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Picking up some steam
The news about the study showing no cancer connection to marijuana smoking is getting some wide coverage. Here’s a few so far: Boston Globe, Seattle Post Intelligencer, Scientific American, Reuters, Reuters, UK, FOX News, ABC News, MSNBC, BioX, China, Thanh … Continue reading
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WebMD reports Pot Smoking Not Linked to Lung Cancer
We’ve been aware of this study for a little while now — but still it’s nice to see it showing up: WebMD Pot Smoking Not Linked to Lung Cancer Study Shows No Increased Risk for Even the Heaviest Marijuana Smokers … Continue reading
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Prisoners
Nell Bernstein, author of “All Alone in the World: Children of the Incarcerated,” writes in We Are All Prisoners Now: One of the basic functions of incarceration is invisibility: We place our prisons in remote rural counties, build high walls … Continue reading
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Jury comes through – Dr. Paul Heberle acquitted
A victory for pain sufferers in the Government’s war to inflict pain upon them — Via Radley Balko: Erie, PA- Nearly one year following his splashy perp walk courtesy of Attorney General Tom Corbett of Pennsylvania, physician Paul Heberle, D. … Continue reading
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Various things
“bullet” Cosmic Tap on Marijuana Muffins, Reefer Madness and Drugging Kids “bullet” LastOneSpeaks on an an annoying puff piece about Karen Tandy “bullet” Disturbing Statistics: 1,000 jailed per week; 62% of those in jails not convicted.
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Open Thread
There’s a couple of articles that I’ve been meaning to discuss, but others have done a good job of taking them on, so I’ll link instead. thehim properly trashes a really stupid article on “drugged driving Radley parses and dissects … Continue reading
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Colorable Suspicion?
Just got this from Tom at DARE Generation Diary Stop Congress From Expanding School Searches Students for Sensible Drug Policy is asking for your help to stop a bill that would further curtail the rights of students in public schools … Continue reading
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The media needs education on the economics of the drug trade
Marcela Sanchez has an interesting article in today’s Washington Post: Bolivia’s Morales Wants to Expand Coca Use The article covers most of the salient points about the issue that have been covered here and elsewhere, but glaringly absent is any … Continue reading
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This is Bill O’Reilly’s brain…
Via Media Matters May 17: O’REILLY: You know, this immigration thing is very interesting because it — it points out a lot of things, bigger issues that y’all should be aware of. You know, Mexico doesn’t care about us. Mexico … Continue reading
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National Parent Vigil
Today in the mail, I received an envelope from the Drug Enforcement Administration. What a delight! I so seldom hear from them. It was my ticket to “A Vigil for Lost Promise” on June 8. (Sent by official DEA taxpayer … Continue reading
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