Monthly Archives: May 2004

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 →

Unresolved Problems Segment Montel Williams on medical marijuana Bill speaks to talk show host Montel Williams about medical marijuana and how that usage could lead the way for the drug being fully legalized. I can’t watch it, so someone let … Continue reading →

A recap of some interesting articles from today and earlier this week — “bullet” A nice little piece on Valerie Corral in today’s Los Angeles Daily News: Tiny Pot Protagonist Beat Ashcroft In Court SANTA CRUZ, Calif.  — What do … Continue reading →

Via Grassroots Buzz comes this horrible news from Drug War Chronicles. First, the drug testers came for the chess players, and we did nothing. Now the inexorable, totalitarian logic of drug prohibition has invaded the laid-back domain of competitive Frisbee, … Continue reading →

One of the many problems with abstinence-only education is that it is all or nothing. It is sending an amateur across a tight-rope without a net, under the philosophy that if you give them a net it might encourage them … Continue reading →

I’ve mentioned Bill Masters before. He’s author of Drug War Addiction: Notes from the Front Lines of America’s #1 Policy Disaster. Now, he has a new book out: “The New Prohibition: Voices of Dissent Challenge the Drug War. (which is … Continue reading →

My recent post If I were Contrarian-King of the United States is the feature article in this week’s Drug Sense Weekly newsletter (always a great re-cap of the week). I’ve gotten some great contrarian additions in the comments of that … Continue reading →

Via NORML, TalkLeft, Vice Squad, and Hit and Run, (OK, so I’m a little slow today)… Vermont will officially become the 9th state (or perhaps the 10th, as TalkLeft includes Arizona) to legalize medical marijuana, which is great, although Vice … Continue reading →

I haven’t talked much about this subject — it’s pretty damned depressing — but there’s no doubt that the prison abuse story is a critical one. And one important part of this story must be told — that prison abuses … Continue reading →