Monthly Archives: April 2005

Daksya has a diary entry over at Nephalim’s Drug War Revealed asking whether people think drug use would increase a little, a lot, or none under legalization. Go give your opinion.

The Marijuana Policy Project reports that they will hold a telephone press conference today at noon to discuss “developments in the effort to overcome Drug Enforcement Administration obstruction of medical marijuana research.” Participating: Lyle Craker, Ph.D., director, medicinal plant program, … Continue reading →

I just noticed Mark Kleiman’s post about Sativex. He does a fairly good job of summarizing the situation, and talks about how the advent of Sativex may affect the framing of the debate on both sides of the medical marijuana … Continue reading →

Thanks for all the notes and responses recently regarding a whole lot going on in the world of drug policy. On a personal note, the last couple of days have been extremely busy for me (in good ways), so I … Continue reading →

OK, so Health and Human Services finally responded to the Americans for Safe Access Data Quality Act complaint regarding their information about medical marijuana (background). After several self-awarded extensions to their response, they essentially came up with a complete non-response … Continue reading →

CANNABIS SATIVAEX Former Deputy Drug Czar Andrea Barthwell (more about her here) is, as has been mentioned, the new spokesperson for getting GW Pharmaceuticals’ Sativex approved for use in the United States. This is SO right for so many wrong … Continue reading →

Drug Cops Seek to Use Monkey in Enforcement Efforts at TalkLeft

One of the things prohibitionists love to go on about is protecting our youth. And how do they want to do it? By taking away the rights of young people (pee in a cup, get sniffed by dogs) and by … Continue reading →

I’ve been holding off talking about GW Pharmaceuticals’ Sativex, but now I think Rob Kampia has written an excellent article – at Alternet – The Lesson of Sativex. On April 19, the Canadian government delivered what should be the final … Continue reading →

TChris at TalkLeft has two good posts about cases that the Supreme Court agreed to hear today. Religion v. Drug Laws – about Hoasca Tea (used in ceremonies of the O Centro Espirita Beneficients Uniao Do Vegetal church). It has … Continue reading →