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Pot Luck

Meditation on Addiction, the Burning Fever of Life

So, if addictions are like earlobes and all of us have them in some form or another, what, then, becomes the criteria for judgment when doing an apples to apples comparison of one addiction to another? Seeing as how we've all got our vices, our little nuanced pleasures that carry us through the day and smooth out the edges, what benchmark of judgment is most egalitarian?

Law & Politics

Justice for Jacob Lavoro: A Look at Texas' Mad Drug Laws

Upon meeting Jacob and Kaci at a Texas NORML meeting at Flamingo Cantina on Wednesday June 4th, one can see that they are your average young couple, with great hopes and aspirations for the future ahead of them. Failed drug policies are currently threatening the future of not just Jacob but many other U.S. Citizens throughout the nation, time and time again.