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(Via Ethan Russo, M.D. in comment 21): GW Pharmaceuticals announces positive preliminary results in a Phase III clinical trial with Sativex¬ (a cannabis medicine containing tetrahydrocannabinol (THC) and cannabidiol (CBD)) in 177 patients with severe cancer pain. Dr Stephen Wright, … Continue reading →

“bullet” David Borden at Prohibition and the Media has a couple of interesting posts. He talks about a massive cocaine bust in Mississippi that took 60 people from 10 agencies, and involved a full 7 years to build a case … Continue reading →

“If Dr. Martin Luther King, Jr. were alive today he would see the drug war and the resulting over-incarceration of people of color as a major civil rights and human rights issue that must be addressed if we are to … Continue reading →

I missed this OpEd in the Washington Post earlier (it came out on Thursday). When conservatives break with their principles, they seem to become casual about breaking the law, too.æ Last year the then-General Accounting Office accused the Department of … Continue reading →

State Representative Ruth Jones McClendon (D-San Antonio) has introduced a measure that would allow the City of San Antonio to exclude people arrested for drug offenses from entering certain parts of the city except to go directly to their homes … Continue reading →

So it appears that President Bush is prepared to eliminate entire budget lines to reduce the deficit: He plans to fulfill his pledge to halve the record $413 billion federal budget deficit by submitting a 2006 budget next month that … Continue reading →

TalkLeft notes that the first post-Booker decision is out already, and it doesn’t sound good. Judge Paul Cassell took the Supreme Court’s decision that sentencing guidelines are no longer mandatory to mean that they should be followed in every case … Continue reading →

Tom Coleman (of the Tulia drug cases) has been found guilty of perjury — something that rarely happens, and even though the particulars of his conviction seem less than earth-shattering, it’s still a victory for the victims that he accused. … Continue reading →

Link Mexico City — Smoke billowing from the engine compartment led police to discover a large stash of marijuana hidden aboard a luxury bus, the federal Public Security Department said Thursday. Police had seen the bus stopped along the Mexico … Continue reading →

Via NORML, a new Congressional Research Service Report (pdf) notes that the U.S. is the only developed nation that fails to cultivate industrial hemp as an economic crop. In all, more than 30 countries in Europe, Asia, and North America … Continue reading →