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Archives 2007

Plan Mexico in trouble? / Is that a bag of coke in your pocket, or are you just happy to see me? / What are we getting for all the money we'll be spending on Plan Mexico? / Your son died impossibly / Speaking of racist outcomes... / Yup, Democratic candidates are still racist / Progressives missing the boat / When will we end the failed drug war?
Ooh, scary drugs! / NPR says Drug Czar's claims full of holes
Oakland's Mayor Speaks Out / Supply Side Economics / L.A. cops complain about law enforcement / Plan Mexico and fundamental economic principles / Wrong-address raids reaching wider audience? / Word of the Day: Fungible / What's in a name?
Drug war and terrorism war as excuses for expanded government surveillance / Bill of Rights ratified / Prohibition and deterrence / Letting go of prohibition propaganda / Going negative on drugs - perhaps no longer the easy campaign choice? / Easy solutions that don't exist / Back from Louisiana / Crack sentencing partial victory
Drug Policy Conference - Closing Plenary / Drug Policy Conference - Saturday Afternoon / Drug Policy Conference - Saturday Noon / Drug Policy Conference - Saturday morning / New Orleans Food Blogging / Drug Policy Conference - Friday afternoon. / Drug Policy Conference - Friday morning / Drug Policy Conference - Thursday evening / Drug Policy Conference - Thursday noon (Costa) / Drug Policy Conference - Thursday morning / New Racial Disparity Report / Bestowing the gluteus maximus of a rodent / Antonio Maria Costa
How political decisions are made / How America Lost the War on Drugs / Drug Task Forces - mercenaries paid through looting / Drug Czar Toppled By Drug Bolsheviks / DEA gets court approval to continue intimidating farmers / 2007 International Drug Policy Reform Conference / Hackery, part two. / Hackery, part one / Remember when Presidential candidates thought the drug war didn't exist? / Thailand. This is beyond tragic. / Those damned humanitarians / Ron Paul (updated)
The drug war is a malignant virus that feeds on the Constitution / Obama did drugs? / Richard Paey interview / Drug Warriors are losing it / First they ignore you, then they ridicule you, then they fight you, then you win / The Drug War Destroys All it Touches
Student suspended for opposing drug use / Hey, it's possible that DARE isn't completely bad / If only we passed another law... / Defender of the Constitution / States' Rights / The Straight Talk Express / Hemp and other signs of a free society / United Steelworkers opposes Plan Mexico / Legalize it / Andrea's still going
R.I.P. to a very important pothead / Waiting to Inhale at Illinois State University / Even more medical professionals support medical marijuana / Marijuana in Denver / Why are you afraid of freedom? / Responses to Nadelmann's 'Legalize It' in Foreign Policy / Getting together and the Conference in New Orleans
Answering the right question / Drew Carey on Medical Marijuana / Who's who in prohibition / Happy Halloween / U.S. Drug War Endangering the Lives of the Troops / Marijuana equals Speeding and Drunk Driving / Mitt Romney -- a sign of the sickness of our system / How things change... / A revenuer wants to be President / Being blunt
Random thoughts on drug war administrators / Welcome ISU SSDP folks / Plan Mexico draws suspicion / Bush says 'support the troops; send money to Mexico' / Goodbye, Karen. We knew you well. / Bong hits for the big screen / Detroit News editor Nolan Finley is not going to take it anymore.
Robin Prosser / Pot 2.0 / Drug Czar, Hemp, and Lies / The rule of law / Legalise all drugs -- Chief constable demands end to 'immoral' laws
Dealing with addiction / Remembering / Chicago police disbanding corrupt Special Operations Section / Mitt Romney on medical marijuana / A Beginning Economics Lesson for the Drug Czar / Just Say No to Stephen Harper
Protecting the Bill of Rights / La Meme Chose: Simply the Best / Mayor Gavin Newsom blasts war on drugs / Tommy, can you hear me? / Mass Incarceration / The Drug War is Working ? / Ditch these drug laws
Ron Paul - Repeal the Whole War on Drugs - Video / Mass Incarceration in the United States: At What Cost? / Drug Czar: Sentient? / More super-silliness from across the pond / Drug War side effect - low crime clearance rates / Record High Marijuana Arrests / Christy McCampbell, State Department Employee, Idiot / 60 minutes on California's 'Pot Shops'
Privatizing the Drug War / Where are the African-American leaders when it comes to the War on Drugs? / Cost-benefit analysis / Weller is leaving / The absurdity of not being allowed to even consider all the options / Richard Paey receives full and immediate pardon! / Doing a little happy dance / More on the Annual Report on Major Illicit Drug Producing Countries / The Farce of Drug War Certification / Members of Congress write a letter / Waiting to Inhale screening in Chicago Thursday / How to prevent progressive neurodegenerative disorders / Happy Constitution Day / Careful what you wish for...
