Monthly Archives: October 2003

University of Virginia: At a press conference last Friday, local authorities announced the indictment of 33 people on charges of drug distribution and sales… The arrests mark the conclusion of a 15-month undercover operation conducted by the Jefferson Area Drug … Continue reading →

This Week’s Drug War Chronicle also mentions that Venezuelan Vice-President Jose Vicente Rangel gets as pissed off at John Walters as I do: “This is a lie, a calumny, a total infamy,” retorted Rangel Yep. Note: By the way, DRCNet, … Continue reading →

This week’s Drug War Chronicle from DRCNet has an interview with retired New York Supreme Court Justice Jerome Marks, who has spent most of his time since retirement fighting against the war on drugs, and helping the victims of the … Continue reading →

Thanks for the nice review today from The Weblog Review: …If you are interested in how The Man is spending your money in “the war against drugs” then you will likely find this site to be a great resource. All … Continue reading →

OK, I was impressed with the Chicago Sun Times editorial I reported yesterday regarding the Supreme Court’s refusal to take on the government’s appeal regarding doctors and medical marijuana. What I didn’t realize was how widespread this was. It seems … Continue reading →

I’m just trying to watch a little TV. A ball game, a movie… And recently it seems that every night I end up seeing the same commercial at least once. It’s propaganda. Worse, it’s a lie. And I helped pay … Continue reading →

In today’s editorial “U.S.æ on the Wrong Side of Medical Marijuana Battle” There are so many reasons to decry the federal government’s policy on medical marijuana that one hardly knows where to begin.æ First is medical science, which shows that … Continue reading →

SAY GOODBYE TO “JUST SAY NO” – The Drug Laws Have Been Ineffective And Counterproductive.æ So Change Them. by Simon Potter, President of the Canadian Bar Association, in the upcoming issue of Time Magazine (Canada). Our current laws have not … Continue reading →

Jeff Trigg at RandomActOfKindness has an excellent piece on the potential for industrial hemp farming in Illinois. Check it out. This is something near and dear to me, and very important to the student group I work with – M.A.S.H. … Continue reading →

The Rush Limbaugh Oxycontin story has been one of the hottest around in ages. The good news is that it has generated discussion, and perhaps encouraged some of his audience to think about drugs in a way that doesn’t demonize … Continue reading →