Monthly Archives: September 2003

Drug War News Round-up “Decriminalizing Pot a Good First Step” is an outstanding OpEd by Barney Sneiderman in today’s Winnipeg Free Press: When the state resolves to prohibit any conduct, it should have the burden of proving why the heavy … Continue reading →

Chong’s Bongs Long to Belong Followup to yesterday’s story: NORML has an action page where you can easily drop a line to complain to Congress about the waste of law enforcement resources going after drug paraphernalia, and ask that Tommy … Continue reading →

Chong Bong Gone Wrong Thanks to Tim Cavanaugh at Hit and Run, I learned that Tommy Chong has been sentenced today to nine months for selling bongs online. This is the first sentencing coming out of the federal government’s Operation … Continue reading →

Welcome, M.A.S.H. Tonight was the first meeting this year of M.A.S.H. (Mobilizing Students and Activists for Hemp), a student group at Illinois State University (I am their advisor). Organizations like this are extremely important for spreading the word about the … Continue reading →

Drug War Tragedies, Drug War Economics, and Naked, Pot-smoking Reverends TULIA DEFENDANTS EAGER TO BUILD LIVES ANEW Hog farmer Joe Moore was wrongly convicted of selling cocaine and sent to prison for 90 years. He lost more than his freedom.æ … Continue reading →

Stupid Drug War Tricks Jeff at RandomActOfKindness is much more alert to local Illinois news than I am and he found these gems/outrages. Check them out. Sorry, we didn’t mean to include ourselves. Officials in Colfax, Illinois voted to drug … Continue reading →

Safe Haven for Junkies Salon.com has an in-depth feature tomorrow on Canada’s plans for safe-injection sites for addicts. “Canada’s Safe Haven for Junkies” is a strong, balanced piece which shows the realities of the world of the addict, along with … Continue reading →

Another Drug Task Force Run Amuck From today’s Sequin Gazette-Enterprise in Texas, “Task force comes under fire” The 24th and 25th Judicial District Narcotics Task Force was described as a maverick law enforcement operation by state officials who for more … Continue reading →

More on Prosecutorial Abuse I’ve already ranted a bit on prosecutorial misconduct on this blog – one of my pet peeves. Via MAP, there is an interesting article at the Orange County Register: “The other destructive trial lawyers: Rogue prosecutors … Continue reading →

More Fun with Numbers… A new report from the Substance Abuse and Mental Health Services Administration (released yesterday) is being reported in the news today: New U.S. survey finds millions of new drug abusers (The Washington Times touts: “22 million … Continue reading →