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I had a great (and exhausting) week in New York. Walked all over the city with my students and saw some wonderful shows (Glass Menagerie, Spamalot, Play Without Words at Brooklyn Academy of Music, Shockheaded Peter, and Upright Citizens’ Brigade) … Continue reading →

I’m off for a week of theatre in New York, and I’m taking 26 students with me to show them the city, so I won’t be posting much for awhile. I’ll still check my email and I’ll be able to … Continue reading →

John Walters spewed his vile lies at our neighbors to the north: A surge of high-potency marijuana illegally smuggled into the United States from Canada is fuelling a rise in drug dependency among young Americans, the Bush administration’s drug czar … Continue reading →

My friend Tim sent this one: In today’s Chicago Tribune — a fairly bizarre bit of news about Chicago’s Field Museum and Peru. Apparently the Field Museum has a program in Peru funded in part by USAID: Field Museum has … Continue reading →

Crimes of Indiscretion: Marijuana Arrests in the United States, compiled by Jon Gettman, PhD is a comprehensive study reporting and analyzing national arrest data between 1995 and 2002. This online version contains the original downloadable full report in PDF format, … Continue reading →

For all you Andrea Barthwell fans… She has added a new organization and website to her repertoire: End: Coalition to End Needless Death on our Roadways. So far, it’s focused on alcohol, but it’ll be interesting to see if some … Continue reading →

The Vancouver Sun this week has just run four days of amazing editorials dealing with marijuana — even more important given the furor over the recent slaying of 4 officers that was improperly and sensationally linked to marijuana. This is … Continue reading →

From Raise Your Voice: Rep. Barney Frank (MA-4) and 55 other members of Congress introduced the Removing Impediments to StudentsÍ Education (RISE) Act, H.R. 1184. If enacted, the bill will repeal the HEA Drug Provision, which, since taking effect in … Continue reading →

Seattle Post Intelligencer: Drug war strategy assailed at forum: Despite a variety of backgrounds — from attorneys to outreach workers to recovering drug users — most of those gathered yesterday at Seattle City Hall to discuss the war on drugs … Continue reading →

Via Jacob Sullum at Hit and Run, a Vermont leglislator has introduced a bill that would legalize marijuana for up to an ounce for adults over 21. He thinks prohibition hasn’t worked and wants to spark a debate. Let’s hear … Continue reading →