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Must-read on the Medical Marijuana crackdown
This is one of the best articles I’ve read on the subject so far. In a Strange About-Face, the President Tries to Hack Medical Marijuana Off at the Knees by Ray Stern in the Phoenix New Times. There was no … Continue reading
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Teaching our students well
Officials Use Ruse At Wolcott High To Clear Halls For Drug Search Combine the War on Terror with the War on Drugs to help create a docile and obedient future generation. At Wolcott High School one morning this week, an … Continue reading
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Misunderstood Hallucinogens
Interesting (though a bit meandering in focus) piece by Robbie Gennet in the Huffington Post: How Do You Quantify a Hallucination? And Why Are They Illegal? The DEA has a nice hallucinogen page, though it’s sorely lacking in footnotes to … Continue reading
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Official Misbehaving
Several items of interest (via Radley Balko and others)… More questionable raids… A Gibbs Road couple came home from work Thursday to find their home surrounded by Richland County sheriff’s deputies, their front door kicked in and their home ransacked. … Continue reading
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Open Thread
Taking a few days off – just finished a major theatre trip to Chicago with a group this weekend. Facts on medical marijuana are stubborn things, too is an OpEd by Joseph Summeril, who seems to prove his point by … Continue reading
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U.S. must legalize drugs to stop the violence
That’s the powerful message from former Mexican President Vicente Fox is this very hard-hitting video interview with BBC News.
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Headline of the day
Red Ribbon Week promotes anti-drug use I hope they’re promoting responsible anti-drug use. You wouldn’t want young people abusing anti-drugs. I also enjoy the fact that “Throughout the week, junior high and high school parents will have a chance to … Continue reading
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GOP Senators discover states’ rights when convenient
From the Hill The Senate narrowly defeated an amendment on Thursday that would have established a commission to research avenues for reparing the “broken” criminal justice system after Republicans said it would encroach on states’ constitutional rights to conduct their … Continue reading
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Governors Highway Safety Association rebukes Drug Czar on drugged driving
I found this article at The Auto Channel that, at first, would seem to be in support of the ONDCP’s effort to use driving laws as a back door method to criminalizing internal possession of marijuana. Oct. 13, 2011: The … Continue reading
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Lawrence O’Donnell on legalization
An outstanding rant on marijuana legalization and the latest Gallup poll by Lawrence O’Donnell on MSNBC. You have to sit through a commercial and MSNBC’s slow loading, but I think it’s worth it. Visit msnbc.com for breaking news, world news, … Continue reading
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