Tuesday, April 10, 2007

Dickhead Via Scott Morgan: New anti-marijuana ads in Australia are trying to be hip using lines like: "Pot. It mightn't kill you, but it could turn you into a dickhead" Hmmm... Is that true? So I decided to check it out. Can you identify the dickhead in this picture? I thought so. 11:22:20 PM | drug policy | Related  | permalink | comment []

Open Thread LEAP's Howard Woolridge has a great OpEd in the Huntington, WV Herald Dispatch: Legalizing drugs is better way to fight problem. Update: That article appears to be gone from the paper's website, but it's available here. With friends like these... At Townhall, a rather... odd... message of support for decriminalization from Burt Prelutsky: Prison Reform There will be a Peaceful Potheads Protest in Philadelphia at the Liberty Bell on April 20-21. [blood pressure alert] Drug Warrior Joyce Nalepka writes a letter. This is the woman who also once wrote: "Students for Sensible Drug Policy is a militant fringe of the drug legalization movement. As parents, we would treat membership in SSDP as firmly as we would treat drug use. Stop the behavior and resign from the group or pay your own tuition." [Thanks Andy and Chris] 8:09:24 AM | drug policy | Related  | permalink | comment []

Remember that other prohibition? Just in case you forgot... TEHERAN - Ten people have died after drinking homemade hooch in a holy city in Iran, where the consumption of all alcohol is banned, the Kayhan newspaper reported on Sunday. [...] Home distilled spirits sell for far less than smuggled foreign brands and are the tipple of choice in poorer neighbourhoods, but the use of industrial chemicals in their production sometimes poses serious health risks. 12:29:16 AM | drug policy | Related  | permalink | comment []