NJ Governor Christie Is an Enigma on War on Drugs
Am I alone in being puzzled by New Jersey Governor Chris Christie’s stance on the war on drugs? Yesterday while speaking at the Brookings Institution , Christie said “…the war on drugs,…
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Video: The Young Turks Shreds DEA For Equating Dead Children With Winning War On Drugs
The Young Turks Network shreds Drug Enforcement Agency Chief Michele Leonhart for saying “ It may seem contradictory, but the unfortunate level of violence is a sign of success in the fight…
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Will Obama Fight Mexico's Desire to Throw in the Towel On Failed War On Drugs?
Even though the US uses both the carrot and the stick in strong arming other nations into supporting the failed war on drugs, nations like Mexico can’t support the perpetual crippling burden.…
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3 Accounting Tricks the Obama Administration Uses to Hide the Cost of the Drug War
Check out Mike Rigg’s detailed article at Reason on how the Obama administration finds clever ways to cook the drug war books, including funding the attack on industrial hemp which isn’t a…
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17 Reasons to Legalize Marijuana
Check out the cool slideshow at Esquire Magazine called “The Best Reasons to Legalize Marijuana.” It lists 17 reasons with gems such as “about half of the 1.64 million people who are…
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War On Drugs is "The Worst Bad Solution"
Don Winslow writes a wonderfully stinging piece on the utter failure that is the War on Drugs in America with its destructive and checkered history. Check out the “The Worst Bad Solution”…
While You Are Being Inundated With All This American Fourth of July Brouhaha
The Fourth of July is a perfect time to reflect on the federal prohibition of cannabis, especially in an election year and with all of the momentum...
Did the AZ and Obamacare Rulings Help or Hurt Marijuana Reform
Did the AZ and Obamacare Rulings Help or Hurt Marijuana Reform There is no way to know until the next case goes before the Supreme Court
Will CNN Allow Gary Johnson to Debate?
Anti-Prohibition activists want someone who actually represents their views to debate the national implications of modern-day prohibition
Fewer DEA Agents For Greater Economic Growth?
With our private sector now officially falling short of "just fine," the failed war on marijuana is something both Obama & Congress should revisit. The DEA
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New Global Report - Counting the Costs of the War on Drugs
Count the Costs has published a detailed 128 page report called ‘ The Alternative World Drug Report: Counting The Costs Of The War On Drugs ‘ that’s worth a read, or at…
A Wrong Reading of the Right Ruling
Mike Riggs at Reason writes about an important decision recently handed down by the Ninth Circuit Court of Appeals but the article also gives an excellent example of poor decision reading. It…
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Statistics & Economics of Our Prison Nation
Great article, Prison Nation: Economic reasons to legalize marijuana , on the failed war on drugs and the cost of being a prison nation. Two of my favorite numbers “The number of…
Wendell Allen | Age 20 | New Orleans, LA | March 2012
On March 7, 2012, 20 year old Wendell Allen of New Orleans was killed by the NOPD, whose rich history of brutality & racism is well known. ...
Weedists, We've Been Called out As Bitches (at the Polls)
The American Prospect’s May 29th 2012 article on why politicians support the status quo on the War On Drugs has thrown down the gauntlet. Weedists...