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Adam J. Smith of Progressive Capitalist has a very interesting post on recent moves to have the FDA assume regulatory control over tobacco. In part: We live in a society in which most “recreational” drugs are prohibited. That is to … Continue reading →

From the AP: Michael Badnarik, a computer programmer from Texas, won the Libertarian Party’s presidential nomination on Sunday. Badnarik, 49, of Austin, defeated former Hollywood movie producer Aaron Russo on the convention’s third ballot, after former radio host Gary Nolan, … Continue reading →

STOCKHOLM (Reuters) – A Swedish art exhibit featuring cannabis plants may have to be canceled after police confiscated the plants in a drugs bust. The exhibition, due to open on Saturday in the university town of Lund and titled “Counterclockwise … Continue reading →

The Bureau of Justice Statistics will be releasing a report this afternoon regarding prison population in the U.S. from June 2002-June 2003 (the most recent period studied). Some “highlights:” The nation’s prisons and jails held 2,078,570 men and women on … Continue reading →

O’Reilly is against open societies. World O’Crap notes that Bill needs to stop going to Doors’ concerts. Basically, Bill seems to believe that we need to keep arresting 750,000 people for marijuana each year — otherwise inconsiderate men will blow … Continue reading →

In yesterday’s Wall Street Journal (subscription required) comes this commentary by Barry R. McCaffrey and Mitchell S. Rosenthal. Driven in large measure by harsh drug laws, our prison population has grown from 200,000 to two million over the past 30 … Continue reading →

My original post back in January… From the Oregon Register-Guard: [Kari] Rein, 42, and her husband James Jungwirth, 41, a U.S. citizen, have lived in Williams, near Grants Pass, for 15 years. They run an herb and seaweed harvesting business … Continue reading →

A reminder that Guest Drug WarRants are always welcome. Here’s a new addition – a piece on drugs and sports.

David Gross sent me a note that I thought I’d share with you: A lot of people don’t know that cannabis had a real rennaissance in the United States before the sixties… the 1860s, I mean. To American marijuana enthusiasts, … Continue reading →

Via Hit and Run, Nick Gillespie in the Washington Post reviews a new book by Martin Torgoff: Can’t Find My Way Home: America in the Great Stoned Age, 1945-2000 Each year, police make more than 700,000 marijuana-related arrests in the … Continue reading →