Monday, June 6, 2005

Not a good day... So for weeks now, I've been arranging my work schedule to be around at the time when decisions were announced. But today, no. This trip to New York had been scheduled for over a year, and naturally the Supremes decided to release it today. So then, I spent all day in an airplane on the ground parked in O'Hare airport waiting for clearance to LaGuardiia. Finally made it to my hotel room. I'm exhausted, and don't feel like discussing Raich today. Sorry. Please feel free to continue to discuss in the comments. Since I missed the opportunity to give the quick response, I'll take my time reading the decision and comment in greater detail later this week. However, a couple of quick notes: Raich was always only one effort among many in this, and it served to give a lot of publicity to the issue. We must go after Congress. Period. They have the power to change all of this. Which means grassroots support. Which means people talking. It means supporting the States' Rights to Medical Marijuana Act and similar provisions. Remember that this ruling does not invalidate any of the current or future state medical marijuana laws. It only means the Feds can go back to looking really silly locking up sick people. We've got a lot more work to do. 10:49:24 PM |  drug policy | Links | permalink | comment []

About the potential Raich decision... Today is a possible day for the Supreme Court to hand down an opinion on Raich v. Ashcroft. Unfortunately, at that time I will be on a bus, and then in an airport, and then on a plane to New York. So I probably will not be able to give you updates in as quick a manner as you have come to expect. So, head over to SCOTUSblog for the freshest Supreme Court news. They'll post the information on what decisions are handed down by about 10:30 am Eastern (they blog live, so watch for their post to change as more decisions are released). Then use this as an open Raich thread. If Raich comes down today, you can bet I'll be blogging about it tonight from NY. 12:34:10 AM |  drug policy | Links | permalink | comment []

Going to New York Well, I'm off to New York, taking about 80 folks for a week of Theatre and walking tours. Should be a good, and exhausting, time. We're seeing 6 shows (and every one of them won at least one Tony award last night- can I pick them or what?) Posting will be light during the next week. I'll be checking email when I can, so continue to send me stuff. 12:25:13 AM |  drug policy | Links | permalink | comment []