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Monthly Archives: January 2012
SOPA, PIPA and Open Thread
Yes, Drug WarRant is protesting the crass venality and stupidity of Congress, which was ready to break the internet in a futile attempt to protect the profits of certain entertainment companies. Just like drug laws, they’re voting on bills that … Continue reading
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Our opponents, neatly described
Scott Morgan has a fun read in the Huffington Post: How to Write a Clichéd, Unpersuasive Argument Against Drug Legalization. So much familiar in his critique of Manon McKinnon’s particularly ignorant OpEd in The American Spectator: Drug Legalization Chic.
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This will end badly
Guatemala president orders army to join drugs fight One day after his inauguration, Guatemalan President Otto Perez Molina has ordered the army to join the fight against drug cartels. Get ready to start reading death counts.
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Open Thread
Sponsor Of Bill To Require Drug Testing For Welfare Recipients is Arrested For DUI Yep. All we’re saying is that our hard-earned tax money shouldn’t be going to pay for some drugged-up legislator passing bad laws. Meth Hype Could Undermine … Continue reading
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They’d rather see you die than give you accurate information
That is the ultimate subtext of the prohibitionist. It’s sadomoralism. They talk about being concerned about all the people harmed by drugs, but they have absolutely no qualms at all about harming more people in the name of prohibition. B.C. … Continue reading
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DEA: creating a world-wide prison industry here at home
In the latest Drug Enforcement Administration’s “Dateline DEA” email, they had the following item: DID YOU KNOW? In a milestone in U.S. – Colombian relations Carlos Lehder, who became known as a leader of “The Extraditables†arrived in the United … Continue reading
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Why bother with science when you have theatrics and assumptions?
This fairly bizarre bit of propaganda has been unveiled in New Zealand: Drugged drivers next on safety hit list In the war against drugged drivers an advertising campaign reveals the reactions of secretly filmed New Zealanders when they are told … Continue reading
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Surprise – Kevin Sabet still doesn’t support marijuana
On Tuesday, we reported on the large study that proved that marijuana use did not impair lung function. Ed Dunkle in comments said “I wonder how Kevin Sabet is going to spin this.” Well, it didn’t take long. Is Marijuana … Continue reading
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Certainly there are better studies that need to be done?
Have fun with this one from the National Cannabis Prevention and Information Centre In a world-first, researchers from the National Cannabis Prevention and Information Centre (NCPIC), based at the University of New South Wales, are leading a study to determine … Continue reading
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Credit where credit is due
An excellent position by the Obama administration’s Department of Justice DOJ urges judge to side with plaintiff in Baltimore police taping case The U.S. Department of Justice’s Civil Rights Division has urged a federal court to side with a Howard … Continue reading
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