Monthly Archives: April 2017

Odds and Ends

A few things I’ve found interesting recently… Canada will legalize pot, after arresting a bunch of people for pot offences first: Why? Our ministers can’t really explain by Neil MacDonald Why the government cannot simply decide to invoke prosecutorial and … Continue reading

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420

Watch Rachael Leigh Cook Remake ‘Brain on Drugs’ Ad for 4/20 — via Rolling Stone https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=AKXN6Vdr3g0

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Doesn’t make me feel safer

“Enjoy trying to sleep tonight, wondering if tonight’s the night our SWAT team blows your front door off the hinges.” https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=BcmbpasdZEM Sheriff Peyton Grinnell Lake County Sheriff’s Office Community Engagement Unit message. “Community Engagement Unit” – now there’s a euphemism.

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Oxymoron

There’s something that makes your head explode when you read about a “retired art professor” who donated $1.36 million to oppose marijuana legalization. That’s just so wrong. On so many levels. Anti-pot group faces campaign finance violations from its work … Continue reading

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Renewing the drug war?

Disturbing piece in the Washington post by Sari Horwitz: How Jeff Sessions wants to bring back the war on drugs This article focuses not just on Sessions, but also Stephen Cook. Steven H. Cook, a former street cop who became … Continue reading

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