Coming soon to an authoritarian locale near you / Hearts and minds. / A first ad / Bill Maher asks Dodd for a good reason why marijuana should be illegal / Can we make a TV ad? / Three must-read articles... / Medical marijuana in Rhode Island / Catching a bad man / What a long, strange trip / Let them suffer / How's that war going?
Anybody got a Sharpie I can borrow? / Oh, look. Vast sums of illicit money fuel corruption. / Tennessee drug tax law unconstitutional / Bad news -- Tulia movie scrapped / What's wrong with getting high? / Afghanistan update / Medical marijuana patients DO exist / The ballad of Ramos and Compean / Daddy's home / Stupidity
Not one dollar more / Until that day that it is not / Denver City Council - better than the rest of us / Not another dollar / High / A letter / Asking the right questions about drug policy / Highway Robbery
More on The Lost War / President Bush asked about 'Plan Mexico' / Things that make you go hmmm.... / Pain treatment - it's good - no, it's bad - or maybe not / Bill Richardson steps up
The Lost War -- a must-read / Shocktoids / Opiophobia / The responsibility of states to their people / Obama: Send me to the White House, but send other black men like me to the Big House / Transform joins the U.N. / Race and the transformation of criminal justice / An obscene amount of money for Plan Mexico / What to do when the czar is done / The end of medical marijuana harassment? / Plan Mexico gathering steam
Legalization proposal / Moralism and the United States Gulags / Plan Mexico (and other drug war fun and follies) / Mexicolombia / Legalise Drugs to Beat Terrorists / Money and an apology / Silly beyond belief / Debt and infrastructure / Casting the first stone at the mote in the prodigal son's eye...
Mitt Romney sends the wrong message / A question for the Republican candidates / Happy Birthday, Marijuana Tax Act / Drug War Foes King of Capitol Hill Softball League / Commercial locksmith? / The bizarre need for the press to giggle about pot / More bad reporting
What happens to your mind when you smoke some bad reporting / Four years / Propaganda entry / Look how far we've come / The DEA encourages and suborns perjury / Just one more reason to get rid of Alberto Gonzales / Drug war on crack / Mother and daughter / The Drug WarRant Annual Harry J. Anslinger Propaganda Award / Hastert to leave?
Found in a bathroom in the Capitol building / Sheriff Calls Mistake 'Very Rare' / Prohibition, cities, gangs, violence, and poverty / Speaking of corrupt... Drug Czar may be on the Congressional hot-seat / Corrupt
A government gone amuck - threatening to seize the buildings of law-abiding landords in Los Angeles / In Pot We Trust / John Walters pulls out the TERROR card again. / Data Quality Act, part 3,826 / Drug Policy as destructive foreign policy / Today's Congressional hearing / Congressional hearings on the DEA and medicine this morning / Pointing out the Drug Czar's role in encouraging illicit activity / The powers not delegated to...
Joe Biden, drug policy reformer? / Standing Silent Nation / The difference in audiences when promoting drug policy reform
Images of drugs can be political speech / False witness against legalizers / Fun with the Lord's Bong Hits / Democratic candidates touch on the drug war / Why aren't you in jail yet? / United Nations Office on Drugs and Crime World Drug Report / Can't we just get along? A truce in Mexico / Daily Show / Further thoughts on Bong Hits for Jesus / Bong Hits for Jesus (updated multiple times) / Newark's Mayor Cory Booker is fed up with the Drug War / World Anti Drugs Day attempts to disguise the catastrophic failure of the UN drug agencies
Call for poetry about the drug war / Drug Czar - fuzzy statistics, fuzzier conclusions, all in the name of job security (his) / Radley's busy / The King of Spades / DEA sued again / Incarcerex / Chicago's Vigil for Lost Promise / Science: Another victim of the drug war
Remember Avi Green / New York Times Magazine cover story focuses on pain medication / Covering up the evils of prohibition by recalling the salad days of... prohibition / The wrong addresses never stop / Mexico blames us, Colombia threatens us / A SCOTUS preview? / Legalization is sane, rational policy / Hostess selling banana-creme Twinkies / Best Paris Hilton coverage / Tom Angell and SSDP have filed a Freedom of Information Request to get copies of ads the government ran / How to lower prices of consumer goods... / Marijuana Policy Project is giving every House lawmaker a set of these playing cards / Law enforcement lying and stealing -- SOP / Understanding Colombia / Law enforcement incompetence should make you feel safer, I guess...
