continue reading →

Remember that Loretta Nall has announced that she’s running for Governor of Alabama? Well, I know some of you are saying, “Yeah, but it’s not like she has a chance or anything — and the press will just dismiss her … Continue reading →

Check out the beginning of this AP article: PUERTO ARTURO, Colombia – Cocaine is killing the great nature parks of Colombia. Government spraying of coca plant killer is driving growers and traffickers out of their usual territory into national parks … Continue reading →

Interesting analysis in the Bangkok Post regarding terrorism and Southeast Asia includes this bit: Thailand faces a hard fix in the South because trust of the government has nose-dived since the bloody anti-drug campaign that summarily denied 2,500 living, breathing … Continue reading →

This is certainly the surprise nomination. Bush’s personal lawyer, charges of cronyism, early positive statements from Daily Kos and Harry Reid, conservative bloggers’ heads explode, and threats of a Republican filibuster? It’s hard to know what to think. However, (via … Continue reading →

Via Drug Policy Alliance: Representative Mark Souder (R-IN) has introduced a bill that would subject thousands of low-level, nonviolent methamphetamine offenders to long mandatory minimum prison sentences. These penalties are even worse than the ones enacted for crack in the … Continue reading →

(No, not a discussion about steroids…) For those who haven’t been following, the discussion on the Drug War Victims page that was mentioned a couple of posts back has been continuing at amazing length (and non-stop). I learned that this … Continue reading →

“bullet” Drug War Chronicle’s Phil Smith is in Afghanistan, reporting in person on the drug war there. You can read his dispatches here. “bullet” Washington Post reports about a Congressional dog and pony show (sans pony). Congress is considering more … Continue reading →