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Nice column by Dean Becker in this month’s The Free Press (Houston, TX) For 89 1/2 years, we have escalated the mechanisms, the bloodshed, the deaths, disease and misery of our nation through our policy of “drug prohibition”.æ Based on … Continue reading →

I spent the day yesterday with my Dad. I didn’t have the time — there’s so much to do — but I drove the three hours each way, and helped him fix the settings on his new computer, and we … Continue reading →

Via TalkLeft Not surprisingly, Texas has enacted another dumb, probably unconstitutional law–delivery of a controlled substance to a minor–via the womb. It’s now a felony to smoke pot while pregnant –punishable by two to 20 years in prison. Alma Baker … Continue reading →

Via Chris and Sam.com comes an article in the Macomb Daily: “Sheriff gets armored vehicles” Macomb County’s “newest” weapon against crime is 44 years old, weighs a beefy 10 tons, travels only 3 miles on a gallon of gas, sits … Continue reading →

As a follow-up to yesterday’s post, comes this article by Ellis Henican in Newsday. Robert Morgenthau had called this meeting to announce that he was throwing his considerable political weight behind a bill to make marijuana legal for medical uses … Continue reading →

This one’s a doozy. From today’s St. Petersburg Times: TAMPA – The federal government took a hit Tuesday in its ongoing efforts against overseas drug smuggling. After a six-week trial involving 16 people from Lithuania and Ukraine accused of smuggling … Continue reading →

An AP story today: NEW YORK — The Manhattan District Attorney joined television talk show host Montel Williams on Tuesday to support the legalization of marijuana for medical use. “It should be available to those whose suffering would be eased … Continue reading →

I’ve been a huge fan of Superior Court Judge Jim Gray, author of the fabulous book Why Our Drug Laws Have Failed and What We Can Do About It: A Judicial Indictment of the War on Drugs. Well, he’s running … Continue reading →

I was very pleased when Rep. Istook’s un-American and un-Constitutional provision against promoting a particular viewpoint in the metro system was overturned in court. Yesterday, the Trib took a nice moment to add their viewpoint. You’ve heard the phrase “drunk … Continue reading →

Not back from New York yet, but I couldn’t resist posting this one from the Sun… ENGLAND fans will be allowed to smoke dope before Sunday’s crunch clash with France — to keep them calm. Cops in Lisbon plan to … Continue reading →