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From Alternatives, in Salem Oregon, check out an important editorial about pain medicine: Chronic Pain – The Hidden Epidemic by Rick Bayer, MD. While the science of pain control has progressed, the politics of pain control remains in the Dark … Continue reading →

Oh, it’s good to be the king.æ You float high above the law and plunder your subjects with impunity. Yesterday’s Rocky Mountain News skewers the DEA and their arrogance for disobeying a judge’s order to return marijuana and paraphernalia to … Continue reading →

You can now read the entire transcript from the 60 Minutes program on mandatory minimums: More Than They Deserve. A sample: “Judges throughout the country, of all political persuasions, feel that they have to have discretion so that they can … Continue reading →

The Associated Press announced that Principal George McCrackin of Stratford High School in Goose Creek had resigned (see my original story). Several hours later, the AP headline was revised to a indicate that he had been “reassigned”… Following a November … Continue reading →

Watch 60 Minutes tomorrow (Sunday, Jan 4) for a segment on mandatory minimums by Ed Bradley that will include interview with Eric Sterling of the Criminal Justice Policy Foundation and a board member of Families Against Mandatory Minimums. Update: This … Continue reading →

In another story from Drug Sense: MANCHESTER, NEW HAMPSHIRE — Comcast Cable has censored Granite Staters for Medical Marijuana ( GSMM ), prohibiting the group from purchasing airtime on the company’s cable system in New Hampshire, according to GSMM Campaign … Continue reading →

In an end of the year report, Supreme Court Justice Rehnquist ripped into the PROTECT Act — a federal law he said comes close to intimidating federal judges who hand down lighter sentences. He also blasted Congress for failing to … Continue reading →

I had a great time the past week plus, visiting relatives. These were wonderful times with people I love who, by the way, are now almost unanimously behind drug war policy reform — I feel that I’ve had some impact … Continue reading →

I’ll be away visiting family over the next few days. And while our drug czar has not taken a vacation from his lies, I don’t feel like reporting his comments at this time. So I leave you with this tree … Continue reading →

The federal law making possession of small amounts of marijuana illegal does not violate the Charter of Rights and Freedoms, Canada’s top court says. The Supreme Court of Canada ruled 6-3 Tuesday that jailing someone with small amounts is constitutional. … Continue reading →