Law enforcement so incompetent that it's unfair to hold them accountable / 47 dead / Change in Colombian drug war coming? / ONDCP doublespeak / You cannot fight a military war against drugs. All that you will do is destroy your own country.
Drugs and Guns/Other stuff
Ubiquitous government / Going to New York next week / And the stupid shall kill us all / If it quacks like a duck / Where Poppies Bloom / Canada - get ready for some misery / Just like Mom used to bake / More from Gravel / Let me clear something up, part 2 / Let me clear something up, part 1 / Maybe we should invade the U.S.... / Lou Dobbs and the Mexican Attorney General's office just can't understand why there is violence in the drug war. / School drug testing gets thoughtful criticism / Ron Paul delivers disturbing reality check
Green Party steps up / Harm Maximizing / John Walters endangers rare hummingbird species / My arms are getting tired from holding these buckets of water / History lesson in Hawaii / More fringe religious follies / Clueless / Unintentionally funny line...
The courts will not protect us / Yeah, like, 'cause this happens all the time... / Guiliani, Kerik, Purdue, the DEA and OxyContin / Pot is not like tobacco. Please make a note of it. Thanks. / Open Thread, unrated version / Lockdown, USA / Forget pee, let's test your soap for... uh, soap! / If you wanna get down... / Kafkaesque
Using your tax dollars to get more tax dollars / Bring me some more leeches / Pathetic / Positive fallout / Marijuana and mental health / Presidential Candidates...
The story of Kathryn Johnston's death / A former political hack talks about medical marijuana / An embarrassment for the Drug Czar / ... and now for something completely different / Some of Kathryn Johnston's murderers indicted / Marijuana Stories / Have you acted yet? / Christopher Hitchens: Legalize it / Only one year to go... / Act Now! A real possibility to change the financial aid law. / I Don't Care What the Judge Said / A masterpiece of chicanery / 420 recap
Measuring Prohibitions / A soap company takes on the police / The logical disconnect in conversations with prohibitionists / Why do you think they call her Mary Jane? / How prohibition works
John Fugelsang with All the Wrong Reasons / Marijuana prosecution appears to be a political mandate / Comments were down, now back up. / Priorities and energies / Dickhead, part 2 / Celebrating Failure Day 2007 / Pushing back with statistics / Serve and Protect? / Dickhead / Remember that other prohibition? / Scared Silly / Ricky Williams should probably be smoking pot / Reporting from the front lines of the drug war...
Stop me before I kill again / The War on Baking Continues / If at first you don't succeed... / The year's most stupid legislator / Northeast Regional SSDP conference / We are / Outlawing candy / The Drug Czar explains medical marijuana in New Mexico / Stop the Madness / Montel on medical marijuana / Afghanistan continuing to force people to think / NPR examines 'America's Forgotten War' / A few facts about drugs
Karen Tandy speaking the truth / Huh? / Weekend Updates / Last night's panel / More people thinking about Afghanistan solutions / Bong Hits 4 Jesus -- the slogan of a new revolution? / DEA now accepting tips online / Speaking of oblivious... / Drugs. Race. Silence. / Special event: Prohibition Kills / The argument against legalization / Will of Voters Overturned on Marijuana Initiative / Reefer Madness Sunday
Site changes / Califano and CASA just won't die / Why drug warriors won't debate us. / The War on Drugs' War on Minorities / Ranking drugs in Great Britain / Personal notes (and open thread) / Marijuana distribution is social / My anti-drug / DOJ wants to hide the truth from juries about interrogations / Thank God for Willie Nelson / Report: Prohibition not effective / Update on Bong Hits Hearing / Serious levity at the Supreme Court today / Firefighting / The Real Thing
Vermont ruling on car searches at odds with Supreme Court / Quote of the day / The worst scum on the earth / Flex Your Rights / Billy Bob Thornton joins Halle Berry in Tulia project / Good news (Rosenthal) and Bad news (Raich) / HBO's addiction / Reforming Cocaine Sentencing Guidelines / Cruel and Disgusting / Ron Paul Officially Announces for President / Bush in Colombia / Walters fails Turing Test / Granny's Recipes
Drug Policy Overhaul in the UK / Mouse Party / More SWAT sagas / Job Security / I thought that was called capitalism / ASA lawsuit / NM Governor Richardson pushes for medical marijuana / Anybody watch Lou Dobbs tonight? / Medical Marijuana passes out of committee in Illinois / Illinois - gradually working toward a medical marijuana law / Doctors say drug-testing kids a bad idea / Marsha Rosenbaum on NPR / The President's Spring Break from Hell / Vindictive prosecution
Good little cannon fodder / Halle Berry bringing Tulia scandal to the big screen? / FDA demonstrates federal priorities / Marijuana - the wonder drug / Bong Hits 4 Jesus Amicus Briefs / Andrew Stuttaford at the Corner talks about throwing the drug warriors out of Afghanistan / Death penalty or legalization, that is the question / Tommy Chong for Drug Czar / It's no big deal / Thanks / Comments Down (now back up) / Journalists and Addiction Researchers make my head explode. Got a pill for that?
