Monthly Archives: April 2012

The control paradigm

An interesting white paper: Rehabilitating the war on drugs: Central America and the legalisation debate by Chris Abbott and Joel Vargas at Open Briefing. I found these passages to be a particularly good description of the U.S. approach toward the … Continue reading

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Using vigilance to stop dissemination of false information

Brought to my attention thanks to comments in the last post, is George Mason University’s Faculty Staff resources Fact Sheet on Marijuana. Pretty much every university has one of these – many times it’s part of the contract that faculty … Continue reading

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George F. Will – all drugs are identical, yet infinitely additive

George Will has a particularly stupid column in the Washington Post: The drug legalization dilemma with recycled talking points from the likes of Mark Kleiman. There are a whole lot of flaws in his arguments – here’s the main one: … Continue reading

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Open Thread

When the UN Won’t Condemn Torture You Know Something’s Very Wrong by Damon Barrett. INCB continues to run amok. Arizona governor signs law to bar medical marijuana at colleges. Seems a shame that those who need it for medical purposes … Continue reading

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Fiddling

… while America burns Joint Press Conference by President Obama, President Calderon of Mexico, and Prime Minister Harper of Canada President Obama: Our other major focus today was the security that our citizens deserve. Criminal gangs and narco-traffickers pose a … Continue reading

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Australia report on drug policy

An excellent new report from Australia 21 Roundtable: The Prohibition of Illicit Drugs is Killing and Criminalising Our Children and We Are All Letting it Happen This report came out of a roundtable discussion in January on the topic “What … Continue reading

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President Obama takes a dump on California

With the Obama administration continuing an all-out war against medical marijuana in California, despite overwhelming support for it amongst the voters, it seems clear that the Obama campaign has done the electoral math and figured that there’s no possible way … Continue reading

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There are days when I really want to revoke my citizenship

Justices Approve Strip-Searches for Any Offense As Part of Agreement with Prosecutors, Capitol Hemp to Close Stores Oaksterdam University Raided by Feds

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Dogs and other Fourth Amendment abuses

Radley Balko has an excellent article at the Huffington Post: Illinois Traffic Stop Of Star Trek Fans Raises Concerns About Drug Searches, Police Dogs, Bad Cops The whole thing is a must-read and it explores all the issues in the … Continue reading

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