Word from Sacramento comes that the Governator will be taking the unprecedented step of releasing up to 20,000 non-violent prisoners from California jails in an effort to ease the outrageous overcrowding there. Frankly, once you rule out those in for violence and the sex-crimes, you’re mostly left with the dope smokers, so even though everyone seems [...]
The Drug Policy Alliance has produced an amazing essay on the current state of the War on Drugs, and it’s remarkable just how flimsy the theoretical basis of this delusion is. Ethan Nadelmann concisely obliterates six popular Drug War propaganda lines:
“The Global War on Drugs can Be Won”
“We Can Reduce the Demand for Drugs”
“Reducing the [...]
Even if you think you know everything about how the War on Drugs has unfolded, you really ought to read this article in the newest Rolling Stone magazine: How America Lost the War on Drugs.
In a blistering overview of 40 years of failed policy, Ben Wallace-Wells examines the evolving federal efforts from the perspective of presidents, [...]
Billions of dollars have been spent annually for decades to eliminate cannabis and yet marijuana is even more prevalent today, and cheaper, than when the drug war began. It is repeatedly demonstrated on the evening news that the policies of prohibition are needlessly dangerous and expensive. How many cops have died serving drug warrants? How [...]
Last night, I met with the fellow behind CMRC — “Citizens for Marijuana Regulation and Control” — Craig Johnson. We had actually met at the state convention in ‘06. This time, he’s starting from scratch again, having reframed the argument in a way that is pretty clever. His focus is on building grassroots networks that [...]
Swiss Study Finds Marijuana Use Alone May Benefit Some Teens
Teens that use cannabis may function better than teen tobacco-users, and appear to be more socially driven and have fewer psychosocial problems than those who do not use either substance, according to a Swiss survey.
[Digg here] [Link to the academic report]
The study compared teens who (1) [...]
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Stop unrestricted youth access to marijuana?
Put the marijuana grow houses and unregulated dealers out of business?
Take the profit out of crime?
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Please note the 420 Campaign to end marijuana prohibition, sponsored by our friends at High Times. This is basically a generic, nationwide call for people to “call their representatives and senators” (always a good idea), and provides a number of good links for current actions and groups.
One result of this was the Top Ten Reasons [...]
Last night in Nashua, US Senator Barack Obama became the latest Democratic presidential candidate to say that if he were elected president he would end raids from federal law enforcement agencies against those who use medical marijuana in the dozen states where it is legal to do so.
According to Granite Staters for Medical Marijuana, this [...]