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I’m up in Chicago for the day with the Illinois State University Improv Mafia — an awesome group competing in the College Improv Regional Tournament. So I’m a bit out of touch. What’s going on? Drug...
We’ve talked about the inherently racist nature of drug policy quite a bit, but several things brought it to the front of my mind again today. First, Stephen Gutwillig has an excellent piece in CNN Opinion: Pot acceptable? ...
Stephen Colbert, in his usual style, takes on the privatization of the prison industry, and manages to get in a few good digs (including mention of the Juvenile sentencing for kickbacks scheme in a private detention center)...
Scott Morgan has a good post: Why Legalizing Marijuana Protects Young People, where he quotes from a parent in Psychology Today: As a parent, I ask myself, “what are the dangers to teens?” And, what are the likely scenarios? If pot is still illegal to anyone under 21, how will teens get it? I ...
There has been overwhelming support for David Nutt, who was sacked for actually providing scientific advice in his role as a scientific advisor to the U.K. government. But not everyone...
Jacob Sullum notes that the opponents of legalization in the recent California hearing appeared less than well-prepared. This one was really outrageous....
Joe Fiorito has an excellent column in The Star, discussing Canada’s plans to add mandatory minimums to a bunch of drug offenses, and a speech by Eugene Oscapella of the Canadian Foundation for Drug Policy. ...
Links to all the testimony from the California legalization hearing. Parents wake up and decide that they may not be so happy after all with having someone watch their child pee...
Shootingthe Messenger The UK’s chief drugs adviser has been sacked by Home Secretary Alan Johnson, after criticising government policies. Professor David Nutt, head of the Advisory Council on the Misuse of Drugs, criticised the decision to reclassify cannabis to Class B from C. ...
An historic event yesterday No tie-dye was on display at a standing-room only hearing held by a California lawmaker on Wednesday in a bid to get his marijuana legalization bill taken seriously...
Via Radley’s tweet, here is what some prohibitionists apparently think is a good argument for continuing prohibition. Joint Cause Commercial from Wil Wells on Vimeo. Seriously? That’s the best you’ve got? This...
After the recent appearance on ABC, where George Will mentioned that he thought legalization of marijuana is in process in the U.S., he has written a new column which is in papers all over the country: A bit of reality on drug use It’s supposedly about Kerlikowske, but it’s broader than that. N...
Via ASA: Medical Marijuana “Truth in Trials” Bill Introduced in House U.S. Representative Sam Farr (D-CA), and a bipartisan group of his colleagues, re-introduced the “Truth in Trials” bill in the U.S. House of Representatives today. The “T...
I was reading an interesting post over at Dr. Tom O’Connell: Pot Prohibition’s Ultimate Absurdity …how could a policy as ludicrous and destructive as marijuana prohibition have been endorsed by the whole world? The ...
I don’t promote other blogs very often, and I probably should do a better job of reminding people about some of the excellent drug policy reform blogs out there, so I’m feeling a bit embarrassed about giving a link to Marijuana News, which is really quite new, having started up this month. Bu...
