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At LewRockwell.com: A Letter to My Friend Who Supports the Drug War by James Muhm Nicely organized points.

[Link] The Brazilian Minister of Culture Gilberto Gil, aged 62, said that he smoked marijuana until he was 50. In addition he defended the decriminalization of drug’s consumption. Gil took part in a press conference with journalists of Folha de … Continue reading →

Out of Joint by Jeff Hornaday, in today’s New Times San Luis Obispo. It’s a really wonderful article about a man and his dad, searching for answers to deal with his severe medical problems. Dad tried about every combination of … Continue reading →

First there was this bizarre article about how Andrea Barthwell and John Pastuovic (who just happen to represent GW Pharmaceuticals, makers of the liquid version of marijuana called Sativex¬) happened to offer their services to promote drug testing in a … Continue reading →

… and gain an additional $2.4 billion to $6.2 billion if they taxed it. That’s a budget swing of close to $14 billion a year at a time when we’re broke. The Budgetary Implications of Marijuana Prohibition, by Boston University … Continue reading →

A couple of notable segments on NPR today. First was an interview of John Walters by Ed Gordon: U.S. Drug Czar on the ‘War on Drugs’ and Race — a somewhat vapid interview with Gordon asking the Czar if we’re … Continue reading →

By now, everyone reading this site should be fully aware of Senselessbrenner’s travesty of a bill HR 1528. Defending America’s Most Vulnerable: Safe Access to Drug Treatment and Child Protection Act of 2005. (see my earlier post) If you haven’t … Continue reading →

Not today. 183 days and counting since the oral arguments in Raich v. Ashcroft. Here are the decisions that came from the Supreme Court today. Next day is Monday, June 6.

In this article: Addiction Worker Warns Abuse Is Deadly, Norma Medulun, Hotel Dieu Hospital’s director of addiction, autism and developmental services, delivers one of the most stupid statements I’ve heard from a prohibitionist in some time. “Ongoing use of marijuana … Continue reading →

I reported a few days back on a fairly bizarre article from Virginia about (in part) the assistance that Andrea Barthwell and John Pastuovic have provided for promoting a school drug testing program in Williamsburg. Several people contact the editor … Continue reading →