Botched murders in Colombia caught on camera / Walters goes to Ottawa / I am Starfish / Open Thread and reading material / Pete's Couch revisited / The government is hoping you'll die first / Lou, you ignorant slut! / For the children / Funny Video / Waking up / Lou Dobbs
Authoritarians and the Drug War / Open Thread and Drug War reading / Another drug war victim? / Stupid post of the day / Keeping you up to date with Barry Cooper / Proposed Illinois bill to drug test all new drivers / HEA provision action alert / Lou Dobbs week (continued) / Industrial Hemp Farming Act of 2007 / The new lie: Smokable PLANT is not medicine / Lou / Radley Balko on Kathryn Johnston / Good news in marijuana research / The Drug Czar's war on the English Language / Caption contest / Why don't we just ban everything?
Never Get Busted... ? / Crime or Disease? / Target America dying a slow, agonizing death / Tucker Carlson vs. Mark Souder / The DEA is... like cool, man / Open Thread and Drug War Chronicle / American Idol controversy / Politico nails ONDCP's Tom Riley / Felony Murder charges to be filed against Kathryn Johnston's killers / Drug Policy roundtable tonight / The Drug Czar looks forward to wasting even more of your cash / USA Today, featuring Reefer Madness / Stupid Drug War Tricks / 'The war on drugs is not an excuse to violate the norms of fair play' / Marijuana: Harmless? / Drug War Chronicle and Open Thread / Super Bowl Memories
The new Congress, Kucinich and the ONDCP / On those 'victories' in Mexico / Open Thread and Legalization / Open Thread - and go visit LEAP / Smoked Medicine / Drinking Licenses / Human Events Online again / Mark Kleiman gets it right, mostly. / Drug War... Victories? / Kenneth Starr doesn't like 9th Circuit libertarians / Drug War Victim: 80-year-old Isaac Singletary / Drug War Funding Shortage a Good Thing / Magical Mushrooms / More responses to the John Hawkins piece / Priceless? / Open Thread and Miscellaneous Items
Murder and Marijuana both start with the letter M / Some outstanding medical marijuana reading / Today's Drug War Chronicle and Open Thread / Little things that make me smile / Afghanistan apparently doesn't want to be run by John Walters / NIDA fails to propagandize Wikipedia / Open Thread / Obligatory SOTU post / Economics and the Drug War / One last push for the laptop / Small steps / Protecting the homeland / U.S. Military cuts role in drug war / Funny / Open Thread and Odds and Ends
Question of the Day / Headlines from Bizarro World / The Rule of Law (updated) / / Feds continue medical marijuana raids / Big news -- Dennis Kucinich to oversee the Drug Czar / Marijuana and driving... plus bad reporting and bad science / Redefining moderate voters / Marijuana decriminalization attempt in New Hampshire this morning / ... and I'll be President of the United States. / Some sanity on Afghanistan in the Washington Post / Outstanding Editorial / Odds and Ends / More Open Thread
Daily Kos / Why is Marijuana Illegal / The other losing war / New York Times covers Kathryn Johnston fiasco / Today's Drug War Chronicle and Open Thread / Ron Paul for President? / Upcoming Drug Testing Summits / Drug Czar admits to being the problem. / What's wrong with this article? / Some video and Open Thread / Defining new goals when the 'war' is lost / Ethan Nadelmann on The Colbert Report tonight / Supplemental DEA income is just one of the reasons to continue the drug war / The stupid... it burns!


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