Monthly Archives: November 2011

If there’s a federal law, they have to enforce it, right?

Wrong. Meet Real ID, as described by the ACLU in The Slow, Quiet Death of Real ID The Real ID Act of 2005 is a federal law, and, as a federal law, supersedes state law. If fully implemented, the law … Continue reading

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More of this, please

Link KMPH News has learned that the state sent out notices to 1,200 drug agents, dozens of them in the Central Valley: get ready to get out. Reality sinking in? Senior Special Agent Ben Buford says the Bureau of Narcotics … Continue reading

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Drug Facts Week in full swing

I’ve been doing a bit of tweeting this week as part of our Drug Facts Week response. It’s been quite wonderful, with dozens of people out there re-tweeting, reaching hundreds, if not thousands. All the tweets are linked to the … Continue reading

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More Red Ribbon Antics

Prince George’s County (yes, that one). Students at Concord Elementary School in District Heights created a human chain and released balloons Wednesday afternoon as part of a Red Ribbon Week celebration. […] At Concord Elementary, the balloon release was “a … Continue reading

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Defying parody

Hair’s to a Drug-Free Life Cleburne Firefighters Robert Willingham, Scott Lail and Eric Halvorson chose to join in with Gerard students for Thursday’s “Hair’s to a Drug-Free Life” Red Ribbon Week event, in creating crazy hairstyles to match those of … Continue reading

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West Coast Thursday

If you’re in L.A., Thursday has some great stuff in store… 1) California Lieutenant Governor Gavin Newsom, former New Mexico Governor Gary Johnson and California NAACP director Alice Huffman will headline the opening plenary session at the International Drug Policy … Continue reading

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Up is down

Sometimes I find myself speechless at the bizarre lengths some can go in the stupidity that they attempt to disseminate. The latest is from some site called Full Disclosure, which has a press release and video story called “The Dark … Continue reading

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