Thursday, March 22, 2007

Personal notes (and open thread) I was quoted reasonably well (they got a few things wrong) in this article in the Illinois State University newspaper. Big event locally on March 29 (a week from today). "Prohibition Kills: An Evaluation of the War on Drugs" featuring Greg Francisco (LEAP), Pete Guither (Drug WarRant), and George Pappas (IDEAL reform) at 7 pm on the Illinois State University campus (Bone Student Center, Old Main Room). If you're in the area, please come. I've been busy recently with work and a bunch of other stuff, including putting together a girl band. (Yes, you heard that right.) It's for a production of Caryl Churchill's "Vinegar Tom" and the director (Deb Alley) wanted a girl band on stage for the 7 songs in the play, so I put the 3-piece band together (guitar, bass, drums), arranged the music and directed it. We've named the band "Succubi" and I think they're great (but I'm biased, of course). The music is a combination of beautiful, yet horrifyingly creepy, ballads and complex rock that's a little bit twisted (and definitely for mature audiences). "Vinegar Tom" opens Wednesday (March 28) in Westhoff Theatre (at Illinois State University) and runs through next Sunday. 9:13:31 AM | drug policy | Related  | permalink | comment []

Marijuana distribution is social This isn't new, or startling, but it was interesting to see it in graph form. Via the Center for Substance Abuse Research (CESAR)... Marijuana Distribution Relies Primarily on Friends and Family *Data was taken from the 2001 National Household Survey on Drug Abuse (since renamed the National Survey on Drug Use and Health) marijuana market survey questions. I think the point here is that efforts to attack marijuana through criminal enforcement are doomed to failure and also inevitably cause tensions between citizens and law enforcement. 8:53:47 AM | drug policy | Related  | permalink | comment []